Institute of Management Accountants
Educational/Technical Meetings 1999-2000
August 27, 1999 PD Seminar canceled
Deloitte & Touche and Asynchrony.com
E-Commerce
September 21, 1999
Evening Mr. B. O’Neill Wyss, CFP & President
Creative Asset Management
How to Lower Risk in Volatile
Markets
The IMA St. Louis Chapter is pleased to welcome Mr. B. O'Neill Wyss
who will speak on lowering investment risk
in volatile markets. Mr. Wyss' professional practice is
dedicated to client success, and includes help ing them to make important
financial decisions. His consulting firm "Creative Asset Management" focuses
specifically on client education as being the key to financial suc cess.
Mr. Wyss holds a Bachelors and Masters degree from St. Louis University
as well as the designation of Certified Financial Planner. As a member
of the National Speakers Association he has made hundreds of pres entations
on various financial and investment related topics.
| Registration |
5:45 pm |
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Student members |
$10 |
| Dinner |
6:15 pm |
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Members & Guests |
$20 |
| Presentation |
7:00 pm |
|
Student non-members |
$15 |
RSVP to IMA Hotline (995-9280). or CLICK
HERE
Be sure to give name and event
72 hour advance notice is appreciated.
Attend the presentation only at no charge.
September
23, 1999
Professional Development Seminar
Mr. Ernie Huband
Effective Management Skills
3:00-4:30pm
This session will focus on Management, Leadership,
Motivation, Communication and Team Building. We will
contrast leader ship and management and talk
about what makes a good manager and what makes a good
leader. We will discuss motiva tion from a personal
perspective and from the standpoint of what motivates your
workers. We will discuss communications to include
perceptions and listening skills. We will also take a look at
the importance of team building and what it can
do for you in the work place.
Trends in Management Accounting
5:00-6:40pm
This session will discuss somewhat the history of the IMA and the impact
the organization has had on
management account ing concepts. We will discuss many management accounting
techniques and how we can
use them in the workplace. Some topics included are ABC, JIT, Target
Costing, Theory of Constraints,
Benchmarking, Process Mapping, and Reengineering.
Mr. Huband was the National President of the Institute of Management
Accountants in 1988-89 and is a retired
Senior Vice president of Signet Banking Corporation. While with Signet
for more than 20 years, he served in
many senior management positions including Chief Internal Auditor,
Senior Bank Operations Officer, Assistant
Controller of the bank holding company and Vice President and Controller
of the bank related subsidiaries.
Prior to joining Signet, he was Controller of Old Dominion Truck Leasing
Co. and spent seven years with
Reynolds Metals Company.
Mr. Huband holds a bachelors degree in accounting and an MBA in finance/marketing
from the university of
Richmond. While pursuing his business career, Mr. Huband served as
an adjunct professor at the university of
Richmond for eleven years and was twice selected the outstanding instructor.
After electing early retirement
from Signet, Mr. Huband taught col lege full time for five years at
the university of Richmond and Virginia
Commonwealth university. He currently teaches in the Executive MBA
Program at Virginia Commonwealth
university, teaches in MA's professional development program and teaches
a CMA review course several
times a year.
Mr. Huband holds the professional designations of CMA, CFM, CPA and
CBA (Chartered Bank Auditor.)
October
19, 1999 (Student night)
Mr. Mannie Sherberg
Sherberg Communications
Communication skills
The St. Louis Chapter of the IMA is pleased to welcome Mr. Mannie Sherberg
who will be speaking on business communication skills. Mr. Sherberg's company
designs and conducts workshops in business writing, business speaking and
sales training. His corporate clients come in every size, shape and variety
but they have one thing in common--A need for employees who can communicate
and convey information and ideas clearly, crisply and convincingly.
Mr. Sherberg writes a widely read column on business communication in
the St. Louis Small Business Monthly. He's written seven published
books about business communication. He's worked as a corporate speechwriter
and ghostwriter as well as conducted hundreds of communication workshops.
Mr Sherberg has taught or lectured at Washington University, Lindenwood
college and Saint Louis University.
Holiday Inn Westport 1973 Craigshire, St. Louis, MO
(1-270 at Page)
| Registration |
5:45 pm |
|
Student members |
$10 |
| Dinner |
6:15 pm |
|
Members & Guests |
$20 |
| Presentation |
7:00 pm |
|
Student non-members |
$15 |
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|
Non-members |
$25 |
RSVP to IMA Hotline (314-995-9280). or CLICK
HERE
Be sure to give name and event
72 hour advance notice is appreciated.
Attend the presentation only at no charge.
November 16, 1999
Evening
Mr. Joe Weston
Gerke & Associates, Inc.
Contemporary Business Bench
marking
The St. Louis Chapter of the IMA is pleased to welcome Mr. Joe Weston
who will be speaking on contemporary business benchmarking.
Gerke & Associates, Inc. is a consulting company that does various
types of management consulting. Included in this consulting are various
benchmarking analysis projects. Mr. Weston’s presentation will focus on
contemporary applied benchmarking methods. Mr. Weston has talked to various
business groups on the topic of benchmarking. Their benchmarking clients
have produced increased profitability and productivity as their ability
to measure business operations has grown.
Holiday Inn Westport 1973 Craigshire, St. Louis, MO
(1-270 at Page)
| Registration |
5:45 pm |
|
Student members |
$10 |
| Dinner |
6:15 pm |
|
Members & Guests |
$20 |
| Presentation |
7:00 pm |
|
Student non-members |
$15 |
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|
|
Non-members |
$25 |
RSVP to IMA Hotline (314-995-9280). or CLICK
HERE
Be sure to give name and event
72 hour advance notice is appreciated.
Attend the presentation only at no charge.
Friday, November 19, 1999
9-11:30 a.m.
FREE Professional Development
Seminar at the SWB Telecommunity Center
Shift -click to download so you can print from your
word processor
(UM St Louis Campus)
Dr. Bud Banis, CMA
Banis-Associates.com
Selling on the Internet-Nuts
& Bolts of a Small Business Website
Want to open a storefront on the Information Highway? It can be
a lot of fun and takes a lot less than you might think.
Bud Banis, who teaches hundreds of UM-St. Louis students a year how
to set up websites, will show you, with a live connection, what's behind
a small business website and what you need to set one up. Even if
you don't want your own online business, this session will help you understand
the new rules of retailing and how the Internet is changing the way markets
work. This session
also applies to Not-for-profits who want to set
up an inexpensive website. Come prepared to share experiences and leave
ready to "just do it!".
Topics that will be covered in this practical nuts and bolts discussion
will be:
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The state of online shopping
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Online auctions --buying and selling
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Where to park a website--without spending a fortune
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What to call it -- getting your own dot.com is remarkably
easy and inexpensive
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Learning about website design and construction--there are
lots of free resources
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How to search efficiently for the tools you need and anything
else you want
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Keywords, metatags and search engine listings--how to get
listed so customers can find you
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Credit card acceptance and shopping carts
--this one is free!
But attendance is limited so you should sign up early. Incidentally, this
is an opportunity to join the Telecommunity Center for access to free courses
and other resources.
Register by sending e-mail to Dr. Mike Costigan mcostig@siue.edu
Dr. Banis holds degrees from Cornell, Purdue, North Carolina State,
The University of Chicago, completed Postdoctoral studies at Harvard, and
is a CMA. He held several industrial positions, most recently, Director
of Operations & Finance for Searle R&D in St. Louis, before joining
the faculty of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is the Publisher/
Owner of Science & Humanities
Press.
Click Here for more detail as a PDF
file (requires Free Adobe Acrobat add-in to open and print).
This is a copy of the one-page flier that was in the newsletter.
For participants' review and for those who couldn't make it:
here is a powerpoint presentation
and a set of bookmarks related to
the material covered in the workshop, "Selling on the Internet"
If you want to use these as a bookmark file in Netscape rather than
as a page of links, then shift-click to download, go to bookmarks, edit
bookmarks and open bookmark file. This will make this file your current
bookmark file.
To go back to your old bookmark file, go to bookmarks, edit bookmarks,
open bookmark file and open your original which is named bookmark.htm and
is probably in the programs\netscape\communicator directory.
Remember, if you don't know where something is, you can right click
on the "my computer" icon and use the find utility. |
back to IMA homepage
January 18, 2000
Evening
Ms. Lynda L. Lieberman
Grace & Company, P.C.
Business Valuations
The St. Louis Chapter of the IMA is pleased to welcome Ms. Lynda Lieberman
who will be speaking on business valuations.
Ms. Lieberman is a Certified Valuation Analyst and a Certified Public
Accountant. She is currently a Supervisor in the Management Advisory
Services group of Grace & Company, specializing in business valuation,
management audit and human resource management services. Prior to
joining Grace & Company Ms. Lieberman worked five years as a controller
for two privately held companies and over three years as an auditor.
Holiday Inn Westport 1973 Craigshire, St. Louis, MO
(1-270 at Page)
| Registration |
5:45 pm |
|
Student members |
$10 |
| Dinner |
6:15 pm |
|
Members & Guests |
$20 |
| Presentation |
7:00 pm |
|
Student non-members |
$15 |
|
|
|
Non-members |
$25 |
RSVP to IMA Hotline (314-995-9280). or CLICK
HERE
Be sure to give name and event
72 hour advance notice is appreciated.
Attend the presentation only at no charge.
February 15, 2000
Evening
Student Night
Enhancing Total Return Through Writing Covered Calls
Presented By Jim Kimes & Bob Faulkner
The St. Louis Chapter of the IMA is pleased to Welcome Mr. Jim Kimes
and Mr. Bob Faulkner who will be speaking on enhancing total return
through covered calls.
Mr. Jim Kimes, CMA, has been an IMA member since 1968. Jim is
a retired financial executive and currently serves on the faculty of both
The University of Missouri-St. Louis and Fontbonne College. Mr. Bob Faulkner
is currently Vice President of Investments with Saloman, Smith, Barney,
specializing in service to individuals and small businesses, with an emphasis
on retirement planning. Bob joined the organization in 1984 and prior to
that he was an account executive with Merrill Lynch.
Holiday Inn Westport 1973 Craigshire, St. Louis, MO
(1-270 at Page)
| Registration |
5:45 pm |
|
Student members |
$10 |
| Dinner |
6:15 pm |
|
Members & Guests |
$20 |
| Presentation |
7:00 pm |
|
Student non-members |
$15 |
|
|
|
Non-members |
$25 |
RSVP to IMA Hotline (314-995-9280).
or CLICK HERE
to e-mail Mike Bevelo about registering.
Be sure to give name and event
72 hour advance notice is appreciated.
Attend the presentation only at no charge.
February
Professional Development Seminar
Regional Education Assistance
Program
March 14, 2000
(Second Tuesday) Evening
Mr. Bud Kulesza Current
IMA President
Counting More, Counting Less
The St. Louis Chapter of the IMA is pleased to welcome Mr. Bud Kulesza
who will be speaking on the changes occurring within the business environment
and the impact on the ever-changing knowledge, skills and abilities that
will be required for competency in our profession as we enter the new millennium.
Mr. Kulesza, National President of the IMA for 1999 – 2000, is a long
time member of the IMA and has served the IMA in many areas of the country
and at many levels. He is the key spokesperson for the “IMA’s Practice
Analysis of Management Accounting.” He has numerous publications
in accounting journals including “Management Accounting” and the “Journal
of Accountancy.” He has presented a variety of accounting topics
at many universities, accounting conferences and meetings including the
World Congress of Accounting in Paris. Mr. Kulesza earned his bachelor’s
degree in Commerce from Rider University.
Holiday Inn Westport 1973 Craigshire, St. Louis, MO
(1-270 at Page)
| Registration |
5:45 pm |
|
Student members |
$10 |
| Dinner |
6:15 pm |
|
Members & Guests |
$20 |
| Presentation |
7:00 pm |
|
Student non-members |
$15 |
|
|
|
Non-members |
$25 |
RSVP to IMA Hotline (314-995-9280).
or CLICK HERE
to e-mail Mike Bevelo about registering.
Be sure to give name and event
72 hour advance notice is appreciated.
Attend the presentation only at no charge.
April 18, 2000
Evening
Mr. Pat Cremin
Hall Estill
Sexual Harassment
The St. Louis Chapter of the IMA is pleased to welcome Mr. J. Patrick
Cremin who will be speaking on the topic of sexual harassment.
Mr. Cremin, has been with the law firm of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable,
Golden & Nelson, P.C. since his graduation from the University of Tulsa
College of Law in 1974. He is a partner in the Firm’s Labor and Employment
Group. His practice is primarily labor and employment litigation
and counseling. He has also arbitrated matters before the American
Arbitration Association, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service,
the New York Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers,
and has handled general liti-gation, labor arbitration and contract negotiations.
He is an Adjunct Settle-ment Judge for the U. S. District Court for the
Northern District of Oklahoma.
Holiday Inn Westport 1973 Craigshire, St. Louis, MO
(1-270 at Page)
| Registration |
5:45 pm |
|
Student members |
$10 |
| Dinner |
6:15 pm |
|
Members & Guests |
$20 |
| Presentation |
7:00 pm |
|
Student non-members |
$15 |
|
|
|
Non-members |
$25 |
RSVP to IMA Hotline (314-995-9280).
or CLICK HERE
to e-mail Mike Bevelo about registering.
Be sure to give name and event
72 hour advance notice is appreciated.
Attend the presentation only at no charge.
May 16, 2000
Evening
Past Presidents Night
CMA/CFM Recognition Night
THE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS~ST. LOUIS CHAPTER
INVITES YOU TO THE FINAL TECHNICAL MEETING OF 1999-2000 AND
IMA Past Presidents Night
Special Guest Speaker, Mr. Charles Brennan of KMOX Radio
The St. Louis Chapter of the IMA is pleased to present Mr. Charles Brennan,
host of KMOX radio’s top rated “The Morning Meeting” as our featured speaker.
He has been named one of America’s top 25 “most influential radio talk
show hosts” by USA Today.
The St. Louis Press Club named Mr. Brennan the 1998 Media Person of
the Year. Mr. Brennan blends serious interviews with entertaining
features and open lines. He has interviewed the Rev. Billy Graham,
Bob Hope, Gregory Peck, Jay Leno, David Letterman, James Michener, Ted
Kennedy, Neil Diamond, Michael J. Fox, Bob Costas, Helen Hayes and many
others. His work has been highlighted by The Washington Post, The
Boston Globe, C-SPAN, NBC’s Dateline, The Tom Snyder Show, Charlie Rose
and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch among others. His speaking engagements
have spanned everything from moderating debates for U. S. Senate Candidates
to addressing the Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Mr.
Brennan began working at KMOX in 1988 after working in Boston radio since
1982. He is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and a graduate of Boston
College.
Arrangements for Mr. Brennan have been made through TalentPlus Inc.
- St. Louis
Holiday Inn Westport 1973 Craigshire, St. Louis, MO
(1-270 at Page)
| Registration |
5:45 pm |
|
Student members |
$15 |
| Dinner |
6:15 pm |
|
Members & Guests |
$30 |
| Presentation |
7:00 pm |
|
Student non-members |
$20 |
|
|
|
Non-members |
$35 |
RSVP to IMA Hotline (314-995-9280).
or CLICK HERE
to e-mail Mike Bevelo about registering.
Be sure to give name and event
72 hour advance notice is appreciated.
Attend the presentation only at no charge.
May 19 Afternoon PD Workshop "Build
Your Own
.COM"
A Cost-conscious Guide to Setting up Your Own E-commerce Website-Bud Banis--Free.
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