AGA Audio Conferences
This cost
effective educational tool is only $249 per phone line and
attendance is unlimited! Just envision a 100-minute radio talk
show that provides two continuing professional education (CPE)
hours to the listeners. Further, since the last 20 minutes of
the program is devoted to call-in questions, the audio
conference provides interaction between the listeners and
speakers.
The speakers
are subject matter experts and
will provide PowerPoint presentations or other handouts for the
site coordinators to download and copy, as well as project to a
screen, so participants can follow along during the telecast.
Lastly, CDs
of the program will be available soon after the program is
completed at a reasonable price. As you will see from the
schedule below, AGA is planning ten
audio conferences this coming program
year.
These
telecasts are generally produced in conjunction with the
National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and
Treasurers (NASACT) and the Association of Local Government
Auditors (ALGA). NASACT plans to do four additional audio
conferences during the same period. Thus, you can earn as many
as 28 CPE hours from these training experiences.
The audio
conferences are routinely held on
Wednesdays from 2 to
3:50 p.m. EDT/EST unless otherwise noted. Please check the AGA
website before each audio conference to ensure that there were
no changes.
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Upcoming Audio Conferences
2008
»
August 20 –
Everything You
Wanted to Know About Performance Management and Reporting, But
Were Afraid to Ask
»
September 10 – Fraud Prevention
and Detection
»
October 15 – Results of AGA’s
Research on Performance Based Management Reporting
»
November 12 – Internal Controls
»
December 10 – 21st
Century Financial Managers: New Mix of Skills and Education
Levels
2009
»
January 21 – How XBRL Can
Enable Improved Financial and Performance Reporting
»
February 11 – Fraud
»
March 11 – Internal Controls
»
April 8 – Auditing
»
May 13 - Ethics
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An Exclusive Offer for AGA Chapters
and Advantage Group Membership Agencies - Discounted Audio
Conferences
AGA is pleased to again announce a special
offer exclusively for AGA chapters and ADVANTAGE
group membership agencies that will enhance your chapter’s and
agency’s education program and save you money! For a
limited time only, purchase three, four or five AGA audio
conferences as a package and you will receive a 10 percent
discount on the early-bird price offered by the AGA. Purchase
six, seven or eight AGA audio conferences for a 15 percent
discount. Purchase nine or ten audio conferences for a whopping
20 percent discount.
This offer is only available to AGA
chapters and ADVANTAGE group membership partners
until August 15. Contact Maria Lucas at 1-800-AGA-7211
ext. 308 or
mlucas@agacgfm.org to register.
Download the registration form.
The audio conference series has been a huge
success over the past few years for AGA. With thousands of
participants earning two CPE hours for each program, AGA plans
to produce practically monthly audio conferences each year that
offer chapters and group membership agencies a cost effective
and convenient way to provide quality education for members and
others in the government accountability profession. The audio
conferences have also attracted thousands of nonmembers that the
National Office and chapters are contacting to encourage them to
join.
If you have any questions about any of the
audio conferences, contact Ray Harris, Director of Chapter
Operations and Audio Conference Producer, at 800-242-7211 ext.
339 or
rharris@agacgfm.org.
Not sure what is involved in becoming an
ADVANTAGE group membership agency, visit
our
website for all of the details.
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How It Works
When registering, please provide the name and contact
information for the site coordinator. This person will receive a
confirmation
e-mail/fax once registered and call-in instructions via email
approximately one week prior to the audio conference.
Materials for the Audio
Conference
Once the site coordinator has registered, he/she will receive
a confirmation which has a link to a website containing speaker biographies, PowerPoint presentations and CPE materials for
download. Speaker materials should be copied and distributed to
participants prior to the audio conference so they can follow
along during the call.
How to Obtain CPE Hours
A registration confirmation will be sent to the site coordinator
with links to a website where they can download a Sign In Sheet
to be
completed the day of the event and fax back to AGA. There will
also be a certificate of completion to be filled out by
participants and
sent back to AGA for processing. Once approved by AGA,
the certificate will be sent back to the individual.