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TOPICS AND SPEAKERSIn addition to the customary management, marketing, human resource, personal development and technology topics, concurrent sessions will be presented by recognized experts in their fields and cover such timely topics as (partial listing):
For a taste, click here for Mr. Sanborn’s reflection on 50 Life Lessons @ 50. This year, AAA is again hosting an all-day Fly-In on Tuesday, June 16 for those with a concentration in human resources for CPA firms.The offered Fly-In is separate from the Conference, but discounts for participation in both are available. Monday, June 15, 20097:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.National Board of Directors Meeting
Tuesday, June 16, 20097:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.Conference Registration Cyber Café Open 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Fly-In Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.z Pre-Conference Human Resources Fly-In Led by Jennifer Wilson, ConvergenceCoaching LLC Program Level: Intermediate NASBA Field of Study: Personnel/HR CPE Credit: 8 hours HRCI Approved: 8 hours In this year's Human Resources Fly-In, we'll begin by exploring some of the differences that make your team unique and how you can make the most of these differences while effectively managing the conflicts that are sure to arise. When you take this one-day workshop, we'll explore:
This action-packed day will combine lecture, group discussion and brainstorming, and exercises to ensure eye-opening insights that you can apply to enhance your firm’s recruiting and retention programs immediately.Attendance at the 2008 Human Resources Fly-in is not required. If you attended the 2008 Fly-In you’ll find the same quality content, dynamic instructor and will leave with an abundance of deliverables. Jennifer Wilson is a co-founder and partner of ConvergenceCoaching, LLC, a national leadership and marketing consulting firm dedicated to helping CPA and IT firms achieve success by helping them develop and implement leadership, succession, and marketing plans. Jennifer’s ultimate goal is to make a transformational difference in the lives of her clients and in their businesses. Named to Accounting Today’s 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list and one of Accounting Technology magazine’s Technology Stars, Jennifer has worked in both the public accounting and IT sectors before co-founding ConvergenceCoaching, LLC. As a partner for the top ten accounting firm, BDO Seidman, LLP, Jennifer ran the National Financial Solutions Group practice. Prior to BDO Seidman, Jennifer was Vice President of Sales and Customer Services for State Of The Art, Inc. (now known as Sage Software, Inc.) where she was responsible for the publicly-traded software publisher’s marketing, sales, education, and customer services functions. Jennifer is a member of the Association for Accounting Administration, Association for Accounting Marketing, American Marketing Association, and International Coach Federation. Jennifer is also a member of the New Horizon Group, a forum for leading consultants to the accounting profession. She serves on the editorial advisory board and is a regular guest columnist for Accounting Today and is a nationally recognized speaker, teacher, and facilitator delivering leadership and marketing programs to accounting and technology associations, state societies, and firms on a regular basis. 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. CPA Firm Association and Network Meetings Various CPA Firm Associations and Networks will host half and/or full-day events in conjunction with the AAA National Practice Management Conference.Schedules and agendas will be released by the associations and networks.
Human Resources Fly-In Lunch 4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. First Timer's Forum Led by Virginia Lowery, Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association and Rita Keller, Keller Associates LLC Program Level: Overview NASBA Field of Study: Personal Development CPE Credit: 1 hour If this is your first AAA National Practice Management Conference, or first in several years, you are encouraged to participate in this lively and interactive session designed to help facilitate your conference experience. Spend time learning the ins and outs of this nationally recognized educational extravaganza. Veteran attendees and past AAA National Presidents Virginia Lowery and Rita Keller will take a fresh approach to adding value to the annual event while providing tips to receive the maximum return on your personal and firm investment.
Welcome Reception with Our Vendors Join other conference participants for an evening of networking and fun. The evening will allow for introductions to the event’s vendors and will set the tone for the next two and a half days of excitement with appetizers and a cash bar. Wednesday, June 17, 20096:00 a.m.Morning Power Walk Led by Roman Kepczyk, InfoTech Partners North America Join other attendees for a relaxing walk through some of downtown Denver’s most interesting surroundings. Time will be provided to freshen up before sessions begin. Meet in the main lobby of the hotel. 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Conference Registration with Our Vendors Cyber Café Open
Vendor Continental Breakfasts Select from breakfast breakout sessions led by accounting industry vendors. Presentations begin at 7:30 a.m. Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Business Management & Operations CPE Credit: 1 hour This breakfast session will allow conference participants to select a breakfast breakout facilitated by one of four vendors to the accounting profession.Presentations and open discussions will be included. 8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Opening Ceremony An official welcome to the 2009 National Practice Management Conference. 8:40 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. Live First, Work Second: Getting Inside the Minds of the Next Generation By Rebecca Ryan, Next Generation Consulting Program Level: Intermediate NASBA Field of Study: Personnel/HR CPE Credit: 2 hours HRCI Approved: 2 hours
Rebecca Ryan is an energetic entrepreneur and the founder of Next Generation Consulting. In 2007, Rebecca became a 2EO, with responsibilities for sales, marketing and positioning. Rebecca summarized her firm’s research in her 2007 book, Live First, Work Second: Getting Inside the Minds of the Next Generation.Dr. Richard Florida, author of the best-seller, The Rise of the Creative Class and the Flight of the Creative Class wrote the forward to Ms. Ryan’s book.He writes, “I am a HUGE Rebecca Ryan fan,” and considers “NGC one of the most reliable sources for CEO’s, mayors, legislators, economic developers and non-profit leaders who want to attract and retain the next generation of creative workers.”Rebecca was named the 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the 2006 Communicator of the Year by Women in Communication.
Refreshment Break with Our Vendors 10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS BY FIRM SIZE Participants will be assigned to the session matching the number of personnel at their respective firms. Moderators will ensure focused discussions on topics and issues of importance to the participants. Breakout session agendas will be determined by participants prior the Conference to help allocate time to the topics of interest and need. Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Business Management & Organization CPE Credit: 1.5 hours HRCI Approved: 1.5 hours
Luncheon: The Exhaustion Cure: Up Your Energy From LOW to GO in 21 Days By Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, The Productivity Pro Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Personnel/HR CPE Credit: 1 hour HRCI Approved: 1 hour Based on Laura’s book of the same title (Broadway Books, 2008), this is an energy session on how to be productive when you can’t pick yourself up off the couch.Lack of energy is a common complaint at work and home, and many people sleepwalk through the day, fuzzyheaded and lethargic.Nothing sounds more attractive than putting your head down on your desk for a quick nap.How can you possibly begin that big project requiring high levels of creativity and concentration?If the mere thought of having more energy leaves you totally exhausted, you need to spend your lunch with Laura Stack!You can know all of the productivity tips in the world, but nothing will work if you don’t have the energy to give 100 percent.This session will boost your energy with physiological strategies (such as diet, exercise and sleep), behavioral strategies (such as tolerations, relaxation and pacing), and environmental strategies (such as lighting, noise and clutter).Discover the energy bandits that sap your energy every day and learn to fight back with energy boosters. Laura Stack, MBA, CSP is the president of The Productivity Pro, an international consulting firm that specializes in productivity improvement in high-stress industries.Author of “Leave the Office Earlier,” Laura is an expert on employee productivity and workplace issues.Since 1992, Laura has presented keynotes and seminars on improving output, lowering stress, and saving time in today’s workplace.She is a high-energy speaker who will educate, entertain and motivate participants.Laura is the recipient of the prestigious Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association, earned by less than 10% of the professional speakers worldwide.
The Role of the Leader in Effecting Change By Sam Allred, Upstream Academy Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Business Management & Organization CPE Credit: 1.5 hours HRCI Credit: 1.5 hours The coming years promise to be a period of unprecedented change for our profession.Are you ready for what’s ahead?Do you know why change is so hard for so many people and why it can be difficult to get leaders to lead in change?Do you understand the role leaders need to play in bringing about positive change for their firms?How can you—and your firm—get really good at change?Don’t miss this important session! Sam Allred, CPA is a Shareholder with Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co., P.C., a regional CPA and business consulting firm headquartered in Helena, Montana.AZ & Co. has six offices and over 200 employees.Sam is also the Founder and Director of Upstream Academy, an international association of CPA Firms, and was the central figure in the development of a consulting methodology now practiced by hundreds of CPA firms and consulting organizations around the country.Sam is also the Founder of LeaderSkills Institute which develops professional training materials to help CPA firms teach and promote leadership skills internally.Sam interacts with hundreds of CPA firms around the world every year via conferences, partner retreats, management presentations and training sessions.He speaks and writes extensively both in the U.S. and abroad.In high demand as a facilitator for CPA firm retreats, Sam energetically and creatively engages all of the partners in the discussion, using proven processes and their firm’s strengths to successfully navigate challenges the firm may face.He is viewed as one of the top strategic thinkers in the profession. Sam has been regularly recognized as one of the major influencers of the accounting profession and has been listed for the past three years as one of “IPA Most Recommended Consultants.”
Refreshment Break with Our Vendors 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS Management and Operations (A) What Makes a Next Generation Firm? By Rebecca Ryan, Next Generation Consulting Program Level: Intermediate NASBA Field of Study: Personnel/HR CPE Credit: 1.5 hours HRCI Approved: 1.5 hours Is your firm a talent magnet?Do you easily find, hire and keep the best and the brightest?If you’re struggling to attract and keep your future workforce, you’re not alone.The demographics are against you.Look around your workplace – what’s the average age of your employees?In the accounting profession, there are oodles of employees inches away from retirement, and frantic leaders trying to figure out how to replace them.If you’re facing a ‘cliff’ – a point when you’ll have more folks retiring than being hired to replace them, it’s time to think about the future.If you’re facing a future with fewer workers, you can:
(B) Optimizing Tax, Audit, Accounting and Administrative Workflow By Roman Kepczyk, CPA, CITP, InfoTech Partners North America Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Computer Science CPE Credit: 1.5 hours Optimizing workflow is the name of the game today as firms continue their transition to a “less paper” environment.We’ve brought back Roman Kepczyk to lead you through today’s digital best practices in your firm’s core production areas to ensure your firm is on the optimum path. His session will incorporate the results of the 2009 AAA Paperless Survey and the latest developments from accounting software vendors following the results of the 2009 busy season. Participants will walk away with:
Leadership (C) The Art of Execution: Finishing What You Start By Sam Allred, Upstream Academy Program Level: Intermediate NASBA Field of Study: Business Management & Operations CPE Credit: 1.5 hours HRCI Approved: 1.5 hours Most people start far more things than they ever finish, leaving many a great idea, new process, or promising initiative abandoned well within sight of the finish line.How do you develop the required discipline and accountability-both personally and firm-wide-to ensure this never happens again?Join us for this session and learn key principles and a proven process you can follow to make sure you finish what you start. Personal Growth & Development (D) Delivering Compelling Presentations By Jennifer Wilson, ConvergenceCoaching Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Communications CPE Credit: 1.5 hours In this session, participants will discover the nuances of delivering powerful presentations to hook and keep your audience engaged.We’ll explore the natural inhibitors we experience when speaking to groups of people and important presentation and facilitation techniques that will give you the confidence you need to deliver effective presentations and ensure that your message is heard. 5:30 p.m. Walk to AAA’ Evening Out at the DAM (Denver Art Museum) Meet in the main lobby of the hotel to walk with the group to the Evening Out.
AAA’s Evening Out at the DAM (Denver Art Museum) A.C.E. Award Presentation An evening with dinner, awards and entertainment. Dress is comfortable for an evening filled with adventure. Thursday, June 18, 20096:15 a.m.Morning Power Walk Led by Roman Kepczyk, InfoTech Partners North America Join other attendees for a relaxing walk through some of downtown Denver’s most interesting surroundings. Time will be provided to freshen up before sessions begin. Meet in the main lobby of the hotel. 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration with Our Vendors Cyber Café Open 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Networking Breakfast Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Business Management & Operations CPE Credit: 1 hour This open forum format will provide an opportunity for conference participants to ask questions of administrators, COOs, principals and partners from firms of various sizes with differing focuses and structures. 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. AAA Chapter Outreach Breakfast Led by the AAA Director of Membership & Growth and AAA’s Director of Chapter Development Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Personal Development CPE Credit: 1 hour This session welcomes all current chapter officers and potential chapter leaders as well as individuals looking to organize a chapter in their area. The breakfast session will review current procedures and offerings as well as provide an exchange of information between chapters regarding programs, benefits and success stories. 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. This session will examine the most notable employment law developments while providing practical guidance on what these changes mean for executives with human resources responsibilities. Besides timely topics, DFMLA regulations and workforce reductions will be discussed. Steven W. Moore is a partner in Baker Hostetler’s Denver office. He devotes his practice exclusively to the representation of management in a wide range of labor and employment disputes, including discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, noncompete, and wage and hour cases. Because of Steven’s litigation experience, companies often call upon him for his advice and counsel with respect to strategic planning and human resources issues, including reductions in force, affirmative action plans, wage and hour compliance and the development of personnel policies, employment contracts and noncompete agreements. 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.State of the Accounting Profession By Barry C. Melancon, CPA, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Business Management & Operations CPE Credit: 1.5 hours Much has changed in the accounting profession and the firm of today needs to be ready, willing and able to change.Compliance has increased with mandatory application of Sarbanes-Oxley and so has public oversight of accounting firms through PCAOB.Both have replaced informal honor-oriented codes of conduct in the profession.The areas of accounting standards, expectations regarding fraud, the health and sustainability of the public audit systems and the issues of staffing must be monitored by those responsible for the management and growth of CPA firms. This presentation will bring professional managers of accounting practices current with the state of the profession as seen by one of the industry’s most sought after authorities. Barry C. Melancon, CPA is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the national professional association of CPAs with approximately 330,000 members.Elected to this position in July 1995, he directs the Institute’s operations in New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Durham, North Carolina and Texas.He has been active in further defining the role and responsibilities of the accounting profession, both prior to, during and since the profession has been faced with increased challenges and demands for expanding thought and accounting initiatives.With more than 25 years’ experience in the CPA profession, Melancon is called upon to represent the Institute with state, national and international organizations and is sought after by key opinion leaders for his expertise in the profession. In addition to serving as President and CEO of the AICPA, Melancon is a member of the AICPA’s delegation to the International Federation of Accountants, whose broad objective is the development and enhancement of a coordinated worldwide accountancy profession with harmonized standards.Prior to joining the AICPA, Melancon served for eight years as Executive Director of the Society of Louisiana CPAs. He began his accounting career in 1979 at the firm of Bergeron & Company, CPAs, a small local firm in Louisiana.In 1984, he was elected a firm partner.Melancon graduated in 1978 from Nicholls State University in Louisiana, majoring in accounting with a minor in government.He also earned a MBA in 1983 from Nicholls State University and subsequently served as an adjunct professor of accounting at his alma mater for four years.
Refreshment Break with Our Vendors 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS Management and Operations (E) Building a Culture of Firm Optimization By Roman Kepczyk, CPA, CITP, InfoTech Partners North America Program Level: Intermediate NASBA Field of Study: Computer Science CPE Credit: 1.5 hours David Maister in his book True Professionalism stated, “Any firm that can outperform its competition in building and creating skills will gain a significant competitive advantage.” With accounting information, applications, and technology becoming commoditized, we believe that a firm’s ability to identify, standardize and implement optimal client service processes are the last sustainable competitive advantage that firms have today.This will entail a shift in firm culture to realize that technology impacts every part of the practice and is an integral part of the firm’s strategic initiatives.Creating a firm culture of continuous learning will define the firm’s future profitability. This session will cover:
(F) Building Your Asset as a Firm Administrator: A Personal Focus By Bill Leach, Katz Sapper & Miller and Rita Keller, Keller Advisors, LLC Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Personal Development CPE Credit: 1.5 hours HRCI Approved: 1.5 hours Whether you are new to firm administration or new to the CPA world, you will benefit from this session filled with practical advice on building your career as a successful firm administrator.This session is designed for professionals with less than five years of experience managing an accounting practice. Two of the country’s best-known and most experienced CPA firm administrators will take you on a journey to building your own personal asset as a firm administrator.They will help you answer the following questions and much much more!
Chapter and has served as a member of the National Board of Directors. He was selected as the CPA Firm Administrator of the Year in 1995 and awarded the inaugural National AAA Distinguished Service Award in 2002. Bill also currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of various national accounting management publications and has written articles for or appeared in articles by the profession’s most noteworthy publications. He has been a national speaker to hundreds of CPA firms from Seattle to Miami and New York to San Diego. Rita Keller is a nationally known CPA firm management consultant, speaker and author.She is a former shareholder and Chief Operating Officer of a successful, regional CPA firm and has over 30 years’ hands-on experience in the management, marketing, technology and administration of a successful firm.Rita is widely known for her leadership skills and expertise in CPA firm management. She works with firms throughout the country focusing on the people and internal management issues.She also provides a mentoring program for a firm’s management team – the managing partner and the firm administrator.Rita provides unique facilitation for partner retreats, bringing the people issues and processes into the spotlight. As a facilitator and speaker, Rita has been featured at nearly all prominent management conferences, such as The Forum for Women in Accounting, AICPA Forum on Staffing Issues, the AICPA Practitioners’ Symposium, the AICPA Leadership Forum, the AICPA National Advanced Accounting Technical Symposium, the Association for Accounting Marketing and the Association for Accounting Administration National Management Conferences, plus numerous CPA firm association and state society management meetings.For four consecutive years, Rita has been named to Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting. She recently received the Edge Innovation Award, established to recognize major/ongoing contributions to the CPA profession and the Association for Accounting Administration’s ACE Award for achievement, commitment and excellence in CPA firm management and administration.She serves on the AICPA Practitioners’ Symposium Committee as past-Chair and is also on the advisory board of CPA Practice Management Forum.Rita served on the national Board of Directors of the AAA for over seven years, two of those years as National President and is past-president of the Indiana Chapter and co-founder of the Ohio Chapter. She has been featured on the cover of The Practical Accountant and is often quoted in publications like Accounting Today, The Practical Accountant, and Accounting Office Management and Administrative Report.She has been featured in the Journal of Accountancy and authored an article for the August 2008 issue of the Journal. As a member of The New Horizon Group, Rita is able to maintain a keen sense of what CPA firms are facing nationwide.She directly interacts with over a thousand CPA firm leaders annually. Leadership (G) Succession Planning By Richard G. Rinehart, GRANT Partners LLC Program Level: Intermediate NASBA Field of Study: Business Management & Organization CPE Credit: 1.5 hours For many firm leaders, the most difficult time for a firm is often considered the start-up years. However, today’s firm owners would probably argue that their biggest challenge now is their succession strategy. Succession planning is a process, not an event.Its outcome may not be clear, but it will be certain.This session will focus on two areas: ownership succession and leadership succession.In ownership succession, it can be said that you either determine your own strategy or let the government or families decide it when owners are deceased.Whether your firm’s owners have decided to sell to existing partners, family members, managers or a third party, goals for the transition and a process to achieve those goals should be developed. Leadership succession may run parallel to the ownership succession process or be entirely independent.In smaller firms, it may be important to distinguish between the ownership role and leadership or manager roles. Leadership succession is often focused on defining the required leadership skills and abilities, determining how to identify successor candidates, and deciding a process for recruitment, selection and development. Richard G. Rinehart formed GRANT Partners, LLC in August 2001 to offer management consulting and strategic and business planning services to global, national and regional firms in the West. Rich has served clients in the areas of strategic planning, succession planning, leadership development, facilitation, marketing, performance measurement systems, CEO/CFO mentoring, executive compensation and incentives, merger and acquisitions and buy/sell agreement planning.Rich grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from California Polytechnic State University.He joined Arthur Andersen in San Francisco as a member of their Enterprise Group.After leaving Arthur Andersen, Rich joined his family business, Rinehart Oil, Inc., as vice president.He became a founding partner of Zainer Rinehart Clarke, CPA’s in 1979, a CPA and consulting firm in Santa Rosa, California.Rich joined Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC as a principal in July 1996, to lead their consulting group to assist in meeting clients’ strategic and business planning challenges.He worked with clients and firm partners to help make EKS&H the largest independent CPA and consulting firm in Colorado. The economy is met with unprecedented change. It often feels like a freefall into unknown territory but motivators reveal how people pilot their change. Attendees take away tangible tools they can use in navigating change. In this powerful presentation participants will hear real-life stories of people’s motivators, as well as the latest case studies about the importance of getting motivators met each and every day to maximize resilience and job satisfaction. This program:
Participants will benefit by learning to expand their ability to shift negative thoughts to positive-based action in addition to using PAAR (power, accountability, authority, and responsibility) that puts each in the driver’s seat of an organizational transformation. Attendees will discover how to make thoughts allies, plug themselves into path-driven choices and grow awareness of innate talents. Lisa Mininni is President of Excellerate Associates, an organizational consulting and professional developmental/business coaching and training company. She has 20 years of corporate and divisional work experience and over 17 years of organizational change experience engaging in strategic planning and design, business coaching, team building and measuring organizational performance. Lisa is an expert on navigating change, effective and evolutionary leadership, and organizational effectiveness. She has been dubbed the “Transformation Architect” by professional associations and companies that have used her unique blueprint for change. She has consulted and coached in for-profit and non-profit organizations and helped to align their people-positive and bottom line results. Prior to establishing Excellerate Associates, she held executive leadership positions in the health care, hospitality and legal industries often leading mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, closures and other organizational change. She is known for her strengths in strategic planning and developing business infrastructures that achieve business and people-positive outcomes while leveraging unique talents that strengthen teams. As an experiential leader in transformation, Lisa created The C Club, one-of-a-kind specialty programs focusing on reclaiming, reshaping and renewing life after cancer. In addition to her practical management experience, she earned a Masters Degree in Administration from Central Michigan University and earned her Professional Coach designation from B-Coach an internationally-recognized premier business coach training system.
Ronald L. Seigneur, MBA, CPA/ABV, CPA/CFF, CVA is a Partner of Seigneur Gustafson LLP in Lakewood, Colorado where he specializes in management consulting, business valuations, litigation support services, and taxation. Ronald has worked with hundreds of closely held businesses and professional service firms and has more than 25 years of management and consulting experience, including six years as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for a 50-attorney law firm in Denver, Colorado.
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Participants will experience greater trust, ease and alignment in their organizations and enhance the quality of decision making when building a new foundation. The ability to create greater success in the workplace through purposeful action will be taught as well as how to create a workplace that is aligned in mission/vision and action. This session is a continuation of Session (I). Participation in Session (I) is not mandatory for participation in Session (N).
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8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Friday, June 19, 20097:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Registration with Our Vendors Cyber Café Open
Outlook of the Profession 2009 and 2010 with a Breakfast Buffet Hear industry experts’ predictions for the balance of the year and into 2010. Program Level: Basic NASBA Field of Study: Business Management & Organization CPE Credit: 1.5 hours Human Resources by Jennifer Wilson, ConvergenceCoaching and Rita Keller, Keller Advisors, LLC Technology by Roman Kepczyk, InfoTech Partners North America Marketing by Tim Noworyta, PDI Global, Inc. Social Networking by Jeff Shumway, Battelle & Battelle
The Fred Factor and How You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader By Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE, Sanborn & Associates Program Level: Intermediate NASBA Field of Study: Business Management & Organization CPE Credit: 2.5 hours HRCI Approved: 2.5 hours This topic is the basis for Mr. Sanborn’s International Bestselling, The Fred Factor.This session will reveal the secrets of extraordinary individuals who have learned how to reinvent themselves and their work to create added value for customers and colleagues without spending money to do it.This presentation will educate and entertain.The four principles of the Fred Factor:
Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE, is president of Sanborn & Associates, Inc., an idea studio dedicated to developing leaders in business and in life.Mark is an international bestselling author and noted authority on leadership, team building, customer service and change.Mark graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University.In 1978-1979 he served as the National President of FFA, a youth organization of 500,000 members.In addition to his work as a business educator and author, Mark continues to be an active leadership practitioner.Most recently he served as the president of the National Speakers Association.Mark holds the Certified Speaking Professional designation from NSA and is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame.He was recently honored with the Cavett Award, the highest honor the NSA bestows on its members.Mark is the author of seven books, including TeamBuilt: Making Teamwork Work, Sanborn on Success and Upgrade: Proven Strategies for Dramatically Increasing Personal and Professional Success.Mark’s book, The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Make the Ordinary Extraordinary is an international bestseller.His most recent release, You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader, is making an impact on leadership development at every level.His list of over 1,500 clients includes Capital One, Costco, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Harley-Davidson, FedEx, Hewlett Packard, Key Bank, USPS, and Washington Mutual among others.
Conference Closing 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Optional Activity: A Half-Day Tour A look at the MillerCoors Brewery and the City of Denver. For more information visit the Optional Activities section  Each full Conference registrant will receive a copy of all session handouts in a bound booklet format accompanied by a notepad for taking notes during educational sessions. Following the Conference, all participants will receive access to the final presentations online for downloading – your resource to the professional managing an accounting practice. Information about vendors and sponsors with links to their Websites will be included.  Select from more than 45 hours of CPE to earn up to 27 hours of credits at the AAA Practice Management Conference HR Fly-In. Two-and-a-half days of sessions are offered during the meeting and up to one full day prior, with topics of interest to those in public accounting. Attendees are responsible for determining their individual state’s requirements for CPE. The Association for Accounting Administration is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417.Web site: www.nasba.org. Upon course and evaluation completion, participants attending the 2009 AAA Practice Management Conference desiring CPE credit can earn up to 19 hours. HR Fly-In attendees will earn up to 8 hours. The Conference and Fly-In do not require advance preparation or have prerequisites. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please contact the AAA National Office at (937) 222-0030.  HRCI Approved CoursesThe Association for Accounting Administration is an Approved Provider of recertification credit hours for the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI). This program (including the HR Fly-In) has been approved for 27 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI). Participants will have the opportunity to earn for up to 21 hours of recertification credit hours. For more information about PHR and/or SPHR certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program.It means that this program has met HRCI’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit. |
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