Keep Your Edge With K2 Technology Conferences

Accountants' Bag of Tricks

From hardware to software, this session reviews tips and tricks to make your technology experience better than ever. In this session, you will learn how to take advantage of lesser-known capabilities in commonly used tools. Get the most out of your technology investment by learning these timesaving techniques. From gadgets to gizmos, and software to help manage your desktop, these are the items you do not want to be without!

Accounting Solutions - Cloud vs. On-Premise

The cloud opens up options for changing how organizations do accounting; this session examines your options for accounting in the cloud and compares and contrasts cloud solutions to traditional, on-premise solutions that can be hosted or kept in-house. In this program, you will learn about solutions from companies such as AccountantsWorld, Avalara, BizNet, ClusterSeven, Concur, CYMA, Exact, FreshBooks, Intuit, Microsoft, Open Systems, Results Software, Sage, SAP, Wave, and Xero.

Advanced Excel Functions & Features

It's time for you to jump-start Excel and this session will put you on the path to improved Excel productivity. Among other topics, you will learn about logical and conditional formulas, including using Boolean operators; advanced financial formulas such as XNPV and XIRR; and innovative uses for date functions and Excel's SUMPRODUCT, GETPIVOTDATA, and INDIRECT functions.

Cloud Security - Managing the Risks

It is convenient, it is often a better solution, and implementation is quicker and less risky, but moving business data to the Cloud poses new risks.   What happens if your Cloud provider goes under?  What happens if you become dissatisfied and want to switch to another service?  Attend this session to learn about the risks of using Cloud solutions and how to manage them.

Consolidating Data in Excel

Combining data from multiple sheets or workbooks is typical daily fare for most accountants, yet many professionals do not fully appreciate the breadth of Excel options available for accomplishing this task. If combining data is a tiring and time-consuming chore, this session will provide the skill and information necessary to simplify and streamline your data consolidation processes.

CPA Firm Productivity Tools

What tools can you use to turbocharge your firm's productivity? Can we really prepare tax returns without using paper? Where does mobile technology fit into your firm's technology strategy? How can workflow tools improve firm efficiency? Participate in this session and learn how efficient, productive, and profitable your firm can be by taking advantage of today's most profitable technologies.

Desktop Tools for Preventing & Detecting Fraud

Fraud remains at epidemic levels in the United States, so we must do a better job at preventing and detecting these crimes in businesses of all sizes. In this session, you will learn how common frauds are committed and how you can use desktop technology tools such as Excel and Access to prevent and detect fraud. Do not miss this opportunity to reclaim profits lost to fraud!

iApple

What about all the i-devices?  iPhone, iPad, iPod, iCloud?  While they are great personal devices, can they be used for business?  This session is dedicated to i-devices and covers how to use the devices and helpful and productive apps.

Improving Computer Up Time

This session will present and demonstrate a number of tools and techniques to help you manage your desktop and keep it clean and running at its best. Every few years we bring back this highly successful session to help attendees optimize their computing time.

Internal Controls for Computing Assets & Remote Access

Repeatedly, the mainstream media presents stories about breaches in computer security, proving the need for strong controls is present and growing. In this session, you will learn about technology areas that need control considerations. You will also learn about policies to implement to address security issues related to computing assets and remote access.

Managing Business Mayhem - Tools & Techniques to Save You Time

Managing the barrage of communications and responsibilities that most of us face daily is a task in itself. Dealing effectively with deadlines, unanswered e-mails, and promises made by e-mail, in addition to prioritizing and tracking all of the things you have to do, can be very challenging. This session provides the tools and training to save time managing information.

Managing Personal Information in a Digital World

Your personal world is full of digital data.  From downloaded bank and vendor statements, to tax returns, wills, personal financial data, and much more.  Where do you keep all this stuff, is it secure, and could you find it all if you really needed it?  This session will show you how to use best of breed solutions to get the job done efficiently and securely.

Storing & Synchronizing Data in the Cloud

Do you work from multiple devices or multiple locations? If so, you know that having access to the data you need is paramount to getting the job done right. In this session, you will learn how to back up and store data in the cloud and keep it synchronized across multiple devices and locations by using tools such as AccountantsWorld,CCH, ShareFile, Dropbox, Thomson Reuters, SugarSync, iCloud, SkyDrive, and many others.

Tech Update 2012

In 2012, the focus will be on Ultrabooks, mobile technologies, Windows 8, Office 15 and Internet Explorer 10.  Virtual desktops – particularly for mobile and home users – will also be hot. In addition to these topics, trends in cloud and security technologies are all covered in this fast-paced and highly informative cornerstone session that reviews leading technologies of interest to accounting professionals.

Top 15 All-Time Excel Hints & Tips

Even with new versions of Excel, many hints and tips continue to provide great value to Excel users.  Now combine that with the new features of Excel and you have a powerful list of 15 top hints and tips.  This session will cover all 15 top hints and tips.  You may know some but you will not know all of these helpful techniques.

Windows 8 - What's In It for Me?

Many firms have not yet completed their conversion to Windows 7 and already Microsoft has another operating system update on the horizon. What's in Windows 8 that warrants consideration  - touch/tablet ARM support, the Windows App Store, support for common desktop business applications, direct cloud integration, file history vault, facial recognition?