Practice news February 2010

Practice Management

Mind Mapping for accountants: Lessons from the master

Mind Mapping is more than an alternative way of setting out your notes. It is a tool to increase your creativity by using techniques that work the way your brain works.
Practice Management

The Accounting Hall of Fame . . . Have you got the EI to qualify?

What would the lineup be like for the Accounting Hall of Fame? If we went by physical attributes alone, the differences would be plentiful. However if you examine their skills, you would find that the most successful accountants have a lot more in common.
AccountingWEB Life

Accountants share success stories on new Web site

A new Web site, www.thepassionateaccountant.com, offers specially certified, non-traditional practitioners a place to tell their success stories.
AccountingWEB Life

Accounting music video launches in time for holiday

"If I Were an Auditor," a song parody of "If I Were a Carpenter," is the first ever music video about accounting performed and filmed in the virtual world of Second Life.
Practice Management

Reorienting orientation to fit generational needs

Firms and other organizations are still trying to figure out the newest generation in the workplace. It will require creative thinking, new offerings and more savvy and generation-sensitive management to engage and have the desired effect on the younger generation.

Voice of the Editor

What would you do if one of your clients won the lottery? We asked several accountants to weigh in with their advice for the lucky Powerball winner, and the tips we received are useful for anyone who receives a windfall, whether it's a lottery win, an inheritance, a big bonus on the job, or a killing in the stock market.
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This Week on AccountingWEB

CPAs Mira Finé, Scott Hitchcock, Rob Keasal, Kathy Scorcio, and Ken Travis offer ten pieces of financial advice for the newest Powerball winner.
Hang Bower of BDO USA and Dan Black of Ernst & Young share their perspectives on why their firms made the Best Places to Work for Recent Grads 2013 list.
Herbein + Company, Inc. firm members talked with AccountingWEB about their year-round employee wellness program.
Bill Walter of Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates and Harold Gaar of TravisWolff LLP weigh in on mobile technology use while employees are at work.
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