How Technology is Impacting the Accounting Profession Webinar

Upon completion of the course you will have learned how to:

• Identify the leading disruptive technologies that are transforming life and the global economy and how to apply them in your accounting work.
  
• Stay relevant in a hyper-connected universe that is changing faster and faster -- and requiring more and more skill with each iteration.
  
• Enhance your technology leadership skills by developing new mindsets and setting new strategic priorities.
• Transform yourself into a "techno accountant" by becoming more technology aware and involved.
• Develop new online partnerships that will amplify technology reach and clout.

Highlights
The major topics that will be covered in the course include:

• How accountants have embraced new technologies throughout history to improve productivity
  
• Why many accountants today are not keeping pace and becoming less confident in their ability to leverage emerging technologies
  
• Key trends, challenges and opportunities for accountants in cloud, mobile, social, wearable computers, Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, online education, cybersecurity and other digital developments
• The overarching implications and cumulative impact of new technologies on global business and the accounting industry
• How to excel when the parade of emerging technologies and scientific breakthroughs is relentless and exploding on multiple fronts.