Summary: Rocky Maddaloni + Tom Hood Welcome to Episode Fourteen of The Virtual Worlds BusinessCast, brought to you by Voices in Business. Today's show features an interview with Certified Public Accountant, Tom Hood. As well as being thenbsp;CEO and Executive Director of the Maryland Association of CPAs and Founder and CEO of the Business Learning Institute, Tom is also Founder of the Second Life Association of CPAs (SLACPA) and the man behind CPA Island, a fast-growing resource for all things CPA-related within Second Life. Show notes for this episode: 00:12 - Mike O'Hara introduction 00:46 - Start of interview 01:07 - Background on SLACPA 02:22 - The new generation of CPAs 05:50 - The birth of CPA Island 06:27 - What actually happens on CPA Island? 07:05 - Student recruitment 07:48 - CPA education 08:25 - Meetings and connections 09:59 - Certified continuing education credits 11:20 - Virtual Business #38; Accounting Expo 12:25 - Answering the sceptics: where is the money? 13:58 - Virtual World economics and taxation 16:01 - Where to start? 17:52 - Where to find out more 19:01 - Final thoughts 20:12 - End of interview and wrap-up We welcome all feedback, so please leave a comment here on the website, call us to leave an audio comment on +44 (0) 20 7193 1295, or send an e-mail to comments@voicesinbusiness.com Links: CPA Island Second Life Association of CPAs CPA Web 2.0 Self-guided Learning Site Six Reasons to consider Second Life for Learning Is Second Life for Real Professor Robert Bloomfieldrsquo;s show on ldquo;Metanomicsrdquo; Professor Hornik's really Engaging Accounting CPA Island (SLURL) Listen Now: To listen to the podcast right now, click on the player icon below.
