Howdy Morgan!

2024 is upon us, which means virtual Admin Training is here—January 9th, 10th, and 11th to be exact! We will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, January 9th, and conclude by 3:00 p.m. Below you can find the complete schedule for our time next week.

Virtual Admin Training Schedule

Next, I just wanted to give you a heads-up regarding the training next week, so you'll know what to expect.


Virtual Admin Training, compared to its cousin, the flesh-and-blood, in-person Admin Training, is a bit truncated, due to its virtualness (virtuality?). Nobody wants to spend all day on Zoom and there are other challenges with this format compared to reality. But that being said, you will still get the same essential training on core processes in FCA, pinky-promise.


Every session there will be short demonstrations by yours truly, followed by hands-on practice sessions where you will get to try your hand at the same assignments and even major "Workshops." That sort of tactile practice in a low-stakes environment is great for retention. Yipee! And, no worries, you won't be graded on any of these assignments.


Your active participation is super-duper important, so be ready to unmute, have your video on, and speak up!


To that end, there is a packet that will guide our time, which you can find below. But please note that not every packet is the same. I've made the assignments much harder for some of you who registered late... JUST KIDDING! All the assignments are the same, but you each have different "collateral" to supplement the assignments—namely, fake checks, fake receipts, and fake invoices.


So, when you click the link below, it will take you to a folder where you can find a version of the packet unique to you—the one with your name on it is yours, naturally.


I would highly advise that you print off a hard copy of your packet before next week. That will make your life much easier for your as we work our way through it.

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I repeat, please print off a hard copy of your packet before next week! If you need to send it over to your local FedEx or UPS store to print it for you, you may be reimbursed for the expense using Expense Category 8250: Printing or perhaps Expense Category 8600: Staff Training. Why, I'll even complete an ORG transfer to cover the costs myself if I must. 😘


Oh, and please don't get a head start on the assignments before next week—that would totally steal my thunder. But you are more than welcome to read through the packet to get amped up!

Click Here to Find your Packet

Last but not least, you will find the Zoom link and an "Add to Calendar" link for the sessions next week below, in case you have misplaced them. If you're new to the "Add to Calendar" fad, when you click that link it'll download a calendar event that you can import into Outlook, saving the exact training times on your calendar. So if you click the link, check your downloads folder, open the calendar event from there, and then save it to your calendar. You can have that little training tidbit free of charge. 😉


Sorry for the long email. See you next week in cyberspace!


—Travis Smith

FCA Training

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