Maintain Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

Maintain and Gain Downtown Businesses in a Tough Economy: Key Retention and Recruitment Concepts ...very economic development or downtown to have a balanced 'maintaining and gaining' approach to economic growth. This teleconference will illuminate a number strategies and tactics to consider as you pursue this goal. Learning Objectives - You will be able to define reasons why businesses succeed and fail. - You will be able to identify when a business is struggling before it's too late to help  more...

Using Social Media in Collections ... you can use social media web sites and new technology to maintain a good customer base, keep good paying customers on track, and find and collect from past due customers. Learn how these popular web sites can improve your collections, what some of the most common mistakes are when using these web sites and how you can avoid them. Collections managers, credit managers, presidents, vice  more...

Medical Records Releases, Retention and Confidentiality Requirements ...ften subjected to complex and conflicting requirements to maintain the confidentiality and restrict the disclosure of the information. Complex and overlapping rules and regulations impose rigid requirements that must be met before information is released, and require medical record repositories to retain the records for often-conflicting time periods. This teleconference will outline the  more...

Family Limited Partnerships in Estate Planning ...r client situation is warranted and what steps to take to maintain or correct an existing family entity to comply with recent changes in the law. This teleconference will also explain the various valuation issues for gift and estate tax purposes, and asset protection benefits with the use of these entities. Family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies have come under  more...

Current Issues in Digital Billboards and Sign Regulations ...gation at localities across the country that is trying to maintain attractive communities and prevent visual blight. What is the role of the Federal Highway Administration in controlling digital signs that create distractions to drivers and degrade aesthetics? What tricks are used by the billboard industry to secure permits from local officials to build or operate unlawful digital signs? How  more...

Construction Recordkeeping and Documentation Requirements for Government Contracts ...deral contractors, including construction contractors, to maintain certain records related to the contract for a specific number of years. Consequently, federal contractors are well advised to establish good recordkeeping policies and procedures that satisfy their legal obligations. Establishing such policies and procedures however, can be complicated, especially because other practical  more...

Understanding the Basics of Lean Accounting ...-on view of the process needed to evaluate, establish and maintain lean accounting in a mid-level manufacturing environment. While lean accounting will help companies view the value streams associated with specific products, there are also costs associated with the development, maintenance and ongoing use. You will gain a deeper understanding about the benefits of lean accounting, costs of  more...

Employee Engagement in Troubled Times ...d periods of economic uncertainty if organizations are to maintain product and service quality, and lay a foundation for future growth. Yet while challenging economic environments make employee motivation more critical, they also make employee engagement more difficult to achieve. Belt tightening often results in organizational retrenching, reduced staffing levels and increased workloads, and  more...

Construction Documentation: Preparing Effective Job Records ...will arm you with vital information on how to prepare and maintain a proper and complete job file. Learning Objectives You will be able to propose actions taken on submittals. You will be able to interpret project meetings. You will be able to describe change orders. You will be able to specify pay applications and other certifications. Project managers, contractors, subcontractors,  more...

Understanding the Complexities of OCIPs and CCIPs Insurance Programs ...re popular for businesses that build multiple projects or maintain a number of large facilities. In order to realize the significant price advantages afforded by these programs, it is imperative to understand how they are structured and managed. This teleconference will provide guidance on identifying projects that could benefit from an OCIP or CCIP program and explore the major issues that  more...

Surface Parking Lots Development and Design ...rn how to acquire a potential property, how to design and maintain surface parking lots. This teleconference will not only devote time to surface features, such as pavements, drainage and striping, it will also discuss the importance of paying attention to soil preparation and pavement foundation. Learning Objectives - You will be able to distinguish different types of surface parking lots. -  more...

Practical and Legal Aspects of Real Estate Auctions ...im outlook on return on investment. The carrying costs to maintain the property during a lengthy conventional brokerage sale weaken the asset's physical properties and investment potential. Real estate auctions have been a viable solution for more than 40 years but are all-too-frequently associated with distressed property or the seller doesn't want to admit financial trouble. This  more...

Paid Sick Leave Update: Policies and Procedures in an Evolving Workplace nMany employers voluntarily provide their employees with paid sick leave. Increasingly, however, states and localities are dictating that employers allow employees to use these voluntarily-provided paid sick leave benefits for reasons beyond those covered by the employer's program. In some cases, states and localities have begun to mandate that employers provide employees with a minimum paid sick  more...

Enabling Loan Processes with Paperless Files ...osing and implementing paperless systems, and the ways to maintain the highest document quality standards. You will gain a broad introduction to the types of processes that can be enabled by digital files, strategies for migration and improvement of existing processes, implementation of new workflows and planning to enable future growth. For lenders looking to align technology and processes now  more...

The New HIPAA Special Enrollment Rules and Related Disclosure Issues ... new notice and disclosure obligations for employers that maintain such plans. While many of these obligations are not effective until after 2009, the special enrollment changes are effective April 1, 2009. In addition, the new law imposes civil penalties of up to $100 a day for failure to comply with the new notice and disclosure requirements. By attending this teleconference, you will learn  more...

Updating and Maintaining Wills, Trusts and Estate Plans for the Evolving Client ...s drafting techniques that will allow a will and trust to maintain maximum effectiveness in the future. We'll focus on how to best address a client's future needs with flexibility built into the document and address future changes to the federal and state estate and inheritance tax rules. This teleconference will benefit any attorney who drafts, prepares or reviews wills, trusts and estate  more...

Medical Privacy Rights of Minors ...ften subjected to complex and conflicting requirements to maintain the confidentiality and restrict the use of the information. When those providers and others deal with minors, the complexity increases dramatically. When the right of an individual to privacy and security with regard to his or her medical information runs into the rights of the individual's parents to control the medical care  more...

Capital Improvements for Condominium and Homeowners' Associations ...ty of the association's board of directors to protect and maintain the community. It is not optional to address the physical condition of the community in a well-considered manner. This teleconference will help you develop strategies. The board itself needs to be convinced of the need for action. They then need to be able to convince the unit/lot owners of their responsibility to support a  more...

Understanding the COBRA Alternative Coverage Rules nThis teleconference is essential for company personnel who are involved with COBRA coverage and what can be done to reduce costs. In lieu of a company's traditional health plan, for COBRA purposes, the company is allowed to offer alternative health coverage although the procedure for doing so is quite complicated. n nDiscussed first is what constitutes the various forms of alternative health  more...

Aging Building Management: Best Practices in Development Long-Term Capital Plans nUp to 30% of the average organization's annual capital outlay is spent on facilities and related infrastructure. How can an organization ensure it is most effectively leveraging this investment to support operations today and meet the needs of the future? n nOptimally managing capital assets requires detailed information about the condition of an organization's facilities and major building  more...

From Contact to Contract: The Ladder Approach to Managing a Sale nMost salespeople follow a chaos theory of managing a sale - whatever happens, happens. Consequently, after leaving an initial meeting with a prospect they wonder how, when and why they should reconnect with the prospect. Not only does this lead to lost opportunities, even with prospects who do become clients the process is difficult, fraught with worry and uncertainty, and wastes a great deal of  more...