Work From Home With Teams and Office 365 (FREE) Webinar

Apr 2
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Online

1-Other
CPE Credits

The COVID-19 virus threat has forced us to rethink just about every aspect of our lives. Near the top of the list is figuring out how to effectively work from home. This presentation will demonstrate how, in a matter of days, you can deploy the Microsoft Teams app within Office 365 to have a comprehensive digital communication, collaboration and file sharing solution. You likely already have Office 365, so it is a matter of learning how to take advantage of it to help your business through these trying times. If you don't have Office 365, Microsoft is offering Teams complimentary for six months. From a practical point of view, with our without a pandemic, deploying Teams is a smart business decision. This presentation will explain and demonstrate why and how. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize the power of Teams to establish a "work from home" model
Identify the steps required to deploy Teams

Highlights

The topics that will be covered include:

Understanding the power of Teams for establishing a remote workforce
Orientation to how Teams works
What you need to do to get Teams up and running in 48 to 72 hours

Registration

PICPA Member: $0
Nonmember: $10

More Information

Course No. CXOTMS116W1

Level: Overview

Prerequisites: None

Notes
This webinar is hosted by PICPA's partner, CPA Crossings, LLC. After registering, you will receive an email from messenger@webex.com with the log-in information.

Speaker(s)

John Higgins

Higgins Advisory LLC

John H. Higgins, CPA.CITP
Chief Partnership Officer
Strategic Advisor
CPA Crossings LLC

John serves as a strategic technology advisor to CPAs in the planning and deployment of effective technology solutions and workflow automation. As a co-founder of CPA Crossings, John specializes in facilitating the development of strategic technology plans, paperless workflows, client portal solutions and a comprehensive digital practice model. John recently co-authored "Ten Steps to a Digital Practice in the Cloud", published by the AICPA. This book provides CPAs with a strategic roadmap for taking their firms online by leveraging cloud computing. John also developed an innovative model for delivering live CPE courses that utilize the Apple iPad to provide electronic course materials and an interactive classroom environment. John’s primary qualification is his passion for helping CPAs achieve success by leveraging technology. He has extensive knowledge and experience working with CPAs throughout the country.

Qualifications and Experience:

Actively involved in working with local, regional and national CPA firms over the past 25 years in the implementation of technology to automate business processes.
Awarded for being one of the Top 25 Thought Leaders in the accounting profession by The CPA Practice Advisor (www.cpapracticeadvisor.com) in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Co-author of "10 Steps to a Digital Practice in the Cloud," published by the American Institute of CPAs.
Facilitated hundreds of planning sessions and retreats to develop strategic plans, technology plans, workflow design, innovative client services and more.
Nationally recognized speaker and author on technology issues affecting the CPA profession, with an emphasis on transforming to a digital practice model.
Author of the annual Document Management Software Review for the CPA Practice Advisor magazine.
Former national consulting partner with a top 10 CPA firm.
Member of the AICPA Business & Industry Hall of Fame.
Past Chair of the Michigan Association of CPAs.
Past member of the AICPA Council and CPE Advisory Committee.
MACPA Innovative User of Technology award recipient.

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