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New AICPA Volunteer Web Site Offers Opportunity for CPAs to Register to Get Involved in Financial Literacy
CPAs interested in improving Americans’ financial knowledge now have a new Web site where they can register their interest in volunteering to participate in the profession’s 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy efforts. The AICPA has launched the 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy volunteer database. It allows all CPAs-- AICPA members as well as non-members-- to join the effort to educate the American public, from school children to retirees, on financial topics that apply to their particular stage of life or needs.
The Web site, located at http://volunteers.aicpa.org/financialliteracy, requires the applicant to complete a brief application process. CPAs who sign on will be kept informed about the profession’s 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy efforts at both the national and state levels. They also will be provided with a number of resources to support volunteer outreach, including a general financial literacy speech and a PowerPoint presentation.
To register on the new site, the following steps should be taken.
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- Go to http://volunteers.aicpa.org/financialliteracy.
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- Log in. If members or non-members have previously logged into either the AICPA’s www.aicpa.org or CPA2Biz’s www.cpa2biz.com Web sites, they can use their existing logon. If the applicant does not have a login, then they must register by clicking the “Not Registered Yet?” link. They will be required to complete the information by entering name and address and creating a login.
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- Check the “Apply” box. Following login, the applicants simply click a checkbox indicating their desire to participate in the profession’s 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy effort. On this page, applicants also can enter preferred ways of contributing to this effort, such as taking on speaking engagements, as well as specific circumstances that need to be noted, such as being unavailable during December or unwilling to travel.
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- Identify skills. Before completing the application process, applicants are encouraged to indicate their business experience from a list of 30 general business skills. Again, this is a simple point and click process.
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- Share experience. Applicants are also encouraged to cut and paste a copy of their resume into the Web site or simply type in some highlights of their experience.
Candidates will be contacted if financial literacy opportunities become available that match their geographic location, experience and areas of interest.
The new database serves as a resource to both the AICPA and the state CPA societies. The state CPA societies are informed when a candidate registers their interest in volunteering and are given the ability to view candidates listed in their respective state. (Candidates’ application and contact information is treated with confidentiality. Details are only available to selected members of the AICPA and to state society chief executives.)
For more information on the 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy effort, visit www.aicpa.org/financialliteracy or e-mail financialliteracy@aicpa.org.
