AAA and AICPA Collaboration Update
The Association for Accounting Administration and the AICPA continue to work together to bring you the information that you need to make you the best firm Practice Manager you can be. A couple of points of collaboration: The 2015 National Practice Management Conference (NPMC) will be held in conjunction with the AICPA Prac-Tech Conference in Orlando (Swan Hotel at Disney World) on June 7-10. The Association for Accounting Marketing ...
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Chapter Chatter
It is hard to believe that summer is coming to a close and the National Conference was over two months ago! The Chapter Leader's Breakfast was a huge success and we enjoyed seeing everyone there. The Board just returned from a two-day planning session for next year’s conference in Orlando and we have exciting things in store! On the Chapter front, we are committed to doing all we can to support each and every one of our members and ...
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Post 2014 Conference Review and 2014 Conference Preview
I wanted to personally thank everyone who was able to attend this year’s conference in San Diego. It was wonderful to connect with so many practice management professionals in such an awesome location! Although it has been a milder than usual summer here in Texas, the San Diego weather was a breath of fresh air for me.I also wanted to share some of the feedback received from the conference attendees. Of those attending who completed ...
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Spotlight: Ronda Lawson, AAAPM
Ronda Lawson, AAAPMDirector of OperationsThe Henry Levy GroupOakland, California (hometown: Castro Valley, California)How I got into accounting/firm administration: My career has been focused on professional services firms, including architecture, electrical engineering, and legal. When I accepted a position with BDO USA, LLP as their San Francisco office administrator, I wanted to understand more about the accounting field.
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Shared Tools: Step 2 from You Are the Value
Firm Administrators can incorporate this excerpt from Leo Pusateri's workshop into the firm's next partner retreat. This segment provides practical strategies to help partners and firm managers build meaningful and lasting relationships with clients. It leads to discovery on what makes the firm valuable and different from other CPA firms. Step 2: What Do You Do? from Leo Pusateri's presentation "You Are the Value"Video: Step 2 What Do You ...
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