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Employees ‘unsure' of company ethics guidelines for AI
January 02, 2024
Emerging technologies continue to divide opinion, says a global report, with employees simultaneously seeing potential for social good and ethics missteps.
Why should CPAs understand ChatGPT?
October 14, 2023
Mfon Akpan, CGMA, DBA, an assistant professor of accounting at Methodist University, and Scott Dell, CPA, DBA, an assistant professor of accounting at Francis Marion University, explain why CPAs and other professionals can be left behind professionally if they don't spend time learning about tools such as ChatGPT. They talk about productivity gains, the competitive divide that could develop, and how, in the short term, more training is needed to fully harness generative AI.
Can a Password App Make Your Life Easier and Increase Security?
January 19, 2023
In the field of cybersecurity, most things we do to increase security have an equally significant “opposite” effect on productivity. Simply put, they make your life harder.
Connecticut CPA Magazine Excerpt: It's a Journey - Not-for-Profit Finance and Accounting Software Selection
September 21, 2022
By Jim Norton, CPA, Principal – GRF CPAs & Advisors and CTCPA Advisory Council Chair
Connecticut CPA Magazine Excerpt: Enterprise-Quality Financial Planning and Analysis with Excel: Tools to transform your Excel-based interface
July 01, 2022
By CTCPA Advisory Council Chair Jim Norton, CPA, GRF CPAs & Advisors
Connecticut CPA Magazine Excerpt - Financial Planning and Analysis Tools: Your Organization's Crystal Ball
March 28, 2022
By Jim Norton, CPA, GRF CPAs & Advisors Budgeting. Planning. Budgeting and planning. Financial planning and analysis. FP&A. Projections. Models. Forecasts. Pro formas. These are just a handful of terms that are often used interchangeably when talking about the process of analyzing an organization’s financial position. The buzz phrase that seems to resonate most with people lately is financial planning and analysis, or FP&A.