These five tips can help you achieve creative productivity that will help boost your career and business.
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4 tips for launching a new initiative virtually
This article offers tips for forming, testing, and launching a new endeavor under remote-working circumstances.
Various ways to display formulas in Excel
There are a number of different ways that you can display formulas in Excel. This can be useful when investigating why a certain formula isn’t working correctly or when grading your students’ worksheets to ensure they are using formulas correctly.
What faculty should know about Alteryx
Don’t be afraid of teaching this easy-to-learn data analysis software.
How Stack Overflow raised millions while working remotely
This article discusses how one tech firm’s team managed to raise $85 million in investor funding while working remotely during the pandemic.
Trust and technology keep productivity up during pandemic
One company discusses how it found a way to magnify the strengths of remote work by employing a more informal check-in style and building on technology’s democratizing effects.
How CPAs bill for financial planning services
Four CPA financial planners discuss how they chose to structure their billing, why they chose the method they did, and why it works for their firm.
Give your staff great feedback — from a distance
This article discusses ways to make giving remote feedback easier and more effective.
How one government auditor improved employee training
Stephanie Palmertree, winner of the 2020 state-level Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award, discussed the tools and tactics she and her senior staff used to improve the state auditor’s CPE program.
9 ideas on how small firms can improve diversity
Leaders of ethnic minority-owned firms offer tips for what small CPA firms can do to promote greater diversity.
Lessen your stress heading into 2021
Try these suggestions from faculty and other experts for reducing the strain and taking better care of yourself and your students.
Look your best during online classes
Improve the way you appear on camera with a few simple tweaks.
Spend less time on repetitive tasks with Excel macros
Make mundane tasks easier by harnessing the power of automation.
Developing a strong fraud-mitigation program
This article suggests practices that can aid in creating an effective fraud-mitigation plan.
Keeping microaggressions out of your workplace
This article offers steps firms and individuals can take to make sure microaggressions are not part of their organization.
Get a remote job off to a great start
Use these tips to help ensure a smooth transition in a new job.
Protecting small business clients from predatory loans
CPAs who work with small businesses offer tips for identifying predatory loans and steering clients away from them.
Attracting and keeping clients during COVID-19
CPAs offer advice on how to retain and attract clients during difficult times.
Use VLOOKUP to help manage your gradebook
VLOOKUP is a formula that allows you to “look up” certain data and retrieve it into another table, by row. This function can be especially useful when you have a well-structured table with information organized by rows (such as a gradebook)!
Get the most out of a guest speaker visit
Preparation can make the difference between a great experience and a mediocre one.
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