Professor Elam

SA IMA Sept 17

Thursday Sept  10 2020

We have a neat pair of speakers this month! 

 

Our meeting is sponsored by Accelytics Consulting - www.Accelytics.com. 

 

Blake Blackmar is a former Chicago Bear Football player who endured 3 head coaches in his undergraduate football experience presenting on Surviving Organizational Change

 

and

 

Chris Potter is a new member of the chapter and a Revenue Manager & Endurance Athlete with Multiple Sclerosis who biked 985 miles in 4 days presenting on Project Management with a Spin!

 

Just as last month, we will begin promptly at 6pm Central time and wrap up at 8pm.   The meeting will be free and hosting online via WebEx.

 

Register at http://SanAntonio.IMAnet.org and bring a friend.  You won't want to miss the fun insights from these two gentlemen. 

  

NOTE:  This meeting will qualify for 2 hours of CPE and has NO pre-requisites.

 

- Mike

 

 

Mike Lovelace to address ACCT 5308 on CMA

Tuesday Sept 8 2020

I have received lots of positive response on introducing other accounting certifications than just CPA.

 

I will be developing a plan following the conquer outlines on how to determine which is best for you.

And will be interviewing individuals who have each of the certs CPA CIA CMA CISA CFE EA.

I will be glad to extend a Webex invite to anyone in any class to attend another class.

Mike will adddress CCT 5308 next SATat 9+ 00 AM. This may be the choice since everone works during the week.

Our first presentation will be Mike Lovelace with VACO formerly Aventine Hill.

He attended Baylor undergrad and UT Austin Graduate.  His degrees are BBA Accounting and MBA.

 

And Mike holds multiple certs including CPA CMA CISA

 

IN his own words

Had my own Consulting firm for 14 years.

Prior to that, worked as Executive Director of Corporate Financial Reporting for UT Medical Branch in Galveston (a $1B+ healthcare system)

We moved back to San Antonio to be near parents as they were getting older and needing more frequent help than we could provide from Houston.

His current title is CFO Advisor. He is working with numerous San Antonio firms regarding digital tech and big data.

 

He has also re vitalized the local SA IMA Chapter   This fall you can attend free, the meetings are third thursday each month from  6 00 - 8 00 PM.

 

I hope to have all these interviews in one youtube location for your convenience.

 

 

Mike Lovelace Discusses SA IMA and the Opportunities it Provides for TAMUSA Students

Monday August 24, 2020

Thursday July 16, 2020 Mike Lovelace SA IMA

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SA IMA On Line Meeting Thursday Aug 20

Wed Aug 12, 2020

San Antonio Chapter

If you haven't already, please register now for our next web meeting at http://SanAntonio.IMAnet.org!
If you have already registered, encourage a friend or colleague to join you.  This content is worth sharing.

This meeting is sponsored by SteadiPay (www.SteadiPay.com) - to simplify your corporate cash management.

2 hours of CPE - with no pre-requisites.  6-8pm Central Time US.  Thursday, August 20th.

Speakers/Topics are:
Your chapter's WORLD champ IMA Student Case Competition Winners:
Addison LePere, Amanda Craig, Hannah Torres and Caitlynn Grimes - Texas State students all - discussing their case analysis and what they learned from the experience 
(Note:  A copy of the 3 page case study is attached to this note.  You will get more out of their presentation if you have at least skimmed the case write up but it certainly isn't a pre-req.)

and 

July's meeting sponsor Melissa Juenke from Analytects on "An Insider's Guide to Selecting a CPM - Corporate Performance Management - Platform."

IMAStudentCaseCompetition2020_CaseReading.pdf

August SA IMA Meeting August 20

Friday  August 7 2020

If you haven't already, please register now for our next web meeting at http://SanAntonio.IMAnet.org!
If you have already registered, encourage a friend or colleague to join you.  This content is worth sharing.

This meeting is sponsored by SteadiPay (www.SteadiPay.com) - to simplify your corporate cash management.

2 hours of CPE - with no pre-requisites.  6-8pm Central Time US.  Thursday, August 20th.

Speakers/Topics are:
Your chapter's WORLD champ IMA Student Case Competition Winners:
Addison LePere, Amanda Craig, Hannah Torres and Caitlynn Grimes - Texas State students all - discussing their case analysis and what they learned from the experience 
(Note:  A copy of the case study is attached to this note.  You will get more out of their presentation if you have at least skimmed the case write up but it certainly isn't a pre-req.)

and 

July's meeting sponsor Melissa Juenke from Analytects on "An Insider's Guide to Selecting a CPM - Corporate Performance Management - Platform."

SA CMA Meeting August 20

July  28 2020

San Antonio Chapter

Please register now for our next web meeting at http://SanAntonio.IMAnet.org!   

This meeting is sponsored by SteadiPay - (www.SteadiPay.com) - to simplify your corporate cash management.

2 hours of CPE - with no pre-requisites.  6-8pm Central Time US.

Speakers/Topics are:
Your chapter's WORLD champ IMA Student Case Competition Winners:  
Amanda Craig, Addison LePere, Hannah Torres and Caitlyn Grimes - Texas State students all - discussing their case analysis and what they learned from the experience

 

and 

 

July's meeting sponsor Melissa Juenke from Analytects on "An Insider's Guide to Selecting a CPM - Corporate Performance Management - Platform."

 

 

IMA April 16 Meeting

Saturday April 18 2020

San Antonio Chapter

We had an AMAZING event last night - sponsored by Wenzel & Associates CPAs - with 109 folks on the web meeting!  (For context, our previous best meeting in person was 52!)

We have had 9 new members join the chapter since the March meeting.  Keep sharing the value to your friends and colleagues!

Save the date for the next meeting:  Thursday, May 21st.  Still on line,  still FREE! and still starting promptly at 6pm.

If you are interested in donating to the tremendous wait staff at The Old San Francisco Steakhouse, you can do that till April 30th at https://SanAntonio.IMAnet.org and look for the April 30th event.

In addition to the awesome presentations, we held board member elections for the annual term beginning July 1st.  Here are your new board members:

President.............................Yolanda Solano
Secretary.............................Allie Medvecky
Treasurer.............................Farhana Khan
VP Administration................Jan Williams
VP Communications............Tim Christ
VP Membership...................Mike Lovelace
VP Professional Education
    (& CMA Advocate)...........Andrew Cord
VP Student Outreach...........Addison LePere
Dir., Analysis &
     Special Projects..............Brian Butler
Digital Ambassador..............Amanda Craig
Dir. At Large.........................Ira Copple
                                             Jennifer Larson
                                             Russell Gaines

Finally, IMA is making LOTS of great topics available to increase your value in the marketplace - whether you need the CPE or not (as well as a 90 day promotional membership for ZIP, ZERO, NADA!).  Details are available on our chapter website as well as www.IMAnet.org.  Here are several:

 

 

a.Non-Member 90 day promo membership:  https://www.imanet.org/career-resources/

 

b.IMA Strategy and Competitive Analysis Learning Series

Free for members through June 30. Enhance your knowledge of strategy and competitive analysis and improve your strategic partnering skills. Earn up to 21 NASBA CPE credits (valued at $525!).

 

 

c.  Data Analytics & Visualization Fundamentals Certificate

Free for members through June 30th.  This brand new course teaches how emerging technologies are driving change across business and develops new skills in data analytics and visualization.  Earn an IMA professional certificate, a digital badge and 9 NASBA CPE credits.

NOTE:  If you are interested in doing this with an informal discussion group on the side, email SanAntonioIMA@gmail.com.

 

d.  Coming later this month:  Block Chain 101

 

e.  Webinars on demand

Access convenient packages of highly rated webinars on key management accounting topics

    - Technology - 8.5 hrs CPE

    - Leadership - 6 hrs CPE

    - Leadership Academy (1 per month) - Next one May 5th - Using Social Media to Improve Workplace Leadership

 

Questions with any of this?  Contact the chapter at SanAntonioIMA@gmail.com. 

 

- Mike Lovelace, CMA

VP Membership, San Antonio Chapter

CMA Scholarship

Weekend April 12 2020

TAMUSA can award ten CMA 'scholarships' per year.  Learn the details here

https://www.imanet.org/cma-certification/cma-scholarship?ssopc=1

We Professors have discussed this and have set the bar a bit higher to qualify.

We do not want to award the scholarship and have the student  fail to follow through and take the exam.

We would like to see the student

Pay the $39 student membership fee

Attend meetings

Participate on line for example take and pass the Data Analytics Cert which is nine hours.

A couple years back a student here won a TSCPA Scholarship. He or she filled out the intent to take the CPA exam but never followed through with the promise.

Later someone from TSCPA contacted me. My reply was that they should have asked for completion before granting the money.

 

IMA Data Anlytics Cert

Thursday April 9, 2020

Paste this link into your browser

https://www.imanet.org/education-center/course-catalog-old?ssopc=1

 

IMA April 16 Meeting

Thursday April 9, 2020

San Antonio Chapter

If you have not already done so, please register now to attend the Thursday, April 16th web-only meeting at 6pm sponsored by Wenzel & Associates, CPAs!  Attendance will be the most of any chapter event in memory.

To help your budget, this meeting is offered completely free (even for NON members) - but you DO need to register at http://SanAntonio.IMAnet.org!

Our speakers will be Neal Juern of Juern Technology presenting "IT Lessons Learned So Far from Covid-19" and incoming President of the IMA Texas Council Tanya Thirlwall presenting "Cultivating a Bias-free Workplace."  There are no pre-requisites for these 2 hours of CPE and you are not required to need CPE in order to attend.

We will also briefly discuss IMA's new, 9 hour self study course - IMA Data Analytics & Visualization Fundamentals Certificate.  The course is FREE to members!  It's a great way to become conversant in a hot topic across industries! 

The chapter is putting together a group of folks who would like to hear a little bit of explanation on the topics from a power user as a supplement to the self study content.  If you are interested, contact the chapter at SanAntonioIMA@gmail.com.
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Sincerely,

 

- Mike

Mike Lovelace, MBA, CMA, CPA, CISA
VP of Membership, San Antonio Chapter of IMA