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A Regulatory Update on Unclaimed Property Compliance BenefitsWho within your company is responsible for ensuring compliance with the various state unclaimed property laws? Is your company currently undergoing an unclaimed property audit? If you are struggling to find the answer to these important compliance questions, this live audio conference is for you! Believe it or not, there are still many companies who are unfamiliar with the various state  more...

Service Level Fundamentals: Maximizing Business Value ...geted, effective incentives to cause service providers to achieve their customers' desired business outcomes. However, too often customers discover that those service levels are being achieved with reports showing 'green' while the service itself feels 'red.' In these situations, customers often find that those service levels: measure the wrong aspects of the services; are defined too vaguely  more...

Response to Intervention: Addressing Emerging Issues ...y those learners with disabilities. On the other hand, to achieve these benefits school staffs must have a high fidelity of implementation. Since RTI is not just a technical solution of new tests, curricula or instructional practices, careful consideration is needed to achieve positive results. This live audio conference will provide an overview of the important concepts and resources that  more...

Key Legal and Practical Considerations When Forming an ACO: Seizing the Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges to Achieve Qual ... an improved outlook of the potential success that may be achieved, but also a daunting list of challenges to be met in order to seize the opportunities. This live audio conference will walk you through the legal, regulatory, policy, and practical challenges and solutions along the road to accountable care. Through constructive analysis of the Final Rule and guidance issued by CMS, DOJ, and the  more...

Battle of the Forms and Managing the Contracting Process ...ble terms. Ineffective practices can lead to a failure to achieve required terms or worse, a contract on terms that are contrary to one's objectives. Our fast-paced world increases the pressure as it is very easy for conflicting terms to be exchanged electronically without a complete meeting of the minds of the prospective parties. This live audio conference will teach you how to control the  more...

AIA Document D503(TM) - 2011: Guide for Sustainable Projects ...eted for a project and the sustainable measures needed to achieve the sustainable objective. It is critical that everyone involved in a sustainable project understand the distinctions between potential objectives, and have a clear process for development and implementation of the project design. In May of 2011, the American Institute of Architects released AIA Document D503 -2011, Guide for  more...

The WE in Wellness--5 Skills Every Case Manager Should Know for Effective Case Management ...d describe 5 skills that are essential to helping clients achieve as much wellness as they are willing and able to gain. It will be an honest review of actually how much behavioral change can and should be expected of various types of clients, and strategies that will lead to as much success and least frustration along the learning curve as possible. The information and participation gained  more...

Determining Meaningful Use for Electronic Health Records ...rom the federal government, physicians and hospitals must achieve 'meaningful use' of electronic health records through an attestation process. This process is new and complicated. This live audio conference will outline meaningful use guidelines and requirements to receive incentive payments, including timelines, criteria, an outline of the attestation process and recent developments in HHS'  more...

Bankruptcy Section 363: Purchasing Distressed Assets BenefitsCurrent and expected future economic conditions portend an increase in the sale of distressed assets out of bankruptcy due to the increase in financially distressed and overleveraged companies. Lower valuations for both public and private companies, the limited access to growth capital for potential sellers and the build up over the last couple of years of 'dry powder' at investment funds  more...

The Essentials of Wastewater Grit Removal ...l - from both a technical and business point of view - to achieve optimal outcomes. Learning Objectives - You will be able to recognize grit composition by geographic region. - You will be able to discuss benefits of a properly designed and functioning system. - You will be able to identify key considerations to an accurate grit removal efficiency test. - You will be able to review flume flow  more...

LEED Credits That Don't Break the Bank! BenefitsLEED project teams often fail to harvest the incentives and rebates that are commonly available to high-performing buildings. Furthermore, teams rarely plan ahead and build the incentive opportunities into their design and construction strategies to ensure that all available dollars are captured. This results in projects going over budget, designers having to choose sub-par systems as a  more...

Land Development Right Transfer Issues and Complexities ...untarily conserving their land and developers are able to achieve more profitable levels of development despite contributing to off-site preservation. As a market driven tool that requires coordination of various stakeholders, TDR can seem intimidating. This teleconference will give you the fundamentals of TDR, including a solid understanding of TDR components and an appreciation for the  more...

Best Practices in Electronic Invoices and Electronic Payments ...scape the paper-heavy processes in your AP department and achieve the coveted paperless status, but pulling off this caper is not a feat reserved for only paper mavericks. Instead, we can show you there is a way to achieve a paper-free environment and realize your ROI. In this teleconference, e-invoicing architect Henry Ijams will discuss your options for a paperless invoicing process and guide  more...

Best Practices for MRO Purchasing ...comprised of a guiding strategy and supporting tactics to achieve the goals that have been identified for the MRO purchasing function. This is often a significant opportunity to reduce operating cost and improve mean time to repair. This teleconference will help you understand and design the MRO purchasing system and related processes. The teleconference will also explain many of the industry  more...

Implementing Stay Interviews: If You Want to Keep Them You Have to Talk to Them! ...in talent with a very high price tag per hire. When they achieve proficiency in what is expected, they become a valuable contributor and an asset to the firm. The last thing you want to happen is to lose these employees because of situations that are within your ability to control. By attending this teleconference you will learn tools, tactics and techniques that will help you retain  more...

Reverse Auctions: Current Issues and Opportunities ...ous budgetary resources in the public sector. How can you achieve 5 to 20 percent or more savings on much of what your organization spends on products and services? The answer is quite simple - look at where you can effectively apply reverse auctioning in your procurement operations. This teleconference will provide an executive briefing on how to bring the power of reverse auctioning to your  more...

Strategies to Utilize Web 2.0 BenefitsIn an era where Web 2.0 is revolutionizing the social dynamics of our society, the HR professional must respond to the changes this new technology is bringing to the workplace. This teleconference will present a practical framework for understanding Web 2.0 and provide insight into a number of best practices that explore a variety of strategies for leveraging the power of this technology  more...

Forbearance Agreement Fundamentals ...ts are flexible tools that allow borrowers and lenders to achieve many different goals and potentially avoid litigation and exercise of remedies. This teleconference will help parties to a defaulted or distressed loan understand what options may be available to them under a forbearance agreement - an arrangement with the lender wherein the lender agrees to either a temporary or permanent  more...

Data Mapping and Electronic Information Management (EIM) - Risk Management for Daily Efficiency and Litigation-Preparedness ...ey storage locations and contents and use data-mapping to achieve day-to-day efficiencies in operations and retrievals. Be better prepared for e-discovery for incident-responses, government inquiries and litigation as well as manage and minimize risks of smoking gun content, data leakages and excessive costs. This teleconference will not only cover the key legal and technology issues, but it  more...

Employee Safety and Health Systems: Cutting Injuries Using the Team Approach BenefitsTraditional safety committees involve a small number of employees and are often managed by the individual responsible for the facility safety and health system. The problem is that the success of the committee, and thus the system success, is predicated by the authority given to the committee and its leadership which in most cases is low to nonexistent. The bottom line is that employee  more...

Direct Cost Accounting and Indirect Cost Allocation for Not-For-Profit Organizations BenefitsThis teleconference will help you deepen your understanding of direct cost accounting and indirect allocation rules, risks and best practices to achieve compliance with accounting requirements and maximize cost reimbursement. Accountants, attorneys, executive directors, officers, controllers, CFOs, tax managers and enrolled agents  more...

Current Trends in Carbon Credits and Markets ...clude carbon offsets or allowances as one of the tools to achieve compliance. This teleconference will help those who are involved with and responsible for climate change programs and compliance to understand the nature, use and value of carbon credits. Learning Objectives - You will be able to discuss what a carbon credit is. - You will be able to distinguish between types of credits. - You  more...

Lawful Hiring ...olate discrimination laws when taking steps to attempt to achieve nondiscriminatory selection and testing procedures. This teleconference will cover the leading laws that regulate or affect the hiring process. The teleconference will go beyond explaining the laws and will give practical guidance on how to design and document selection and hiring procedures to reduce the risk of government  more...

Employee Engagement in Troubled Times ...cal, they also make employee engagement more difficult to achieve. Belt tightening often results in organizational retrenching, reduced staffing levels and increased workloads, and constrained compensation budgets. Nonetheless, there is opportunity amid the economic uncertainty. Careful attention to positioning individuals and teams to succeed will not only allow organizations to weather the  more...

Practical Transportation Design and Solutions: Concepts and Implementation ...odel and 2) identify an approach that allows a project to achieve the maximum rate of return on investment. The cornerstone of the Kentucky practical solutions approach is system-wide performance evaluation and targeted project design goals. This approach allows for the development of properly sized facilities and minimizes overbuilt alternatives. Evaluation of the Kentucky practical solution  more...

Nanotech Materials for Sustainable Buildings ...n building materials and technologies. In fact, you won't achieve truly green, sustainable buildings without some of the products emerging from this revolution. Many nanotech products are already here and you can use them with confidence. This 90-minute, nontechnical teleconference will give an overview of how nanotech is changing the full spectrum of building materials and technologies. For  more...

The Claims Process on Federal Government Contracts - Maximizing the Return on Your Investment BenefitsMany federal contractors incur additional costs for changes, delays, differing site conditions and contract terminations. However, all too often these contractors do not understand how to effectively seek compensation for these additional costs. This teleconference will help you understand the types of costs you can recover, the circumstances under which certain costs may be recovered and  more...

Navigating through the Maze of Unclaimed Property Compliance - Unique Rules and Regulations for Financial Institutions ... compliance examination. We will also provide measures to achieve internal best practices and compliance as well as a summary of the latest state regulatory requirements, various cases, enforcement efforts, voluntary disclosures and state legislative updates. Whether you have been responsible for filing these reports for years or are fairly new to this area, this teleconference is a must-attend  more...

Managing Benefit Options for Part-Time Employees BenefitsAs the U.S. economy recovers and restructures, many employers find themselves employing more of their workforce on a part time basis. Additionally, in hard to recruit fields such as health care, or with entry level employers such as retailers, part-time employment is the norm and may account for more than 50% of the workforce. Employers struggle with how to design a program that will  more...

A Comprehensive Approach to Building Excellent ADA Facilities within the Public Right-of-Way ... within the public right-of-way to be a difficult goal to achieve. This teleconference will provide proven techniques that will increase the chances of fully completing the ADA facilities the first time without costly mistakes or retrofits. This practical approach coordinates the survey, design, inspection and construction of ADA facilities and provides examples of successful designs and final  more...

Simplifying PPE Program Implementation ... provide the necessary and updated information for you to achieve compliance with OSHA or improve programs that are already OSHA-compliant. The presentation will also include specific examples of situations which have caused problems for employers and the best solutions for these issues. During the last fiscal year for OSHA, PPE issues were represented by three of the top fifteen cited  more...

Health Information Exchange: The Impact of the Stimulus Code ...o the transport of meaningful care data to help providers achieve meaningful use. The concept of meaningful use has many tentacles, including the goal to improve quality of health, reduce costs, appropriate consumption of care, convenience, and the componential nature of the current way that we exchange data restricts innovation for improved quality and improved population health. Yet, the  more...

Construction Site Hazard Prevention ...ound to their families. This teleconference will help you achieve that goal by understanding how to evaluate your current program and how to identify opportunities to develop a proactive system involving the establishment and communication of best practices, and employee participation in identifying and mitigating hazards before an injury can occur. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able  more...

Demand-Side Water Conservation Initiatives ... evaluation and implementation to help your organiza¬tion achieve water efficiency objectives. This teleconference will help your organization understand the factors causing the problems and provides tested, workable solutions to address them. Without demand side management the risks are costly and unmanageable impacts on the public water supply. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to  more...

Water Well Rehabilitation - Technical Considerations and Economic Advantages ...litation and the augmentation (structural modification to achieve improved water quality or greater production) aspects of well rehabilitation. Practical applications and case studies will be used to exemplify the usefulness, and also the pitfalls, of well rehabilitation. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to recite techniques for scale removal. n- You will be able to review economic  more...

Tenancies in Common - Legal and Practical Issues nDuring the last five years, the tenant-in-common offering industry has grown to approximately $5 billion in annual equity raised. While specific data is hard to find, industry experts estimate that between $10 billion and $12 billion has been raised and spread across more than 2,000 offerings. In the last year, the number of materially under-performing TIC transactions has increased. As the  more...

Successful Strategies for Controlling Workers' Compensation Costs ...mpensation program will utilize the available remedies to achieve the goals of reducing injuries, reducing benefit payment and reducing unsuccessful litigation results. This 90-minute teleconference will review the myths and misconceptions about workers' compensation as well as address how to control runaway claims. The 10 key elements of an effective workers' compensation program will also be  more...

Impact of the New ADA Amendments on Schools ... that the laws now require, and recommendations on how to achieve compliance. In addition to extending benefits for students who had previously been denied 504 services, awareness of these new amendments can prevent costly and disruptive legal proceedings for school districts. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to discuss legal and political background leading to the new ADA amendments  more...

Supply Chain Strategies in a Down Economy ...ing questions: Have you pulled all the levers possible to achieve savings in the short term? Are you getting the best price for the goods and services that enable your business? Do you have an understanding of your key suppliers' financial condition? Are you matching what you are buying to what you really need to be successful? Do you have visibility into your spend? Are you actively working  more...

Estate Planning Opportunities in an Uncertain Environment nMotivate the reluctant client; freeze the estate value to reduce the estate tax load. How many of us have clients waiting on the sidelines to decide what to do after experiencing 2008? The uncertain times and uncertain market have actually created the perfect time to use some of the advanced planning tools in the estate planner's arsenal. Depressed values for good assets open up the opportunity  more...

Pitfalls with Lean Implementation nAre you (or about to be) in the 90% lean failure group? In implementing lean, the cards are stacked against your success. The sad truth is this: eight or nine organizations of 10 who embark on implementing an improvement initiative like lean, Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma FAIL to get the benefits they should. This wastes time and money, and disenfranchises the workforce. In extreme cases, it can  more...