Resistance to Resiliency: Striving for Technology Change Acceptance
Total Credits: 1 including 1 Information Technology - Technical
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- Categories:
- ACPEN Industry Institute | Accounting and Auditing
- Faculty:
- Peter Zender, CPA
- Course Levels:
- Overview
- Duration:
- 1 Hour
- License:
- Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.
Description
Technology adoption often comes with resistance, but it's possible to transform this challenge into an opportunity for growth. This course explores the journey from resistance to resilience in embracing new technologies, focusing on overcoming barriers and ensuring successful implementation. Participants will examine cutting-edge audit technologies, including AI, data analytics, and automation, and learn how to align these innovations with both organizational and personal goals. Through case studies, insights into the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), and practical discussions, participants will gain the tools and strategies to foster acceptance, driving seamless integration of new technology into both individual tasks and team workflows.
Basic Course Information
Learning Objectives- Identify organizational needs for technology adoption using the Strategic Alignment Model (SAM) to ensure alignment between technological capabilities and business objectives
- Recall employee-specific roadblocks to technology usage, drawing on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to identify factors affecting internal user's acceptance and engagement
- Recognize the key components of the Diffusion of Innovation theory, including adopter categories and influencing factors, and explain their relevance in understanding customer or client responses to technological innovation
Major Subjects
- Yellowbook
- Accounting and Auditing
- Strategic Alignment Model
Course Materials
| IMPORTANT CPE Credit Instructions Read Before Webcast Updated 2025 (434.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Faculty
Peter Zender, CPA Related Seminars and Products
Accounting & Auditing Training Facilitator
With extensive experience in auditing and technology, Peter serves as an Audit Training Facilitator at Galasso Learning Solutions. His expertise in auditing healthcare companies, employee benefit plans, and private companies with complex transactions has made him a key contributor to the development of technical accounting training programs.
Before joining GLS, Peter worked at a Big 4, specializing in auditing healthcare companies in both public and private sectors. He later transitioned to an Internal Audit role at a Fortune 500 company before returning to public accounting at a national firm, where he focused on audits involving business combinations, asset acquisitions, GAAP to IFRS conversions, and technology implementations.
While with GLS, Peter earned the prestigious Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation, which was only possible because he spent much of his audit career, working closely with learning and development to design and facilitate training on both technical accounting and soft skills. He has experience designing, overseeing, and facilitating weeklong training programs and producing accounting podcasts eligible for CPE credit.
Dates
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Sat, May 31, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am CDT
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Thu, Jun 12, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:00pm CDT
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Mon, Jun 30, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:00pm CDT
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Wed, Jul 02, 2025 - 04:00pm to 05:00pm CDT
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Wed, Jul 16, 2025 - 08:00am to 09:00am CDT
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Fri, Aug 15, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am CDT
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Thu, Aug 28, 2025 - 07:00pm to 08:00pm CDT
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Wed, Sep 03, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:00pm CDT
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Fri, Sep 19, 2025 - 04:00pm to 05:00pm CDT
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Tue, Oct 14, 2025 - 08:00am to 09:00am CDT
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Wed, Oct 29, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am CDT
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Sat, Nov 01, 2025 - 12:00pm to 01:00pm CDT
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Mon, Nov 24, 2025 - 02:00pm to 03:00pm CST
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Mon, Dec 08, 2025 - 04:00pm to 05:00pm CST
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Thu, Dec 18, 2025 - 08:00am to 09:00am CST
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Mon, Dec 29, 2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am CST
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Tue, Jan 06, 2026 - 12:00pm to 01:00pm CST
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Thu, Jan 29, 2026 - 07:00pm to 08:00pm CST
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Tue, Feb 10, 2026 - 04:00pm to 05:00pm CST
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Fri, Feb 27, 2026 - 08:00am to 09:00am CST
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Mon, Mar 02, 2026 - 10:00am to 11:00am CST
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Wed, Mar 18, 2026 - 12:00pm to 01:00pm CDT
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Wed, Apr 01, 2026 - 02:00pm to 03:00pm CDT
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Tue, Apr 21, 2026 - 04:00pm to 05:00pm CDT
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Additional Info
Basic Course Information
Prerequisites NoneAdvanced Preparation None
Designed For
Accounting Professionals
Original Recording Date 04/2025
Yellow Book Yes
Course Developer Galasso Learning Solutions
Date Added to Catalog 03/2025
Additional Information
Complaint Resolution PolicyPlease contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).
Official Registry Statement
Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org
Instructional Delivery Method
Group Internet Based
Course Registration Requirements
Online Registration
Refund/Cancellation Policy
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