Support Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

Employee Expense Reimbursement Best Practices ...need to prepare and enforce robust policies to adequately support and monitor reimbursable expenses. In today's economy, establishment of best practices and ensuring compliance is crucial to minimize the cost and legal risk of inappropriate practices. This teleconference will explore the legal landscape governing employee expense reimbursement, outline the legal and financial risks of improper  more...

Legal Overview of Financial Records: Obtaining and Understanding the Information ... tax return for determining the available funds for child support and maintenance. In many cases, this may be sufficient, such as that of a W-2 wage earner. However, in those cases where a client's spouse owns their own business eliciting the true available funds for child support and maintenance can be more complicated. This teleconference is designed to help you understand various options in  more...

15- Minute Expert Adult Patient Assessments: Practical Strategies, Tips, and Updates for Health Care Professionals ... conflicts of interest to report. There was no commercial support received for the planning of this program. No endorsement of products or off-label use will occur at this program. Learning Objectives - You will be able to explain your exam for any adult patient with a straightforward head to toe system. - You will be able to define the most important steps in each section of the head to toe  more...

Pupil Records: Rules, Responsibilities and Requirements ...the media. The media asks the school for documentation to support the expulsion and respond to student's claims of wrongful discipline. Can the school defend its decision? 2. Local newspaper asks for a list of students in the top 5 percent of their class for an upcoming article. Do you provide the information and if so, do you need parental consent? What if the request was for the bottom 5  more...

Emerging Trends in Infrastructure Finance - The Stimulus and Beyond ...ificant opportunities for other nontraditional sources of support remain abundant. This teleconference will fully explore these opportunities, how they are being sold politically and how the deals are being structured. We will examine a few project examples for practical experience as well as explore where the infrastructure funding effort is heading over the next decade. Learning Objectives  more...

Influenza: Seasonal to Pandemic ... conflicts of interest to report. There was no commercial support received for the planning of this program. No endorsement of products or off-label use will occur at this program. Learning Objectives - You will be able to recognize symptoms associated with various influenza viruses. - You will be able to identify key features of a preparedness plan for influenza. - You will be able to  more...

Not in My Backyard (NIMBY): Overcoming Development Resistance BenefitsNIMBY resistance to land use proposals can add millions to the cost of the development project and add months to the permitting process. This teleconference will provide practical, actionable tools to anticipate and avoid community resistance to controversial land use projects and to actively build community enthusiasm for the proposal. We'll begin with an in-depth look at managing hostile  more...

Promoting Wellness and Recovery of People With Mental Illness Through Strengths-Based, Person-Centered Practice ...ers and funders must develop policies and procedures that support and promote evidence-based practice with this challenging group of service participants. Service organizations must become more outcome-focused in their helping efforts. Direct practitioners, therapists, case managers and substance abuse providers must integrate their efforts to avoid redundancy and potential conflicts in  more...

Storm Water Best Management Practice (BMP) Inspection and Maintenance ... linear projects, and illustrate the use of technology to support your storm water BMP maintenance and inspection programs. Learning Objectives - You will be able to discover the importance of proper maintenance to meeting new benchmark discharge criteria. - You will be able to define typical maintenance requirements of and common problems with construction BMPs for linear projects. - You will  more...

Infection Control Programs ... conflicts of interest to report. There was no commercial support received for the planning of this program. No endorsement of products or off-label use will occur at this program. Learning objectives You will be able to identify key elements of an effective infection prevention program You will be able to describe best practices for ventilator-associated pneumonia and catheter associated  more...

New Rules and Formats for International ACH Transactions nInternational commerce is rapidly growing but with that growth comes challenges, the most significant being the need to track transactions to ensure funds are not being disbursed to or from individuals that are threats to the U.S. The Office of Foreign Asset Control is the government organization that tracks this information. Their regulations require that all international transactions comply  more...

Increasing the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Manufacturing Logistics ...ring logistics, the first priority is providing the right support to make production flow smoothly and put out the goods the company sells. This is effectiveness. The second priority is to provide this support without wasting human, technical or financial resources. This is efficiency. What most companies do in logistics is pursue efficiency at the expense of effectiveness, curtailing service  more...

Enabling Loan Processes with Paperless Files nLenders today face a variety of challenges - loss mitigation, fraud detection, audit compliance, underwriting and risk mitigation; and access demands on loan documentation are greater than ever. This teleconference will help you understand the benefits and potential pitfalls of paperless loan files, the considerations that must be made in choosing and implementing paperless systems, and the ways  more...

SAS 70 Requirements, Obligations, and Audit Survival Best Practices nToday's regulatory requirements are forcing corporate customers to become more aware of their vendors' internal controls and security than ever before. Maintaining an up-to-date SAS 70 report based on an audit of the effectiveness your organization's control objectives and activities can help satisfy these customers' concerns. To successfully navigate the SAS 70 audit process, it is important to  more...

Patients' Rights Update ... conflicts of interest to report. There was no commercial support received for the planning of this program. No endorsement of products or off-label use will occur at this program. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to identify patient rights in a variety of care settings. n- You will be able to describe a patient's right to refuse certain treatments. n- You will be able to discuss the  more...

Creating Investment Policies For Your Nonprofit: Risk Tolerance, Reserve Funds and Portfolio Management Capacity ...e will provide you with the skills to develop policies to support and expand your current portfolio of funds. You will walk away from this event with the following knowledge: the impact of short-term and long-term goals on investments policies; endowment fund accounting best practices and compliance updates; the role of the investment committee and how to work with them on determining policies;  more...

Community Benefit Agreements nCommunity benefits agreements can increase public participation in the planning process, promote smart growth and environmental justice goals, and bring neighborhoods, local governments, and private interests together to make development projects more sustainable, transparent and accountable. Negotiating a CBA can be a win-win solution for community groups and developers. The community receives  more...

Preparing for the International Financial Reporting Standard ...atement which, among other things, confirmed the leaders' support for developing a single set of high-quality global accounting standards. n nBoth of these events represent progress toward the adoption of IFRS in the United States. PricewaterhouseCoopers continues to believe that the move to IFRS in the United States is inevitable and is in the best interests of investors and companies. Given  more...

Handling Federal Garnishments from Receipt to Termination ...ther has received a garnishment, whether for taxes, child support or general creditors. Failing to follow garnishment laws can be very costly for employers, and thus it is critical to carefully follow the requirements of any garnishment. This teleconference will explain the different kinds of garnishments under federal law and their use and limitations. It will provide you with a common sense  more...

Effective Fundraising Techniques for Nonprofit Organizations ...ts of a complete fundraising program for annual operating support as well as ways every organization can participate in the coming intergenerational wealth transfer through a planned estate giving program. It will cover comprehensive campaign basics so you can see how a campaign can improve your fundraising effectiveness and efficiency. In the second part of the program we'll look at the  more...

Reducing Insulin Errors ... conflicts of interest to report. There was no commercial support received for the planning of this program. No endorsement of products or off-label use will occur at this program. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to describe factors that contribute to insulin errors. n- You will be able to discuss the incongruence between classification of error and nurse perception of error. n- You  more...

On-Site Power Generation: Challenges, Opportunities and New Developments ... the need for highly reliable and stable power systems to support critical functions. n nMission critical actually refers to any enterprise that needs total continuity of operations regardless of any disruptions due to loss of grid power, severe weather, equipment failure or even routine matters such as equipment maintenance and upgrades. This teleconference will help you to ensure appropriate  more...

Understanding the Rules of Legal Citations ...earch coordinates to locate any authority that is used to support legal propositions. Beyond the competency communicated by technically correct citations, effective use of citations can also be used as a persuasive communicative tool to direct a reader's attention to the salient portions of cited authorities and influence how the reader interprets the authority. The Bluebook, A Uniform System  more...

Capital Improvements for Condominium and Homeowners' Associations ...o convince the unit/lot owners of their responsibility to support a planning capital maintenance program. The final step is to develop a financial planning model to support the cost of maintenance. The end result will be all about maintaining the highest possible level of property values. n nLearning Objectives n- You will be able to distinguish different legal requirements. n- You will be able  more...

Aging Building Management: Best Practices in Development Long-Term Capital Plans ...sure 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 systems. Each facility or department must use consistent methods for documenting building requirements and estimating associated costs.  more...