PayPal 's Arnold Goldberg takes me behind the scenes on their new app for business. https://lnkd.in/dkuHvYH

Hyperwallet Systems Inc. s Brent Warrington on the gig economy and why payment matters in the latest PYMNTS gig economy study. https://lnkd.in/eUMFpd4

When window shopping really involves shopping. New technology turns storefronts into unattended retail touchpoints. PYMNTS Unattended Retail Tracker via USA Technologies . https://lnkd.in/esdguY9

Urban legend has it there are many hidden dangers hidden in the portfolios of acquirers. -- Join us tomorrow at 1PM EST as I chat with Allison Guidette CEO of G2 Web Services about how we can distinguish three well-known payments urban legends. https://lnkd.in/eWpbGNV …see more

Interesting chat during out Matchmakers Is In podcast. The role of payments in scaling Matchmakers. Creditcall 's Lars Dige Pedersen, Ph.D. explains. https://lnkd.in/edsj6Qg

Go API or go home. Developers get new tools to drive next gen commerce. Mastercard announces developer portal: https://lnkd.in/eHeUHY3

Let's Get Radical ... LIVE! | Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 | 12 pm EST Do you want to improve collections at your firm? The real question is, who doesn't?! Join me and Jean-Marc Freuler ( FundingGates Collections Management Platform ) tomorrow at noon, right here on LinkedIn. He'll share tips and suggestions to increase collections and put more $$ back into your firm. Thanks to Botkeeper for sponsoring! …see more

Ok, so it's the start of tax season. I know you know your people are busy. But are they efficient? Is what they're doing actually effective? Botkeeper 's new whitepaper is a great resource for any firm still billing by the hour (uh, hands up, that's a lot of you!) that wants to reduce wasted time and lost revenue and start ramping up advisory. Use my link to download your copy: http://ow.ly/tjlV50Djht0 …see more

Moving the federal tax deadline from April 15 to July 15 created a cash flow problem for firms. The influx of revenue from returns moved to mid-year, forcing firms to reassess their cash-on-hand. They also considered how to change the way they do business so cash flows into the firm year-round. There is a way to do this — if you’re willing to become a radical firm. http://ow.ly/PpCl50CB4oV #radicalcpa #cch #axcess #cpas #accountants #techtools …see more

What do I hope MY legacy is? "Technology is one piece of the puzzle, but the best part will be the culture that allows for a more balanced life and equality based on results not on hours." What's yours? Accounting Today #Top100 #Legacy

What if there was a way to access your clients’ information throughout the year and automate the preliminary steps to preparing clients’ financials so the only thing you need to do is import them into your tax preparation software? Read my new whitepaper here, published in partnership with Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US . http://ow.ly/TxRn50CBEeU …see more

Great piece by Michael Bernick #californiahistory California in the early 80’s was facing the prospect of a constrained job future. Michael looks at communities that have rebounded to create new economies. #Forbes

Co Authored this piece with Shea Gopaul from GAN 4 Youth looking at how the most successful education and training systems are those which align classroom lessons with the needs of industry and local employers. gary workman Andrew Sezonov Rob Birch #Apprenticeships …see more

Watch for a longer piece on Intergeneration trauma, an effect of the Pandemic that has not been addressed in any depth to my knowledge to date. What got me started is this article: https://lnkd.in/e6YcE3t . That then pushed me back to a book which I had read and found deeply informative on microglia and their role in trauma: The Angel and the Assassin. With all the trauma abounding, we should start worrying about intergenerational transmission of trauma -- and we have reason from the past to be worrying now. …see more

See this article on how unprepared we are to close schools that have reopened. We need to be better prepared, given the rise in COVID cases. Here are some strategies to help students, educators and families.

Consider these suggestions for helping kids with online learning. Might help. Surely they need help. Comments welcome as always.

Some very good ideas — especially open space use and student engagement. Where is the effort to deal with psychosocial needs of students (and faculty and staff)? Can’t open without recognizing this need in my view. For more, see https://lnkd.in/eCgEc8J . We don’t like the word “trauma” as it suggests victimization and weakness when in reality, it is neither. It is a word that if we can name it, we can then tame its symptomology. …see more

Seems so odd to “celebrate” our nation when it is plagued with the pandemic, racial tensions, unemployment and cross-sector uncertainty. It would be like celebrating a person’s birthday who is struggling with depression. Here’s another oddity: I wrote a book on the impact of trauma on children and their education. That was written pre-pandemic although it was edited to include the pandemic during the page proof stage. It does deal with racial and sexual discrimination and micro aggressions. The book’s efforts to create trauma responsive institutions has added and new meaning, augmenting its import. Sadly, Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door is a book for our time. And it can help, which gives me solace. Amazon book stock is running low but there’s an ebook discounted. Teachers College Press has the paperback and ebook (also discounted). Perhaps the book will give you hope; it does that for me. For the 4th, hope is a good theme. Better perhaps than fireworks. Who needs bangs and booms now when we see experiencing bangs and booms daily, most with no sound? …see more

I am worried that we are not handling the messaging related to the coronavirus well for children in schools/educational institutions. We may be exacerbating not alleviating trauma. Watch for new post with suggestions for educators. We don't want fear and anxiety. We don't want discrimination against students of certain origins. We don't want separation worries and we need object constancy. Will offer ideas based on my forthcoming book that can be pre-ordered, Trauma Doesn't Stop at the School Door (June 2020) Reach out to Teachers College Press at https://www/tcpress.com/karen-gross . There are group discounts too. And steep discounts if I present in person or via SKYPE, Zoom or Facetime or similar access means. Contact Michael McGann at the press for these discounts. Watch for post with concrete suggestions. …see more

I have always believed rules are made to be broken -- not all rules, not all the time. But, there is a time for rule breaking. We can come up with examples, including civil disobedience. Here is another example: breaking a rule for decency and for caring. The fact that this student was kicked out of school is enough to make my blood boil. Read this. Ask: what were the adults in charge thinking. Oops. They weren't thinking and that's the problem. …see more