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CPA LEAD Certificate Program

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: CPLEAD20
• CPE Credits: 5

Designed for newly licensed CPAs*, NCACPA’s new CPA LEAD Certificate program aims to build competency, leadership skills, and improve your marketability within the profession. This self-paced certificate program offers resources and engagement experiences that can help future leaders show up as their best selves in their organizations, communities, and personal ... More Info

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10 Soft Skills You Need

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD007521
• CPE Credits: 2

• Available with CPE Select

The meaning of Soft Skills can sometimes be difficult to describe. It can be that unique attribute or characteristic that facilitates great communication. It can be the special way that you show confidence in a challenging situation. These and other events can become more easily managed with this great workshop.

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A Scary Ride Through the Dark Web

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD006621
• CPE Credits: 2

• Available with CPE Select

You have heard of the Dark Web, but have you experienced it? If not, buckle in for a scary ride through the underbelly of the Internet. Here many illicit and illegal activities occur every day, potentially affecting our personal and organizational security. In this session, you will experience first-hand the ... More Info

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Accounting & Auditing in a COVID World

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD015821
• CPE Credits: 1.5

This course will look at the impact of COVID-19 on both accounting and auditing. We’ll look at how COVID is impacting how audits are performed. We discuss how to adapt to a remote audit and how professional skepticism needs to be enhanced in a virtual audit. We also discuss the ... More Info

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Accounting for Decision Makers

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD014821
• CPE Credits: 2

In today’s current climate businesses are having to make decisions regarding cost control. This current climate requires decisions related to cost, volume and pricing changes to help you make critical decisions.  Many of these decisions will start with a break-even analysis when you have a single product or service or ... More Info

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Addressing Common Documentation Deficiencies

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD012121
• CPE Credits: 2

The Enhancing Audit Quality Initiative has identified inadequate or nonexistent audit documentation as one of the biggest issues facing the profession. Over half of the engagements reviewed by the AICPA did not meet the requirements of AU-C 230. This course will look at common misconceptions related to audit documentation.

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Analytical Procedures: Practical Applications and Standards

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD021821
• CPE Credits: 2

• Available with CPE Select

This session explores the nature of analytical procedures, with significant emphasis placed upon professional standards involving the use of analytical procedures in audit and review engagements. Practical examples to illustrate the application process will also be given.

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Anticipate Client Needs: Beyond Best Practices in Client and CustomerService

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD000521
• CPE Credits: 1

Customer Service is moving to Customer Experience, and modern firms must keep up with their clients, or fail at sustainability. Competition is no longer just down the street. Clients are demanding more value, and wanting a shift from reactive reporting to real time services. In the future, the customer experience ... More Info

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Anticipate Development: Moving From Employee to Manager to Leader

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD000821
• CPE Credits: 1

First-time supervisors face unique challenges as they transition to management. They must supervise work with which they may be unfamiliar, and supervise employees with whom they had previously been co-workers or employees with greater seniority. They must understand the extent of responsibility and decision-making authority they have, finding ways to ... More Info

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Anticipate Engagement: Motivating the Next Workforce

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD000921
• CPE Credits: 1

Productivity. Low turnover. High performance culture. None of these buzzwords work if the organization’s engagement process is broken and people are underperforming. It’s time to look beyond the “buzzwords” and truly rethink motivation and performance management instead of tweaking “business as usual”. Good performers can become bad performers, and bad ... More Info

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Anticipate Inclusion: Building a Sustainable Culture of Diversity

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD002221
• CPE Credits: 1

There’s a perfect storm going on. We’ve got the new economy, a new generation coming online, and we have LinkedIn pulling people away from us and bringing them to us. Also, there’s ethical issues. All of these issues surround and apply to the issue of diversity. Simply put, diversity is ... More Info

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Assuming Responsibility: The Science of Great Leadership

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD005021
• CPE Credits: 1

• Available with CPE Select

Leaderships skills have never been more important, in all industries and at all levels, whether executive or front-line employee. Organizations succeed in meaningful ways when their individual members have ability to inspire action, build trust, solve complex problems, coordinate effective teams, and resolve contentious conflicts without damaging important relationships. This ... More Info

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Audit-think: The New Critical Thinking for Auditors

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD007421
• CPE Credits: 1

• Available with CPE Select

This workshop, designed especially for audit professionals, teaches the development of powerful, higher-order critical thinking skills. Dr. Groves uses the very latest cognitive research related to auditing to teach reasoning processes that are most effective for accurate interpretation, better prioritization and smarter decision making during the audit process. The session ... More Info

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Beyond the Code: Ethics in the Real World

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD005121
• CPE Credits: 2

This innovative and interactive presentation taps the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and even biology to understand the point where science, emotion, and critical thinking interact. Instead of critiquing how our minds are supposed to work, we will delve inside the fascinating world of how our minds actually work when we ... More Info

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Beyond the Code: The Science of Ethics

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD005221
• CPE Credits: 1

This session delves into the fascinating neuroscience behind how our minds really work when we face conflicting motivations or difficult dilemmas for which there is no obvious best answer. Attendees will explore real-life dilemmas and learn effective cognitive processes to deal with those dilemmas as revealed by the latest research ... More Info

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Blockchain & Emerging Technologies

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD002921
• CPE Credits: 2

• Available with CPE Select

Blockchain and other emerging technologies will affect every industry and profession. For example, some products have already implemented machine learning and artificial intelligence to help you be more effective. Further, process automation tools are now available for small- and mid-sized businesses. In this “how-to” session, you will learn about emerging ... More Info

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Blockchain Technology: What Every CPA Should Know

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD008321
• CPE Credits: 2

• Available with CPE Select

One of the most talked about new technologies that has the potential to significantly disrupt the accounting industry is Blockchain. This course is designed to bring you up to speed on what this revolutionary technology is all about. You will learn about the concepts, nomenclature, technology, and potential applications related ... More Info

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Build Your Own Ethics: Compliance & Human Nature

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: ODE01521
• CPE Credits: 0.5

Dan Ariely, a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University has written a book,  The Honest Truth about Dishonesty which documents his research on why people have so much trouble being honest and playing by the rules. The human characteristics described in the book point out the challenges for CPAs, as humans, to ... More Info

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Build Your Own Ethics: Examining Courage & Compassion

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: ODE00921
• CPE Credits: 0.5

“Rules, Ethics and Virtues and the Greatest of These is Virtues- Examining Courage and Compassion” – In this course Dr. Cal Christian will examine the role virtues have in shaping our ethical behavior. You will examine how to identify virtues and apply them to your daily life. The two virtues that will be examined ... More Info

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Build Your Own Ethics: Examining Wisdom, Responsibility, & More

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: ODE01421
• CPE Credits: 0.5

“Rules, Ethics and Virtues and the Greatest of These is Virtues – Examining Wisdom, Responsibility and More.” – In this course Dr. Cal Christian will examine the role virtues have in shaping our ethical behavior. You will examine how to identify virtues and apply them to your daily life. The virtues that will be ... More Info

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Build Your Own Ethics: More Real Cases From the Board

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: ODE01621
• CPE Credits: 0.5

Review of some of the disciplinary cases presented to the NC State Board of CPA Examiners.  Discussion of not only the facts surrounding the cases but also the rationale that the Board used to make the decisions about how to deal with the CPAs involved.

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Building More Effective Relationships

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD007621
• CPE Credits: 2

• Available with CPE Select

Relationships can be tricky. It seems we are always needing to work on some aspect of relationship building to be more effective. This workshop will present behavioral styles and the impact on our relationships through the foundation of DiSC, a behavior styles model.

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Business Continuity Planning

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD019221
• CPE Credits: 1

• Available with CPE Select

No one likes to think about business disruptions. During 2020 businesses have experienced firsthand just how possible it is for some of the most unlikely events to happen. These improbable events have tested our limits and shown a few cracks in business continuity planning. If you haven’t addressed business preparedness ... More Info

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Business Writing

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD019321
• CPE Credits: 1

• Available with CPE Select

Writing is a key method of communication for most people, and it’s one that many people struggle with. This workshop will give participants a refresher on basic writing concepts such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation. It will also provide examples of time-saving reports. All of this will provide that extra ... More Info

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Case Studies in Fraud & Technology Controls

• 12:00 am–11:59 pm ET

• Event Code: OD003121
• CPE Credits: 4

• Available with CPE Select

Fraud continues to plague businesses at epidemic levels and technology control failures are a large reason fraud occurs. Using a case study approach, in this session you will learn about the pervasiveness of fraud, the control failures that contribute to fraud, and what you can do to mitigate fraud risk. ... More Info

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