“I love the fact you can get great gratification of studying a subject, however the book was referencing most of everything from 2017 when it is 2019 almy 2020. On how much the book cost it should be an free update.”
“The Ultimate guide to Trust was an excellent seminar for me as a practicing CPA, and a trustee of several trust. There's not many places to go in order to get this knowledge. The course did need a better presentation of Distributable Net Income (DNI) calculation needed in Fiduciary income taxation.”
“1. Specific examples as to who is as an interested or adverse Trustee for an Irrevocable Trust, ie husband or child, in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code would be helpful.
2. Samples of some of the basic wording of Irrevocable trusts and common mistakes in wording would also be helpful.”
“The National Business Institute provides relevant and informational continuing education. There are a variety of formats that make it easily accessible to all participants. We have been very happy with NBI.”
“I'm always pleased with the NBI seminars. They're set up and ready for me when I get there; the presentations are always stimulating and the follow-up is spot-on. Thank you.”
“I have received more than 6 emails in just over 24 hours since I registered for one course. I unsubscribed after the second email but still received four more. Then I received another email asking for a review. Throttle back the email marketing.”
“The materials provided by NBI were NOT specific to the State of California, which drastically reduced the helpfulness.
Also, I still haven't received my MCLE certificate.”
“I've been working with NBI for a number of years. My in-class seminars have always been scheduled, supported and conducted with exemplary professionalism. My fellow presenters and I have always had whatever back-up we require. NBI takes care of business.”
“Although the location is quite a drive, this is a simple way to obtain CLE credits and I find that the audience is usually very attentive and asks good questions.”
“I am writing a review as a speaker who has done a number of presentations for NBI. The honorarium is too low. The work put into being a speaker is substantial. NBI wants prose material, and then if you want to do a powerpoint, that is additional preparation. This is why I don't do a powerpoint in addition. No payment for mileage or travel time. I can't afford to speak anymore for NBI. Also, I did a panel presentation in Peoria last year and was shocked to learn when I arrived that I was the only attorney on the panel, so I had to lead all topics, although initially I chose/was assigned only a few of the topics for submission of materials. None of the participants, or the NBI monitor knew how the panel was supposed to run. I never received a critique from participants, as to what they thought, but it was a bad experience for me after driving so far to do the presentation. The only value to me as a speaker was obtaining CLE credit, but it is less expensive for me to just attend CLE sessions for hours.”
“My experience as an NBI presenter has been a very good one. The NBI staff is very helpful and the seminars are always staged with the utmost professionalism. Over the years, there has been and continues to be only two things that, in my opinion, need to be corrected. (1) When a seminar is geared to the lawyers in a particular State, sometime the topics and subtopics cover laws and legal principles that have not been adopted by the State in which the seminar is being presented, and have no relevance to the attendees. (2) The seminar agenda often includes too many subtopics to cover in the time provided, leading the attending lawyers to complain that not everything was covered sufficiently. In my opinion, both of these flaws could easily be corrected if the NBI coordinator would consult with the presenting lawyer before finalizing the seminar agenda. If NBI believes that its presenters are experts in their topics, then the seminar coordinator should consider that the presenter knows best which subtopics should be presented in order to cover the most relevant issues of a topic.”
