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Creating a Masterpiece from Financial and Nonfinancial Data

What does Michelangelo's statue of David have to do with your data, you ask? Learn how you, too, can bring your vision to life with a plan—and the right tools.

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What Is the FERC XBRL Mandate, and What Do I Need to Do?

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's XBRL mandate came with a few unknowns, but there are still steps you can take now to prepare for your first filing under the new requirement.

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Culture, Productivity, and Risk: Adjustments in a Work-From-Home World

Learn from accounting, finance, and risk experts about the positives and negatives of working from home. Gain insight and learn tips on how to navigate this new normal from the people who do it best.

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How to Win at Asset Impairment in Uncertain Times

David McGuire of the financial advisory firm Embark joins us for insights on how to arm wrestle the task of assessing impairments, even as the ground shifts beneath you.

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Sharing Budget Updates When Public Meetings Are Held from Home

As public meetings go virtual, budget and public affairs teams need to find new ways to share the most recent data. Keep these tips in mind.

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3 Tips to Pivot to a Remote-Ready Control Environment

All signs point toward this new normal of remote work sticking around for a while. Keep reading for three tips on solidifying your control environment toward a more permanent state.

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How a Virtual Close Can Help You During the COVID-19 Crisis (and Beyond)

The coronavirus has teams working from home. With a change in culture and these helpful hints from Deloitte, businesses can transition to a virtual financial close that will serve them well now and far into the future.

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Updating a Government Budget When Public Leaders Can't Wait

COVID-19 has capsized government budgets. Connected reporting, which connects data from a single source to multiple reports and connects people across teams, can help the public sector update budgets faster.

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Bracing for Long-Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 on City Budgets

As government budget teams respond to challenges no one has faced before, collaboration on data-driven decisions will be key.

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From Flash Reports to Financial Statement Analysis and Beyond

Teams use Workiva for everything from financial statement analysis to flash reports, board of directors reports and more. Read the many ways private and public finance and accounting teams use our connected reporting solutions.