InContact

Networking Events for Finance & Accounting Professionals 
 

"Taking the Work out of Networking" 

 
May, 2009
Seize the moment.
 
 
Greetings!

 
Since first launching the InContact Networking Newsletter for Orange County Finance & Accounting professionals last year, we have received tremendous positive feedback.  For that we say a huge thank you.  Your support has encouraged us to push ourselves further and we have since introduced InContact HR, a networking newsletter for Orange County HR professionals, and a Los Angeles edition of both newsletters will publish next month.  We seized the opportunity to expand our reach, and we encourage you to do the same thing with your networking efforts.  Many groups go "dark" over the summer months, so the next couple of months may be your last chance to seize some valuable networking time until the Fall.
 
We look forward to seeing you at a networking event soon!
 
 From the team at Project Pro Search
 
ORANGE COUNTY: 
Ken Tudhope, Michael Dugan, Lorraine Moos, Sara Palmer
 
LOS ANGELES:
Jae Shin 
www.ProjectProSearch.com
www.theiia.orgInstitute of Internal Auditors (IIA) 
 
Monday, May 4 2009
 
"Auditing Management Performance Systems" 
 
Presented by Stuart Grifel, Audit Services Division, Palm Beach County Clerk & Controller's Office
 
Performance Management is the use of performance information to improve decision making, service performance, and results for the public. 
 
Key Learning Objectives include:  Different forms of performance management systems; factors such as performance management system maturity to determine audit objectives, scope, and methods; best practice modes of performance cycles; performance management reviews.
 
CPE Credit: 8.0 CPE (Continuing Professional Education)
 
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
 
City of Anaheim Gordon Hoyt Conference Center
201 S. Anaheim Blvd.
2nd Floor
Anaheim, CA  92805
 
www.thefeng.orgFENG &  
Project Pro Search
 www.ProjectProSearch.com 
 
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
 
"Project Pro Search & FENG Small Group Networking Session"
 
Project Pro Search and The Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) have partnered together to offer a unique opportunity for you to meet others in the finance community and build your networking skills. 
 
Limited to 20 respondents.  Bring your FENG Name Tag Tent and be prepared to give your 90-second pitch.
 
8:00 am - 9:00 am
 
The Offices of Project Pro Search
19600 Fairchild, Suite 320
Irvine, CA  92612
 
 
Questions?  Contact Lorraine Moos, Director, Project Pro Search at
(949) 336-7555, x413 or Email Lorraine Moos.
www.occapa.comAmerican Payroll Association CPP/FPC Study Group 
 
Thursdays, May 7, 14, 21, 2009
  
May 7:  Chapter 2 
May 14:  Chapter 3, Part 1
May 21:  Chapter 3, Part 2
 
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
 
Ceridian Offices
17390 Brookhurst St.
Fountain Valley, CA  92708
 
 
www.fwi.orgFinancial Women International (FWI) 
 
 
Thursday, May 7 2009
 
"2009 Annual Networking Event"
  
Are you on target with your business development goals for 2009?  Is your pipeline full?  Are you looking for a new career?  Networking is a proven way to increase your potential and grow your circle of influence!  You won't want to miss this opportunity to develop more power partners.
 
Open to Members & Non Members
 
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Networking
Hors d'oeuvres will be served
 
Bistango - Patio
Complementary Valet Parking
19100 Von Karman
Irvine, CA  92612
 
Register Here   
 
 
Meetings are regularly held on the 1st Wednesday of each month, with occasional exceptions due to scheduling conflicts.  See website for full 2009 program.  The next meeting is Wednesday evening, June 3, 2009.
OC | CFO Network 
 
 
Friday, May 8, 2009 
The OC | CFO Network meets on the 2nd and 4th Friday mornings of each month.
 
"The Change from the Internal Audit Department to Enterprise Risk Management"
 
Presented by Reid Griffin, Director of Risk Assurance Services for ICU Medical, Inc.  Reid will present his experience in growing the Internal Audit department at ICU Medical to Enterprise Risk Management.  The new mission is more broad, significant and valuable to the corporation and came in large part from Reid's leadership and persistence.  Given his experience and expertise, Reid has spoken on the topic of Enterprise Risk Management for the past two years at the national conference of the Institute of Internal Auditors. 
 
Open to CFOs by invitation only.

7:30 am - 8:30 am
 
The Offices of Project Pro Search and HBLA CPAs
19600 Fairchild, Suite 320
Irvine, CA  92612
(949)336-7555
 
Contact:  (949)336-7555 x410 or email Ken Tudhope.
www.financialexecutives.orgFinancial Executives International (FEI)  
 
 
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
 
Scholarship Night featuring Michael E. Solt, Dean of the College of Business Administration, Cal State Long Beach
Members & Sponsors Only
Guest Policy:  Guests must be registered and accompanied by an
Orange County Chapter Member or Sponsor
 
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm  PD Session
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm  Registration & Cocktails
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm  Dinner, Awards and Speaker
 
The Pacific Club
4110 MacArthur Blvd.
Newport Beach, CA  92660 
 
Questions?  Contact Judy Joost at (973)765-1019 or email Judy Joost
www.calcpa.orgCal CPA
OC Financial Planning Interest Group
 
Thursday, May 14, 2009
 
"Economic Update"
 
We live in a time of turmoil.  Fear and money market accounts, as a percentage of equity investments, are at all-time highs.  Join this invaluable discussion on what investments make sense today, and what rates of return should be expected going forward.  Find out if you and your clients should be in the markets now, and learn how to plan for the expected onslaught of inflation.
 
CPE Credit:  2.0 CPE (Continuing Professional Education)
 
7:30 am - 9:30 am (Registration at 7:00 am)
 
Jagerhaus
2525 E Ball Rd
Anaheim, CA 92806
 
 
www.calcpa.orgCal CPA
 
Thursday, May 14, 2009 
 
OC Chapter Mixer for May Installation & Centennial Celebration
 
Come celebrate the installation of our new chapter board and the Society's Centennial birthday at our special May mixer at the trendy Newport Beach restaurant, Code.  A globally-inspired menu caps off this new restaurant/lounge's upscale and energetic ambiane.  A place to see and be seen. 
 
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm (Registration at 5:30 pm)
 
Code Restaurant
4221 Dolphin Striker Wy.
Newport Beach, CA 92660 
(near MacArthur & Jamboree)
 
 
www.calcpa.orgCal CPA Technology Interest Group  
 
Friday, May 15 2009
 
"Social Networking Websites for CPAs"
 
An exploration of the popular social networking sites (like LinkedIn and Facebook), to see what potential benefits there may be for CPAs.
 
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Registration at 11:30 am)
 
Click Consulting, Inc.
18013 Sky Park Circle Ste C
Irvine, CA 92614

Register Here
 
www.occapa.comAmerican Payroll Association 2009 Congress 
 
 
Tuesday, May 19 - Saturday, May 23,  2009
 
2009 Congress
 
This year's Congress features more than 190 workshops covering a wide spectrum of payroll, accounts payable, human resources, benefits, technology, management, and career development topics, along with the largest payroll and accounts payable exhibit hall in the world!  Hear about the latest legislative and regulatory changes from government representatives and industry experts.  Network with colleagues through workshops, at our exhibit hall, at meals and evening entertainment events.
 
Long Beach Convention Center
300 E Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90802
  
www.theiia.orgInstitute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

Tuesday, May 19, 2009
 
CAE/CFO Roundtable
 
CPE Credit:  3.0 CPE (Continuing Professional Education)
 
8:30 am - 11:00 am
 
Jefferson Wells
 
Event Coordinator/Moderator:  Denise Gorman (949)683-0792 or (949)475-3753
 
 
www.theiia.orgInstitute of Internal Auditors (IIA) 
 
Tuesday. May 19, 2009
 
"Auditing in the System Development Environment"
 
Guest Speaker: George Messey
 
CPE Credit:  1.0 CPE (Continuing Professional Education)
 
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
 
Dave & Busters
The Block at Orange
20 City Blvd W # G1
Orange, CA 92868
 
 
www.calcpa.orgCal CPA Golf Day
 
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
 
40th Annual Orange County/Long Beach CPA/Guest Golf Day
 
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Orange County/Long Beach CPA/Guest Golf Day, Forrest Blake "The Business of Golf Expert" will be our keynote speaker at the barbecue dinner after the event.  Forrest Blake's passion is helping executives discover how to drive business development, employee recruitment and personnel retention using golf. Blake will share his winning secrets of how he closed hundreds of millions of dollars of commercial real estate deals on the golf course during the last 14 years. His clients included Warner Brothers, Blue Shield and Texaco.
 
12:30 pm - 7:00 pm (Registration at 10:30 am)
 
Tustin Ranch Golf Club
12442 Tustin Ranch Rd
Tustin, CA 92782
 
Questions?  Contact Nancy Wilson, OC/LB Program Associate at (714) 545-6717
 
www.hbsaoc.orgHarvard Business School
  
 
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
HBSAOC meets on the 3rd Wednesday mornings of each month.
 
Management Networking Breakfast
 
Have Breakfast with Loren Shook, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Silverado Senior Living.  Loren will share insights on how good people succeed in the assisted living industry, and why love, hope and caring are a cornerstone of Silverado's corporate culture.  Learn what all loved ones should know about the tragedy and hope associated with Alzheimer's and related diseases.
 
Open to Members & Non Members
 
7:00 am - 9:00 am
 
The University Club
801 E. Peltason
Irvine, CA  92697
 
 
www.aswaoc.orgAmerican Society
of Women Accountants
(ASWA)
 
 
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
ASWA Orange County meets on the 3rd Wednesday evenings of each month.
 
"Economic Update"
 
Presented by Wallace Walrod, Founding President of the Center for a New Orange County
 
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
 
Double Tree Hotel
201 East MacArthur Blvd
Santa Ana, CA 92707
  
Registration information not yet posted, check the website for details.
 
www.occapa.comAmerican Payroll Association 


Thursday, May 21, 2009
 
"Leadership in Times of Change"
by Ceridian 
 
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
 
Orange County Department of Education
200 Kalmus Dr.
Costa Mesa, CA  92626
 
 
OC | CFO Network 
 
 
Friday, May 22, 2009 
The OC | CFO Network meets on the 2nd and 4th Friday mornings of each month.
 
"The Benefits of Document Imaging and Workflow in Business"
 
Our featured guest speaker is Les Walker, CEO, Docusource.  Les will discuss the state-of-the-art in document imaging and work flow, and he will present the general business case for investing in this type of technology.  Given the challenging economic environment and the desire to cut administrative costs, more and more companies are investing in document imaging and work flow.
 
Open to CFOs by invitation only.

7:30 am - 8:30 am
 
The Offices of Project Pro Search and HBLA CPAs
19600 Fairchild, Suite 320
Irvine, CA  92612
(949)336-7555
 
Contact:  (949)336-7555 x410 or email Ken Tudhope.
www.anderson.ucla.eduUCLA Anderson School Orange County Career Network
  
Friday, May 22, 2009 
UCLA Anderson OC meets for lunch on the 4th Fridays of each month.
 
The UCLA Anderson Orange County Career Network is a series of lunch discussions highlighting interesting people and their stories.  It's a chance to get to know them better and learn about networking at the same time.
 
The meetings focus on networking, career management, and the job search process. The meetings consist of a short presentation on networking, brief introductions, lead exchange and group discussion.  Business or Business Casual dress.

We have recently changed venues to accommodate the growing group of attendees.  Our monthly lunch meetings will be held on the 4th Fridays of every month at The Sports Club LA-Orange County.  Registration includes a lunch/salad buffet, drink, tax, tip & parking.
 
We hope you will attend on Friday, May 22, 2009 when we will hear from Eric Juline, CPA & Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers 1971-2000, and UCLA undergraduate and business school graduate.  Eric will share his story and no doubt his enthusiasm as one of UCLA's most avid supporters. 

11:30 am - 1:00 pm
 
The Sports Club/LA - Orange County
1980 Main Street (Just off MacArthur)
Irvine, CA 92614
 
Group Facilitator & Contact: Ken Tudhope (MBA '91) You can reach Ken by calling (949)336-7555, x410 or email Ken Tudhope
 
   
International Professionals in Finance & AccountingInternational Professionals in Finance & Accounting (IPFA)  
 
 
Friday, May 22, 2009**
**IPFA meets on the 3rd Fridays of each month for lunch, however, this month's meeting has been changed due to scheduling conflicts. 
 
"Difficulties in Operating Execution between Europe and the U.S."
 
Featured Guest Speaker: 
Lasse Ostergaard, Director of Strategic Planning & Market Anaylsis,
Eaton Aerospace 
 
Lasse Ostergaard recently came to the U.S. from Denmark, and he will talk about the differences in Operating execution between Europe and the U.S.  (Mr. Ostergaard was not able to join us in April as previously scheduled.) 
 
Group Moderator:  Lorraine Moos, Director, Project Pro Search
 
11:30 am - 1:00 pm  **Please note the new time**
 
The Offices of Project Pro Search and HBLA CPAs
19600 Fairchild, Suite 320
Irvine, CA  92612
 
Contact: (949)336-7555 x413 or Email Lorraine Moos  
www.theiia.orgInstitute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Fraud Seminar

Tuesday & Wednesday May 26-27, 2009
 
2009 Orange County IIA Fraud Seminar
 
Presentations by Doug S. Brown, CPA & Senior Instructor, MIS Training Institute, Ryan Hauber, MBA, CFE, Principal, Brown Smith Wallace, and Stefano Vranca, CFE, Principal, Rothstein Kass.  Topics include "Testing for Fraud in Key Financial Accounts", and "The Madoff Era: Are Ponzi Schemes the New Wave of Frauds?"
 
Door Prize Drawings include Angels Baseball Tickets, and an IIA CIA Exam Learning System valued at $800.
 
CPE Credit:  16.0 CPE (Continuing Professional Education)
 
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
 
The Sports Club/LA - Orange County
1980 Main St. (Just off MacArthur)
Irvine, CA  92614 
www.calcpa.orgCal CPA
OC Estate Planning Interest Group
 
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
 
"Key Provisions of the Typical Trust"
 
This program is designed to give CPAs who are involved in the estate planning process a better understanding of the key provisions of a typical trust. It will also cover key aspects of trust planning, compliance and administration.  Instructor:  William Finestone, JD.

CPE Credit:  2.0 CPE (Continuing Professional Education)
2.0 Estate Plan/Trust
 
7:30 am - 9:30 am (Registration at 7:00 am)
 
Holiday Inn
3131 Bristol St
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Register Here
 
 
www.ocima.orgInstitute Of Management 
Accountants (IMA)
 
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
OCIMA meets on the 4th Wednesdays of each month.
 
Academic Panel & Team Building
 
 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
"Technical Topics" presented by HBLA CPAs     www.hbla.com
 
Wyndham Garden Hotel
3300 Avenue of the Arts
Costa Mesa, CA  92626
 
 
www.thefeng.orgThe Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG)   
 
Contact: (949)412-0850 or email Andy Berry
 
Click on the Los Angeles (Orange County) chapter
www.cfaoc.orgChartered Financial Analyst Society of Orange County (CFAOC) 
 
 

Tudhope's Networking Notes 

Tudhope's Networking Notes are a series of brief articles on the subject of networking and are published in the monthly newsletter of Financial Executives International (FEI).  To view past articles, please visit our website at www.ProjectProSearch.com 
 
 
 
The Law of the Farm   
  
 
 "You reap what you sow" is a well-worn phrase that we all probably heard growing up many, many times.  Its origin dates back to the Bible and it essentially means that your deeds, good or bad, will repay you in kind.  In a quick Internet search of the phrase, Google had a seemingly infinite number of pages devoted to it.   A random click led me to a Rev. Bill McGinnis' interpretation of its meaning, which seemed fitting for my purposes here.  He writes, "You plant the seeds (sow), and then later you gather the resulting harvest (reap).  The harvest that you reap depends on the kind of seeds you have sown.  If you sow corn, you will not reap olives."  In another example, imagine a farmer who devises a plan to wait until just before harvest season to sow his crop, but will compensate for lack of planning with longer work days, extra water and fertilizer.  The farmer's attempt to "pour it on" at the last minute will have little impact on the resulting harvest.  Sounds laughably simple and obvious, right? 
 
A long way from the farm, it's much harder to see how what Steven Covey calls "The Natural Law" works in networking.  But the similarities are right there for all of us to learn about how we can harvest what we have sown.  If one were to work diligently for years in their job, but never get out and meet new people, the thought of them having a network of colleagues and business acquaintances when they need it seems ludicrous.  But that's exactly what I see every day: well-meaning and hard-working folks who only start thinking about building their networks when a career change is imminent or already upon them.
 
Meeting people and building connections is so important.  You will want help in your career some day and the best way to get it is to have rich relationships in place before you need them.  You reap what you sow.
 
 
 
 
COPYRIGHT 2009 KENNETH A. TUDHOPE
 
For past articles, please visit our website at www.ProjectProSearch.com 
InContact Networking Newsletter is published monthly by Project Pro Search.  To have your group's networking events listed in InContact, please let us know.
 


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ORANGE COUNTY:
 
 19600 Fairchild, Suite 320  |  Irvine, CA  |  92612
 (949) 336-7555 
 
Ken Tudhope, ext. 410
Cell:  (949) 439-9457
 
Michael Dugan, ext. 411
Cell:  (949) 677-8683 
 
Lorraine Moos, ext. 413
Cell:  (714)  746-7073
 
Sara Palmer, ext. 412
Cell:  (949) 232-7100
 
 __________________________________________________________
 
LOS ANGELES:
 
Jae Shin
(818) 585-2276
 
 
 
 
 
 
Please visit us at www.ProjectProSearch.com
 
 
 
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Amer. Payroll Assn. 2009 Congress
IIA CAE/CFO Roundtable
IIA
Cal CPA Golf Day
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ASWA
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UCLA O.C. Career Network
IPFA Lunch
IIA Fraud Seminar
Cal CPA Estate Planning
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APRIL 2009
 
"You Reap What you Sow"
 
 
Learn how the law of the farm has undeniable parallels to your networking activities - and the bounty of your harvest!
 
 
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Tudhope's Networking
 Notes are a series of brief articles on the subject of networking and are published
in the monthly newsletter
for Financial Executives International (FEI).  For past
articles, please visit our
website at
www.ProjectProSearch.com