by Rob Pillans | May 30, 2019 | Articles, Technology
I was speaking with a group of accounting firm owners recently and we were debating the merits or otherwise of helping clients with apps. When I say apps what I’m talking about is software applications that those clients might use to run their business and typically...
by Rob Pillans | Feb 26, 2019 | Accounting Firm Management, Articles, Technology
All the accounting firms I work with or visit have an office of some sort. Increasingly they have workers who are not based in that office. They work either part or full time away from the office. For example a Sydney firm has a senior accountant on the Gold Coast and...
by Rob Pillans | Feb 26, 2019 | Articles, Technology
Recently I have become more aware of a collection of tools that Microsoft makes available as part of the Office 365 Business subscription packages probably many of you are using. Everyone I’m sure would be familiar with Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint. These are...
by Rob Pillans | Sep 27, 2018 | Articles, Events, Technology
In my role as an accounting firm coach and consultant I consider it important to attend selected industry events to keep up to date with what’s going on. That way I can share things of interest with my clients. Let me share some thoughts about three events which have...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 12, 2018 | Articles, Events, Technology
On Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 March the second Accounting Business Expo was held in Sydney at the International Convention Centre. The program listed 153 exhibitors and 8 small theatres with a continuous stream of speakers. I decided to focus mostly on visiting...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 12, 2018 | Articles, Business Advisory, Technology
One of the benefits of attending an event such as the recent Accounting Business Expo is the ability to speak with multiple suppliers of tools for accountants in a short space of time. I spent most of the two days walking from stand to stand looking at what was on...