Dates and location
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Dates and location
Hours
Description
Learn anywhere, anytime with audio learning from your trusted source for Professional Development.
Get up to speed in an hour on critical topics for CPAs such as AI, Ethics, Finance, Cybersecurity, Audit, Tax, Sustainability and more.
- Convenient 60-minute audio courses in our new app.
- Flexible format allows you to listen and learn on the go at your own pace.
- Relevant and trending topics affecting CPAs to help you stay at the forefront of the profession.
Get a clear picture of where AI stands in the accounting industry today. Explore real-world applications, implementation successes and challenges, and the evolving ethical landscape. Gain actionable insights to optimize your practice, enhance client services, and position your firm for the future.
Lessons Include:
- Introduction
- Cloud Technology: The Foundation for AI Success
- Generative AI (GenAI): Game Changer
- Continuous Learning and Community
- AI: Threat or Opportunity?
- Real-World Challenges & Benefits
- AI Risk Management
- Enhancing the Human Touch
- Audit, Risk & Compliance (ARC) in the AI Era
- The Accounting Profession's Role
- The Global Impact
- Conclusion
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Key Takeaways
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Find ways integrate cloud-based AI tools to maximize efficiency and revenue opportunities.
- Consider AI's transformative power beyond mere time-saving.
- Look at how accountants have a responsibility to actively shape the future of AI, advocate for responsible usage, and guide clients.
Who Will Benefit
This course is designed for CPAs and accounting professionals seeking to stay ahead in the digital era, enhancing their practice with cutting-edge AI technologies. Examples of professionals who would benefit from this course include:
- Accountants
- Auditors
- Finance Managers
- Finance Directors
- Accounting Supervisors
- VP, Finance
- Controllers
CPA Ontario AI Paper
In our thought leadership paper, Trust in New Frontiers: Putting AI Governance into Practice we examine how CPAs, guided by technical expertise and high ethical standards, can lead the charge in strengthening AI governance and building public trust.
Discover how CPAs can champion responsible AI governance and help organizations to embrace AI with confidence and integrity.
How to Access the Course
This is an online session. This course is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Once registered, you can access the material at any time.
However, you will only have access to the course for 90 days after REGISTRATION.
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To access the course on your computer please visit our BlackBoard site, and log-in using the same login and password used for the Registration Portal.
Please allow up to 15 minutes after registration for the course to appear on your BlackBoard page.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.
Speaker(s)
Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC, CITP/FITP, is an award-winning Internet analyst, professional development technologist and former Price Waterhouse management consultant. He's authored three books, published 100+ articles and delivered more than 1,000 seminars and webinars on Internet search to accounting organizations worldwide. Full disclosure: Garrett is an independent practitioner who provides objective information and is not affiliated with any vendor.