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Financial statements as high-tech, informative entertainment

May 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments

I have often wondered whether the traditional method of providing audited financial statements to clients is really serving them as well as we could be. We print them up on nice thick paper with the firm’s letterhead and spiral bound the package with a tasteful, understated title page, followed by our solemn audit report. Is [...]

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Mind maps made productive for public accountants

March 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’m a huge fan of visualizing things. Things like data. Data is fun, sure, but not as fun as a data visualization. Pictures are worth a thousand words, and pretty pictures have gotta be worth at least 1,001. What’s helping me visualize data these days? Mind maps. That’s because there are two really cool web [...]

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Depicting Waste Management fraud to enhance understanding

July 14th, 2006 · No Comments

Dan Meyer’s blog, Tick Marks, has directed me to an interesting section of The Focal Point’s website, highlighting the work it did in helping the prosecution of the fraud case of the former head of Waste Management, James Koenig. The Focal Point is a company that makes “all forms of courtroom presentations more persuasive by [...]

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Category: Accounting
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