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Archive for September, 2009

The CFO Alliance http://thecfoalliance.org held its inaugural Charlotte meeting yesterday at Carmel Country Club. The meeting was attended by CFOs from leading companies and organizations across the greater Charlotte area including National Gypsum, EnPro Industries, Comporium Communications, United Way of Central Carolinas and more.  The event featured an interactive breakfast roundtable that was effectively facilitated [...]

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In follow-up to a DARTON post from last week, it is “high season” for networking in greater Charlotte.  The Queen City’s professional associations and networking groups are in “back to business” mode, and now is the right time to “tune-up” your networking game.  Team DARTON offers the following top 3 tips for “tuning-up” your networking game. [...]

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The Wall Street Journal published a story today on a topic that is near and dear to those of us on team DARTON. The topic? The trend on how small businesses are utilizing “outsourced” CFOs to gain strategic and tactical financial expertise on a cost-effective basis. The stormy economy demands that all businesses, especially small [...]

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The September 2009 issue of CFO magazine features a cover story on the hard lessons that CFOs have learned one year after the meltdown on Wall Street. Team DARTON has reviewed the list of key lessons outlined in the article as follows: Think differently about cash and credit (CFOs are being more skeptical about the [...]

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The September 2009 issue of Global Finance magazine has arrived in the DARTON mailbox.  The issue features the annual “Treasury & Cash Management Guide” – perfect timing as a number of treasurers from the Charlotte area’s largest companies prepare to gather the week after next for a “treasurer’s roundtable” meeting. Check out Global Finance magazine’s TCM [...]

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It is that time of year. As we refer to it at team DARTON, it is “high season” for networking in the greater Charlotte area.  The professional association groups that go on hiatus during the summer months are back in action with some terrific agendas planned for the months ahead. The Charlotte area offers rich, and [...]

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In remembrance of those who lost their lives at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and aboard Flight 77 on September 11, 2001. For information on events being held in the Charlotte area in remembrance of 9-11, visit the Charlotte Observer at http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/939890.html.

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It is that time of year again. Public schools across the greater Charlotte area are back in session and the excitement of the new school year collides with some stark realities. Budgets have been cut.  School staffs have been reduced.  And the need for supplies to help our students learn has never been greater. Rochelle [...]

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The DARTON team congratulates Carol Scott on her new role as Vice President, Business Industry and Government with AICPA http://www.aicpa.org/. Carol, formerly Carol divisional Vice President of Finance and Human Resources at Masco Corporation in the Charlotte area, joined AICPA effective August 31, 2009.  In her new role, Carol will lead the AICPA’s initiatives to serve [...]

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The folks at Monster Worldwide shared news yesterday that team DARTON found fascinating and encouraging. Monster’s “Employment  Index” (a monthly gauge of U.S. online job demand based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of corporate career Web sites and job boards) rose 7 points (or [...]

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