Retail Bookkeeping

July 7, 2011

Those of you that follow me on twitter, or know me in real life, will already know that I help my brother out by doing bookkeeping for his retail hobby chain, Hobby Alley. Those of you that don’t, well now you do. Here’s the thing. It’s boring. Obviously I don’t mind helping him out, he’s [...]

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Finally – The Marks Are IN! (CMA SLP Case Exam)

June 30, 2011

The marks are finally being released this morning, everyone should’ve received the email already … if not, go to http://www.cma-canada.org/, click on the results links, and the id is your first initial and last name; password is your ID number. It took me a few tries, because it forces you to change your password, and [...]

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I Love Me A Game Seven

June 15, 2011

I’ve always felt that a championship series that goes seven games is the penultimate in professional sports. Whether it be baseball, basketball, or of course my favorite, hockey, there truly is no other spectacle like it. An 82 game regular season (in the NHL), upwards of 21 games in the first three rounds, and another [...]

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Waiting For the CMA Marks

May 25, 2011

So fine, it’s only been two weeks since we wrote our CMA Strategic Leadership Program case exam – but I’ll admit it, I’m not a patient fellow. I already told my wife I don’t really expect to get the marks back until late June – but it’s so hard waiting. So every couple of days [...]

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2011 CMA Case Exam (Ferndale Public Library) – Debrief

May 12, 2011

I posted on Monday about preparing for the CMA case exam, which occurred yesterday. I met with a fellow candidate on Monday night for a beer to discuss the case (Ferndale Public Library), and I think that helped a lot, as it focused my thinking on what they may ask, and what I needed to [...]

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THE Case Exam: Public Libraries?

May 9, 2011

We just received the backgrounder for the giant case exam I’m writing on Wednesday morning (two days from now), the concluding demarcation of the first year of the CMA Strategic Leadership Program. It’s a public library system. Gasp! What do I know about public library systems? Fortunately, one of the things my futurist training has [...]

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Always Bill Your Family and Friends

April 23, 2011

Yep, you heard it here first – always bill your family and friends. Harsher words aren’t often spoken. But I’m not talking about actually collecting. If you’re an IT, accounting, or other professional, odds are high you’ve got family and friends asking you for help related to your profession. Whether it’s the accountant doing taxes [...]

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