Life Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

Current Issues in Real Estate Title and Title Insurance ...nce is a nuts-and-bolts program designed to give you real life practical information to facilitate the closing of commercial and residential real estate transactions. You'll gain insight into the workings of the title industry to better prepare you to anticipate problems and assist in developing solutions to ultimately close the transaction. This teleconference will progress from basic concepts  more...

Corrosion Control for Water System Piping & Storage Tanks ...help conserve water, but also reduce leaks and extend the life of water piping systems. Topics to be reviewed and discussed will include stray electrical currents, aggressive soils, bimetallic coupling, coatings, cathodic protection, corrosion coupons and polyethylene encasement. Several municipal case histories will also be discussed. Learning Objectives - You will be able to discuss  more...

Estate Planning for the Final Years of Life ...jority of Americans fail to plan for their final years of life. Ironically, this is the time when many people are confronted with their greatest challenges and most stressful experiences. This teleconference will cover why people need to plan, what they need to plan for and how to apply proven strategies for dealing with the final years of life. Thomas Day, a senior citizen himself, has spent  more...

Legal Ethical Issues ...t themselves in all aspects of an attorney's professional life. Knowledge of these ethical standards will assist you in properly representing a client and at the same time protect you from the adverse consequences of a violation of the ethical standards. This teleconference will provide an overview of typical ethical issues affecting the various areas of the practice of law, and how to address  more...

Utilizing Graphs and Charts in Microsoft Excel ... in the obscurity of a sea of numbers suddenly springs to life in a chart - you get the big picture at a glance and Excel gives you a ton of formatting tools to add flair and pizzazz that enliven presentations and reports. This teleconference will show you quick ways to create charts; explore which chart types work best for different data; and give you tips on when and how to add gridlines,  more...

Access Management Design and Development ...d a look at current and future advancements based on real-life projects. Through access design and development you will be provided with the resources to retrofit existing access problems, quantify the correct number of access points, establish safe spacing between access driveways, financing techniques and the role of access management in land use development. Learning Objectives You will be  more...

Strengthening Self-Esteem, Resilience and Body Image in Adolescents ...ring up' in relation to schoolwork, appearance and social life. Today's culture promotes unrealistic and narrow standards of what is acceptable and attractive, increasing stress that can all too often undermine self-esteem and encourage feelings of inadequacy. This teleconference will look at some of the unspoken messages implicit in common day media images and explore the negative and  more...

Documentation and Proof of Construction Delay ...derlying legal concepts and decisions. Step-by-step, real-life examples will allow you to see how the concepts and techniques presented in the teleconference are actually applied. At the conclusion of the teleconference, you will be able to identify and quantify delays before they occur, preventing unnecessary disputes and claims. Learning Objectives You will be able to outline the importance  more...

Ground Failures and Other Groundwater-Related Property Damage ...can destroy your professional reputation or decimate your life savings. A ground failure doesn't have to make the national news to be a catastrophic loss to a property owner. Ground failure mechanisms come in many forms - landslides, sinkholes, soil expansion, bedrock heave, soil collapse, erosion - all of which typically include water as a major contributing factor. Even if ground failure is  more...

Efficiency Estimations and Payback Periods for New Equipment ...onference will explain basic principles of electric motor life cycle costs to understand how and when a new energy efficient motor can significantly save on total expenses. Special emphasis will be on understanding what affects the efficiency has on operating expenses, how to calculate the potential savings of alternative choices, and how to ensure energy savings is realized in the long term,  more...

Using Investment Policy Statements as an Investment Tool: It's an Art, Not a Science ...mber of the staff of an asset manager who can give a real life view of an IPS 'from the trenches.' The teleconference will focus on the underlying bases for the establishment of an investment policy statement and the various techniques used to ensure that it is comprehensive and comprehensible, and adequately designed and customized to address the particular investment needs of the designated  more...

Performance Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Constructed Bridges ...ced composite materials such as fiber reinforced polymer. Life cycling engineering and costing will be discussed. A case study will be provided to better understand the state-of-the-art rehabilitation technologies. The teleconference is particularly designed to provide an overview of the evaluation of existing bridges and state-of-the-art rehabilitation technologies. Learning Objectives: - You  more...

Lighting Design and Control for Commercial Buildings: Increase Sales, Increase Productivity and Save Energy ...e presented in a fast paced teleconference with many real life examples. System efficiencies, impact on other architectural systems and integrated controls will all be discussed. We will discuss daylighting, a 100 year old feature that is more relevant now than ever. This teleconference will take you past LEED and show you how proper illumination will improve your bottom line. Learning  more...

Cracking Nuts: Locating Hidden and Transferred Assets BenefitsDebtors who utilize corporate shells are the bane of commercial collectors, attorneys and creditors. Too often debts and collateral are not recovered from cunning debtors. Most of us are familiar with the shell game in which someone puts a ball under one of several shells and then mixes up the shells leaving another person to guess which shell the ball is under. Debtors like to play 'hide  more...

Form 709: Gift Tax Fundamentals ...transfer of property. When property is transferred during lifetime, a gift tax may be imposed. While the most ignored tax, failure to properly comply with the gift tax laws during life may cause estate tax problems at death. During this teleconference, you will learn when a gift tax return should be filed, what type of gifts need to be reported, what type of information needs to be included to  more...

Protecting Attorney Work Product in Communications With Testifying and Consulting Experts ...on disclosure pitfalls for practitioners and present real-life scenarios involving disclosure of expert communications. They will also discuss strategic considerations present in expert-intensive cases. Finally, you'll get simple practical tips for working with experts that will protect your communications and minimize the potential for discovery issues arising as your case moves toward trial.  more...

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Procedures: What You Need to Know ...life and with the new bankruptcy amendments, Chapter 13s are taking a bigger slice of the consumer bankruptcy pie. This teleconference will discuss the Chapter 13 process and how it differs from Chapter 7 bankruptcies. It details the structure of the typical Chapter 13 case and presents pointers on maximizing the recovery of you and your client. This teleconference is geared to those who have  more...

Combating Rising Construction Costs ...life. Budget overruns are frequent occurrences. When costs rise, someone pays - how can you avoid being the one who pays? A savvy construction business person can take many steps along the way to apportion the risks of construction in a way to ensure that his or her company avoids getting stuck with the bill for escalating costs. Some of the most important tools at your disposal come into play  more...

Dynamic Tips for Effective E-Discovery BenefitsElectronic discovery is one of the most important and prominent issues confronting the legal industry today. E-Discovery is the buzzword in litigation and it certainly has earned this status, but its notoriety can at times belie the legal community's tender grasp of its many complexities and implications. Paralegals and legal assistants - the 'case managers' during discovery - are perhaps  more...

How Letters of Credit Work and Why Sometimes They Don't ...his teleconference will walk you through the steps in the life of a letter of credit, identifying pitfalls along the way. The teleconference will review and illustrate fundamental principles using real-life examples. Our presenter will explain how these principles apply to both commercial and standby letters of credit and how these two types differ. In particular, you'll learn why letters of  more...

Tax Implications of Generation-Skipping Techniques - Planning to Minimize the Generation-Skipping Transfer (GST) Tax nBy attending this teleconference, you will learn key elements of the GST tax rules, including the rules for automatic allocation of GST tax exemption. Benefits and differences between different types of basic GST tax planning techniques, including various lifetime planning and post-mortem planning along with the implications of leveraging GST tax planning with discounted assets will also be  more...

Developing an Effective Property Management Plan ...ested in making more money? Having more free time? Living life with less stress? If you are a professional HOA property or community manager, or if you are thinking of becoming a HOA property manager, you will want to know what's new in property management. Become acquainted with the newest technology and how you can profit successfully. Understand the do's and don'ts successful managers employ  more...

Why Is This Guy Still on My Health Plan? ... employer's health and other benefit plans (dental, group life) where the employer continues to pay premiums despite the employee being no longer eligible under the plan. This teleconference will discuss the relevant legal pitfalls, including FMLA notice failure, COBRA notice failure, conversion coverage notice failure, covering people (employees and dependents) under plans who are not eligible  more...

Patients' Rights Update ...n a patient refuses care or reaches the end of his or her life? This teleconference will address the current state of patients' rights and provide guidance into managing these situations. n nLorman Business Center, Inc. dba Lorman Education Services is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association Continuing Education Approval Program Committee, an  more...

Getting to the Root of Root Cause Analysis ...life. In every industry and occupation we are faced with failures. Failures of products, processes, systems and services abound. n nSome of us are tasked with fixing the processes that lead to failures. The customer wants "faster, better, cheaper" but we are delivering "slower, worse and costly." Failure can mean not meeting a customer requirement. It can relate to form, fit and function.  more...

Best Practices in Purchasing Software nNegotiating software licenses can be frustrating for the business owner. Once you get past the 10-point, double column format of most vendors' license forms, you begin to understand that there are no standard terms and conditions for licensing software - each deal is unique. This teleconference will help the person responsible for evaluating, purchasing and maintaining enterprise-wide software  more...

How to Get Your Prospect to Move From "I ll Think It Over" to Yes! ...ar those replies. You'll get sales skills, people skills, life skills and marketing skills that will separate and elevate you from the competition. You will understand clearly how to bring a much larger share of your deals or projects to a positive solution. The teleconference will help to greatly ease the agony of dealing with the customer or person stuck in the hold position. This program is  more...

Appellate Process Basics for Legal Professionals nFiling an appeal is a specialized process with particular requirements and deadlines. Failure to follow the appropriate procedures can be fatal to an appeal or, at a minimum, compromise its chance of success. A paralegal's thorough assistance is invaluable in making certain the rules are followed and obligations are met. This teleconference will provide you with an overview of the life cycle of a  more...

Estate Planning for Vacation Homes ... members can relax, reconnect and escape the busy pace of life is increasingly significant to many families. Parents want to perpetuate these cherished memories and experiences throughout the generations. To do so requires careful, thoughtful planning by both the parents who own the property and those to whom they would like to pass this unique legacy. This teleconference will review the many  more...

Restructuring: Changing Your Choice of Business Entity ...life cycle as it grows. The plans of its owners change, and management succession and exit strategies become more immediate concerns. As a result, initial tax and state law decisions need to be revisited, and when warranted, consideration of changes to a company's tax and legal structure may be advisable or necessary. This teleconference will provide you with a review the various alternative  more...

Effective Job Cost Reports in Construction Project Management ...ss. This 90 minute teleconference will address the entire life cycle of the JCR, including the proper creation, implementation, maintenance and use of a JCR. You'll learn the nuts and bolts of JCR implementation and hear a discussion on using the JCR as an early-warning indicator of trouble ahead. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to breakdown construction costs. n- You will be able to  more...

Aging Building Management: Best Practices in Development Long-Term Capital Plans ...idering sustainability recommendations along with systems life cycle requirements, building owners and managers can optimize recapitalization and greening initiatives. n nRegister for this teleconference and you'll learn about a best practice process for developing a long-term capital plan from requirements gathering and long-term planning to capital budget creation and spending management. n  more...

Asset Protection Planning and Techniques: Safeguard Your Retirement and Other Assets Benefits When building retirement wealth for yourself or your clients, you want to protect it. For this reason, asset protection strategies for retirement are necessary as part of your wealth building strategy for the future. This teleconference will give you the tools to protect yourself or your client's retirement wealth, help build more wealth and help secure your future.  more...