MACPA has led the CPA profession into this exciting virtual world platform. Tom Hood and his alter ego, Rocky Maddaloni will show you how virtual world’s like Second Life can be used for real training, conferences and meetings. You will learn how this fits within the Web 2.0/social media software spectrum, discuss possible uses, and see examples of real life business applications that can be done in Second Life.
This presentation provides an overview of how companies, through their investor relations departments, are using social media to communicate with shareholders, analysts and investors.
Presentation about LinkedIn to the employees of Davis Kinard & Co., an accounting firm in Abilene, Texas. Presentation delivered June 17, 2011, by Dave Hogan, APR.
LinkedIn reinvented itself, and the changes will impact how you communicate on the platform moving forward. Here's guidance from #ASC's #socialmedia experts to help you map strategies ahead.
Are you going to make the most of LinkedIn in 2020?
Hosted in partnership with Arch Street Communications and presented by Rachel Anna Adler, WTS Greater New York Chapter would like to invite you to a workshop on LinkedIn - where you will learn practical skills and strategies that you can put to use in your digital communications.
#wtsgny #linkedintips #workshop
How to Fully Take Advantage of LinkedInNikki Little
Getting started with LinkedIn, the 10 most important profile elements, how to network on LinkedIn, how to visualize your connections, the most important elements of a company page and what not to do on LinkedIn.
This event is brought to you by CCNY Engineering School Alumni, sponsored by Arch Communications featuring Guest Speaker: Rachel Adler
Join us for this insightful, informative, practical workshop to help you maximize digital marketing on various social networks.
In this workshop, you'll learn practical skills, techniques, and strategies you can put to use in your digital communications.
- Understand the importance of communicating about engineering projects to various audiences
- Empowers students with tools/resources to improve communication skills, and expand their professional network
Sponsor:
Arch Street Communications (ASC) develops and delivers public awareness and outreach programs to inform Americans about important issues related to transportation, energy, and the environment. A New York State women-owned and disadvantaged (W/DBE) strategic communications and public engagement company with a federal GSA Advertising and Integrated Marketing Schedule (AIMS 541). ASC has worked at the intersection of energy, transportation, and economic development for all of its 27 years in operation, delivering shoulder-to-shoulder support to the public and private sectors, including New York State authorities as well as federal and state agencies. ASC's smart solution is not to think big, but think right—no matter how complicated a problem may appear, we search for the "simple truth" solution—and we find it. We seek out meaningful work: that changes, saves, and improves lives.
Speaker:
Rachel A. Adler, Senior Project Manager, and Digital Strategy Lead at Arch Street Communications will share expert analysis and guidelines on the significant changes and trends on LinkedIn and more and offer insight on how the public and private sector can take advantage of the most significant online opportunities in 2020.
This presentation provides an overview of how companies, through their investor relations departments, are using social media to communicate with shareholders, analysts and investors.
Presentation about LinkedIn to the employees of Davis Kinard & Co., an accounting firm in Abilene, Texas. Presentation delivered June 17, 2011, by Dave Hogan, APR.
LinkedIn reinvented itself, and the changes will impact how you communicate on the platform moving forward. Here's guidance from #ASC's #socialmedia experts to help you map strategies ahead.
Are you going to make the most of LinkedIn in 2020?
Hosted in partnership with Arch Street Communications and presented by Rachel Anna Adler, WTS Greater New York Chapter would like to invite you to a workshop on LinkedIn - where you will learn practical skills and strategies that you can put to use in your digital communications.
#wtsgny #linkedintips #workshop
How to Fully Take Advantage of LinkedInNikki Little
Getting started with LinkedIn, the 10 most important profile elements, how to network on LinkedIn, how to visualize your connections, the most important elements of a company page and what not to do on LinkedIn.
This event is brought to you by CCNY Engineering School Alumni, sponsored by Arch Communications featuring Guest Speaker: Rachel Adler
Join us for this insightful, informative, practical workshop to help you maximize digital marketing on various social networks.
In this workshop, you'll learn practical skills, techniques, and strategies you can put to use in your digital communications.
- Understand the importance of communicating about engineering projects to various audiences
- Empowers students with tools/resources to improve communication skills, and expand their professional network
Sponsor:
Arch Street Communications (ASC) develops and delivers public awareness and outreach programs to inform Americans about important issues related to transportation, energy, and the environment. A New York State women-owned and disadvantaged (W/DBE) strategic communications and public engagement company with a federal GSA Advertising and Integrated Marketing Schedule (AIMS 541). ASC has worked at the intersection of energy, transportation, and economic development for all of its 27 years in operation, delivering shoulder-to-shoulder support to the public and private sectors, including New York State authorities as well as federal and state agencies. ASC's smart solution is not to think big, but think right—no matter how complicated a problem may appear, we search for the "simple truth" solution—and we find it. We seek out meaningful work: that changes, saves, and improves lives.
Speaker:
Rachel A. Adler, Senior Project Manager, and Digital Strategy Lead at Arch Street Communications will share expert analysis and guidelines on the significant changes and trends on LinkedIn and more and offer insight on how the public and private sector can take advantage of the most significant online opportunities in 2020.
#NowHiring - The Role of Social Media in Agency RecruitingMichael Cirrito
LinkedIn & The Partnership for Public Service assess the rules of the road for Federal recruiters and talent acquisition professionals who want to be more engaged on Social Media. They spoke with The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), and six different agencies to identify effective and approved practices for being more engaged.
Learn how to make the most of your LinkedIn personal profile and company page. Maximize your social media marketing efforts and learn trends for 2018!
Join the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce for Chamber Networking Luncheon for a presentation on a timely topic of interest to the local business community and the Falls Church area. Bring anyone who you think might be interested in learning more!
Most people want to know:
WHY should I use LinkedIn?
Someone invited me to LinkedIn. I made a profile, have a few connections and now I wonder WHY am I on this website?
How can I benefit from LinkedIn without spending too much time?
http://AspireLocal.com
LinkedIn is the largest social networking site used by many professionals around the world. If you're new to LinkedIn, here's a guide on how to start creating your professional profile.
Yvette Adams Director of The Creative Collective provides insightful presentation slides on LinkedIn as presented at The Creative Collective's Become a Social Media Super Hero workshop. This presentation will help you learn more about social media and how it can impact your business.
Introduction to LinkedIn Training Presentation, #Build4STL May 31, 2014, Dana...Dana Workes
For anyone who attended - or would have liked to attend - my training session on LinkedIn at the 2014 Build For STL event in Downtown St. Louis on May 31, 2014 - my slide deck can be found here.
Questions, comments, requests: Contact me: 314.495.6572 or dworkes@gmail.com
From BuildForSTL.org:
There are many ways to develop a community, and one of those is by developing the people that make up that community. To that end, Build for STL will be hosting training sessions throughout the St. Louis region. These sessions are free to attend, and will educate participants in the skills necessary to get more involved in the community.
Introduction to LinkedIn
Dana Workes
May 31, 2014 10am-11am
Downtown T-REX
An introduction to the professional social media site, LinkedIn.
Thanks to UMSL Digital for your partnership in the Build For STL initiative.
Sample seminar on Linkedin Training created for MGIC subscribers September 2012. The normal seminar is 90 minutes, and this presentation was reduced by 1/3 for a "webinar". For custom Linkedin, Facebook or Twitter training, contact Mindfull today!
What do you do with a LinkedIn account? The key is not to neglect it. Here's some practical guidance for using a basic LinkedIn account as a personal PR tool that will help to open doors for you professionally.
By Jane Wong, Australia. May 2011, updated March 2013.
Learn about the different roles that company pages and personal profiles play in marketing your business on LinkedIn. Find ways to optimize your LinkedIn presence and engage employees to build industry leadership and authority for your brand.
We can’t hide behind the web any longer, to get your company and yourself adaptable for the 21st century learn the real life story of how MACPA has used blogging, twitter, and other tools to reach out to current members and find new members. Learn what it was necessary for the MACPA to do this in order to keep up with the younger generation. Learn what it took to get there, what it takes to keep it up, and what wasn’t such a good idea.
Preso for Mike Abrams at TBD COnsulting at his Learning & innovation meetup in RL and in SL - covers our journey as Association of CPAs into the Virtual World of Second Life
#NowHiring - The Role of Social Media in Agency RecruitingMichael Cirrito
LinkedIn & The Partnership for Public Service assess the rules of the road for Federal recruiters and talent acquisition professionals who want to be more engaged on Social Media. They spoke with The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), and six different agencies to identify effective and approved practices for being more engaged.
Learn how to make the most of your LinkedIn personal profile and company page. Maximize your social media marketing efforts and learn trends for 2018!
Join the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce for Chamber Networking Luncheon for a presentation on a timely topic of interest to the local business community and the Falls Church area. Bring anyone who you think might be interested in learning more!
Most people want to know:
WHY should I use LinkedIn?
Someone invited me to LinkedIn. I made a profile, have a few connections and now I wonder WHY am I on this website?
How can I benefit from LinkedIn without spending too much time?
http://AspireLocal.com
LinkedIn is the largest social networking site used by many professionals around the world. If you're new to LinkedIn, here's a guide on how to start creating your professional profile.
Yvette Adams Director of The Creative Collective provides insightful presentation slides on LinkedIn as presented at The Creative Collective's Become a Social Media Super Hero workshop. This presentation will help you learn more about social media and how it can impact your business.
Introduction to LinkedIn Training Presentation, #Build4STL May 31, 2014, Dana...Dana Workes
For anyone who attended - or would have liked to attend - my training session on LinkedIn at the 2014 Build For STL event in Downtown St. Louis on May 31, 2014 - my slide deck can be found here.
Questions, comments, requests: Contact me: 314.495.6572 or dworkes@gmail.com
From BuildForSTL.org:
There are many ways to develop a community, and one of those is by developing the people that make up that community. To that end, Build for STL will be hosting training sessions throughout the St. Louis region. These sessions are free to attend, and will educate participants in the skills necessary to get more involved in the community.
Introduction to LinkedIn
Dana Workes
May 31, 2014 10am-11am
Downtown T-REX
An introduction to the professional social media site, LinkedIn.
Thanks to UMSL Digital for your partnership in the Build For STL initiative.
Sample seminar on Linkedin Training created for MGIC subscribers September 2012. The normal seminar is 90 minutes, and this presentation was reduced by 1/3 for a "webinar". For custom Linkedin, Facebook or Twitter training, contact Mindfull today!
What do you do with a LinkedIn account? The key is not to neglect it. Here's some practical guidance for using a basic LinkedIn account as a personal PR tool that will help to open doors for you professionally.
By Jane Wong, Australia. May 2011, updated March 2013.
Learn about the different roles that company pages and personal profiles play in marketing your business on LinkedIn. Find ways to optimize your LinkedIn presence and engage employees to build industry leadership and authority for your brand.
We can’t hide behind the web any longer, to get your company and yourself adaptable for the 21st century learn the real life story of how MACPA has used blogging, twitter, and other tools to reach out to current members and find new members. Learn what it was necessary for the MACPA to do this in order to keep up with the younger generation. Learn what it took to get there, what it takes to keep it up, and what wasn’t such a good idea.
Preso for Mike Abrams at TBD COnsulting at his Learning & innovation meetup in RL and in SL - covers our journey as Association of CPAs into the Virtual World of Second Life
Presentation on CPAs in Second Life covering generational trends and trends in edcucation and learning. Includes real examples of programs and activities hosted on CPA Island - first CPA Association to build a presence on Second Life
Social Media is no longer optional. CPAs are using social media to stay on top of major trends, increase their recognition in markets, and being recognized as thought leaders. This preso is from a special 4 hour session at MACPA's Beach Retreat on July 3rd, 2010 in Ocean City, MD
Social Media - Passing Fad or Valuable Tool - Update for NYSSCPA Higher Education Conference on March 25, 2011.
Using case studies from CPAs using social media, MACPA's experience with three major benefits - communication, marketing, and learning. Also featuring our groundbreaking work in Second Life with the AICPA Tech + Conference adn XBRL International
This Interview with Vanessa DiMauro, CEO Leader Networks and the Patricia Seybold Group explores the best practices for building professional peer communities. This joint collaboration was written in 2007 and stands as a classic reference for online community-building today.
Professional Issues Update / Town Hall update for CPAs in business, Industry, Government/NFP. Semi-annual update to help CPAs stay on top of the rapid changes in business and the CPA profession. Offered throughout the year as a member service - these popular programs are a place for CPAs to get current and share their latest issues and ideas to their professional home - the Maryland Association of CPAs.
The theme of the Northeast CPE Conference is "Today You Can See Tomorrow". Tom Hood is the opening presentation where he will focus on the forces affecting the CPA profession and set the context for the changing world of CPE (Continuing Professional Education). The theme is Leadership in the New Normal and how to lead in turbulent times.
Future of Learning - innovative new learning formats for accounting and finan...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
MACPA and the Business Learning Institute release the first nano-learning course for CPAs, accounting and finance professionals that meets the new CPE standards.
NASBA and the AICPA approved the revisions to the Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs (Standards) effective September 1, 2016. Among the most significant changes to the Standards is the addition of two new instructional delivery methods: nano learning and blended learning.
The Maryland Association of CPAs and its Business Learning Institute believe that Learning is THE only competitive advantage in this rapidly changing world. They have been on the forefront of learning for the past ten years. Since passing nano-learning in 2015 at the Maryland State Board of Public Accounting, they have been integrating new formats of learning to make learning continuous, engaging and ultimately transformative. The Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition is THE First nano-learning program in North America for accounting and finance professionals. Winner of the Accounting Today 2016 Product of the Year in the learning category. This program combines nano learning format (three to four minute single concept videos) with rapid application exercises to accelerate learning of complex competencies in less times than traditional CPE / CPD programs.
MACPA and its Business Learning Institute have pioneered new methods of learning including second life (CPA Island), remote collaboration via the ThinkTank platform, participation engagement via conferences.io and their #MBSN Management by Sticky Notes collaboration process.
Here are five ways we are changing up learning:
Social;
Mobile / nano, or “Just When You Need It” learning;
Cloud: In what we call the four Cs of talent development, the AICPA Navigator allows us to offer Competencies, Career Path, and a Curriculum on a Cloud-based learning platform that allows firms and companies to move their talent development to a strategic and systematic approach;
Collaborative: MBSN (Management By Sticky Notes), Conferences.io, and the ThinkTank Collaboration platform are highly engaging ways of increasing learning through involvement (see our post on LinkedIn);
Competency-based learning: With our Bounce framework (which maps BLI programs to the new CGMA Competency framework) and our new program to develop a special self-directed action learning program to build a competency around anticipation and strategic thinking.
Special Accounting Major presentation on a career in accounting and the job outlook for becoming a CPA.
This special session was in conjunction with the NABA Baltimore Chapter and the Tomorrow's CPA student group of MACPA.
This session featured six universities in Maryland - Towson University (host), Morgan, UMUC, University of Baltimore, Stevenson University, and University of Maryland.
MACPA CEO Tom Hood, voted second most influential leader in the CPA Profession in Accounting Today’s 2013 list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting (his ninth time on the list) sees five fundamental shifts facing accounting now – Leadership, Learning, Technology, Generations and Workplace. In a world of rapid change and increasing complexity, the winners will be those individuals and organizations who can keep their L>C², their rate of learning must be greater than the rate of change and greater than their competition. Tom’s updates are always popular for CPAs and include the latest trends and issues the profession is facing locally, nationally, and globally.
NLC/MS Government 2.0 - Enterprise Social Networkingguestb5e7e1c
Enterprise Social Computing is all the rage in the world of intranets and portals. The rise of blogs and wikis on the Web has prompted governments across the globe to put these and other social tools to use behind the firewall.
Why?
• To harness, capture, and learn from the knowledge of its employees…especially those who will be retiring soon.
• Improve policy outcomes
• More efficient use of government information
• Streamline internal operations
• Attract top talent
• Greater transparency through information dissemination
Imagine if social networking tools like blogs and wikis could be used as a means of interaction by the federal government bodies. Governments could interact to a far greater extent with citizens as well as with internal and external resources.
Shannon Ryan, President and CEO of non-linear creations, who has cemented his position in an international network of internet authorities, and is a regular and reliable source of information for the media about web strategy, execution and metrics, will demystify the concepts surrounding social computing.
The presentation will:
1. Give the broader market context for the rise and popularity of social computing.
2. Show you how you can benefit from social computing in your space.
3. Give a real “how to start” road map for building the framework to benefit from social networking.
4. Provide some lessons learned already from clients in this new fast moving space.
MACPA Spring 2016 Professional Issues Update - Business & Industry EditionTom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
What are the latest trends and issues facing the CPA profession? What is the future of finance and accounting in an age of exponential change? What is the future of the profession and what is the MACPA doing about it?
Tom Hood, the second most influential person in the CPA Profession and CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs attempts to answer these questions and offer his perspective in this special update for MACPA members only focusing on CPAs in business industry, government and NFP.
Il protagonista del ventiduesimo Exhibitionist è Mark Curtis, co-fondatore e Chief Client Officer di Fjord, la unit che si occupa di design e innovazione all'interno di Accenture Interactive. Il titolo della sua lecture: Relevance. Milano, 4 novembre 2019, MiCo - Milano Congressi, in occasione di AIXA - Artificial Intelligence Expo of Applications
MACPA Annual Meeting and Town Hall Professional Issues Update took place on June 18, 2015 at JHU in Rockville, MD. With a love audience of 165+ and another 200 via webcast it set a new record.
This includes the polls held during the session that identified the demographics, top challenges, and other key information from the membership.
Tap Chapters as a Member Engagement ChannelBillhighway
Are you meeting your members where they’re at in their career? Are your chapters? We know depending on the stage of their career, your members have different needs and wants. This virtual workshop is a deep dive into what the data tells us on membership needs, loyalty and behavior. Tapping the data, we'll create a strategy you can share with your chapters to generate engagement and value based on their career stage. In this virtual workshop, we cover ways your chapters can better prepare volunteers to be the face of your association and engage the next big wave of individuals starting their careers or reinventing themselves.
Special student presentation on a career in accounting and the job outlook for becoming a CPA.
MACPA CEO Tom Hood, voted second most influential leader in the CPA Profession in Accounting Today’s 2013 list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting (his ninth time on the list) sees five fundamental shifts facing accounting now – Leadership, Learning, Technology, Generations and Workplace. In a world of rapid change and increasing complexity, the winners will be those individuals and organizations who can keep their L>C², their rate of learning must be greater than the rate of change and greater than their competition. Tom’s updates are always popular for CPAs and include the latest trends and issues the profession is facing locally, nationally, and globally.
Similar to Learn & Meet Like a Millennial - Do you have a Second Life? (20)
With talent recruitment and retention topping the list of issues facing CPA Firms along with partner alignment and succession planning issues, the stakes have never been higher for CPA Firms in their recruitment and retention strategies. BLI just announced the 'magnetic firm' framework and the 'big four' ways for firms to become talent magnets.
This presentation has the latest scores on the magnetic firm index which is averaging 67% or a D+ across CPA Firms.
The four categories for a magnetic firm are:
1) Purpose driven workplace
2) Culture of growth (Career Development)
3) Inspiring workplace – flexible and inclusive
4) Great leadership – trust & transparent
Visit us at www.blionline.org
Impact of Firm Wide Adoption - The Anticipatory Organization Accounting and F...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
This is the first accelerated learning system for accounting and finance professionals featuring nano-learning and rapid application tools. The Business Learning Institute and the Maryland Association of CPAs customized the learning system with a co-creation group working with Daniel Burrus. Accounting Today Magazine recognized this learning system as a 2016 Top Product in Learning.
This presentation covers the experience of firm-wide adoption of the Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition at several major organizations with focus on the first firm to adopt this for their entire firm. Joey Havens, Executive Partner of HORNE, LLP a Top 50 CPA Firm outlines the reasons he made the AOAF learning system a cornerstone of his Growth Mindset and implemented it across his entire workforce of almost 400 people. he also explains why he thinks an "anticipatory skill set is essential for today's accounting and finance professionals.
The Anticipatory Organization™ Model, created and developed by Daniel Burrus of Burrus Research, Inc., has changed how many of the world’s most successful businesses plan their future and accelerate growth. Now, Daniel Burrus is bringing what he calls the greatest missing competency – the ability to anticipate change – to CPAs, CFOs, controllers and management accountants. This model represents a new way of thinking, planning, and acting – a paradigm shift that’s required in a world of accelerating change, competition, and uncertainty.
This innovative learning system will jump start your ability to anticipate and learn critical competencies like strategic thinking, external awareness, vision, continuous learning, innovation, creativity, problem solving, prioritization, business acumen, decisiveness, influencing/persuading, emotional intelligence, consensus building, collaboration, inspiration, risk management, and immediately apply it to your own situation at work.
For more information visit our website http://www.blionline.org/ao
What do next generation leaders say they need to be 'future ready'? This report is from 200+ next generation leaders attending the #AICPA_EDGE Conference in Las Vegas in August, 2016.
Next Gen leaders will be called to lead in a different environment than many leaders of the past. These times of exponential change will require a different skill set. They will be leading in transformational and adaptive times which require new skills and new practices.
This report highlights top challenges, top skills, insights from the session and more.
These polls were integrated during a presentation on "The Future Ready CPA" where we covered the 5 C's - Context, Certainty, Capacity, Competency, and Core Purpose & Values.
We are living in “exponential times” where the size, scale and scope of change is incredible. That means there are incredible opportunities for those who can see through the fog of uncertainty and anticipate what’s next. The biggest opportunity is to harness the wisdom of our older generations with the fresh perspectives of the tech-savvy younger generations. The next generation of leaders is enthusiastically ready to have a seat at the table. The future is not created; the future is co- created. Let’s get to work!
“Everyone keeps telling accountants that they need to change their focus from the historic and the backward-looking, and to start being proactive and offering future-focused advice – but no one tells them how. The beauty of the Anticipatory Organization program is that it actually gives you a set of tools to harness the hard trends that are shaping the future, and use them to create new value for your firm and your clients.” - Daniel Hood, Editor-in-Chief of Accounting Today (when recognizing AOAF as a 2016 Top Product in Learning
The competency of “anticipation” actually includes a number of competencies included in many of the top companies of today.
Across these models, you'll see a common theme of “strategic thinking," "innovation" and “leading change."
Many of these organizations build (and validate) fantastic competency models and know what they want people to do.
The top five skills and competencies identified for CPAs, accounting and finance professionals are:
1. Strategic and critical thinking;
2. Communication;
3. Anticipating and serving evolving needs;
4. Inspiring and motivating others;
5. Collaboration and mobilizing consensus
The beauty of the Anticipatory Organization model is that it offers a clear process that makes highly-abstract leadership competencies attainable and trainable. Using nano-leanring in very short 3-4 minute single concept videos (imagine a series of shirt Ted Talks) with rapid application exercises to immediately apply the concepts to the job, and visual job aids to reinforce and remember the learning. Add a team implementation and collaboration guide and you can create a shared language and culture of being anticipatory and proactive.
If an organization wants to make "strategic thinking" or "innovation" a core competency, we can provide clear, trainable activities that can be targeted to a wide range of learners (from individual contributors to senior leadership). We provide the bridge between the competency model and the desired observable behaviors.
For more information visit www.blionline.org/ao or contact Tom Hood tom@blionline.org
Will your firm thrive or just survive? Anticipation - The critical competency...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
Today, the world of professional education, and accordingly the accounting profession, is migrating toward a competencies-based learning approach. But what are the most critical competencies for practitioners and firms to thrive in today’s ever changing, fast paced business environment?
Research from the Business Learning Institute identified the Top 5 Competencies for CPAs, accounting and financial professionals as:
1. Strategic & Critical Thinking
2. Communication
3. Anticipating and serving evolving needs
4. Inspiring and motivating others
5. Collaboration and mobilizing consensus
In addition, research from CPA.COM shows that only 8% of CPAs are future ready. Future Ready is the Is the capacity to be ANTICIPATORY (aware, predictive and adaptive) of emerging technology and trends in business, demographics, and the social environment impacting your organization and industry.
Together this group of skills and competencies have been researched with a leading global futurist who has put together an innovative learning system, the Anticipatory Organization: Accounting and Finance Edition which is being used to transform firm cultures to build and enhance proactive business advisor skills.
Most of us wish we had the power to predict future trends, and would benefit by learning tactics to do so. Daniel Burrus is one of the world’s leading technology forecasters and innovation experts and the featured keynoter speaker at this year’s DCPA16. He is globally recognized for his exceptional 30+ year record of accurately predicting how technological, social, and business forces converge to create untapped opportunities.
Joey Havens, Executive Partner at Horne, LLP (A top 50 CPA Firm) discusses how he has used the Anticipatory Organization as a foundational learning system throughout his firm. He is requiring his whole firm of 400+ professionals to take this and running collaboration sessions by practice areas to create group learning and a shared language around anticipatory thinking that is being applied inside the firm and outside with clients.
This presentation is from the July 20th, 2016 webcast by CPA.COM. CPA.com President and CEO, Erik Asgeirsson as he discusses the critical Anticipatory competency with Daniel Burrus, HORNE LLP executive partner Joey Havens and the CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs and the Business Learning Institute, Tom Hood.
For more information http://www.blionline.org/ao
You will learn:
Why anticipation is the critical competency for today's accounting and finance professionals
The difference between hard trends and soft trends
Why it is important to identify trend types
Use cases of how these skills are being used in the profession
How this learning system can be used as a foundational skill set to help CPAs and accounting professionals be more proactive business advisors.
It May be Time to Reinvent Your Firm - CPAFMA National Practice Management Co...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
What is the accounting professionals' role in creating a culture of innovation? How are CPA Firms innovating? Reinventing themselves? Creating magnetic cultures?
Studies are showing a growing expectation for accounting professionals to lead these initiatives. In this session we will discuss tactics to foster innovation in your firms, technology's role and advising clients to do the same through tools you provide.
This session covers the latest research from the Business Learning Institute (BLI) about what it takes to create a magnetic firm culture and scores the latest issues facing CPA firms, top skills needed, and an innovation index.
From a session at the CPAFMA National Practice Management Conference in Baltimore in 2016.
For more information see www.blionline.org
Recent research says that the business environment for CPAs and their clients will be characterized by “unprecedented, massive and highly accelerated change” through 2025. To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency--how to accurately anticipate the future. The key to success in this fast-changing environment is to learn how to move from being reactive to proactive and flip from crisis manager to an opportunity manager. Tom will show how to explore new value added services and position their practices for success in a rapidly changing world.
Recent research from the AICPA says that the business environment for CPAs and their clients will be characterized by “unprecedented, massive and highly accelerated change” through 2025. To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency–how to accurately anticipate the future. This session will show how to anticipate these trends and move from being a crisis manager to an opportunity manager. At the end of the session participants will set actionable steps to elevate and accelerate their organization’s strategy.
VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity and describes the fast-arriving future we are living in. This inspirational session will talk about how leadership, culture, and talent management are changing in these exponential times. Participants thru an exercise to leave with a person action plan.
Learning Objective:
Understand emerging trends and issues facing business and CPA Profession.
Learn about how leadership is changing to lead change in rapidly changing times.
Develop an action plan to take back and apply the principles learned.
The #1 reason clients leave their CPAs is that they are receiving service instead of proactive advice. Tom will show how firms are exploring new value added services and position their practices for success in a rapidly changing world. He will discuss the major "shift change" and the trends shaping business today and give participants a framework to provide more proactive services and strategic advice and a plan to get started. But these services require new skills and approaches which is a big opportunity for firm HR and Learning Leaders.
Presentation to AGN International in San Diego #NARM16 for Managing Partners in MAP Track
How to Accelerate Growth, Innovation, and High Performance for CPAs, Account...Tom Hood, CPA,CITP,CGMA
The # 1 challenge facing CPAs, Accounting and Finance Professionals is 'not enough time' who creates the equivalent of a gravitational pull of the past when it comes to changing their mindsets and thinking. How will we go from a historical perspective to a more future-focused, from rearview mirror to windshield and from being reactive to proactive?
Our latest research from the Business Learning Institute sows the critical competencies that will make a difference have not changed in the past seven years. What has changed is the gravitational pull has gotten worse as we enter what Josh Bersin calls the age of the 'overwhelmed employee'.
What we need is a new approach to learning these critical competencies. A blended approach that uses nano-learning nuggets (very short 2-3 minute single-concept videos), rapid application templates to apply each concept to the business, and a series of job aids and performance support tools to turn the learning into immediate on the job application. This is our award-winning Anticipatory Organization learning system by Burrus Research. In about one third of the time as traditional CPE, CPAs and accounting and finance professionals can learn the critical competencies of:
Anticipation; Strategic Thinking; External Awareness; Vision; Continuous Learning; Innovation ;Creativity; Problem Solving; Prioritization; Business Acumen; Decisiveness; Influencing/Persuading; Emotional Intelligence; Consensus Building; Collaboration; Inspiration; Risk Management; and Communication.
The Anticipatory Organization can support an entire cultural shift for an organization or team with the added implementation guide and collaboration tools. See more at http://www.blionline.org/ao
Our new MBA Express is another option to create or add a series of critical success skills to your technical training portfolio in on-site, on-line and on-demand learning formats. http://blionline.org/featured/8-hour-mba/
We believe we need new approaches and new tools to break the pull of the past and the inertia from 'overwhelmed employees'. These exciting new learning formats are one step in this direction.
Accounting Today Editor, Daniel Hood said this after selecting the Anticipatory Organization as a Top Product for 2016 in the Learning Category, “Everyone keeps telling accountants that they need to change their focus from the historic and the backward-looking, and to start being proactive and offering future-focused advice – but no one tells them how. The beauty of the Anticipatory Organization program is that it actually gives you a set of tools to harness the hard trends that are shaping the future, and use them to create new value for your firm and your clients.”
What does innovation look like in a CPA Firm? How are leading CPA firms creating a culture of innovation?
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These big waves of change are the result of a “perfect storm” of sorts -- the convergence of three “hard trends” of exponential technological innovation, the demographic shift as baby boomers retire, and globalization. Key challenges facing accounting and finance professionals are automation and digital transformation, succession and talent shortages, a “brain drain” as experienced people retire, business model changes, and the increasingly VUCA world (that’s volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) in which we find ourselves.
Several recent studies (from WEF, Oxford, McKinsey and MIT) report that accounting, auditing and tax are among the occupations most at risk for complete automation within the next 20 years.
As a result, the accounting and finance profession is rapidly approaching what Andy Grove, retired CEO of Intel Corporation, described as a “strategic inflection point,” -- “a time in the life of a business when its fundamentals are about to change. That change can mean an opportunity to rise to new heights. But it may just as likely signal the beginning of the end.” This is where there are two major pathways: doing business as usual, or embracing and adapting to the new. At the moment these are fairly close together, but they will soon diverge into a growing gap between growth and success, or entropy and decline.
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To take advantage of these oceans of opportunity, accounting and finance professionals will need to learn how to ride these big waves or risk being crushed by their frequency and force. The critical thing to know is that what got you here, won’t get you there. Business as usual simply won’t work.
Here are six ways to learn how to ride these big waves of change now and in the future:
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3. Collaborate: The collaboration curve is quickly replacing the experience curve. Who you know is replacing what you know.
4. Learning is the next competitive advantage: As Fast Company editor Robert Safian wrote, “the most important skill is the ability to acquire new skills.”
5. Protect the core: When everything is changing, it is important to know what should not change. Purpose and values for individuals and organizations should serve as that anchor or grounding.
6. Make time for the future. Your time and those of your people will be your number one challenge, and nothing will change if you are overwhelmed and too busy.
The hard trends are forming these big waves of disruption and change. Surf's Up - Are you ready?
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Our Magnetic Firm framework outlines the critical elements of a magnetic culture and our six step Talent and Leadership Development framework show you how to develop a winning career and curriculum aligned to your overall firm strategy and objectives.
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This presentation was given to Loyola University (Maryland) Accounting Alumni Circle on November 18, 2015. It includes our latest research in trends and issues facing the accounting and finance profession from the Business Learning Institute.
It also covers the programs and initiatives of the Maryland Association of CPAs in the context of Hard Trends and our work with world renowned futurist, Daniel Burrus.
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The exponential pace of change has created an environment best described as VUCA. To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency—how to accurately anticipate the future. The key to success in this fast-changing environment is to commit to changing before you are being forced to. This session will show how to anticipate these trends and move from being a crisis manager to an opportunity manager.
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5. “As it relates to science and technology, the rate of
change in the next decade, is likely to be 4 to7 times
faster than in the last decade. If it is 4x faster it
would be like planning for 2009 in 1890, if it is 7x
faster it would be like planning for 2009 in 1670.”
‐Expert on Education Panel, The Aspen Institute
6. You need new
• Communication &
skills & new Leadership
tools to keep • Strategic & Critical
Thinking
pace and lead • Focus on the
Customer, Client, and
in this new Market
• Interpretation of
environment Converging
Information
• Technologically adept
7. Today, you will
learn how
MACPA’s
experience with
social media &
second life can
help you become
a navigator of
this change!
8. Follow us on our journey of Web 2.0,
Social Media and Second Life
We will answer these questions:
1. What caused us to explore Web 2.0, social media & Second Life?
2. How did we do it?
3. What did we learn?
4. What does it mean to you and all CPAs?
10. In the beginning there was the
Association Digital Now Conference
• 2000 Internet & Growing
Up Digital by Don Tapscott
• 2002 Jim Collins
• 2006 Jim Collins, Stephen
Abram ‐ Association 2.0
• 2007 Stephen Abram –
reality 2.0
• 2008 Julie Evans & Project
Tomorrow research (K‐12)
12. Social Media is a Generational Issue
• Matures 64 ‐ 100
• Boomers 45 ‐ 63
• Gen X 29 ‐ 44
• Millennials 10 ‐ 28
Which one are you?
"Digital 'Natives' Invade the Workplace:
Young people may be newcomers to the
world of work, but it's their bosses who
are immigrants into the digital world."
14. Generation Gap? Or Generation Lap?
One third (35%) of American adult internet users
Generations
have a profile on an online social network site,
four times as many as three years ago, but still
much lower than the 65% of online American teens
who use social networks
“In 1997, young people for the first time were recognized by
adults as being authorities on something truly revolutionary
– digital technology, interactive media, and collaboration.”
– Don Tapscott “Growing Up Digital”
15. The Eight Net Gen Norms that will transform
business, education and government
1. Freedom – The freedom to work when
and where you want
2. Customization – My job my life
3. Scrutiny – I know what you did last night
4. Integrity – Be a good company to work for
5. Collaboration – Teamwork
6. Entertainment – Work should be fun
7. Speed – Let’s make things happen now!
8. Innovation – Let me invent
19. Key Questions to Think About
1) What if our we could connect to this new generation of
CPAs and young professionals early on in their careers?
2) What if we could teach our older CPAs how to use this
technology to reach this new generation of CPAs and
enable them to share and engage better?
3) What if we (State CPA Societies) could add these tools to
our arsenal and use these tools in to engage our members
in new ways and help with collaboration, connection and
community?
21. Our Journey…starts with strategy
The MACPA is a progressive, professional
association dedicated to serving CPAs in the
Maryland region, enabling them to grow,
prosper and remain viable in a dynamic,
rapidly changing environment. The
MACPA recognizes the diversity in the CPA
profession and will provide the necessary
resources and services to help its members
maintain the highest level of integrity,
professional ethics and knowledge for the
benefit of the public and the good of the
profession.
Connect –
Protect ‐ Achieve
22. What is Second Life? MACPA goes virtual
"I look at it as just another office, another
extension of our firm. It’s another touch point
where we can potentially meet with clients and
expand our geographic of where we can deliver
services.”
‐ Byron Patrick, CPA.CITP KAWG&F First CPA Firm in Second Life
26. When should you start to
pay attention?
Moving beyond Second
Life marketing, many
companies are infiltrating
virtual worlds for employee
meetings, mixers, and
recruiting – Business Week
Second Life produces
real training results –
CLO magazine ASTD
Virtual Worlds make
Harvard Business
Review’s breakthrough
ideas for 2008
27. When should you start to
pay attention?
This is not a game: Virtual
Worlds coming to your
business Forrester predicts
– CIO Magazine
Virtual worlds will be widely
adopted venues for reaching
customers and experimenting with
new product ideas and business
models
– Intuit’s Future of Small Business Report
30. Accounting Education Pavilion
Our pavilion features a place for Colleges & Universities to
showcase their accounting education and a place for accounting
educators to connect, share, and learn from each other. It is also a
place for prospective students to see the many options available
in an exciting career as a Certified Public Accountant.
31. New Young Professionals Network
Club NYPN on CPA Island
Life’s a beach at the Club NYPN on CPA island. This
special area devoted to New & Young Professionals
has all of the features for networking, casual
meetups, and fun. Complete with a dance floor, tiki
bars, beach, and a real treehouse – it is the place for
students and young professionals to chill.
32. BLI Conference Center
A center facilitating the development and sharing of competencies and
strategic knowledge required for leadership in the rapidly changing
business environment. BLI will deliver competency-based curriculum,
courses, content, and community to enhance learning and grow
intellectual capital for organizational and executive leadership.
43. MACPA featured in 3 sessions at Digital
Now in 2007
• Governance &
Structure – Tami
Bensky
• Generations – Byron
Patrick & Thomas
Hood
• Second Life – demo by
Byron & Thomas
45. CPA Learning 2.0 – The first self‐
directed learning tool for CPAs
• Oct, 2007 Staff volunteered
to “do it”
• Feb, 2008 Staff completed
(95% participation)
• Opened up to the world
51. The New Math
Social Networking (Old)
+ Social Media (New)
= A change in the way we build
relationships
Source: Matt Goddard, CEO R2integrated
52. It’s about the Network Effect
How big is
your
network?
“In a sentence {to recognize a network} means ‘To discover how A, who is in touch with C,
Is affected by the relation between B and C.” – Russ Eckel “Becoming the Eye of the Tiger”
53. Social Media builds social capital
It’s all about your Whuffie
Whuffie is the culmination of your reputation,
influence, bridging and bonding capital,
current and potential access to ideas, talent
and resources, saved‐up favors, and
accomplishments.
‐ Tara Hunt “The Whuffie Factor”
55. What social media did for MACPA
and can do for you?
Establish your company as a thought leader
Reinvent your marketing strategy
Build communities and improve
customer relations
Enhance legislative advocacy
Expand your brand
Get you found on search engines
Make small organizations look big
Communicate to your team
56. And what about CPAs?
• 54% are on LinkedIn
• 48% are on Facebook
• 21% are on Twitter
• 61% attend webinars
• 36% read blogs
• 28% listen to podcasts
64. How one small firm got on the WSJ?
“I think today demonstrated the value
of the social networks (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and their ability
to spread the word. Encouraging others to read our materials
and help us with our mission to Bury the Billable Hour”
‐ Dan Morris, CPA from Verasage Blog
Website Blog
Twitter
66. Next steps…
1. Educate yourself –
www.cpalearning2.com
2. Create your digital footprint. Create
profiles on Facebook, LinkedIn and
Google.
3. Start listening. Use Google Reader or
Bloglines to begin reading thought
leaders in your profession or areas of
interest.
4. Continue listening. Create your Twitter
account and follow your profession and
areas of interest.
5. Start sharing. Create a blog and record
your thoughts.
6. Share. Recognize and promote the
people you find interesting.
67. But wait there’s more…
“When associations and
other organizations try
new meeting formats, it's
not just for novelty-it's a
step toward better content
delivery. What's more, the
association brave enough
to try a new take on
classic offerings gives its
members more than
information; it gives them
an experience and
exposure to a new way of
doing things.”
-Jeff Waddle ASAE
Meetings Remix – Time to Rethink the Usual Format – Association Now Magazine, Oct 2008
69. Five Learning Trends for 2009
1.Mobile Learning
2.DIY - Do-it-Yourself
Learning
3.Flexible Learning
Environments
4.Virtual Worlds
5.Games & Simulation
Chief Learning Officer Magazine – January 2009
70. MACPA leads in CPE & CPA
events in Second Life
"Second Life is more
compelling than a
conference call, less
intimidating than a
video conference, and
a hell of a lot better
than business travel.“
-- John Zdanowski,
CFO, Linden Lab
71. Who said you can’t be in three
places at once?
Digital Now, 2007
MDBIZEXPO – June, 2008
AACSB
ASTD
XBRL Int’l – June, 2009
AICPA Tech plus – June, 2009
72. Who said you can’t be in three
places at once?
AICPA Tech +
XBRL International
75. Leadership 2.0 requires the five qualities of
extraordinary leaders
1. Sight ‐ Ability to see emerging
patterns and shift perspective when
necessary
2. Insight ‐ Ability to learn faster than
the rate of change in your industry
3. Create ‐ Ability to think strategically
and critically to gain insights that create
new opportunities
4. Communicate ‐ Ability to
collaborate inside and outside your
organization and to build and sustain
social networks of people engaged in
the work
5. Inspire – Ability to mobilize support
and engage others to join you in
ACTION
76. “The future is here. It's just not widely
distributed yet.” – William Gibson
79. MACPA resources
• CPA Success, our daily blog
http://www.CPASuccess.com
• CPA Spotlight, our weekly podcast
http://www.macpa.org/Content/23333.aspx
• Other MACPA blogs:
• www.CPALegislativeInsider.com
• www.NewCPAs.com
• www.bizlearningblog.com
• CPA Learning 2, a Web 2.0 playground by CPAs for CPAs
http://www.CPALearning2.com
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81. 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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