Tag Archives: Ken Bishop
President’s Memo: All in the Family
State Board Report May 2013 Country music artist George Jones died in Nashville on April 26 at the age of 81. Now for most of the country, his passing probably did not get the full front page coverage that we saw here in Middle Tennessee. In the “Music City” George was royalty. He and his…
President’s Memo: “Spring Break…” Really?
State Board Report April 2013 About dusk one night in late March, I was wrapping up a few things at the end of what had been a pretty busy week at NASBA. As is typical, the radio in my office was tuned to “95.5 – The Wolf,” an FM station that has a country music…
President’s Memo: It Stirs Me Up a Bit
State Board Report March 2013 My grandfather, H.S. (Sid) Wilson, was among the last of his kind. His vocation was blacksmithing. He was born in rural Missouri in 1896, received an 8th grade education and apprenticed to a career that served him well, as the village blacksmith. There was always plenty of work: wheels righted,…
President’s Memo: Slanted Remarks
State Board Report February 2013 In late January, I received a telephone call from a State Board member recounting a meeting he had recently attended during which a representative of a large accounting association had made “slanted remarks” about NASBA and another regulatory body. As I listened to the Board member’s concern, I too was…
President’s Memo: It’s Going to be a Great Year
State Board Report January 2013 On the day after Christmas, I noticed that only a core group of employees were working in our Nashville offices, so I decided to walk our three floors to personally thank each of them for being here for our customers and stakeholders. Near the end of my walk, I stopped…
President’s Memo: Reflection
State Board Report December 2012 Confucius observed: “There are three methods of gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is imitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.” As we come to the end of the year, it is a natural time for me to…
Bishop Reports to Annual Meeting
State Board Report November 2012 NASBA is engaged in unprecedented spending on State Boards to make sure their needs are being met, NASBA President and CEO Ken L. Bishop announced to 289 attendees from 48 State Boards at NASBA ‘s 105th Annual Business Meeting, held in Orlando, FL, on October 29, 2012. If a Board…
Bishop Profiled in “Nashville Business Journal”
November 5, 2012 NASBA President and CEO Ken Bishop is featured in the latest edition of the “Nashville Business Journal,” where he is asked about the challenge of taking on his newest role, the key attributes for today’s business leaders and why he doesn’t whistle while he works. Here is the full interview: Q. What…
VIDEO: “Accounting Today” Interviews Bishop
October 18, 2012 In an interview with Dan Hood, Editor-in-Chief of “Accounting Today,” NASBA President and CEO Ken Bishop discussed the importance of CPA Mobility, as well as the international administration of the Uniform CPA Examination. Bishop praised the success of the CPA Mobility program, mentioning the recent adoption of mobility legislation in California. “Because…
President’s Memo: Photos on the Wall
State Board Report September 2012 Have you ever been watching a television broadcast when the commentator warns that an upcoming video may contain graphic content so that you may want to divert your eyes? Well, this article may contain content that is politically edgy to some (just in case you want to go on to…