Seminars and workshops on business and economic development topics including:
Finance and Accounting
- General introductory level training for non-finance professionals: Auditing, internal control design, budgeting, procurement, accounting software digital record keeping, report and proposal writing and editing
Information Technology
- Relational database design: Schemas, entity-relationship diagrams, table design, normalization rules, SQL Queries, interviewing of prospective users to obtain specifications
- Building a desktop PC: Specifying components for compatibility, selecting quality components and reliable vendors, avoiding pitfalls during assembly, testing and troubleshooting ,
- Computer operations: Backup strategies, offline and offsite storage, building and configuring a Network Attached Storage (NAS) server, use of high-speed duplexing scanners.
- Software: NVivo Use of the NVivo software for qualitative and mixed methods research to support thesis. Use of NVivo servers for collaborative research teams.
Fraud Investigation
- General: Tools, techniques, deep web searches, record keeping, exhibit preparation, fraud reporting. How to become a Certified Fraud Examiner
- Elder Financial Abuse: Risk factors, identifying financial exploitation, collaboration with authorities, documenting a fraud, preparing evidence for presentation in court, preparing a persuasive case, testifying on behalf of a victim, ethical practices in victim and witness interviews, collection and anonymization of data from stakeholders.