Open Telephone Seminars

XBRL in Transition:From Requiring XBRL to Leveraging XBRL to Improve Data Collection, Analysis, and Business Reporting ...me them to why the market will leverage XBRL as a global, open architecture reporting framework for improved business reporting and analysis. Learn what XBRL means, why public companies have adopted it and why those companies (and the US Government) will foster the adoption of XBRL technology as a reporting framework to all entities in our economy. This live audio conference is designed for  more...

Best Practices to Modify Electronic Health Records While Maintaining Record Integrity ...cess for handling changes to EHRs can leave your practice open to violations of HIPAA, adverse summary judgments in the case of lawsuits and electronic discovery, and other violations of practice and records management regulations. This program is critical for medical offices to ensure the Electronic Health Record is used properly and will accurately reflect the facts of the encounters recorded  more...

The Open Enrollment Challenge: Strategies for Success BenefitsIs your benefits information often greeted by a yawn? Are you viewed as the enemy because you tell your employees how much more they have to pay for benefits every year? And why does the good news always get lost in the mix? Sometimes, it's not so much what you say as how you say it - and how often. Communications should never be an afterthought. Make sure employees appreciate all your  more...

Common Pitfalls of Certificates of Insurance ...ndard certificates of insurance are causing confusion and open the door to assuming unexpected risk. This audio conference will walk through why certificates of insurance are used, what are standard ACORD certificates, modifications of ACORD certificates, differences between certificates of insurance and insurance binders, as well as limitations in certificates of insurance. This audio  more...

Pervious Pavement Alternatives ...o types of porous paving materials: pervious concrete and open-jointed block. A discussion of case studies from all over North America illustrating results in diverse soil, climate and traffic situations, and applications for investment and environmental purposes will be addressed. Learning Objectives - You will be able to discuss applications. - You will be able to describe open-jointed  more...

Land Development Right Transfer Issues and Complexities ...rve environmental areas, farmland, historic landmarks and open space. TDR uses development rather than taxation to pay for permanent protection of these and other threatened resources. Working though the zoning code, TDR helps implement the preservation as well as the development goals of a community's land use plans. When TDR works, property owners are compensated for voluntarily conserving  more...

Strategies to Utilize Web 2.0 ...ower of this technology as both a vehicle for creating an open line of communication and as a new tool to enhance productivity and people management strategies. Whether you're new to social media or just trying to figure out how to apply it to human resources, this teleconference will provide you with the foundation you need to begin using Web 2.0 to achieve your business objectives. This  more...

Planning and Zoning Techniques for Open Space Preservation ...Open space generates intense interest and support among citizens and elected officials as a key to making our communities livable and sustainable. Actually implementing a successful open space strategy is complex. Open space planning and implementation must take into account the regional context, community vision and ultimate function of the open space areas. The costs and means of maintaining  more...

Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance: Current Topics and Key Issues ...ing a claim for D O liability insurance coverage. It will open with a discussion of the landscape of directors' and officers' liability, including the common allegations and recent claims trends brought in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis. The teleconference will also address how D O insurance operates, including a discussion of the coverage sides, coverage add-ons, covered and  more...

Pervious Concrete - The Pavement That Drinks! ...irecting and storing storm water off-site, the pavement's open-cell structure models natural ground cover, allowing rainwater to filter through to the underlying soil. This leads to an equivalent aquifer recharge and groundwater increase as would occur in a grass-covered area. Furthermore, the air voids of pervious concrete provide a medium for aerobic bacteria that naturally break down many of  more...

Final Regulations on Shareholder and S Corporation Debt ... recently issued final regulations which limit the use of open account debt to pass-through S corporation losses to shareholders. Prior to these new regulations, taxpayers avoided recognition of income on the repayment of open account debt with reduced basis because of prior loss pass-throughs. We will discuss how these new regulations limit the use of open account debt and techniques to  more...

Decentralized Wastewater Solutions ...lanning and smart growth development. The economics of open space developments versus the cookie-cutter-maximize-the-number-of-lots development approach is being driven by the cost of land. Because the availability of public sewers is a major contributor to this development cost, alternative solutions for wastewater management are critical to the design of environmentally attractive open  more...

Creating a Powerful Capability Statement: Required Tool for Government Contracting Success ...specific data and formats, which, when well-crafted, will open doors with decision makers. If it is poorly crafted you will see no success and possibly even harm your chances for future business opportunities. This teleconference will help you understand exactly what a Capability Statement is and is not, how many pages it should be, and specific contents, sections and format. We will cover  more...

Drafting Trusts in Estate Planning ...t 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 marriages and creditors, especially if they get into financial distress in the future. This teleconference will help you address all of  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...