CPE Catalog & Events
CPE & Event Classes
MTCPA offers thousands of live and online courses to meet your professional development needs. Our goal is to enhance your knowledge and help you achieve even greater success.
Most MTCPA classes are available both LIVE [In-Person] and VIRTUAL [MTCPA Webcasts (in-house) or Webinars (other providers)], so please be sure to register for the correct format under the appropriate tab below.
Also check out our on-demand learning platform, allowing you to earn CPE at your convenience. You can choose stand-alone courses or opt for an all-access subscription to our entire Anytime library. Click the Anytime CPE tab below to explore the courses!
Predictive Accounting: Driver-Based Budgeting & Rolling Financial Forecasts
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
The shift to “predictive accounting” for Decision Making, Planning, and Budgeting Problems with traditional annual budget processes Develop a driver-based “operational budget” based on resource capacity planning Classify resource capacities and their expenses as sunk, fixed, step-variable, and variable Create closed loop capacity plans Forecast demand for budgeting and rolling financial forecasts Integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with management accounting Applying target costing for cost estimating
Introduction to Yellow Book
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Ethical requirements and independence Reporting Financial statement audit differences
Avoiding Budget People Issues: Managing Budgeting's Soft Side
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Budget defining, Budget cultures Tacticle budget issues Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions Understanding people in the budget process Communicating your budget to non financial types
Big Four Reasons Why CPAs and Consultants Are Fired
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Do public practice CPA firms and consultants want to retain their clients? What are the Big Four Reasons Why CPAs are Fired? What are the actions to take to prevent being fired? What does a CPA offer to their clients?
Mergers & Acquisitions: Tips and Speed Bumps to Avoid
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Making strategic acquisitions Identifying potential acquisition candidates Alternatives to M&A Identifying and understanding organizational culture Understanding the keys to effective and efficient due diligence Planning and executing an effective integration Key considerations
Top 10 Business Myths and How to Avoid Them
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
What are the ten most common business myths? Why do so many leaders ignore the risks? Steps you can take to prevent these myths from damaging your organization Recommendations from successful businesses
Managing Your Money in Retirement
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Webcast Only
3.00 Credits
Social Security Retirement Asset allocation Fraud
Speaking For Impact
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Overcoming the Common Obstacles to Public Speaking Fear of rejection/ failure and how to overcome From Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence Toastmasters and practicing by video Act “As If,” Do One Breath Technique to be more relaxed Creating the Content of the Talk What are the concerns of your audience? Talks consist of a title, an introduction, an opening, a body of content, a conclusion and a closing How to Deliver a Talk Effectively The clothes you wear and how you look matter Charisma = energy Smile and act enthusiastic Use self deprecating humor Making the Talk Entertaining Vary the speed of your delivery The Power of stories Memorization and Practice Key word system and note cards Practice thru video or get feedback through others Creating Stories that Rock
Communication Miracles At Work and In Life - Part 1
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
1. Why people behave as they do, and how you can effectively motivate anyone to cooperate with you How to judge if your communication is effective in motivating someone How to get someone to really hear you How to communicate so that someone will happily do what you want 2. How to create trust and get people to like working with you The 3 most important keys for getting someone to feel rapport with you Why rapport is so important, and how to use it to profit in your work How to quickly solve problems with people once you have their rapport 3. How to handle difficult people Why some people are difficult to deal with, and what you can do about it How you can turn a difficult employee or customer into a powerful asset How to easily solve problems with people who are upset at you 4. Secret techniques that super-successful communicators use How Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton are similar, and how you can tap into their "magic abilities" The three most important keys all successful communicators use
Business Valuation Fundamentals
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
Business Valuation Fundamentals The Objective - What type of report is needed? The Process Agreed Upon Procedures Calculation of Value Conclusion of Value Industry Sanity Checks – Would you pay or accept the value if it were your company?
Building Trust in Remote Teams: Catalyze Collaboration and Communication
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
Communication Teamwork Collaboration
Anti-Bullying and Sensitivity
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
Taking credit for someone else’s work. Repeatedly belittling a co-worker. Withholding essential information. Failing to invite someone to an essential meeting. Ignoring a coworker with the intent to harm or control. Engaging in ongoing passive-aggressive behavior in which words and actions appear harmless but have the intent to harm or control. Constant and unfair criticism. Social bantering and teasing. Yelling, shouting and screaming. Insults and behind-the-back put-downs. Hostile glares and other intimidating gestures. Malicious gossiping. Monopolizing supplies and other resources. Aggressive e-mails or notes. Overt threats and aggression or violence Am I the bully?
Strategic Synergy: Unleashing HR's Impact on Business Strategy
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
The Evolution of HR in Business Strategy Business Acumen for HR Professionals Strategic HR Concepts Technology and HR Alignment with Business Objectives
Navigating Leaves of Absence
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
Family Medical Leave Act - full time and intermittent Americans With Disabilities Act Special rules for managers Handling fraud, abuse, and performance issues in connection with a leave of absence
Coaching & Counseling - Addressing Misconduct
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Webcast Only
1.20 Credits
Insubordination Personality and attitude problems. Generalized disparaging comments Previously unaddressed conduct. Misconduct due to mental condition Corrective action meetings and documentation. Attendance control.
Power, Influence, and Ethics
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
The two sides of leadership Practices that build and destroy an organization’s value and spirit Toxic leader characteristics Four sources of leadership power Push vs. pull leadership styles Six 'Rules of Influence' that cause one person to say 'yes' to another person Ways to defend ourselves against toxic leaders How to use corporate politics to our advantage and still do the right thing
The Civil Advantage: Ethics and Civility in Disquieting Times
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
civility ethics
K2's 2023 Shredding Your Servers And Going Virtual
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Regulatory requirements like HIPPA, GLB, PCI, and more Practical tips for dealing with service providers
Effective Business Writing: Cut Your Writing Time in Half and Double Your Impact
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Identify effective writing’s key elements Learn a simple, direct, effective business writing process Edit your own and others’ documents effectively
The Trustworthy Leader: Ethics and Trust in a Time of Social Change
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Ethics Leadership