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Discover the Secrets of Microsoft(R) Excel Pivot Tables ...like data invariably needs tools to manage and analyze the data beyond mere sorting and filtering. Excel 's pivot table feature gives you a quick and powerful way to create summary cross-totals combined with an enormous flexibility to restructure your results with simple dragging of fields. Whether you need the ability to create a quick look at the data for that important meeting or need more  more...

Best Practices in Nursing Documentation: Writing Effective and Legal Proof Notes ...th care providers hand-wrote cryptic notes on essay paper-like chart pages that rarely were ever looked at again. Long gone, also, are the days that physicians would only look at labs, reports and other physician's notes, expecting the nurse to call to the physician's attention anything important about the patient so they didn't have to read nurses' notes. Electronic records are a reality that  more...

Techniques to Prepare for Difficult Employee Discussions ... people accountable for their actions and treating adults like adults - all while shifting responsibility for individual improvement away from the company and back to the employee - where it belongs in the first place. More important, we'll develop a structured model and framework that will allow you deliver even the most difficult messages while treating people with dignity and respect at all  more...

Limited Medical Programs: How Employers Are Using Them to Control Health Care Costs ...led with huge out-of-pocket expenses, this combination is like a nuclear warhead ready to explode. This teleconference will help you understand the benefits of limited medical programs and how they can be utilized in combination with major medical programs to control costs. The teleconference will also explain new medical programs in the market place and how some voluntary benefits can be  more...

White-Collar Defense Strategies and Developments BenefitsWhite-collar criminal defense is very different from the defense of other criminal cases. It must be approached uniquely from the time an attorney first learns of a client's target status in an investigation through trial. Failure to understand these differences and nuances can be fatal. This teleconference will examine some of these most important distinctions, and discuss the proper  more...

Alternative Dispute Resolution for Paralegals ...ge and disadvantages. The myths that arbitration is 'just like a trial' or 'just like mediation' also can produce confusion. This teleconference helps provide an essential understanding of ADR, focusing on paraprofessionals and others who may never have encountered the unique procedures of settlement, mediation or arbitration. The teleconference reviews the entire ADR process and provides  more...

Advanced Microsoft Excel Formulas and Functions: Master Your Usage of Excel's More Powerful Formulas and Functions ...l functions or just not be aware of special capabilities, like array formulas. There's no question that Excel's 300+ functions give you tremendous capabilities to tackle a myriad of statistical, mathematical and financial challenges, not to mention functions that extract valuable date information and let you manipulate text at the character level. But who has the time to explore all of them  more...

Developing a Pay-for-Performance Plan ...like motherhood and apple pie - everyone agrees with the concept, but not everyone can achieve the desired results. This teleconference will present the concept of pay-for-performance and its relationship to the compensation strategy. You will learn about the various performance-based plans that can be developed within base salary and variable pay components, and the design elements that can be  more...

From TV to Twitter: Working With the Media During a Crisis BenefitsIn today's media-intensive world, how leaders communicate during a crisis can be just as important - sometimes even more important - than how they manage the problem itself. Whether it's a natural disaster, accident, sensational crime or political controversy, the public and the media demand answers and information now, whether through traditional or new social media channels. Managing and  more...

Cracking Nuts: Locating Hidden and Transferred Assets ...er person to guess which shell the ball is under. Debtors like to play 'hide the ball' under shell companies. Creditors who entertain that game are missing the ball! This teleconference is for those who want to learn how to pierce the corporate veil, pursue alter ego corporations, and levy on hidden assets and collect despite fraudulent transfers, elusive debtors, lying corporate officers and  more...

Major Issues in WiMAX Tower Leases and Zoning ...han 80 U.S. metropolitan areas in 2009 and 2010. WiMAX is like Wi-Fi computer service, but covers an entire city or county. WiMAX will lead to more leases of land for communications towers because an entire new set of antennas and some new towers will be required for communities receiving the service, but some antennas will be put on existing cell towers. For many of these existing towers and  more...

Don't Bet the Company: Understanding and Avoiding Class Actions in Labor and Employment Law! ...s required to time out on the clock. Therefore, it looked like these employees were not paid for working through breaks and it cost the company many millions of dollars. So - don't bet the company - follow the rules strictly and avoid voracious plaintiff's attorneys. This program is designed primarily for attorneys. Human resource managers, presidents, vice presidents, business owners and  more...

Introduction to New ICD-10 Coding: Preparing for Implementation ...ion of ICD-10 effective October 1, 2013. While this seems like a significant time period in order to get ready, there is a tremendous amount of preparation required. This teleconference is designed to help you understand all the ways in which the transition to ICD-10 will affect your organization. It will begin with a basic understanding of how the two systems differ. The bulk of the  more...

Drafting Trusts in Estate Planning nEstate tax laws keep changing. Did you know that even though the estate tax exemption is predicted to stay at $3.5 million the lifetime gift tax exemption will stay at $1 million, leaving the door open to reduce the estate tax exemption back down to $1 million when Congress tries to balance the budget in a few years? In addition to estate taxes, clients' families need protection from probate, bad  more...

FASB Statement 157 - Fair Value Update on Corporate Asset Valuation ...nomy. Perhaps an overused term, but "perfect storm" seems like an apt descriptor for the economic events of 2008. While implementing changes mandated by FASB 157 could be challenging for companies - and has been in some cases - the rule aims to make it easier to communicate value to shareholders. This teleconference will provide an overview of SFAS 157 guidelines, including the new definition  more...

Design Tips for Rain Gardens: Storm Water and Runoff Control ...ook favorably on these practices. What these systems look like, how they work, where to locate them, how deep and how large their footprint should be, the best vegetation, construction tips and maintaining the gardens will be reviewed during this teleconference. A brief summary of how well these infiltrating vegetative filters work will also be reviewed. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be  more...

Estate Planning for Vacation Homes ...parents who own the property and those to whom they would like to pass this unique legacy. This teleconference will review the many options available to vacation homeowners to plan for such important transfers. You'll learn about the mechanics of such strategies, as well as the potential pitfalls. Since every family dynamic is different, there can be no single strategy that will work for every  more...

Real Estate Income Tax Issues nThis teleconference will address valuable planning techniques and recent developments concerning the income taxation of real estate, including issues applicable to partnerships and LLCs holding real property. You'll learn about capital gains strategies, like-kind exchanges, tenancies in common, how to structure transactions when some partners want cash and others want tax deferral, and recent  more...

Pitfalls with Lean Implementation ...f 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 lead to you being out of a job and the outright failure of your organization. Learn the classic reasons for this sad truth, the keys to success, and a practical and simple  more...

Grant Applications From Beginning to End nGrants are highly competitive. With the down turn in today's market they are becoming even more competitive as business and investors are looking at grants to leverage their position. Grants that are easy to find are the most competitive and most difficult to receive. Grant money is free money, in the sense that it does not have to be repaid like a loan. Getting grant funding takes skill,  more...

Effective Contract Negotiations: The Fusion of Law, Relationships and Project Expectations Benefits Complex contract negotiations create a relationship and lead to a written agreement that defines expectations. Purchasing law and other aspects of the legal environment affect the negotiation and the eventual performance of the contract. Effective contract negotiation integrates the legal requirements, clarifies expectations on both sides and fosters constructive relationships.  more...