CPE Catalog & Events
Excel - Auditing Your Spreadsheets for Maximum Accuracy
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Proofing methodsExcel Auditing ToolsUsing the Data Validation featureTechniques to cross-foot and validate your spreadsheets
Excel - Building Powerful Lookup and Reference Formulas
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Performing advanced searching and data retrieval with LOOKUP, INDEX and MATCH functionsSpeeding up worksheet creation with the INDIRECT functionTesting conditions with the LOGICAL functions (IF, AND, OR, NOT)Using ERROR checking functions
Excel - Create KPI Dashboards for Maximum Impact
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Dashboard design guidelinesSetting up a Data ModelCreating calculated fields and columnsCreating KPIsAdding a linked table to the data modelCreating PivotTables and PivotChartsAdding Power View visualizationsReviewing the completed dashboard
Excel - Feature Review in 100 minutes
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Review of Excel's features and functionsWalk-through of Excel's ribbons What the Excel features and functions can do for you
Excel - Formatting Spreadsheets for Beginners
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Cell formatting basics (fonts, fill, borders, alignment, numbers)Using quick formatting tools (Cell Styles, copy & pasting, cell formats)Printing your spreadsheets (page layout, printing to paper and PDF) Creating and using templatesCreate a Default layout (Workbook, sheets, settings)
Excel - From a Blank Sheet to a Finished Workbook
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Best practices for creating a report in ExcelGetting data into ExcelTechniques to efficiently create reports in ExcelUsing PivotTables to create interactive reports in Excel
Excel - Functions and Formula Shootout
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Review of formula creation best practicesDemonstration of various Excel functions to enhance calculationsUsing Excel functions to perform advanced calculations
Excel - Fundamentals, Data Entry and Basic Formulas
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Review of the Excel interfaceBasic data entry tasks using the fill command, range selection and copy & pasteBasics to creating formulas (absolute/relative reference, auto-computer, functions)
Excel - New Features That Benefit Excel 2019 & O365 Users
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The new capabilities of Array FormulasNew formula functions, including XLOOKUP, XMATCH, SEQUENCE and moreUsing the Ideas featureMany more new features
Excel - Two Must Know Features; Defined Name and Tables
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Using Defined Names in formula creationLearning how Defined Names can lead to more accurate spreadsheetsUsing the structured calculations in Excel Tables
Excel - Using Charts for a Non-Financial Audience
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Selecting the right type of chartCreating dynamic chartsChoosing what data to display as a chartCustomizing charts using various optionsPrinting and sharing charts
Excel - Using PivotTables for Data Analysis
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
The advantages of PivotTable for Data AnalysisStep-by-Step PivotTable creationCreating PivotCharts
Excel - Working With Text, Date and Time Functions and Formulas
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Using Text functions to join and separate text entriesInserting Text functions to work with imported dataPerforming date and time calculations with the Date and Time functions
Exploring Internal Controls: That Could Have Prevented Frauds
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Examination of actual frauds Discussion of internal controls that could have prevented the frauds Contemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios
Exploring the New Lease Accounting Standard
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
What is a lease? Recognition and measurement of lease assets and liabilities Impact on lessors and lessees Disclosures and transition rules Effective dates
Financial Accounting for Related Party Transactions
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
FASB codification provisions for transactions with related parties, including business owners and special purpose entities. Compare and contrast those rules with the AICPA financial reporting framework for small and medium-sized entities. Review the tax accounting related taxpayer standards. Real-life examples applying the various authoritative standards. Consequences of failing to comply with the standards.
Financial Statement Shenanigans
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Factors that cause people to commit financial statement fraud The seven most common ways of "cooking the books" Specific corporate scandals which highlight "financial shenanigans" Increasing your awareness of possible techniques to detect financial statement irregularities and potential fraud
Fixing Your Chart of Accounts
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1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Current Chart of Accounts Best Practices Why developing a chart of accounts begins with studying your organizational chart How to identify your account segments Determining the order of your account segments Best practices for numbering account bases How to avoid memorizationFixing Your Current Chart of AccountsHow big company and small company software differs Two key approaches for preserving your historical data What to know when making major chart of accounts changes
Fraud & Embezzlement; Case Studies from the Trenches
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
How organizations can find themselves defrauded due to lax oversight and weak internal controls. How the existence of the "trusted advisor" creates situations where CPAs can drop their professional skepticism. illustrations of the issues companies should look for in preventing fraud and embezzlement.
Fraud Trends - Applying Real-life Lessons to Small- and Mid-Size Entities
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Fraud trends per the most recent Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Annual Report on Fraud and Abuse Real-life examples of fraud in nonpublic entity and nonprofit environments. Cyber-security risks of fraud