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2020 Canada Webinars
40 webinars are scheduled to begin September 1. Please go to the website for details or download the Registration Fax Form here.
September Webinars
Website Search Engine Optimization
Peter Bowen,
Conscious Solutions, UK
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1:00 pm
Accounting as a Business
Arun Parameswaran, CPA
Astutant, Naples FloridaTuesday Sept 8, 1:00 pmOutsourcing as a Strategic AdvantageArun Parameswaran, CPAAstutant, Naples FloridaWednesday Sept 9, 1:00 pmHiring Strategies
Marc Belaiche, CA
President, Toronto Jobs.ca
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1:00 pm
Mergers & Acquisitions of Accounting Practices
Joel Sinkin
President, Accounting Transition Advisors
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1:00 pm
One Day They Will Sell - Help Your Clients Plan for a Voluntary Sale
Grant Robinson, CA, CFP
Director, SuccessCare
Tuesday Sept. 29, 1:00pm
2020 Canada Seminars
Vancouver, BC
Implementing Wealth Management
Paul Tyers, CA, CFP, CIM Managing Director, Wealth Stewards
Don Nilson, B. Comm., M.Sc., FCMA,CFP, TEP Principal,
Nilson & Company /
AFT TRIVEST Management
Vancouver, BC
The Vancouver Aquarium
Stanley Park
Sept. 24, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
2020 International Conference
Marbella, Spain
October 16-18, 2009
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Recycling Office Equipment
If you have thought about refreshing your computer equipment, desktops, notebooks, monitors, or moving to multiple monitors and wanting your monitors to be the same model on your desk, one of the issues that always comes up is what do I do with the old equipment? One option is to donate the old equipment to charity organizations or schools who can re-use the working equipment in their organization or classrooms. One such organization is Renewed Computer Technology which redistributes working equipment to organizations in need and recycles older equipment to keep it from landfill sites.  Please visit the RCT website for more information and their locations across the Ontario. Please contact 2020 Canada for similar organizations in other provinces. |
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Welcome to our Newest Member
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Tom Wright, CA
Markham, ON
We hope to see you at our upcoming events and at our National Conference in September. |
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Greetings!
Get Your Last Licks In!While the weather hasn't given us the most memorable summer this year, we hope you've been able to enjoy what the summer has had to offer. Labour Day is just around the corner, so try to fit in some leisure activities into these late summer days.
To give you something to listen to in your car as you cruise the back roads, we are currently producing the next title in the 2020 Audio Series, Part 2 of How to be Successful with Marketing.
In
this issue, Chris Frederiksen discusses the importance of a Marketing
plan and how to develop one with Jean Caragher of Capstone Marketing.
Look for this to arrive at your office by then end of the month.
Our Leadership article this month is on Momentum.
As always, we have a new inspirational movie for you While the weather hasn't been the best, there's a couple of great weeks left to go.
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2020 Canada National Conference
"Good To Great" September 17 & 18 Niagara Falls, ON Sheraton Fallsview Hotel Only a few weeks to our 5th Annual conference and our great line-up of speakers and activities. There is still space available to attend the conference with 17 hrs of CPD.
During lunches, we will be organizing 'Topic Tables' where attendees can discuss topics of mutual interest such as How Portals are being used by other firms, or should firms organized as Professional Corporations be able to implement a holding company as well. If you have any suggestions any topics you'd like to see, please contact me.
Please download the brochure for the agenda and registration information.
We have negotiated further reduced room rates at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel plus free parking over the course of the conference. Please go to the Hotel Registration page or call 1-877-353-2557 and mention the 2020 Group Code - TCI17A.
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Leadership -
Momentum Breakers vs Momentum Makers
Dr. John C. Maxwell - Leadership Wired |
A train travelling 55 mph on a railroad track can crash through a 5-foot
thick steel-reinforced concrete wall without stopping. That same train,
starting from a stationary position, won't be able to go through an inch-thick
block in front of the driving wheel.
It is never the size of your problem that is the problem. It's a lack of
momentum. Without momentum, even a tiny obstacle can prevent you from moving
forward. With momentum, you'll navigate through problems and barely even notice
them.
As a leader, your responsibility is to understand momentum, to get it moving
for your organization, and to sustain it over time. Momentum can be tricky to
comprehend, though, often appearing elusive and intangible. In this article, my
goal is to give you handles so that you can better recognize how to generate
momentum in your workplace. To help you grasp the concept of momentum, I'll
outline ten momentum breakers alongside ten momentum makers.
Momentum Breakers and Makers
Momentum breaker - double-mindedness
Momentum maker - focus
By creating and following a clear and focused vision statement, a leader
develops momentum. A leader drains away momentum by shooting at nothing or
attempting everything.
Movement causes friction. When you paint a target for your team, you'll
likely encounter resistance. As a leader, you can't restrict yourself by living
inside of someone else's comfort zone. Great accomplishments require leaders to
fix their gaze beyond what's easily attainable.
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Just to let you know, we did survive and finish the Parry Sound Triathlon and I beat my goal of a 1hour completion by a couple of minutes. While I have done several of these over the past couple of years, this one by far was the hardest with choppy waters in Georgian Bay and a really hilly ride. One more to do on the Labour Day weekend and then I'm in shape for our busy fall season, keeping the momentum going..
Our webinar series begins on September 1 as we present 35 different topics from speakers across Canada, the US and the UK. Our conference goes on Sept. 17 and 18th in Niagara Falls, my hometown, and then we are off to Vancouver the following week for a Wealth Management seminar.
We have many new initiatives we are working on for the fall, for both our members and for accountants in Public Practice across the country. We will first announce these initiatives at our conference for those of you attending and then will follow up with details in the September Newsletter.
We hope to see you at the conference and failing that, at least talk to all of you in one of the webinars through the fall. Enjoy the rest of the summer.
Sincerely,
Peggy Tyers
2020 Canada
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