At left, Jimmie Smith, President of the Dallas Managerial Accounting Society presnets yours truly Dennis Elam, Asst Prof Accounting UNT Dallas Campus, a $250 check from . The group voluntarily made the donation regarding the effort to lend CPE authority for the IMA meetings.
UNT Dallas Campus will be emphasizing careers in Managerial Accounting. The hallmark of this profession is attaining the Certified Managerial Accountant designation. Dallas IMA hosts a monthly meeting with two speakers about both qualitative and quantitative topics. Learn more at their website.
Mariane Markowitz certainly kept the meeting on time and moving along. I have attended many professional meetings but I cannot recall one better organized and on time as this one. Mariane hosted Lin O'Neill, President of Futures Consulting, who delivered a fine talk on leadership. We will be listing the books she referenced in our next post. Read about details on her book Managing High Maintenance Employees.
The format for the meeting is a Professional Development Session which begins at 4:30 PM. This is typically about qualitative issues such as leadership. President Jimmie Smith is pictured at left bringing the group to speed on future meetings and plans for the group. A buffet dinner affords time to network between the two presentations.
John Wilmoth hosted the technical session on Cost Segregation. His niche is re clasifying 39 year property to shorter lives resulting in greater depreciation write offs.
The meeting was sponsored by People Flex Accounting Professionals.
People Flex awarded two nice door prizes, a travel cas and two tickets to a Dallas Mavericks game.
We look forward to a productive relationship with the Dallas IMA. Students will be interested in the
Gleim CMA preparation course that Dallas IMA is sponsoring.
All in all, Dallas IMA is moving ahead on multiple fronts by providing monthly meetings with CPE, expanding offerings to luncheon meetings with naitonally prominent speakers, beginning an important CMA review class, and partnering with UNT Dallas Campus. Expect to hear more aout the group and its activities on our blog.
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