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Memberships in NABA provide many career enhancing benefits including:
Local Benefits of the Cleveland Chapter:
  • Ability to list your private practice on the chapter's website for referrals in the "Search of Local Accountants" 
  • Networking opportunities at social, charitable and career/business development events
  • Access to the chapter’s posting of local jobs
  • Access to benefits offered by CAAO (Consortium of African-American Organizations)
  • Technical and Professional Development Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Workshops and Seminars  
Benefits provided by the National Office:
  • Access to NABA’s Online Career Center
NABA represents the interests of over 100,000 African-American professionals in the fields of accounting and auditing, finance, consulting, and management information systems, as well as a host of other career tracks relating to finance functions. NABA's Career Center confidentially links jobs with job seekers, providing a powerful tool for all levels of staffing and professional development.
  • Discounted registration fees for the Annual National Convention
The National Convention is a great way to stay in touch with your colleagues across the country and meet interesting new people who can make a significant impact in your professional and personal lives. Use it to enhance your technical competencies, earn more than 19 hours of CPE credit, develop leadership skills, debate critical issues affecting your profession, and gain access to recruiters from more than 100 corporations at the Diversity RecruitingEXPO.
  • Access to Continuing Professional Education credits (The CPE Series)

The CPE Series offers formal education seminars in seven fields of study: accounting and auditing, consulting services, ethics, management, personal development, specialized knowledge and application, and taxation.

Sessions are held during the Annual National Convention and at various meeting of chapters throughout the country. The national organization is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses.
  • Subscription to NewsPlus newsletter

This quarterly professional newsletter is published with the intent of providing a communication mechanism whereby readers are kept abreast of key topics of interest within the accounting, finance, and business professions.

Career opportunities, technology updates, conferences and events, and updates relative to industry standards are among the items covered. Additionally, readers are made aware of key deadlines, events, activities, and other pertinent information specific to NABA.

  • Subscription to Spectrum magazine

This annual publication is the official journal of the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. The journal is published with the intent of providing a communication mechanism whereby readers are kept abreast of key topics of interest within the accounting, finance, and business professions.  Technology updates, conferences and events, and updates relative to industry standards are among the items covered.

  • Subscription to Black Enterprise magazine
A 12 monthly complementary subscription of Black Enterprise is provided to each member.  Black Enterprise, your ultimate guide to financial empowerment, is the premier business, investing, and wealth-building resource for African Americans. Since 1970, BE has provided essential business information and advice to professionals, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and decision makers. Each month, Black Enterprise magazine provides 3.9 million readers with information on entrepreneurship, careers, and financial management. A multimedia company, BE also produces radio and television programming, business and lifestyle events, Web content, and digital media. Black Enterprise is the definitive source of information for and about African American business markets and leaders, and the authority on black business news and trends.