March 27, 2007

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> SAVE THE DATE!

The MSCPA presents the Young CPA Conference on Friday, August 17, 2007 in St. Louis! More details coming soon…

> MSCPA Young Professionals Poll Results

In the last poll, we asked you what your favorite method of communicating with your friends.  Your results are as follows:

 

E-mail

21%

 

Phone

50%

WINNER!

Text messaging

7%

 

 

Twenty-one percent of you questioned if you are supposed to keep in touch with your friends.

 

Did you know

Elwood Edwards’s voice is heard more than 27 million times a day (about 18,000 times a minute)?  He is the man behind those special three words: “You’ve Got Mail.”

Not until 1929 did the U.S. president have a private telephone in his office?  Herbert Hoover was the first president to not use the phone booth in a White House hallway that had served as the president’s private phone.

 

From Useless Knowledge by Joe Edelman & David Samson, St. Marin’s Griffin, 2002

 

>  MSCPA Committee Information

Committee Day is scheduled for Friday, May 18, 2007!  Sign up today and mark your calendars! 

Friday, May 18, 2007
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Marriott Courtyard
Columbia, MO

SIGN UP

 

Join an MSCPA Committee

 

> “Feed The Pig” Podcasts

Learn more about saving money with AICPA’s new financial literacy website!

http://feedthepig.podomatic.com/

 

> Survey Shows Longer Resumes Now More Acceptable

The “keep your resume to one page” rule may be on its way out, a new survey suggests.  While more than half (52 percent) of executives polled believe a single page is the ideal length for a staff-level resume, 44 percent said they prefer two pages. 

Read more

 

> Keeping Things Simple Pays Off for Young Investor

After working in a small investment management firm in Boston for the past two summers, Jen Nicolls decided it was about time she started investing some of her own money. Currently a sophomore in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, Nicolls hopes to major in accounting and finance with a minor in economics. This future businesswoman has some advice for anyone who might be looking to start investing as she did last summer. 

http://www.youngmoney.com/investing/young_investors/070315

 

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CPE 2007

For Young CPAs

Please note: All courses listed are 8 CPE hours unless otherwise noted.

 

Seminars:
Trends in Corporate Financial Planning—Beyond Traditional Budgeting

May 9, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Profit Improvement-10 Tips for a Better Bottom Line & Corporate Ethics Update

May 10, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Finding the Sweet Spot

May 11, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Excel for CPAs  2007—Tips, Tricks, and Vital Features

May 16, 2007—Kansas City, MO

 

Financial Statement Modeling for Accounting & Finance Professionals

May 16, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

Best Practices in Quantitative Financial Analysis

May 17, 2007—St. Louis, MO

 

 

Conferences:

 

Governmental Accounting Conference

May 1-2, 2007—Columbia, MO

Agenda

Registration

13 CPE Credit Hours

 

School Audit Conference

May 14, 2007—Columbia, MO

Agenda

Registration

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Technology Tip of the Week

Provided by the MSCPA Information Technology Committee

In Excel, Changes in Font Size when Copying

Excel provides a number of ways that you can copy information from one worksheet to another. The method you use in your copying can affect what you seen when the copy operation is completed.
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