APDS Session 1: Welcome and Keynote Address

Overview

A journey to success

The Accounting Pipeline Diversity Symposium (APDS) provides strategies and best practices for preserving a strong and diverse talent pool. Running concurrent with our annual Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop (ASLW), the APDS brings a valuable opportunity to inspire the next generation of accounting and finance professionals.

A Forbes Top CPA, Durran Dunn, affectionately known to many as “The Freeze,” is an accomplished and award-winning business executive, athlete, renowned speaker, and both a mission-based organization and community service leader.

In this opening keynote session, Durran – an executive coach and mentor – will share his journey and advice for how he made his career his own and found his successful path.

Highlights

Diverse pipeline

Diverse career pathways

Creating your own career journeys

Career navigation tips

Prerequisites

none

Designed For

DEI leaders and/or HR professionals

Any professional in charge of leading DEI efforts

Educators who want to collaborate with professionals in this space

Accounting and finance students who will learn from the speakers

Objectives

Recognize career tips to implement in your life that will help shape your future.
Select from the multitude of career pathways available to an accountant.
Identify strategies that can be applied to personal and professional journeys.

Notice

This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.