Expanding Knowledge 
Sharing Experiences 
Achieving Through Collaboration 
Influencing Leadership 
Envisioning Possibilities CPA Firm Management Association is the one representative voice of the profession. The Association leads CPA firm management by empowering all CPA firms to thrive while expanding knowledge, sharing experiences, achieving through collaboration, influencing leadership and envisioning possibilities.
The 2020 NPMC will be exclusively designed to help participants professionally manage accounting firms of varying sizes. The two-and-a-half day educational extravaganza and exchange has something for everyone involved in accounting firm management.
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The Michigan Chapter will be hosting the topic of HR Best Practices by Jodi Schafer, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Owner, Human Resource Management Services. Jodi is a solutions-oriented HR consultant who helps others create order out of (what can sometimes feel like) chaos. Having worked on the other side of the desk, she understands the pressure and frustration that her clients sometimes feel and works with them to develop solutions that are practical and ...
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Save the date for the Northeast Chapter's December meeting. The meeting will include unlimited networking and discussions and shares that will begin your year-end on a great note.
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Mark your calendar now and plan to attend the 2019-2020 Firm Administrator Networking Series hosted by MOCPA + CPAFMA. This series is a powerful way to meet with other professionals in CPA firm operations, HR, and professional development. Each event features a guest speaker on selected topics, followed by popular networking roundtable discussions. In-person attendees enjoy lunch, or videoconference in if you can't make it in person. Either way, ...
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Thank you to all AICPA ENGAGE/CPA National Practice Management Conference participants who contributed to our 50 Ideas in 50 Minutes session which actually generated 57 ideas. Special thanks to our facilitator, Bob Biddle, PAFM and company. If you are interested in learning more about these ideas, contact CPAFMA HQ.
Firm managers are called to be leaders – by the best traditions of the accounting profession, by standards of professional responsibility, and by the expectations of the communities in which they work and live. And yet, until recently, there has been little attention given to leadership training for those responsible for the day-to-day management of CPA firms as they enter the profession and begin to develop the skills necessary for their ...
The American Institute of CPAs announced that Bill Reeb, chief executive of management consulting firm Succession Institute in Austin, Texas, is the new chair of the AICPA. Reeb was elected to a one-year, volunteer post by the AICPA Governing Council, which wrapped up its annual spring meeting in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2019. Tracey Golden, an audit partner with Deloitte, was voted in as the AICPA vice chair. Reeb said the ...
In this article, Roman Kepczyk outlines key considerations for firm managers to educate their mobile personnel before they travel, some of which we have excerpted from Neal O’Farrell’s book “Think Security First,” which is available for download for CPAFMA members and Right Networks clients.
