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NEWS

When Live Events Fail

How to do in-person conferences the right way.

By Seth Fineberg

Some of you may know my views on the importance of live events in accounting. But now we’re witnessing a shift in why attendees go or need to go: Human support.

MORE SETH FINEBERG: Getting Real: Accounting Tech Decisions You Need to Make Today | Accounting Tech Doesn’t Have to Be Daunting | Who’s in Control? You? Or Your Clients? |  Time Management Rule #1 for Accountants |  Plan to Go ‘Live’ Post Tax Season |  Why VC Is a Bigger Threat Than AI  |   What Does Taking Control of Your Firm Mean? | Accountants Need Each Other More Than Ever | Marchternity: Just Say ‘No’ | Some Thoughts on In-Person Events | So You Think You Know Accountants? | What Bogs Down Accountants

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Sure, CPE, networking, and quality content are indeed a thing when it comes to considering the time and expense of attending an in-person event. But accountants these days need more. They need each other more than ever.

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LEADERSHIP

Accounting Tech Doesn’t Have to Be Daunting

Getting unstuck on the tech stack and how to use AI today.

By Seth Fineberg
Analysis & Commentary

You’ve probably realized by now that the accounting profession has reached an inflection point. Professionals’ trust in the vendors that create and distribute the essential technology they use is strained at best. And with automation once again at the forefront, the very nature of accountant tasks is up for debate.

LIVE CHAT: Watch or listen to the entire Flash Briefing here.

In short, we needed a non-sponsored, real chat with actual practitioners who, by all accounts, know what it’s like to be a tech-forward accountant. Moreover, they know that’s not what the profession is comprised of and, despite being innovative, have struggled with tech adoption over the years. This is what our recent Flash Briefing, “Getting Real: The Accounting Tech Decisions You Need to Make Today,” was all about.

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NEWS

Remembering John Stokdyk

John Stokdyk
Stokdyk

The profession mourns a loss.

By Seth Fineberg
At Large

How does one honor a life? It’s a heavy thing upon initial approach. But when you start from a point of celebration of what was lived and not mourning what was lost, I think you begin down the right path. But this isn’t about me or anyone other than the man I knew barely eight years of chronological time and who, I believe, should be remembered in the accounting community.

MORE SETH FINEBERG: Who’s in Control? You? Or Your Clients? |  Time Management Rule #1 for Accountants |  Plan to Go ‘Live’ Post Tax Season |  Why VC Is a Bigger Threat Than AI  |   What Does Taking Control of Your Firm Mean? | Accountants Need Each Other More Than Ever | Marchternity: Just Say ‘No’ | Some Thoughts on In-Person Events | So You Think You Know Accountants? | What Bogs Down Accountants

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To know John Stokdyk as an editor, thinker, avid statistician and collector of all manner of data on accountants and related technology only touches the surface. I met him as he still held the Editor title of AccountingWEB UK, which still boasts the largest audience of accountants in the UK. He and then AccountingWEB US Publisher Andy North interviewed me for the vacant Managing Editor role here.

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CLIENT SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

Who’s in Control? You? Or Your Clients?

Why clients need the “tough love” you didn’t know they craved.

By Seth Fineberg
At Large

Truth time, accountants. Regarding your client relationship, would you consider yourself a leader or a follower? In other words, do you lead them, or do they lead you more often than not?

MORE SETH FINEBERG: Time Management Rule #1 for Accountants |  Plan to Go ‘Live’ Post Tax Season |  Why VC Is a Bigger Threat Than AI  |   What Does Taking Control of Your Firm Mean? | Accountants Need Each Other More Than Ever | Marchternity: Just Say ‘No’ | Some Thoughts on In-Person Events | So You Think You Know Accountants? | What Bogs Down Accountants

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We raised This topic some years ago during my time at AccountingWEB. But while much has changed since then, even during the past five years in this great profession, one must wonder who is making the decisions about the direction of your firm and how you work. Is it you or your clients?

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