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The American Institute of CPAs is honing its vision for the CPA profession over the next 14 years, including the growing use of technologies such as social media.

The American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA) awarded Karen J. Gunther of Boston, Mass., the 2011 ASWA President’s Award in recognition of her dedication, vision and impact during the society’s Excellence in Accounting and Finance Awards Luncheon Oct. 25.

Moss Adams CEO Bob Bunting told attendees during his keynote address at the Accounting Today Growth & Profitability Summit about the six things they should do when they get home to improve their firms.

The American Institute of CPAs awarded the AICPA Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students to 78 students from 36 states for the 2011-12 academic year.

Just this week I had the opportunity to hang out with the CEO and CMO of the invoicing and time tracking application FreshBooks.

Ernst & Young CPA Nick DeSanto went from audit to audition when he uploaded a video trying out for a guest role on the TV musical Glee.

Greg Anton, the freshly minted chairman of the American Institute of CPAs, will have a full plate of issues to deal with as he starts his tenure, ranging from the fight for a private accounting standards board to the gala celebration marking the Institute’s 125th anniversary next year.

School kids might have 99 problems, but Warren Buffett and Jay-Z are hoping financial literacy isn’t one after they team up in a rebooted animated series, “Secret Millionaires Club,” that teaches kids about practical money habits.

On one end of a continuum, social media can confer great career advantages as a networking and learning tool.

Irvine, Calif.-based Wright Ford Young & Co. was recently named one of the “Best Places to Work in Orange County” for 2011 by the Orange County Business Journal.