"Never be afraid to seek inspiration in your past" - Update of the CPA Horizons 2025 Project by the AICPA for the Academy of Accounting Historians at University of Maryland.

1. Future Forum
2011 AAH Research Conference
Modern Perspectives of Accounting History: 125 Years
of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants 1887-2012
Presented by Tom Hood, CPA
CEO
Maryland Association of CPAs
University of Maryland
June 2, 2011

2. Why are we here?
The tornado of changes from CPA Vision Project circa 2000

3. “It is not the strongest of the
species that survives, nor the
most intelligent, but the one
most responsive to change.”
Source: Charles Darwin
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4. Never be afraid to seek
inspiration in your past.
Source : Bill Taylor – Founder of
FastCompany Magazine
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5. What we hope to accomplish
> The wisdom of the crowd!
> Identification of the most important trends facing the
CPA profession in the future (2025)
> Crowd-Filtering of the trends with the time to address
as now
> Creating our Vision for 2025 by revisiting the CPA
Vision 2011 created in 1998 and recommending any
changes including Vision, Purpose, Values and Top 5
Services and Top 5 Competencies
> Insights to Go – Your takeaway of insights back to
your organizations or to use with your own career – a
takeaway to help you strategically think about the
future
© 2011 American Institute of CPAs

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7. 360° World View
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8. Insight: Top Trends to
Watch
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9. CPA Vision 2011
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13. “The use of history is to give value
to the present hour and its duty.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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14. “The future is like a corridor into which we
can see only by the light coming from
behind.”
Edward Weyer Jr.
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15. Tom Hood, CPA.CITP
CEO
Maryland Association of CPAs
Business Learning Institute
(443) 632‐2301
E‐mail tom@macpa.org
Web http://www.macpa.org
Blog http://www.cpasuccess.com
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