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CPEs Registration Form
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Directions to Georgia State's Alpharetta Campus: 3705 Brookside Parkway, Alpharetta.
Travel I-85 north to Georgia 400 north. Take Georgia 400 north to exit 10 which is Old Milton Parkway. Turn right onto Old Milton Pkwy. Go east 1.1 miles to the 4th traffic llight and turn right onto Brookside Parkway. The Center is in Brookside Office Park #3705.
Oct. 12, 2007 - Alpharetta Location - 3705 Brookside Parkway
8:30 am - 12:10 pm (4 hrs. A & A)
A Comprehensive Guide to Auditing Core Business Operations
Gregory M. Clark, CPA, CFE, CISA
Business Compliance & Controls Group
Efficient, productive operations are critical to the success of the business. Effective audits of operations enable management to improve profitability and accomplish long-term business goals. Effective internal auditors are those who understand core business operations and play a diverse and essential role in positioning the audit department as a full-service risk-driven resource. This timely, relevant and comprehensive seminar is designed as a practical lab where you learn or review the fundamentals of operational auditing and apply them to core business functions. Cover the scope, process and steps underlying all operational audits.
Lunch today is provided courtesy of 
12:40 pm - 4:30 pm (4 hrs A & A)
Developing a Framework for Implementing a Governance Action Plan
Gregory M. Clark, CPA, CFE, CISA
Business Compliance & Controls Group
Recent financial scandals and the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have had far-reaching consequences for today's organiations. This timely session includes the fundamentals of corporate governance and their application to the core business operations of your organization. Designed for practioners in industry and public accounting who are involved in corporate governance programs and initiatives, as well as accountants who are interested in acquiring specific knowledge of what the governance requirements are and how they are being applied in business operations.
Oct. 19, 2007 - Alpharetta
Location - 3705 Brookside Parkway
8:30 am - 4:30 pm (8 hrs. CPE)
Divorce and Asset Protection in Georgia
Tad D. Ransopher, JD, MPA, MTX, MBA, Director, Master of Taxation
Program
Georgia State University
Statistics reflect that over fifty percent of our population divorces. In some cases, you will face client issues surrounding the financial planning required to deal with the division of marital assets and child custody. Asset protection, prenuptial/postnuptial agreements and conflict of interest issues are now more important than ever before. New child support guidelines and other newly implemented tax laws for marital assets make this a must-have seminar for CPAs and Attorneys.
Lunch today is provided courtesy of
Oct. 26, 2007 - KSU Center,
3333 Busbee Drive (Room 402)
8:30 am - 12:10 pm (4 hrs. CPE)
Ethics: A Framework for Strategic Decision-Making
Sheb True, Ph.D. Director of Graduate Business Programs
Kennesaw State University
Strategic decision-making requires a choice and results in trade-offs. This session addresses the role of strategic decision-making in a business unit and a process for developing a decision-making framework. The extent to which a strategy has internal and external fit will be explored from a perspective of strategic alignment with core competencies, marketplace needs/wants and your competition.
12:40 pm - 4:30 p.m.
Family Business Finance - Advanced Topics (4 hrs. CPE)
Frank Adams, Aronoff Professor of Family Business, Cox Family Enterprise Center
Kennesaw State University
Family business shareholders can and often do regard the family business as more than a 'profit maximization engine.' As a result, capital allocation decisions involve more than just a determination of the financial return to shareholders. This seminar will explore the 'value' of a family businss that incorporates both financial and nonfinancial returns.
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF PROGRAMS FROM NOV. 2 TO NOV. 9
Nov. 2 , 2006 - Wyndham Vinings
8:30 am - 12:10 pm (4 hrs. CPE)
Managing Employee Selection and Performance
Christine E. Howard, Esq, Fisher & Phillips LLP
Every employment decision involves some form of distinction or discrimination among individuals. However, managers need to know how not to discriminate on the basis of illegal criteria and how to use legal criteria to obtain and advance those individuals who are best qualified. Learn how to transition from an effective hiring process through managing employees lawfully.
Lunch today is provided courtesy of
12:40 pm - 4:30 pm (4 hrs. A&A)
Audit Committee Oversight and PCAOB Small Firm Inspections
Dana Hermanson, PhD, Mary & Jack Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair of Private Enterprise
Kennesaw State University
This session first adresses the role of the audit committee in overseeing the financial reporting process. Insights from interviews with over 40 public company audit committee members provide key insights into current best practices and remaining challenges. The second portion of the session provides an overview of the PCAOB's small firm inspection process. Analysis of over 300 inspection reports highlights key areas of concern and identifies factors associated with audit deficiencies. This session is designed for audit committee members, external auditors, financial statement preparers, and others involved in financial reporting.
Nov. 9, 2007 -KSU Center, 3333 Busbee Drive
(Room 401)
8:30 am - 12:10 pm (4 hrs. A & A)
Internal Controls for Small Businesses - a Focus on Monitoring Controls
Audrey Gramling, PhD - Kennesaw State University
Every organization needs internal controls to provide confidence that they will achieve operational, financial and compliance objectives. Internal controls assist companies to achieve mission. When internal controls operate properly the procedures desired by management are put into place. The more elaborate the organization becomes, the more need there is for internal controls. Learn how to implement these valuable guides for your clients.
Lunch today is provided courtesy of  http://www.payrollsolutionsusa.com/
12:40 - 4:30 pm (4 hrs. CPE)
Helping Business Clients Get A Reality Check on the Worth of Their Business
Paula Charles, President
Abraxas Business Services
As CPA's you are a front-line advisor to your business clients and may be asked to help a client determine the value of their company. In this session, we will address the steps required to develop a range of values, the common issues facing a client related to value and scenarios built around interactive case studies and requires active participation of the attendees.
Nov. 16, 2007 - KSU Center,
3333 Busbee Drive (Room 401)
8:30 am - 12:10 pm (4 hrs. CPE)
Why People are Funny about Money: Behaviorial Finance
David E. Hultstrom, MBA, CFP, CFA
Financial Architects, LLC
A Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded in 2002 "for having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgement and decision-making under uncertainty." This new and exciting field will interest those who enjoy such books as Freakonomics. Help your clients make better decisions by recognizing our human tendencies to occasionally act irrationally.
Lunch is provided by: 
12:40 - 4:30 p.m. (4 hrs. CPE)
What's New in Employee Benefits
Tobin Watt, Smith Moore, LLP
Allen Buckley, Smith Moore, LLP
Bring yourself up to speed on HSA's, wellness programs and all recent law changes and developments in deferred compensation and pension benefits, including the final 409A regulations. This seminar will emphasize what employers are doing now to produce competitive cost-effective benefits for employees.
Nov. 30, 2007 - KSU Center,
3333 Busbee Drive (Room 401)
8:30 am - 12:10 pm (4 hrs. CPE)
Six Sigma Practices for the CPA or CFO
Peter J. Sherman, Six Sigma Black Belt
Sherman Consulting, Inc.
Are you interested in leveraging your accounting experience to deliver greater value-add for your clients? If so, spend four hours learning about Six Sigma: a proven management approach to identify, analyze and improve work proceses to achieve greater profitability and customer satisfaction. In this interactive workshop, you will learn about the Six Sigma process, how to use basic Six Sigma techniques and tools, participate in a series of exercises and an actual case study. We'll provide you with a step-by-step Six Sigma roadmap and tools to help your clients start improving their business. Note: Laptops are required.
Lunch is provided by: 
12:40 - 4:30 p.m. (4 hrs. CPE)
AICPA's 2007 Top Technology Initiatives: Imipact to You and Your Organization
Rodney Alsup, PhD
Kennesaw State University
This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the technologies most likely to affect the business marketplace in the next 12-18 months. Background information and practical examples will helps you assess the implications for your customers, clients and organization. Participants will be given the opportunity to ask questions, discuss their own unique situations and share lessons learned. The Top Technology Initiatives include: Information Security Management, Identity and Access Management, Conforming to Assurance and Compliance Standards, Privacy Management, Disaster Recovery Planning and Business Continuity Management, IT Governance, Securing and Controlling Information Distribution, Mobile and Remote Computing, Electronic Archiving and Data Retention, and Document, Content and Knowledge Management.
December 7 , 2007 - KSU Center,
3333 Busbee Drive (Room 402)
8:30 am - 12:10 pm (4 hrs. CPE)
Highlights of the New 2008 Tax Law and A Discussion of Fraud and the IRS
Robert Martin, CPA, MBA
Kennesaw State University
What are the new changes to the Tax Law in 2007? Find out about the new changes in effect, including retirement contribution limits, college tuition deductions and the latest on the Social Security dilemma.
Joel Ernst, Special Agent
Internal Revenue Service
What is IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and what function does IRS-CI perform within the Internal Revenue Service? This discussion will touch briefly upon the history of IRS-CI and the profile of an IRS-CI Special Agent. Special attention will be paid to fraud and what it means for IRS-CI agents to "follow the money."
Lunch is provided by:
12:40 - 4:30 p.m. (4 hrs. CPE)
On the Current, Financial and Political Environment
Donald Sabbarese, PhD, Director of the Econmetric Center
Kennesaw State University
A detailed overview of the current economic, political and business environment will be covered during this up-to-the minute overview. Topics of consideration include the structure of recent recessions, the prospects for a strong economic recovery, debate over the threat of inflation, monetary policy and the Federal Reserve, the dynamics of the labor market and the factors included in the regional and national fiscal policy.
Registration
Information
To register, call 770-423-6450
to reserve your spot. To pay via credit card, (VISA, MC, American Express
or Discover) register on-line at www.sbdc.kennesaw.edu on the CPE button. You may also fax the information below
to 770-423-6564 or you may forward a check payable to Kennesaw State Small
Business Development Center, 1000 Chastain Road, #0409, Kennesaw, GA 30144.
Number
of programs attending:
___$169 (1 day)
___$320 (2 days)
___$450 (3 days)
___$560 (4 days)
___$650 (5 days)
___ $780 ((6 days)
___ $910 (7 days)
___ $1,040 (8 days)
Total Payment
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Dates of programs
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___Nov. 9
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___Nov 30
___Dec. 7
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