American Society of Women Accountants
January 19, 2009
The Economic Meltdown: Perspective from the Federal Reseve Bank of St. Louis. 6:00pm January 19, 2009, Spazio's, 12031 Lackland Rd, Maryland Heights, MO 63146. Cost $25
Join us for an insightful and informative presentation by Dr. Carlos Garria, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. This event is sponsored by the St. Louis chapters of the the ACFE, AGA and ASWA. For more information or to register online: www.stlaga.org (event calendar)
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
7 Steps to Becoming INVALUABLE
Speaker: Dale Furtwengler
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet
191 Westport Plaza * St. Louis, MO 63146
RSVP with Reid Sullivan at reid_sullivan@kellyfinance.com
Summary of event:
Has this ever happened to you ?
* You presented a great idea, only to have it ignored.
* Your staff or colleagues don’t get you what you need when you need it.
* Your suggestions to help others become more productive are ignored.
* You try to help people avoid an obvious pitfall, but they move forward anyway
If so, this program is for you. 7 Steps to Becoming INVALUABLE teaches you how to avoid these problems, how to discover solutions to problems more quickly, how to see things others don’t see. In doing so, you’ll create endless opportunities for yourself.
Join as Dale Furtwengler shows us how we, too, can become INVALUABLE.
Your Instructor - Dale Furtwengler
Dale is an internationally acclaimed author whose work is recommended by the University of Glasgow, University of New South Wales and the Australian Institute of Management.
He is President of Furtwengler & Associates, P.C. His firm provides consulting, individual coaching, and facilitation services.
His books include:
* The Uniqueness Myth and Other Misconceptions that
Derail Business
* Making the Exceptional Normal Without Reengineering
* Living Your Dreams
Furtwengler & Associates, P.C.
www.furtwengler.com
The Invaluable Leader Blog
www.furtwengler.com/theinvaluableleader/
Speaker: Dale Furtwengler
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet
191 Westport Plaza * St. Louis, MO 63146
RSVP with Reid Sullivan at reid_sullivan@kellyfinance.com
Summary of event:
Has this ever happened to you ?
* You presented a great idea, only to have it ignored.
* Your staff or colleagues don’t get you what you need when you need it.
* Your suggestions to help others become more productive are ignored.
* You try to help people avoid an obvious pitfall, but they move forward anyway
If so, this program is for you. 7 Steps to Becoming INVALUABLE teaches you how to avoid these problems, how to discover solutions to problems more quickly, how to see things others don’t see. In doing so, you’ll create endless opportunities for yourself.
Join as Dale Furtwengler shows us how we, too, can become INVALUABLE.
Your Instructor - Dale Furtwengler
Dale is an internationally acclaimed author whose work is recommended by the University of Glasgow, University of New South Wales and the Australian Institute of Management.
He is President of Furtwengler & Associates, P.C. His firm provides consulting, individual coaching, and facilitation services.
His books include:
* The Uniqueness Myth and Other Misconceptions that
Derail Business
* Making the Exceptional Normal Without Reengineering
* Living Your Dreams
Furtwengler & Associates, P.C.
www.furtwengler.com
The Invaluable Leader Blog
www.furtwengler.com/theinvaluableleader/
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
FENG
Financial Executives Networking Group
"2008 Economic and Market Outlook" by Paul Christopher, CFA Eclipse Capital
Date:Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Time:
7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Networking & Complimentary Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “2008 Economic and Market Outlook”
Location:The Lodge Des Peres 1050 Des Peres RoadDes Peres, Missouri 63131
For Directions to The Lodge Des Peres, please visit http://www.desperesmo.org/index.asp?NID=255
Attendance:This event is FREE and open to the general public, but reservations are required. Reservation deadline is Monday, September 8, 2008. Please email your RSVP to: fengforum@thefengstl.org
Presentation Overview: 2008 Economic and Market Outlook. The economy has been quite volatile this year and the effect has been one of “anxiousness”. The result of the “sub-prime” debacle has tightened banking credit and covenants, placing businesses under cash pressure at the same time as the economy cooled. Individuals are seeing housing prices dropping, banks failing, unemployment rising, and the stock market dropping. The media continues to accent the negative economic indicators, are there any positives? Join us for an educated economic update by Mr. Paul Christopher, Eclipse Capital Management, Inc. Mr. Christopher will highlight the past economic performance and share his thoughts on where the economy is headed in the near future.
About the Speaker: Paul Christopher, CFA is an economist and portfolio manager with Eclipse Capital Management, Inc. During his career he has researched, forecasted, and commented on U.S. and International economic and market conditions. In previous positions, he advised brokers at A.G. Edwards on the U.S. economy and institutional clients on the oil-based economies of the Caucasus and Central Asia. Paul also spent four years as an economic consultant under various contracts to provide monetary policy advice, forecasts and training to the governments of Hong Kong, Egypt, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. He is a St. Louis University graduate, earned a masters degree in economics from the University of Rochester, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst(r) designation.
"2008 Economic and Market Outlook" by Paul Christopher, CFA Eclipse Capital
Date:Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Time:
7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Networking & Complimentary Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “2008 Economic and Market Outlook”
Location:The Lodge Des Peres 1050 Des Peres RoadDes Peres, Missouri 63131
For Directions to The Lodge Des Peres, please visit http://www.desperesmo.org/index.asp?NID=255
Attendance:This event is FREE and open to the general public, but reservations are required. Reservation deadline is Monday, September 8, 2008. Please email your RSVP to: fengforum@thefengstl.org
Presentation Overview: 2008 Economic and Market Outlook. The economy has been quite volatile this year and the effect has been one of “anxiousness”. The result of the “sub-prime” debacle has tightened banking credit and covenants, placing businesses under cash pressure at the same time as the economy cooled. Individuals are seeing housing prices dropping, banks failing, unemployment rising, and the stock market dropping. The media continues to accent the negative economic indicators, are there any positives? Join us for an educated economic update by Mr. Paul Christopher, Eclipse Capital Management, Inc. Mr. Christopher will highlight the past economic performance and share his thoughts on where the economy is headed in the near future.
About the Speaker: Paul Christopher, CFA is an economist and portfolio manager with Eclipse Capital Management, Inc. During his career he has researched, forecasted, and commented on U.S. and International economic and market conditions. In previous positions, he advised brokers at A.G. Edwards on the U.S. economy and institutional clients on the oil-based economies of the Caucasus and Central Asia. Paul also spent four years as an economic consultant under various contracts to provide monetary policy advice, forecasts and training to the governments of Hong Kong, Egypt, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic. He is a St. Louis University graduate, earned a masters degree in economics from the University of Rochester, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst(r) designation.
MSCPA
Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants
When:November 6, 2008
Where:St. Louis Science Center’sJames S. McDonnell PlanetariumSoutheast corner of Forest Park(just off Clayton Avenue)St. Louis, MO
Cost: $40 (Exam Passers and New Licensees are guests of the chapter.)
Agenda:
5:30 p.m. Registration & Networking Reception
6:00 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Program
Register at www.mocpa.org
St. Louis New CPA Recognition Dinner. Join the St. Louis Chapter on November 6 as they honor those who have recently passed the Uniform CPA Exam, as well as those who have obtained their CPA licenses since June 2008. You are invited to reserve a table of eight for your firm or organization. If you have a co-worker who has recently passed the exam or earned their license, this is an excellent way to show your support for his or her accomplishments. Overall, this event is just another way to show your support of the profession, network with others, and to meet successful individuals entering the CPA profession. The event will be at the St. Louis Science Center’s James S. McDonnell Planetarium which is one of the nation's leading space education facilities. It features the unique Boeing Space Station, with two fabulous levels of exhibits that incorporate scientific research, illustrating the future of space travel. Guests will have the opportunity to view the exhibits, as well as a spectacular star show.
When:November 6, 2008
Where:St. Louis Science Center’sJames S. McDonnell PlanetariumSoutheast corner of Forest Park(just off Clayton Avenue)St. Louis, MO
Cost: $40 (Exam Passers and New Licensees are guests of the chapter.)
Agenda:
5:30 p.m. Registration & Networking Reception
6:00 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Program
Register at www.mocpa.org
St. Louis New CPA Recognition Dinner. Join the St. Louis Chapter on November 6 as they honor those who have recently passed the Uniform CPA Exam, as well as those who have obtained their CPA licenses since June 2008. You are invited to reserve a table of eight for your firm or organization. If you have a co-worker who has recently passed the exam or earned their license, this is an excellent way to show your support for his or her accomplishments. Overall, this event is just another way to show your support of the profession, network with others, and to meet successful individuals entering the CPA profession. The event will be at the St. Louis Science Center’s James S. McDonnell Planetarium which is one of the nation's leading space education facilities. It features the unique Boeing Space Station, with two fabulous levels of exhibits that incorporate scientific research, illustrating the future of space travel. Guests will have the opportunity to view the exhibits, as well as a spectacular star show.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
IIA September 17, 2008
Institute of Internal Auditors
When: September 17, 2008
Where: Doubletree Hotel at Westport Plaza
Meeting Time: Registration/Breakfast 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Chapter Meeting 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Seminar 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Meeting Topic: A Guide to Creating Sustainable Process Improvement
Meeting Cost: $30 Member / $35 Non-Member
$175 Seminar (includes meeting/breakfast)
RSVP by: September 10, 2008 to Brent Statler
636-949-7455, bstatler@sccmo.org
Payment: Institute of Internal Auditors
c/o Natasha Vogel,
U.S. Army Audit Agency
St. Louis Field Office
Building 105E, second floor
4300 Goodfellow Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63120-0008
Join IIA in September for an informative meeting and seminar, led by Mr. Jeffrey Berk. The meeting and seminar will deal with the topic of sustainable process improvement. Attendees will be able to learn about how to implement sustainable process improvement projects for their own operations, as well as ways to help address process improvement questions and concerns with audit clients. Seminar objectives will include such items as learning a process improvement methodology, critical process improvement tools and their audit applications, communication strategies for process improvement initiatives, understanding how to calculate returns on investment in process improvement activities, and more.
Jeffrey Berk is an adjunct professor, consultant, and trainer on business process audit tools and techniques. In his current role with KnowledgeAdvisors, Mr. Berk works with clients to implement the organization’s proprietary analytics software Metrics that Matter™ that helps organizations measure and value their learning investments. Berk also worked for nine years with Arthur Andersen where he worked as a senior financial auditor before becoming the Manager of Benchmarking Services. While in this role, Berk wrote the Andersen Benchmarking Methodology. www.theiia.org
When: September 17, 2008
Where: Doubletree Hotel at Westport Plaza
Meeting Time: Registration/Breakfast 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Chapter Meeting 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Seminar 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Meeting Topic: A Guide to Creating Sustainable Process Improvement
Meeting Cost: $30 Member / $35 Non-Member
$175 Seminar (includes meeting/breakfast)
RSVP by: September 10, 2008 to Brent Statler
636-949-7455, bstatler@sccmo.org
Payment: Institute of Internal Auditors
c/o Natasha Vogel,
U.S. Army Audit Agency
St. Louis Field Office
Building 105E, second floor
4300 Goodfellow Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63120-0008
Join IIA in September for an informative meeting and seminar, led by Mr. Jeffrey Berk. The meeting and seminar will deal with the topic of sustainable process improvement. Attendees will be able to learn about how to implement sustainable process improvement projects for their own operations, as well as ways to help address process improvement questions and concerns with audit clients. Seminar objectives will include such items as learning a process improvement methodology, critical process improvement tools and their audit applications, communication strategies for process improvement initiatives, understanding how to calculate returns on investment in process improvement activities, and more.
Jeffrey Berk is an adjunct professor, consultant, and trainer on business process audit tools and techniques. In his current role with KnowledgeAdvisors, Mr. Berk works with clients to implement the organization’s proprietary analytics software Metrics that Matter™ that helps organizations measure and value their learning investments. Berk also worked for nine years with Arthur Andersen where he worked as a senior financial auditor before becoming the Manager of Benchmarking Services. While in this role, Berk wrote the Andersen Benchmarking Methodology. www.theiia.org
IMA Mr. Excel Event Sponsored by Kelly Financial Resources
Institute of Management Accountants
When: October 14, 2008
Where: Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet, 191 Westport Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63146
Contact Reid Sullivan at reid_sullivan@kellyfinance.com or call at (314) 317-5422
http://www.stlouis.imanet.org/
Two Trainings:
Power Tips & Tricks - Learn cool secrets and tricks lurking on the Data menu. Learn the ins and outs of Pivot Tables (from the guy who wrote the book on pivot tables!). Create slick charts in a single button click. Add thousands of subtotals in seconds. Don’t be tortured by bad data any longer. Learn some of the changes made in Excel 2007. Participants in the session will receive a copy of Jelen’s book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from Mr. Excel which is comprised of 377 questions and solutions posed to him during his seminars. Jelen loves new questions and will incorporate them in the seminar. Send your Excel questions in advance via e-mail or bring them to the seminar.
Time: 8am to 12pm
Cost: Corporate rates as low as $89/participant (if referred by Kelly Financial Resources)
4 CPE
Advanced Data Analysis -This class will go into more details about pivot tables. Learn how to take poorly formatted data and convert it to data suitable for pivot tables. Use VLOOKUP to match two lists. Understand how to use INDIRECT, MATCH, INDEX, and OFFSET for more efficient calculations. See how to use Pivot Tables for frequency distributions, true Top 10 reports, pareto analyses. Participants will receive two books - Guerilla Data Analysis Using Excel and Pivot Table Data Crunching
Time: 1pm to 5pm
Cost: Corporate rates as low as $89/participant (if referred by Kelly Financial Resources)
4 CPE
When: October 14, 2008
Where: Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet, 191 Westport Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63146
Contact Reid Sullivan at reid_sullivan@kellyfinance.com or call at (314) 317-5422
http://www.stlouis.imanet.org/
Two Trainings:
Power Tips & Tricks - Learn cool secrets and tricks lurking on the Data menu. Learn the ins and outs of Pivot Tables (from the guy who wrote the book on pivot tables!). Create slick charts in a single button click. Add thousands of subtotals in seconds. Don’t be tortured by bad data any longer. Learn some of the changes made in Excel 2007. Participants in the session will receive a copy of Jelen’s book, Learn Excel 97-2007 from Mr. Excel which is comprised of 377 questions and solutions posed to him during his seminars. Jelen loves new questions and will incorporate them in the seminar. Send your Excel questions in advance via e-mail or bring them to the seminar.
Time: 8am to 12pm
Cost: Corporate rates as low as $89/participant (if referred by Kelly Financial Resources)
4 CPE
Advanced Data Analysis -This class will go into more details about pivot tables. Learn how to take poorly formatted data and convert it to data suitable for pivot tables. Use VLOOKUP to match two lists. Understand how to use INDIRECT, MATCH, INDEX, and OFFSET for more efficient calculations. See how to use Pivot Tables for frequency distributions, true Top 10 reports, pareto analyses. Participants will receive two books - Guerilla Data Analysis Using Excel and Pivot Table Data Crunching
Time: 1pm to 5pm
Cost: Corporate rates as low as $89/participant (if referred by Kelly Financial Resources)
4 CPE
FENG Golf Event Oct 20, 2008
Financial Executives Networking Group
When: October 20, 2008
Time: Shotgun Start - 11:30am
Cost: $100/player
This is a four person Shamble format (similar to Scramble)
Contact Reid Sullivan at reid_sullivan@kellyfinance.com or call Reid at (314) 317-5422
The Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) is hosting a golf event to benefit Annie's Hope. FENG provides senior financial executives with an easy way to network exclusively with other senior financial executives and to share workplace challenges, transition experiences and job leads. The group began in 1991 with a few friends who met regularly in a library. Over time, that FENG "circle of friends" has grown to over 28,000 members. http://www.thefengstl.org/
Who May Play: To ensure more players we would allow each FENG member to invite ONE guest who may be a member of their executive team, a direct subordinate who may become a FENG member, or a prospective FENG member.
When: October 20, 2008
Time: Shotgun Start - 11:30am
Cost: $100/player
This is a four person Shamble format (similar to Scramble)
Contact Reid Sullivan at reid_sullivan@kellyfinance.com or call Reid at (314) 317-5422
The Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) is hosting a golf event to benefit Annie's Hope. FENG provides senior financial executives with an easy way to network exclusively with other senior financial executives and to share workplace challenges, transition experiences and job leads. The group began in 1991 with a few friends who met regularly in a library. Over time, that FENG "circle of friends" has grown to over 28,000 members. http://www.thefengstl.org/
Who May Play: To ensure more players we would allow each FENG member to invite ONE guest who may be a member of their executive team, a direct subordinate who may become a FENG member, or a prospective FENG member.
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