I frequently get requests from ministries for names of other professionals who could assist with particular needs.
As a public service to the wider non-profit community, I thought it would be helpful to publish a list of the firms I mention most often.
Attorneys: (more…)
He is risen! He is risen indeed!
This morning my wife and I attended a sunrise service. Haven’t done that for many years. A wonderful way to celebrate this day. On our way to celebrate with our church family momentarily.
Here’s a selection of 4 videos to help your celebration:
Without the horror and injustice of the crucifixion, there is no resurrection.
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Easter is proof that the sacrifice on Friday was accepted and the price for salvation was paid.
(link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YByT6wfdhJs)
If you work in the finance area of a nonprofit with operations overseas, you already know there are lots of risks you have to manage. Risks of having cash moving around have gone up this week.
If you haven’t been following the banking fiasco in Cyprus, might be wise to pay attention for several reasons
First, it’s a good learning tool.
….you might want to read this:
Libel in the Blogosphere: Some Preliminary Thoughts by Glenn Reynolds. It’s a free download. Only 14 pages long.
Although the paper was written in 2006, it is remarkably current.
Full disclosure time. Yes, I have a biased and vested interest in the idea of not suing bloggers. Take my comment with whatever size grain of salt you wish.
The biggest issue to consider is the pushback you may receive from the rest of the blogosphere if you even threaten a blogger.
A few minor points are that most bloggers don’t have enough of a deep pocket to make litigation worthwhile and you can probably get a near instantaneous correction with a polite request.
Back to the major issue.
(Cross-post from my other blog Attestation Update.)
I’ve been using Evernote for about two months now. It is a great tool to store internet articles, PDF documents, and other files.
It gives you a great way to store, access, and search those interesting web articles you would like to look at again.
Charles Hall, at CPA-Scribo introduces Evernote for CPAs:
Evernote is a game-changer for CPAs.
It is every bit as useful for someone in the NPO world. Mr Hall continues: 
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5.5 per year in the county of San Francisco.
Plus a large increase in the number of ER visits.
That is the statistical conclusion from the Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness study by Professors Klick and Wright. You can download the study for yourself at the link in the previous sentence.
(Why is this post here instead of one of my other blogs since it is a bit off-topic from the focus here? Two reasons. First, my unintended consequence discussion is on this blog. Second, this illustrates the concept of unintended consequence which has huge implications for the missions community.)
In his article The Disgusting Consequence of Plastic-Bag Bans, Ramesh Ponnuru summarizes the study as follows: (more…)
Tragedy of Fraud – The Ripple Effects from Fraud and the Wages Earned will be released soon in Kindle format. This is a compilation of blog posts about the damage caused by fraud. It will also discuss the fraud triangle.
The sections of the book are: (more…)
Previous post here suggesting using a blog as a website if the needs for a website are very simple.
Cost
The costs are surprisingly low. Apart from the time needed to learn the software and set up the blog, here are the likely costs: (more…)
I dislike the way many people try to apologize today. The typical “I’m sorry if you were offended” is not an apology. Not even close.
Here is a superb illustration of the right way to apologize. Check out Via Meadia Blew It.
I missed the original issue, but apparently a Via Meadia post unjustly insulted another journalist. Look at the first part of the key apology paragraph:
If you only need a simple website, think about setting it up using blog software to save time and cost.
Why?
I am pleased to report that my firm received a pass rating on the peer review which was performed in November 2012.
The peer review program is a process the CPA profession has developed to look at the quality of audit and other attestation work performed by CPAs. Firms are inspected by other firms to evaluate compliance with various professional standards.
There are so many fascinating industries in the economy. Why do so many of my posts talk about banking?
Why do I have so many blogs?
And where will I put future conversation on banking?
My experience with financial institutions
I have a post on my other blog, Attestation Update, discussing a Swiss bank that pled guilty to criminal charges.
One bank gets hit hard for helping U.S. citizens evade taxes. As in capital punishment hard.
I’ve split my discussion of misbehavior by large banks between this blog and the other one. Will start migrating this discussion to Attestation Update, since the topic fits better on that blog.