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Hear Me Out, Accounting Firms Should Add PvP and Achievements to the Metaverse

Going Concern

It’s 2022 and accounting firms are proudly buying up “real estate” in the metaverse, putting out self-congratulatory press releases about it like it’s supposed to make us think they’re ahead of the curve on technology. Get on this immediately, firms. THE FUTURE! Clients will love it!

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State CPA Society News and Updates – August 2023

CPA Practice

Michelle Freeman, CPA – Women to Watch (Experienced Leader) Award East Tennessee State University – Greeneville, Tennessee Ellen Lipe, CPA, SFO, CMFO – Women to Watch (Emerging Leader) Award Greeneville City Schools – Greeneville, Tennessee The Ohio Society of CPAs or OSCPA recently announced the Power of Change honorees for 2023.

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CPA Firm Managing Partner Weighs in on How to Rebuild the Talent Pipeline

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One of the panelists, Jackie Cardello, president and managing partner of Bethesda, MD-based GRF CPAs & Advisors, said the stigma and the stereotype associated with CPAs and accountants—and the profession in general—needs to change, and that change can begin in high school. You don’t have to be a CPA.

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Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, CPA.CITP, CGMA – 2023 Most Powerful Women in Accounting

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We can’t afford to leave anyone behind especially as women are increasingly the decision makers and influencers of accounting firm selection. How would you advise accounting firms on how they can better attract, retain, and advance more women? Read more about the Most Powerful Women in Accounting.

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KPMG’s New Metaverse Space is Like the First-Person Shooters You Played in 1999 But Worse

Going Concern

14 or 15 years ago I trolled Bill Sheridan of the Maryland Association of CPAs on Twitter about uncovering a weapons cache they’d stashed on CPA Island, a then-revolutionary virtual space in the game Second Life MACPA had set up for…accounting things. Back in 2008 CPA Island was the first (only?

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Professionals on the Move – June 2023

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Shekel joins the firm with more than 20 years of experience, focused primarily on valuation services. Prior to joining FORVIS, Shekel led the valuation advisory services for professional M&A and accounting firms with a focus on middle-market business development companies, private-equity funds, and real estate entities.

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State CPA Societies in Action: Illinois CPA Society

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Brown will be the fifth leader of the Illinois CPA Society, and its first Black President and CEO. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and lives in Chicago with his family. The Fund also offers outreach programs that are designed to support accounting students and future CPAs.

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