October 2015 Article Archives - Page 2
Invest in Your Success
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world. - Tom Brokaw One of the first things members of the CPA Firm Management Association (formerly the Association for Accounting Administration) discussed when forming in 1984 was certification. As many of our members cited, a designation for ...
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Taking the Next Step: From AAA to CPAFMA
There is nothing permanent except change. – Heraclitus The CPA firm administration field has changed and grown dramatically since AAA was founded 31 years ago. It is time for the Association for Accounting Administration to take the next step in supporting those dedicated to CPA firm practice management. We are now the CPA Firm Management Association (CPAFMA) and we are excited about what the future holds! The Association of ...
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Developing an IT Leader Communication Toolkit
I have lost count of the number of times I start talking about a technology concept and end up getting a stunned look. I don’t think the stunned look is the result of my commanding knowledge of the subject. Rather, I am speaking in a framework that I am comfortable with, but my listener is not. This is true of any specialized profession, but I believe that technology provides a special circumstance. In most professions, change is annual ...
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Post Your Free Jobs for Accountingfly Meet the Firms Week
From it's inception in 2012, Accountingfly Meet the Firms Week has grown to become the largest national career fair in the accounting profession. This year Accountingfly has joined forces with a CPAFMA partner, AICPA PCPS, to take the event in a new direction. Their focus is to educate students on the wide-range of career opportunities available in public accounting and to connect them with outstanding public accounting employers, like ...
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Thriving on Busyness
My second favorite class in college was Psychology Applied to Work. It was truly eye opening – there was more to the corporate life then just plugging away at your computer and meetings. It was about relationships, people skills and managing time and resources. Just simply understanding why people do things and how each of us are different helped me in starting my career. Over time (25 tax seasons later) and a lot of wisdom gained along ...
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