Liz Gold

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my time on staff at Accounting Today it’s that the accounting profession is not boring. It’s not a new revelation for me, but it’s sort of become my mantra, guiding me through four years here.

On the last day of the American Institute of CPAs Fall Meeting of Council, members elected a new chairman and adopted a resolution supporting the Blue Ribbon Panel on Standard Setting for Private Companies.

Harold Monk Jr. received the American Institute of CPAs’ 2010 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service here during the last day of Fall Meeting of Council.

Council members of the American Institute of CPAs spent a majority of their day on Monday listening to visionaries predict the future to prepare them for brainstorming about the next leg of the Institute’s strategic plan.

Aulana Peters, a retired partner with a Los Angeles law firm, received the American Institute of CPAs’ 2010 Medal of Honor.

Renewing its vision is the new theme for the American Institute of CPAs as it gets ready to welcome in a new chair and enter its 125th year as an organization.

The CPA Exam will be offered outside the U.S. for the first time in 2011, as an agreement was reached by the American Institute of CPAs, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and Prometric, the three organizations that jointly offer the CPA Exam in the United States.

Sunday afternoon proved to be anything but sleepy as the American Institute of CPAs Fall Meeting of Council kicked off the first day with a lively discussion among members of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Standard Setting for Private Companies.

If there’s one thing I learned from attending the Association for Accounting Marketing Summit this year, it’s that marketers don’t have an easy job.

Every firm wants to get new business — it’s a no-brainer. But guess what? It’s a terrible goal, according to marketing strategist Alicia Olesinski of New Angle Marketing. Olesinski facilitated a session here at the Association for Accounting Marketing Summit on niche development and said that type of goal is way too broad.

Sometimes you just need advice from someone who has been there before. At the Association for Accounting Marketing Summit in Washington, D.C., those needing a primer heard from a team of experts what they should know when entering the field of accounting marketing.

Master motivator and $100 million salesman Sean McArdle kicked off the 21st Association for Accounting Marketing Summit here with a keynote about mastering the challenge of change.

In an effort to draw a wider population of qualified people into the accounting profession, members of the American Institute of CPAs’ governing council unanimously approved revisions to expand its membership categories.

Members of the American Institute of CPAs heard an update from the chairman of the Blue Ribbon Panel, the task force charged with addressing how GAAP accounting standards can best meet the needs of users of private company financial statements, at the AICPA’s Spring Council meeting.

Redefining the landscape is the mantra here at the American Institute of CPA’s Spring Council and president and chief executive Barry Melancon hit that message home during his report to members on Monday.

The American Institute of CPA is teaming up with the Society for Human Resource Management to create a national award that recognizes employers who offer financial education programs for their staff.

A professor of accounting at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College is the 2010 recipient of the Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award from the AICPA.

The American Institute of CPAs recognized Birmingham-based Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith with a public service award during its 2010 Spring Council on Sunday.

Don’t expect things to just happen in your career or expect others, especially employers, to know what you are thinking.

At Sage Summit, Sage’s annual customer conference, it’s all about, well, the customer.