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How Generative AI Can Make Accountants More Productive
Generative AI won’t replace accountants, but accountants who use AI will outperform those who don’t.
October 19, 2011
A Year of Change, A Future of Promise
First, I’d like to say thank you to those of you who have followed my columns and presentations for years. I look continuously for companies and products that will help your practices serve clients better while producing better revenue for the firm and the partners.
October 18, 2011
Gifts, Gadgets and Tech for the Holidays
From Geeky to Chic, A Gadget for Everyone on Your List!
October 17, 2011
Giving Back to the Community
The Watkins team brings anti-bullying program, Operation Nice, to local schools. This month’s Great Practice profile is unlike any other. Our spotlighted firm was selected based not on innovation in technology, branding or website (though they certainly exhibit all this in spades), but rather for the firm’s commendable effort to give back to the community.
October 10, 2011
A New Perspective on Client Service:
How optimism and remote technologies paved the way to one firm's success. The accounting profession has often been stereotyped as curmudgeonly, grumpy, stodgy, and fiscally dour, and, well … there were probably good reasons for those descriptions at one time.
October 10, 2011
Awesome Add-ons for 2012
The Sleeter Group awards the Awesome Add-Ons each year to products that aid small businesses and their accounting firms by providing enhanced capabilities that integrate with small business accounting systems.
October 7, 2011
New Skills Required for Taking Your Firm Digital
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly things change in my office. And as you know, it requires a steady vigilance to stay in front of change. I spend a great deal of time evaluating the efficiency of my staff and the consistency of strategies implemented across my firm. Both of these areas must...…
October 6, 2011
The ABCs of Capturing Best Practices
We’ve all seen the statistics that point to the incredible brain drain that will occur in the accounting profession over the next decade, and most firms have experienced the loss of a key person that left the firm, taking with them key knowledge or experience that the firm wishes they would have captured. Without a...…
October 6, 2011
Accountant Programs That Can Help You Plan
Now that extensions are behind us, and we are helping clients with tax planning, some of you are beginning to look ahead to the coming year and your own personal and business plans. Although a single article won’t necessarily help you build an entire business plan, a few ideas that are incorporated and well executed…
October 3, 2011
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October 3, 2011
The Mobile Gold Rush of the 2010s
Column: Putting the i in Practice You may not have noticed, but there’s [another] gold rush going on. This time it’s about “apps” and the goal, like all land grabs, is to get there first and stake your claim. As usual, I’ll first spend some time looking at history to help refine our future vision....…
September 30, 2011
The Art of the Quick Change: From Filing Cabinets to the Cloud
Like many others, before launching her own practice — Lime & Company — Andrea Abel worked for other firms. During this time, she enhanced her practitioner skills while also gaining valuable insight into what it takes to run a successful business.