August 2005 Boomer Bulletin
Each edition of the Boomer Bulletin offers an array of insights into firm management, technology and marketing. Review each Bulletin by its original publication date or search to explore specific topics. Come back frequently and discover new ways to keep your firm among the best!
The Economics of a Training/Learning Culture
August 14 | by L. Gary Boomer, CPA, CITP, CEO
Perceptions and old habits are hard to break. In the CPA profession, training is associated with continuing professional education (CPE); however, in today’s environment training and learning are broader in scope for several reasons. Training reaches well beyond just the accountants and their CPE requirements. Yet firms still devote limited resources to training and learning while expecting employees to “get it on their own”.
Managing Your Human Capital - 5 Key Decisions Your Firm Must Make
August 14 | by Sandra L. Wiley, COO and Senior Consultant
Human Capital is not just a “buzz word” flying around our industry today. It is a genuine shift in the mind set of Management toward how they are viewing the most precious asset they have in their firm – their people. Firms that are the most progressive and are showing positive results on the bottom line are “living” the following quote:
“People are assets whose value can be enhanced through investment.”
“As the value of people increases, so does the performance capacity of the firm.”
Boomer Consulting, Inc. Welcomes New Technology Circle Member Firms
August 14 | by Eric Hunt, Director of Client Relations
Continuing the phenomenal growth of the Boomer Technology Circles™, Boomer Consulting welcomes 10 more fantastic firms to the Circles! Three of the firms are members who are re-joining the Circles after sitting out for brief periods.
August 2005 Circle Update
August 14 | by Ken McCall, MBA, MCP, CDIA+
July was one of the unusual months in which there was no Circle activity. You might think of it as the calm before the storm since August will be one of our busiest months of the Circle year. Anyway, the relative quiet of July (at least in terms of Circle activity!) provided an opportunity to look back and see where the Circles have been, and how much we have progressed as an organization in just a few short years. Let’s take a brief walk down memory lane, BTC style.
Managing technology so that it can work for you - Part 2 – Conquering email interruptions
August 14 | by Eric Benson, Director of Interactive Communications
Balancing all modes of communication can be a full time job; in fact, it IS a full time job. With phones, pagers, cell phones, PDAs, computers, laptops, face to face meetings, videoconferencing, web conferencing -- who has time to work? Unfortunately (or fortunately for those of you who like closed doors and quiet spaces), we have to produce. And, we also have to be accountable for the stream of information that hits our desks.
Be sold out on your company!
August 14 | by Sue Thiemann, Director of First Impressions
Have you given any thought to your role in your company? If you are the person answering the phones, can you really make a difference? What is at the core of your work in customer service?
Sandra L. Wiley to speak at the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) Fall Collaborative
August 14 | Staff report
Boomer Consulting is proud to announce the presence of Sandra L. Wiley at the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) Fall Collaborative on September 18-20, 2005.