Business Intelligence: Driving Value by Turning Data into Decisions

Business Intelligence or BI – the technologies, applications and processes for collecting and delivering the information that is relevant and useful to critical business decisions is no longer merely a buzz word. High performing companies realize that the application of Business Intelligence can provide competitive advantage by improving company performance and enhancing customer experience.

BI tools and techniques have become easier to use and can facilitate a wide range of analyses from complex cost allocations to customer relationship management that can drive value in your organization. However, successful BI cannot be solely an IT initiative. Driving value requires an enterprise-wide perspective from a cross-functional team.

Participants in this audio webcast will learn the concepts, principles and practices associated with Business Intelligence (BI) as well as practical guidance for managing an Enterprise BI Initiative, including:

1. Assessing their organization’s current capability to support a BI initiative
2. Developing a strategy for ensuring success
3. Evaluating an existing BI initiative for potential risk areas

Take advantage of this opportunity to benefit from the insights of two thought leaders in decision making and information management and the practical case examples from their personal business experience. 

Note: Your registration confirmation will include a link to the access instructions for this web event. Access instructions and materials will be available on or about November 18th. Be sure to add service@cpa2biz.com to your safe sender e-mail list.

Presenter:
Bernard Marr, PhD
Donny Shimamoto, CPA, CITP

Moderator:
Kenneth W. Witt, CPA

Bernard Marr, PhD. is the Chief Executive and Director of Research of Advanced Performance Institute. He is a leading global authority and best-selling author on organizational performance and business success.

In this capacity Bernard regularly advises leading companies, organizations and governments across the globe and has written a number of seminal books and over 200 high profile reports and articles on managing organizational performance. This includes the best-sellers ‘Managing and Delivering Performance’ and ‘Strategic Performance Management', a number of Gartner Reports, and the world’s largest research studies on the topic. He is acknowledged by the CEO Journal as one of today’s leading business brains.

Prior to his role at the Advanced Performance Institute Bernard Marr held positions at the University of Cambridge and at Cranfield School of Management. His comments on organizational performance have been published in a range of high-profile publications including in the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, Financial Management, the CFO Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.

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Donny C. Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, is the founder of Intraprise TechKnowlogies LLC and the leader of ITK's consulting practice. Donny has a diversity of experience in financial & systems risk management, program management, technical architecture and application development, systems management, business process improvement & engineering, organizational development, and knowledge management.
Donny was the first Certified Information Technology Professional in the State of Hawaii, and is one of only two in the state. The CITP credential is a specialty designation of the AICPA that identifies CPAs with the unique ability to bridge between business and technology.  Donny recently served as a member of the IT Executive Committee for the AICPA and is currently serving on the Assurance Services Executive Committee.

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Webcast System Requirements

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Operating System

• Windows Vista
• Windows XP
• Windows 2000

Older Windows operating systems, including Windows NT / 98 / ME, will most likely work but are not officially supported. Please consult http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=lifesupsps to determine if your operating system is still supported by Microsoft.

Macintosh and Unix/Linux-Based operating systems
This presentation incorporates advanced multimedia features that allow elements such as slides, polling questions, surveys, and application demonstrations to be dynamically sent out and synchronized with the presentation. Certain standard browser plug-ins do not fully support these features in combination with Macintosh and Unix/Linux operating systems. Supported browsers with a properly installed Adobe Flash player plug-in (version 8+) will be able to view live and on-demand presentations streaming in Adobe Flash format. Not all presentations will feature this option, so alternatives include using the Firefox Web browser in combination with a properly installed RealPlayer plug-in. Please note: Presenters may not offer either option with the live Webcast.

• Pentium III 733mhz+ or equivalent

• 256MB

• Internet Explorer 6 ¹
• Firefox 2.0+
• Pop-up Blocking Software Disabled ²

¹ - Internet Explorer is the preferred browser for presenters.
² - The presentation is built on pop-up-less technology; however, the presenter may choose to use pop-up windows. In these cases, pop-up blocking software must be disabled for the presentation to work correctly. In many cases, holding down the "CTRL" key while opening the Webcast URL will temporarily disable your pop-up blocking software. Please consult the documentation for your pop-up blocking software to determine the correct way to temporarily disable it.

Hardware

• AUDIO: Sound Card with speakers
• VIDEO: Monitor with 1024x768+ resolution support

Media Players

• Windows Media Player 9+
• RealPlayer 10+ ³
• Adobe Flash Player 8+ 56k

³ - If you receive a message that the system did not find RealPlayer installed within your Firefox browser, it's possible the plugin needs to be reinstalled (this can happen if the browser was installed after the player). Simply reinstall RealPlayer to fix this condition. (NOTE: If you have Windows Media Player or Adobe Flash Player installed, you do NOT need to install RealPlayer.)

• Dial-up Modem ⁴
• Cable Modem/DSL ⁵
• Corporate LAN ⁶

⁴ - 56k Dial-up Modem. The presentation must have a low bandwidth video of 56kbps or audio-only 28kbps option listed.
⁵ - Cable Modem/DSL. The presentation must have a broadband video 100kbps or higher option listed. Typical Cable Modem/DSL speeds will average between 500kbps - 2mbps. Check with your local ISP for bandwidth allotment.
⁶ - Corporate LAN. The presentation must have a broadband video 100kbps or higher option listed. Bandwidth on corporate LANs can vary based on network traffic. Check with your local IT administrator for bandwidth allotment.

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