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Sessions are color coded by category, click on a title to see its description.

"NEW!" Means this session is being presented at this management conference for the first time, or the content has changed significantly from previous years.

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All Sessions are Currently Available, except for the Pre-Conference Session for Executives.

July 7, Monday, P.M. (2:30 - 5:00 pm)

July 7, Monday, P.M. (5:15 - 7:15pm)

Session

Trainer

Session

Trainer
General On-Site Check-In 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m
Pre-Conference Session for Executives Check-In 1:30 to 2:30 p.m
General On-Site Check-In 5:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m
g Pre-Conference Session for Executives
(Session Full – call 888-876-4992 to be placed
on our waiting list)
Steve Lipton, Howard Gesbeck g Grant-Funded Programs Subscriber User Group  NEW! Tammy Jelinek
  g Sage Abra User Group-Gain, Find, Participate Deana Dearry
g Sage MIP Fund Accounting User Group Maile Pa'alani, John Copeland

July 8, Tuesday, A.M. (9:30 am - Noon)

July 8, Tuesday, P.M. (1:30 - 5:00 pm)

Session

Trainer

Session

Trainer

General On-Site Check-In 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 am

g Analyzing Your Financial Data

Denes Tobie

g Opening Session - What You Need to Know! 9:30 a.m. to Noon. (all participants)

Steve Lipton, Howard Gesbeck, Gerry Zack g Automating Payroll - From Time Sheet to Paycheck Maile Pa'alani, Deana Dearry
  g Bringing Your Organization and IT Together NEW!  Deron Kling, Steve Lipton
g Conducting an Organizational Assessment Jeff Wulf
g Fundraising Compliance Issues Gerry Zack
g Generational Diversity - Four Generations Working Together NEW! Deb Pagel
g Overview of Head Start Reauthorization NEW! Howard Gesbeck
g Preparing for the Audit Steve Mentel
g Sage MIP - From E-Req to Accounts Payable Modules John Copeland

July 8, Tuesday, P.M. (5:15 - 7:15 pm)

Session

Trainer
g What Wipfli Can Do for You! Tammy Jelinek, Jamie Plueddeman

July 9, Wednesday, A.M. (8:30 am - Noon)

July 9, Wednesday, P.M. (1:30 - 5:00 pm)

Session

Trainer

Session

Trainer

g Budgeting to the Max in MIP NEW!

Maile Pa'alani g Beyond Accounting - Financial Management with Sage MIP/FASE NEW! Maile Pa'alani, John Copeland
g Fraud Happens! - Part 1 Gerry Zack, Mike Yankunas g Cash Management Best Practices NEW! Janet Johnson
g Head Start 2008 OHS Fiscal Management Monitoring Protocol Howard Gesbeck g Competency Modeling - Linking People to Strategy NEW! (Session Full) Jeff Wulf
g Human Resources and the New Head Start Act NEW! Tammy Jelinek g Compensation 101 NEW! Mavis Luther, Michael Elliot
g Look at Internal Controls Like An Auditor John Hemming, Denes Tobie g Fraud Happens! - Part 2 (The Fraud Game) Gerry Zack, Mike Yankunas
g Managing Technology in a Virtual World NEW! Deron Kling g Head Start 2008 OHS Program Design & Management Monitoring Protocol Howard Gesbeck
g Performance Management - Understanding Employee Motivations Deb Pagel, Julia Johnson g Implementing SAS 104-111: The Risk Based Audit Standards NEW! Stephanie Cavadeas, Karl Eck
g Strategic Planning NEW! Janet Johnson, Steve Lipton g Technology Planning & Governance NEW! Steve Lipton

July 10, Thursday, A.M. (8:30 am - Noon)

July 10, Thursday, P.M. (1:30 - 5:00 pm)

Session

Trainer

Session

Trainer
g Advanced Reporting with Sage MIP NEW! John Copeland g An Auditor's Look at Head Start Compliance John Hemming, Stephanie Cavadeas
g Head Start Governance (Governing Body & PC) - Part 1 NEW! Howard Gesbeck g Conducting an HR Review Deb Pagel

g Human Resource and Employment Law

Mavis Luther g Head Start Governance (Governing Body & PC) - Part 2 NEW! Howard Gesbeck
g IRS Tax Issues Update and Refresher Denes Tobie g Head Start In-Kind Tammy Jelinek
g Key Internal Control Elements in the Human Resource Function Gerry Zack g IT Related Internal Controls Gerry Zack, Steve Lipton
g Procurement Best Practices  Janet Johnson g Process Streamlining - Maximize Your Resources Janet Johnson, Jeff Wulf
g Security Awarenes Of Information Technology NEW! Deron Kling, Steve Lipton g Processing Payroll with the new eFiling options in Sage MIP NEW! Maile Pa'alani, Deana Dearry
g Understanding An Audit Reports for Executive Directors & Board Members John Hemming g SAS 112 - Internal Controls Noted in Audits NEW! Denes Tobie, Steve Mentel

July 11, Friday, A.M. (8:30 am - Noon)

 

Session

Trainer

 

g Head Start Eligibility Howard Gesbeck

g Monitoring Basics NEW!

Janet Johnson
g Preparing the "New" IRS Form 990  NEW! Denes Tobie
g Planning to Hire the Best  Mavis Luther
g Reporting to the MAX with Sage MIP  NEW! Maile Pa'alani, John Copeland
g Risk Management for GFP's NEW! Gerry Zack
g Technology Top 10  NEW! Steve Lipton

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