Getting The Most From a Conference
Whether you’re an attendee or a presenter, here are some tips to help you get more out of a trade show or conference. Attendee Get it in your calendar! I don’t know how many times I’ve said, “Oh yeah, I …
Whether you’re an attendee or a presenter, here are some tips to help you get more out of a trade show or conference. Attendee Get it in your calendar! I don’t know how many times I’ve said, “Oh yeah, I …
“He is always goofing off.”“She never gets it right.”“He’s always late for meetings.” People get labeled: the office clown, the slacker, the flirt. My spider senses start to tingle whenever I hear the words “always” or “never” applied to someone …
Month end again. The normal processes kick into gear as we ensure there is a good sales cut off, the expense reports have been submitted, the banks reconciled and the overseas operations results are ready for consolidation. On the whole, …
In Aikido, the teacher is referred to as “Sensei” meaning literally, one who has gone before. When he was 10, my son used to be quite good at Judo. Now that he’s 15, we have been encouraging him to go …
The top 10 signs you need a new accounting system are: 10. The service technician keeps threatening to retire9. “Reconciliation” is your middle name8. You ask for “proficiency in DOS” when hiring staff7. When calling Support you hear laughter in …
OK, so you’re implementing something you’ve never done before. You have the installation instructions and user guide open on your laptop. Things aren’t making sense, so you log into the support web site and find that your question has not …
When he was Prime Minister of England during the Second World War, Churchill was famous for demanding that all memos be only one page long. I always understood the need for clear writing and brevity. I just never appreciated how …
Microsoft held an Executive Briefing about Dynamics GP (Great Plains) in Toronto this week. The first speaker talked about the research Microsoft is doing and how they have shadowed actual people at their jobs to see how best to design …
Sometimes my job can be so gratifying. One of the accounting staff came into my temporary office today saying those immortal words, “Where have you been all my life? I have just entered a stack of wire transfers. In our …
Agile Software Development has been around since the mid 90’s and is gaining acceptance. If you implement mid-range packaged accounting software, like Microsoft Dynamics, you really need to look at this methodology. It is characterized by: Customer satisfaction by rapid, …