<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Announcements</title><link>http://linkupima.com/resources/6fcf71fb48</link><description>interesting tidbits for community members</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2006, HiveLive Inc.</copyright><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:47:19 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:47:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>LinkUp IMA visual identity updated... (2 Comments)</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/2ad1d24dce</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;IMA&amp;nbsp;has updated the visual identity of the LinkUp IMA community... &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;This, however, isn’t the only change that has recently occurred in LinkUp IMA.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;&quot;&gt;Community members will notice a more customized experience.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; The Community Home page now features content exclusively for you.&amp;nbsp; This includes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; “My” Groups, Unread / Updated Posts in “My” Groups, and “My” events.&amp;nbsp; This content is dynamically pulled from the groups to which you belong, so&amp;nbsp;be sure to join groups of interest. The Community Members page features Unread/Updated Posts by “My” Network.&amp;nbsp; Even if you have just a few free minutes, log on to LinkUp IMA periodically and quickly catch up on what is new in your area of interest.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can also subscribe to receive e-mail alerts when a new post is created in a particular resource.&amp;nbsp; To do this, first join the group your are interested in, then click the icon to the far right of the resource name under “Group Content.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Members can interact in more then 120 groups, including Subject Matter Groups, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imanet.org/certification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CMA Certification&lt;/a&gt; Study Groups, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.imanet.org/communities_ychapter.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chapter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.imanet.org/communities_chapters.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; Groups, and Regional Groups.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some popular LinkUp IMA groups include:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/groups/ec4bc1bf5a/summary&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IMA Answer Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Financial Management Group&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;CMA Study Groups&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;CMA Certification Exchange&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Chapter &amp;amp; Council Groups&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;IFRS &amp;amp; Business Reporting Group&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Young Professionals&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Lean Accounting Group&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Student Member Group&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Ethics Exchange&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Career Advancement&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Software Support Group&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;IMA&apos;s Annual Conference Group&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Green Accounting &amp;amp; Resource Consumption&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imanet.org/linkupima&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Check out&lt;/a&gt; all of the groups and benefits LinkUp IMA offers.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/2ad1d24dce</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:38:28 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Due to the extraordinarily high interest in the CMA exam program, IMA is experiencing delays (up to... (1 Comment)</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/a64140db35</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Due to the extraordinarily high interest in the CMA exam program, IMA is experiencing delays (up to...</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/a64140db35</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:46:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Now accepting registrations for Parts 1 and 2 of the new two-part CMA Exam (1 Comment)</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/2b71169019</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ICMA is now accepting registrations for Parts 1 and 2 of the new two-part CMA® exam program and the Transition Exam. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imanet.org/newsletter/article.asp?NID=122&amp;amp;AID=1776&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/2b71169019</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:09:20 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadline to enroll in the current four-part CMA program is February 28, 2010 (5 Comments)</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/7773210cd5</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin:0in 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, &apos;sans-serif&apos;;&quot;&gt;The application deadline to enroll in the current four-part CMA program is February 28, 2010.&amp;nbsp; The current four-part CMA examinations will be available until December 31, 2010.&amp;nbsp; Candidates have the option of completing the current program by December 31&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; or transitioning into the new 2-part CMA program.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, &apos;sans-serif&apos;;&quot;&gt;Beginning March 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; candidates will be able to transition to the new program and begin registering for exams in the new 2-part program.To learn more about the new CMA program go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://cma2010.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CMA2010.org&lt;/a&gt;. For help selecting the option best for you, please call IMA Member Services at (800) 638-4427 or + 1 (201) 573-9000 for international callers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/7773210cd5</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:54:32 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>January Resolutions: Five Tips for Improving Job Performance (3 Comments)</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/2ffdbec36a</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Announcement&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;John M. Brausch, CMA, CPA, Chair of the Institute of Management shares five suggestions for Improving Job Performance and a prosperous 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Link&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/d9zNFp&quot; target=&quot;_hive&quot;&gt;View Tips&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/2ffdbec36a</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:34:42 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The New CMA Exam: What to Expect, Q&amp;A (2 Comments)</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/2b11f248a7</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff8000;&quot;&gt;The New CMA Exam: &lt;em&gt;What to Expect, Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/em&gt; (as seen in &lt;em&gt;CMA Connection,&lt;/em&gt; January 22, 2010)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imanet.org/newsletter/cma/new_cma_joe_vincent.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Strategy Behind the Change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color:#666699;&quot;&gt;with Joseph Vincent, CMA, ICMA Board of Regents Chair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#ff8000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#314293;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.imanet.org/images/Joe_Vincent%20small.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;203&quot; height=&quot;230&quot;  class =&quot;dynImage maxSize_203x230&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 style=&quot;text-align:center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imanet.org/newsletter/cma/Dennis_Whitney_QA_Final.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;What to Expect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color:#666699;&quot;&gt;with Dennis Whitney, CMA, CFM, ICMA Senior Vice President&lt;br /&gt;
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</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/2b11f248a7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:09:34 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>10 Small Business Tips for 2010</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/1c1099de77</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Announcement&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Savvy and determined entrepreneurs across the country share their experiences every month with the Discover(R) Small Business WatchSM, and their collective wisdom from the past year could save their peers a lot of time and trouble in 2010...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Link&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://accounting.smartpros.com/x68627.xml&quot; target=&quot;_hive&quot;&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/1c1099de77</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:20:03 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>LinkUp IMA launches IMA Answer Exchange (1 Comment)</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/17d57bd80d</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin:0in 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot; xml:lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;LinkUp IMA launches &lt;em&gt;IMA&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Answer Exchange,&lt;/em&gt; a member-driven Q&amp;amp;A group that allows members to submit questions which are answered by other members.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; Similar to a discussion forum, but with additional functionality to facilitate a true Q&amp;amp;A experience, this group will allow members to&amp;nbsp;gain technical support and to&amp;nbsp;help one another.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#800080;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/resources/4b8b1900a8/posts/create?type=1613&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#003366;&quot;&gt;Ask an Accounting or Financial question&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000;&quot;&gt;on the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/groups/ec4bc1bf5a/summary&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#800080;&quot;&gt;IMA Answer Exchange&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000;&quot;&gt;or&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/resources/4b8b1900a8/subscribe?redirect=%2Fresources%2F4b8b1900a8%2Fposts%2Fcreate%3Ftype%3D1613&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#800080;&quot;&gt;subscribe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color:#000000;&quot;&gt;to the Exchange&amp;nbsp;to receive Q&amp;amp;A&amp;nbsp;alerts via e-mail.&amp;nbsp; Subscribers can take an active role&amp;nbsp;by&amp;nbsp;contributing to discussions as they occur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin:0in 0in 0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot; xml:lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Members specifically interested in the CMA exam (to study&amp;nbsp;for the exam or&amp;nbsp;to help others)&amp;nbsp;can enjoy similar functionally in the &lt;span style=&quot;color:#003366;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/resources/e0db1590c7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#800080;&quot;&gt;Q&amp;amp;A Group Forum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color:#333333;&quot;&gt;within the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/groups/d473ccf85d/summary&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color:#800080;&quot;&gt;Global Study Group&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Take an&amp;nbsp;active&amp;nbsp;role by &lt;span style=&quot;color:#666699;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/resources/e0db1590c7/subscribe?redirect=%2Fresources%2Fe0db1590c7%2Fsummary&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;subscribing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to&amp;nbsp;receive&amp;nbsp;group alerts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/17d57bd80d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:12:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>ICMA Recognizes Top Performers on CMA Exam</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/f874ebfc87</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Announcement&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;ICMA Recognizes Top Performers on Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Exam &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/bpwRhy&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Press Release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Link&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/bpwRhy&quot; target=&quot;_hive&quot;&gt;View Press Release&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/f874ebfc87</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:22:23 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Feb. 15 Deadline for IMA Student Scholarship Applications Approaching</title><link>http://linkupima.com/posts/b1f9892e74</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Announcement by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linkupima.com/people/e788f56a14&quot;&gt;Kevin OBrien&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Announcement&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-family:Arial, &apos;sans-serif&apos;;&quot;&gt;The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:6.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:Arial, &apos;sans-serif&apos;;&quot;&gt;®&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-family:Arial, &apos;sans-serif&apos;;&quot;&gt;), the world’s leading organization dedicated to supporting accountants and financial professionals in business, is accepting applications for its national scholarship programs: The Memorial Education Fund (MEF) and the Stuart Cameron and Margaret McLeod Memorial Scholarships, now through February 15, 2010. Interested students can download an application form&amp;nbsp;from IMA’s website at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;color:#0000FF;font-family:Arial, &apos;sans-serif&apos;;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/IMA-Scholarship&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://bit.ly/IMA-Scholarship&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-family:Arial, &apos;sans-serif&apos;;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Link&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/bvdc6s&quot; target=&quot;_hive&quot;&gt;View Full Details&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://linkupima.com/posts/b1f9892e74</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:36:27 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>