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How to Make Difficult People Disappear...Without Going to Jail

Thursday, Mar. 26
 12:00pm - 12:58pm

Online

1.00 Credits

Member Price: $39

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Have you ever found yourself wondering why people won't just listen to you? Or maybe you have found yourself surrounded by people that make your jaw clench...you know the people...the challenging people.  HR Professionals walk a tight rope of being strong, but not aggressive, polite, but not a push over. It is exhausting! In this session, you will uncover the secrets to working with (and overcoming) challenging people derived from the decades of experience Summer brings from her time on the frontlines and as an HR Professional working with companies such as Walt Disney World, H-E-B and even a dude ranch.  

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Safety Synergy: Uniting Elements for a Secure Workplace

Thursday, Mar. 26
 12:00pm - 1:07pm

Online

1.20 Credits

Member Price: $39

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Budget Mastery: Walkthroughs and Real World Calculations Towards Tying Budgets To Value

Thursday, Mar. 26
 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $79

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This session takes a unique review of the fundamental budget issues faced by all and walks through a detailed modeling process intended to generate discussion and best practices to improve your organization’s financial modeling.  From the beginning of the accounting process – ‘the chart of accounts’ to the end of the process – ‘the valuation of the company’, the budgeting cycle via a live case model to learn best practices common to successful companies.   This course stands on its own but is part two of a four part budget mastery series.

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The Ethic of Recruitment and Selection

Thursday, Mar. 26
 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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Current Nonprofit Fraud Trends

Thursday, Mar. 26
 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $149

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Nonprofit entities have a high degree of public accountability. This course will examine the most common fraud schemes and provide multiple examples of how to prevent or detect these schemes. Nonprofit entities have a high degree of public accountability. This course will examine the most common fraud schemes and provide multiple examples of how to prevent or detect these schemes. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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Corporate Transparency Act Developments

Thursday, Mar. 26
 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) imposed a new reporting requirement that went into effect on January 1, 2024. Millions of businesses may have to file a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Report. In a surprise turn of events, the Federal District Court from the Northern District of Alabama ruled on March 1, 2024 in National Small Business United v. Yellen ("NSB") that the CTA is unconstitutional. This course will discuss the CTA's provisions and the court's decision in NSB. Also covered will be future implications for business entities and steps to consider given the recent ruling. We will also discuss recent proposed rulemaking by FinCen with respect to nonfinanced purchases of residential real estate and gratuitous transfers so that businesses can prepare for any additional reporting burdens that might arise. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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Appreciation Intelligence: The New AI Elevate Culture. Deepen Loyalty. Strengthen Performance.

Thursday, Mar. 26
 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Online

1.00 Credits

Member Price: $39

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Appreciation isn’t a soft skill—it’s a strategic advantage. In today's competitive professional landscape, your ability to express appreciation effectively can be the difference between retaining top talent, building strong client relationships, and creating a thriving team culture—or not. This course introduces a powerful, research-backed framework for understanding how appreciation works—and how to use it to fuel performance, loyalty, and engagement across your firm, practice, or department. Based on the work of Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Paul White, you’ll explore the four core "languages of appreciation" and learn how to recognize and use them in a way that resonates with clients, colleagues, and team members. The truth is, everyone wants to feel valued—but not everyone receives appreciation the same way. In this hands-on session, you’ll discover your own appreciation style, learn to spot others’, and develop practical tools to build a more energized, connected, and committed workplace.  

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Tech It to the Next Level: Slim Your Team for Max Efficiency

Thursday, Mar. 26
 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Online

1.00 Credits

Member Price: $55

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Ready to slim down your team and maximize efficiency without sacrificing quality? This session breaks down how to leverage tech and automation to fill workflow gaps, build a strong tech stack, and connect tools seamlessly. Learn how one proven tech stack replaced more than half a traditional team while improving client satisfaction and reducing overhead. Walk away with practical steps to streamline operations, automate repetitive tasks, and focus your resources on what really matters. Attendees will gain practical insights into streamlining operations, automating repetitive tasks, and focusing resources on high-value activities. The session also includes an exclusive look at a proven tech stack used to replace over half a traditional team, offering actionable steps to create a leaner, tech-driven, scalable firm. Perfect for firm owners ready to rethink staffing, reduce overhead, and embrace the future of accounting efficiency. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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Preparation, Compilation and Review Engagements

Thursday, Mar. 26
 1:00pm - 2:51pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $79

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This course is an introduction to preparation, compilation, & review engagements. During this course, we will compare and contrast these different engagements by reviewing the procedures that should be performed, different reports, as well as the level of assurance specific to each type of engagement. 

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Surgent's Employer's Handbook: Health Care, Retirement, and Fringe Benefit Tax Issues

Thursday, Mar. 26
 1:00pm - 4:30pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $159

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The employer-employee relationship strains both sides in uncertain times, and businesses need CPAs, controllers, and other advisors to provide understanding of the complex legal, tax, and health care issues associated with all aspects of employment. This course provides in-depth coverage of this critical area.

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Generative AI in Practice-Boost Efficiency and Profitability

Thursday, Mar. 26
 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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Surgent's Enterprise Risk Management Concepts and Strategy for Small and Medium-Sized Companies

Thursday, Mar. 26
 1:30pm - 5:00pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $159

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The past few years have taught us that major risks can come at us from any direction and with barely a warning. All organizations operate in a risk environment, but all too often, they either don't realize it or they don't develop a strategy to deal with the risks. In this session, we will explore how risks work in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and how they can develop a strategy to identify, evaluate, and mitigate those risks. This program will not teach how to eliminate risks, but how to strategize how to reduce their total effect. We will liberally use case studies of both for-profit and not-for-profit companies to bridge the gap between concept and actual implementation. In each area we will explore what our experiences of the pandemic have taught us about this part of risk management.

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Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace to Prevent Violence

Thursday, Mar. 26
 2:00pm - 2:57pm

Online

1.00 Credits

Member Price: $39

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Employees, now more than ever, are experiencing stress, anxiety and other mental health challenges and all of those come with them each day to the workplace. In order to ensure the safety and security of their workplace, employers need to address these issues and support their employees. Join us to discuss the challenges to providing mental health support to employees, the potential risks of deprioritizing mental health, and tangible actions employers can take to support the mental health of their work group. The cost of providing mental health resources and support pales in comparison to the cost of NOT providing it. Make a plan. Be ProActive.

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HR Investigations - Episode 1 - Introduction-Assessing-Planning

Thursday, Mar. 26
 2:00pm - 3:02pm

Online

1.00 Credits

Member Price: $39

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Human Resources professionals are often tasked with investigating allegations of employee misconduct, discrimination, and others. Investigation training is traditionally presented from the position of an outsider looking in, such as a governmental agency, law firm, or private investigator. HR investigations require similar skills, but the environment and the approach are quite different. This session is an introduction to these differences and provides best practices for assessing allegations of employee misconduct and planning the investigation. Attendees will end the session with takeaways to immediately implement in future HR investigations. Episodes 2 and 3 complete the series.

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Risk Assessment Under SAS No. 145: The Key to Audit Quality?

Thursday, Mar. 26
 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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The AICPA has identified risk assessment as an area of focus for its Enhancing Audit Quality Initiative as deficiencies in auditor's risk assessment procedures continue to be a common issue identified in peer review. SAS No. 145, Understanding the Entity and Its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement, was written to improve the quality of risk-based audits. While key concepts do not fundamentally change, the standard works to clarify and enhance certain aspects of the identification and assessment of the risks of material misstatement to drive better risk assessments and hopefully overall enhance audit quality. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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Deep Dive into Common Auditing Deficiencies

Thursday, Mar. 26
 2:00pm - 5:39pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $129

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Forensic Accounting: When The Office Is A Crime Scene

Thursday, Mar. 26
 2:00pm - 6:00pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $149

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Embezzlement happens often to many small businesses. Unfortunately, the lack of internal controls allow the embezzlement to remain undetected for years. But when it is discovered, the small business owner will most likely contact their CPA for advice. What should you do when your client contacts you about their employee embezzling money from their business? What options should you present to your client? How can your client protect themselves, while investigating the embezzlement? What steps need to be taken about preserving any documents, emails, texts, or phone calls? This course teaches how to engage the client, properly identify the evidence needed to prove the crime, how to write the report for civil and criminal trial, and best practices in preserving electronic and paper evidence. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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The CFO Who Went to Prison

Thursday, Mar. 26
 2:30pm - 4:30pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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Joshua, a CFO from Chicago, did not go to prison for stealing the $2 million in liquid cash he had access to on a daily basis. Instead, Joshua ended up in prison by rationalizing that he was entitled to a few small perks of the profession. This course explores Joshua's story and covers how and why executives with high annual incomes make short-sighted decisions that can cost them their job and freedom. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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Introduction to Forensic Data Analytics

Thursday, Mar. 26
 3:00pm - 4:46pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $79

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