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Is it time for a revolution? Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency using XBRL
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Tom Hood Mar 29.

WICI, XBRL & Enhanced Business Reporting featured in Second Life

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MDBIZEXPO features special sessions on XBRL & Transparency at Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland

June 16, 2009 to June 17, 2009

MDBIZEXPO - 2009.pdfSpecial Sessions on XBRL & Transparency as follows: 1) XBRL & the SEC Mandate featuring XBRL pilot particpants Ken Kelly (McCormick & Co.), Bob Laux (Microsoft) and SEC representatives - this session will explore the latest devel…

April 28

Tom Hood replied to Tom Hood's discussion 'Is it time for a revolution? Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency using XBRL'

Chris, You are correct in that it is still very early in the adoption curve for XBRL. Didn't everyone need to know html in the early days of the internet? Given the faster pace of adoption today, I assume that given the SEC mandate and the examples…

March 29

rc whalen replied to Tom Hood's discussion 'Is it time for a revolution? Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency using XBRL'

Tom, come on. Couple of comments: 1) Merely enabling financial data with XBRL does not make it more transparent or useful to investors. XBRL (hopefully) makes the data machine readable, but it does nothing to enhance the data itself or the usabilit…

March 28

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Is it time for a revolution? Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency using XBRL

Who would have thoought we would see XBRL featured in Huffington POst and Wired Magazine in the same month? Is this a breakthrough in exposure that could lead to increased adoption? What can we do to help? I tried to capture the opportunity in my l…

March 26

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March 16

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March 16

Tom Hood replied to Brad Trinkle's discussion 'XBRL Adoption Survey: If your comany is considering adopting XBRL and you have a role in the decision to adopt, please take a 15 minute survey.'

Thansk a bunch - we will be sending out to our public companies....

March 12

Tom Hood replied to Brad Trinkle's discussion 'XBRL Adoption Survey: If your comany is considering adopting XBRL and you have a role in the decision to adopt, please take a 15 minute survey.'

Brad - I am CEO of Maryland Association of CPAs and we have been doing a lot to communicate about XBRL. In fact, we are exploring the use of XBRL in the non-profit world and have actually converetd our financials to XBRL as a test. We would be glad…

March 12

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Maryland Association of CPAs

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CEO

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accountant

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Maryland

Please describe your experience with XBRL:

Education adn communication of XBRL to CPAs

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http://macpa.org

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http://cpasuccess.com

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At 6:30pm on July 16, 2008, Miles P. Jennings, Jr. said…: Tom-
Just read http://www.cpasuccess.com/2008/07/virtual-worksho.html and think I'll send them a note about joining XBRL Network--

Glad to see MD is out in front--

Miles

At 1:14am on July 15, 2008, Miles P. Jennings, Jr. said…: I hope you will continue to add events in your area regarding XBRL.

You may find the design of this platform also helpful for videos, discussions, etc. Also, you might think about starting a Maryland CPA Group on the network---might come in handy