Energized Accounting

September 2008 - Posts

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  Software Implementation 101 RSM Richter , a Canadian accounting firm, addressed software implementation in two recent issues of its midsized companies publication, Advantage . They are short, balanced and well worth reading. In Part 1 , they do a good job of setting realistic expectations... Read More... Published: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 07:46 AM Tags: implementation

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  Getting to Phase 2 How much of Excel do you use? If you spent a little more time designing your key spreadsheets so that all of the calculations were consistent and the data flowed in a logical way, could you produce more effective reports? If you learned a little more... Read More... Published: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 10:06 AM Tags: energize, implementation

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  What Makes You Proud of Your Company? This blog is all about energizing accounting staff by providing them with the best use of their accounting system. You will be a more productive, more effective team member if your tools save you time rather than getting in the way. But, on a deeper level... Read More... Published: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 12:53 PM Tags: energize, ethics

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  Practical Tips for Requests For Proposals (RFP's) Elizabeth Engel at Beaconfire Consulting has some practical advice for companies issuing Requests For Proposals (RFP's). In an earlier post , I argued for reducing the boilerplate that typically goes into RFP's and their responses, but Elizabeth... Read More... Published: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 06:20 AM Tags: RFP

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  Energizing the Staff If I were to create an EnergizedAccounting award, the first recipient would have to be Julie Kincaid, a staff member of the Stewardship unit in the United Church of Canada. Charities typically have more worthy projects than funds, so staff have to "do... Read More... Published: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 07:20 AM Tags: energize

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  WOW! Free Microsoft Software My client was a small association. Their "books" consisted of wide green sheets that recorded all of the transactions. At the end of the year, an external accountant would turn the sheets into financial statements, which would be presented to... Read More... Published: Sunday, September 07, 2008, 01:31 PM Tags: Microsoft Office Accounting

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  Top 50 Accounting Blogs When I first read the Top 50 Accounting Blogs , I was surprised and delighted that there are enough accounting blogs to merit a top 50 list. To be included in the list was an honour. My thanks to MBA Explorer for taking the time to do the research. MBA... Read More... Published: Thursday, September 04, 2008, 08:59 AM Tags: blog, awards

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  Geek Anniversary Gifts Stuck on what to give your favourite geek for his/her anniversary? Fear not! The internet has the answer: http://www.socialsignal.com/blog/alexandra-samuel/halfway-to-hex A big thank you to Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media for the... Read More... Published: Wednesday, September 03, 2008, 10:03 AM Tags: humour