Accountants Big Day Out National Roadshow 2019

Technology Never Showcased before in Australia

“My Vision is to create a leaderless firm, making myself redundant to enjoy doing whatever I want” – Andrew Van De Beek

How to Develop & Manage Talent in 80% Less Time Per Week

This app blows everything else out of the water. Team engagement is up 8% and we’re saving a whopping 80% of managerial time! – Amanda Kenafake

The most efficient firms in Australia on stage

Hear and learn from the most efficient and effective Accounting firms in Australia. The systems, processes, technology & culture that creates a >50% EBITDA

The Secret to Advisory Success You Must Learn

Your strategy, structure & evolution into Advisory services is much more manageable than you think or have seen before

The Fastest Growing Firms in Australia will blow your mind

From $0 to $850K in 4 years. From $0 to $1.3M in 2 years, and from $3M to $31M in 6.5 years! Golden secrets to success from the horses mouth

Succession - Will you work less YET earn more? - Learn How

Australia’s #1 Advisor on Growth & Succession & NAB, a winning formula. Learn the lessons from >120 Buy, Sell, & Merger Accounting firm transactions over 17 years

Accountants Big Day Out Roadshow 2019

#ABDO2019

“Technology, Talent, Efficiency, Advisory, Growth & Succession”

The ABDO Roadshow 2019 is unlike any other. Limited seating, intimate and interactive, this event provides you with 100% CPD compliant education to enlighten you and your firm.

The most talked about event of 2018 returns, even bigger and better!
8 hours of CPD
The top 1% of today’s leading Public Accountants on stage
Learn their most important “how-to strategies, lessons, tech, and success hacks”
Australia’s leading value pricing expert – also an Accountant
The most powerful woman in Accounting today – Keynote of the year!
The most entrepreneurial CPA in the world shares how he did it – Keynote
The Australian C.A. consulting to Sir Richard Branson in person on Necker Island
The business advisory model of now and into the future
How to build a world-class team in a small firm in the bush or the burbs
How to automate up to 80% of your role as a leader/manager of people
The best practice Business Advisory framework you can’t ignore
What tech and apps the young guns are relying on for growth and success
How regional firms are gaining free press when rolling out advisory services
The 7 key steps to move your firm to the cloud that reduces risk and staff frustrations
When to go cloud and when to keep a traditional server
The world’s most followed Accountant online – and they’re an Aussie!

Plus-

Networking morning andevening events (afterparty included)
Handpicked “best of inclass” industry vendors you must talk to
Growth and Succession strategies
Digital Marketing &Social Media for Accountants

Technology

The “Tech Stack” that explodes your profitability and advisory potential
What accounting firms are recommending – white paper provided to attendees
Why Microsoft Office 365 should be core to your firm
An unbiased update on the Accounting Software Market
How to use technology to increase staff performance in less managerial time
IT infrastructure to run a modern practice
Importing and Exporting from MYOB AE / AO & Handisoft into Xero back and forth with ease

Talent, Leadership and Team Management

Learn about an exciting new all in one tech platform for team management!

In a world where employee performance management is a manual, time-consuming process, and difficult to measure, we have the technology platform to proactively manage conversations, feedback, reviews, goals & KPI’s, all with trends & reports to the direct manager… always looking forward with LIVE data, linking the companies values, competencies & vision to individual and team performance.

Reduce your leadership & management contact time by 80%
Increase manager level productivity by up to $50K per manager per year
Improve employee engagement by as much as 100%
Integrate your firms’ goals and align them with your team members’
Increase motivation, focus, productivity and accountability
Australia’s most profitable and systemised $1.6M firm only 5.2 FTE headcount and NO outsourcing
Take a Manager’s responsibility time from 6 hours to 20 minutes a week
Assess, measure, manage and grow your Learning & Development by 100%!

Business Advisory

Learn about the three categories of Business Advisory and which ones are easiest to deliver and achieve the highest engagement and are scalable, and which ones are like brain surgery and difficult to scale, and can cause leakage of profit and growth in your own core business.

Business Advisory software and services options
Business Intelligence vs’ Advisory – the difference & how to capitalize here and now
Winning $50K clients – how to do it regularly
Virtual CFO that works, pricing, packaging, and implementation case studies
Bookkeeping – how one firm added $100K in revenue in less than 6 months

Business Intelligence

What Accountants want to know and capitalize on;

What is Business Intelligence (BI)
Microsoft Power BI background and why it’s a perfect fit for the accountant
Microsoft Power BI versus Spotlight/Fathom/Futrli
A live demonstration of what you can do with core accounting data (Xero/MYOB/Quickbooks)
Operational data with BI (Vend/SimPro/Vinsight)
Combining web data with accounting data in Power BI (suburban population/size/demographics, foreign exchange, BOM weather, etc)
What is the investment, time, training, and implementation
What do SME’s say about the value adds

Succession - Build, Merge, Sell or Dilute

Know what all your options truly are
Weighing up the probability of success
How to increase your odds of success
When to sell, when to merge, and when to dilute
Can you have your cake and eat it too?
Case studies of 1-2 partner firms becoming Rock Star Accountants
Case studies of 1-2 partner firms merging for growth and succession
Case studies of 1-2 partner firms that are missing their capital value realisation

Essential Practice Panel Discussion and Case Studies

Cloud Practice Management Software options and migration case studies
The Xero Partner Journey – Meet the firm that astonished Xero themselves, from Silver to Gold status in 3 business days!
Financial Planning integration – how we created a $1M balance sheet and $10K net bonus cheque per month in only 2 years from $0 base
Marketing strategies – regional firms getting free radio, press, and PR
DIY or Done for You – live case studies that work
Outsourcing strategies that perform well and poorly (what not to do)