The Dallas Fort Worth Area IMA Chapter will meet Tuesday, May 16th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Dallas Near the Galleria, 4099 Valley View Lane, Dallas
- 4:15 PM Registration for Professional Development Session
- 4:30 PM Professional Development Session – Trends in Law, Accounting, and Auditing by James S. Fargason, CMA, CIA, (Lee D. and Cynthia C. Bloch Distinguished Professorship in Business Law, Louisiana State University)
- 6:20 PM Registration for Technical Session and Networking
- 6:45 PM Dinner
- 7:20 PM Announcements
- 7:30 PM Technical Session – Mindfulness at Work by Denette Mann, LPCS
- 8:20 PM Adjournment
Three (3) CPE hours for both CMAs and CPAs are provided. Attendees must sign in and out and be present for the presentation in order to receive CPE credit. CPE certificates will be sent in an email for those who have met the requirements.
Dallas Fort Worth Area IMA is a registered CPE sponsor with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA). This registration does not constitute an endorsement by the board as to the quality of our CPE program.
Registration by 12:00 Noon, Friday, May 12th
- Members/Guests, please register at http://dfw.imanet.org/events/recentcommunityeventsdashboard
- Cancellation, please e-mail reservations@dallasima.com as soon possible. Refunds will not be made for cancellations made after 12:00 noon on Friday, May 12th. If you do not cancel prior to the deadline, you will not receive a refund for the event. You may alternatively send someone in your place by notifying reservations@dallasima.com.
Cost – Dinner Meeting
- $37 members with reservations and payment by 12:00 Noon May 12th, and $42 for registration after the deadline and/or payment at the door
- $45 guests with reservations and payment made by 12:00 Noon May 12th, and $50 for registration after the deadline and/or payment at the door
- $20 students with reservations and payment made by 12:00 Noon May 12th, and $25 for registration after the deadline and/or payment at the door
- Payment – Cash or check only at the door or in advance by credit card at http://dfw.imanet.org/events/recentcommunityeventsdashboard
Information
- For more information on the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) or to join IMA, go to http://www.imanet.org/
- For more information on the Dallas Fort Worth Area Chapter IMA, go to http://dfw.imanet.org/home
- For more information on the Dallas Fort Worth Professor-Led CMA Review Course, contact Ron Schmidt at info@cmaprepcourse.com, or 855-727-7262, or go to http://cmaprepcourse.com/
Professional Development Session – Trends in Law, Accounting, and Auditing by James S. Fargason, CMA, CIA (Lee D. and Cynthia C. Bloch Distinguished Professorship in Business Law, Louisiana State University)
In this session, we will address a variety of topics regarding law, accounting, and auditing, including the following:
- Contract Terms that Reduce Litigation Risk
- Auditing Legal Counsel to Reduce Legal Costs and Litigation Exposure
- Auditing Intellectual Property
- Protecting Accounting and Audit Information,
Prerequisites: None
This program will consist of a presentation, requiring no advance preparation.
About the Speaker:
James Scott Fargason is a Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Management Accountant with a law degree in International and Comparative Law. He has been a member of the auditing and legal professions for over 20 years. He has been retained as an expert in court cases involving accountants and auditors. He’s been with LSU since 1995. As the Lee D. and Cynthia C. Bloch Distinguished Professorship in Business Law JD/MSF Advisor, he teaches in the following departments:
- Department of Finance - Senior Instructor - Business Law
- Flores MBA Program - Senior Instructor - Business Law
Fargason has served on faculty at three research universities. He is the founder of BoardOfDirectors.Com and has done training or consulting services for several reputable organizations such as Deloitte, Microsoft, Brunswick, General Motors, Chase, Freddie Mac, Time Warner, the World Bank, IBM, and the Federal Reserve. Additionally, he has published books for the IIA Research Foundation, including his books on Auditing Legal Counsel and Auditing Intellectual Property.
Fargason is the winner of the prestigious IIA Sawyer Award for his publication on continuous auditing. This award was presented at the IIA International Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Specialties: family business consulting, family business advising, consulting to families of wealth, family office advising, family office advising, conflict management, family business coaching
Technical Session – Mindfulness at Work by Denette Mann, LPCS
In this session, we will discuss the following:
- Mindfulness—paying attention in an open, non-judgmental way to what we are doing and what is around us in the present moment.
- Mindfulness and physiology—the stress reaction cycle, and how stress affects our brain and our health and how mindfulness helps.
- Mindfulness as it relates to emotional intelligence, effective communication, and work stress.
- Learning and refining one of four mindfulness practices including relaxation exercises, seated meditation and gentle yoga.
- Practical suggestions on incorporating mindfulness throughout the workplace
Prerequisites: None
This program will consist of a presentation, requiring no advance preparation.
About the Speaker:
Denette Mann has a life long mission to growth and well being for herself and to help others interested in that journey. Her path towards a career in counseling started after earning her MBA at University of Texas at Austin, working for Texas Instruments followed by a chapter with a small start-up.
When Denette moved with her husband and infant daughter for a temporary assignment in Baguio, Philippines, she witnessed first-hand the impact on a population struck by poverty, a recent earthquake and volcanic eruption. For the next three years, she immersed herself into therapeutic work at a local center, which housed children and protected them from abusive parents. There she worked alongside Dr. Garry Landreth, the world-renowned play therapist and director of the University of North Texas play therapy program.
After returning home to Dallas, she redirected her course in life by earning a Masters in Education with a focus on Counseling at the University of North Texas. Her ever-present desire for growth led her to train not only in ways that honed her therapy skills but also moved her forward as a compassionate, caring person in the world.
Ten years ago she began a personal meditation practice. She sought out further education on the topic of meditation by attending an intense one-week training in MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction) in New York, led by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn and Dr. Saki Santorelli. She returned to New York and attended a week long seminar on ‘Focusing,’ a gentle form of therapy that depends on the person’s ability to go inside for the answers to life’s problems. Additionally she has invested in training on Mindfulness Based Self-Compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff and Dr. Christopher Germer.
As a result of these experiences and choices, Denette has developed a way of utilizing mindfulness and meditation in her therapeutic work with clients of all ages. For the past three years, she has taught Mindful Self-Compassion through the SMU CAPE program. She enjoys presenting Mindfulness Self Compassion at conferences throughout Texas. Please visit our events page and join us at our next workshop for parents or Lunch & Learn for professionals who work with children.