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Benchmarking in a Changing Economy
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8/24/2009 10:30 a.m. |
With the challenging economy, what was already a competitive market has now become even more competitive and strategic. We look at how the benchmarking concept has changed due to the economy and what we can expect in the future. Additionally, how the firm's financials and financial benchmarking are constantly communicated to the partnerships is changing as well, and we examine some best practices of technological transparency. MINI-MBA SESSION. |
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CFO Roundtable Part I: A Monumental Discussion
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8/24/2009 1:00 p.m. |
With current financial conditions, we all have many items keeping us awake at night and forever on the forefront of our minds during the day. Share and discuss with your peers topics that affect your firm and the industry. No topic is too small or large, and you are the expert. |
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Financial Management, Before and After the Challenging Economy
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8/24/2009 2:30 p.m. |
We explore how to manage your bottom line during this challenging economic time and how to better leverage your firm in future years to come. Topics include: planning in advance for the next down turn, insurance and banking plans, operational concepts, and more. Plan to attend this interactive panel discussion on what you can do to help your firm survive. MINI-MBA SESSION. |
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Can You Recover Your IT and Litigation Support Costs
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8/24/2009 4:00 p.m. |
In this day and age, recovering costs are on the minds of every firm. Trying to keep up with changing technology, practices, and client demands become costly. This session will tackle new thoughts on how to recover those costs through new technology and non traditional methods. |
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Project Expenses - Are You Controlling Them or Are They Controlling You?
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8/27/2009 2:00 p.m. |
Who is in control? Many firms implement large firmwide projects each year, and each year accounting and project managers try to figure out what the true cost was for the project. Many man hours are used tracking down and staying in control of those expenses. How can you make it easier? Does your firm have a standard method for tracking all projects? Who is responsible for tracking them? Do you charge them back to other departments? Join this discussion as we take a look at a variety of ways you can take control back and track your project expenses. |
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CFO Roundtable Part II: A Monumental Discussion
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8/27/2009 3:30 p.m. |
Take two! There is so much to discuss, we knew we could fill another session. This is not a repeat, rather another opportunity to share thoughts, exchange ideas and talk about items you have learned throughout the conference. |
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