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Seminars,
Partner Retreats & Speaking Engagements
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A
popular speaker, author and consultant to the public accounting
profession, Steve McIntyre-Smith teaches 'real-life' skills
that you can take back to the office and use straight away.
Most
of the tools he provides course participants cost little
or nothing at all to do, and have been tried and tested
by him during his twelve highly successful years in practice,
or by his clients in the following thirteen years to date
as a consultant to accounting firms.
A
resident columnist for Canada's accounting newspaper, 'The
Bottom Line', Steve has strong opinions on a number of issues
facing the practitioner today, and he delivers them in a
lively, entertaining, practical, down-to-earth manner, often
with a touch of self-depricating humour!
Some
of Steve's courses are available directly through the Institute
of Chartered Accountants, others through MFA Group Inc,
and many are available as tailored, in-house seminars for
public accounting firms. |
Steve's Seminar Dates...
| 2008 |
Course
Title |
Client/Organization |
Venue |
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| 12th
May |
Best
Practices |
CCH
Canadian Ltd |
The
Westin Nova
Scotian Hotel, Halifax |
| 14th
May |
Best
Practices |
CCH
Canadian Ltd |
The
Delta Hotel,
Winnipeg |
| 15th
May |
Best
Practices |
CCH
Canadian Ltd |
Delta
Edmonton South Hotel,
Edmonton |
| 24th
June |
Succession
Planning |
Institute
of Chartered Accountants of Ontario |
Markham |
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More
dates being added. Most of these seminars are available
directly through your Provincial Institute, so keep a look
out for these in your Fall Professional Development Catalogue.
* Private sessions
are not open to the public nor available through the CICA
PD Catalouge |
Comments from those attending
previous courses...
'Fantastic presentation
and real life examples'
'One of the best courses I’ve attended!'
'Steve is an extremely
knowledgeable expert in the public accounting marketing field,
and a very enjoyable presenter.'
'Review of client perspective
versus accountant’s perspective very valuable'
'Appreciated support in
value of service – good ideas on how to get this across
to clients.'
'Some great networking
tips'
'Steve was very knowledgeable and an excellent instructor added
tremendously to the value of the course.'
'Interesting course leader with good slides and practical examples
– very good!'
'Presenter made all the difference'
'Approach was well given at a level that was understandable and
such that the tools presented could be implemented.'
'Real life strategies to improve my practice'
'The suggested reading was great advice'
'Very
enjoyable. Some great ideas and suggestions.'
'Great passion and enthusiasm. A treat!'
'Presenter was well educated in area, very experienced and gave
hands-on experience that we can understand.'
Course Titles...
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Succession
Planning For The Practitioner - An Sider's Guide To Making A
Deal
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Marketing
For The Modern Practitioner
- Best
Practices For Running Your Practice - Confessions Of An Accounting
Firm's Consultant
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Getting
More Referrals
- Creating
A Marketing Mindset For Your Firm
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Selling
Skills For The Growth Focused Firm
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Quantum
Leap - How To Take Your Firm From Good To Great (As Jim Collins
Says)
Breaking News...
In
2004 our President & CEO, Steve McIntyre-Smith was appointed
to the faculty of The Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Ontario,
and is now teaching for the ICAO. In 2005 the word spread, and
he now runs courses for the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of...
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British
Columbia
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Alberta
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Manitoba
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Saskatchewan
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Ontario
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Quebec
- Nova
Scotia
Details
of Steve's courses, dates and locations are available at www.icao.on.ca
(for Ontario) under the heading 'professional development'. For
visitors outside Ontario, please refer to your PD catalogue for
details.
His
last evaluation by those attending his 'Marketing For The Modern
Practitioner' course gave him the following scores:
Instructor
Evaluations:
| Presentation
Style |
96.7% |
| Subject
Knowledge |
96.7% |
| Handling
Questions |
96.5% |
| Use
of Examples |
94.4% |
| Overall
Evaluation |
97.6% |
| OVERALL
TOTAL |
96.4% |
His
last "Succession Planning" Seminar scored an even higher,
98.5% approval rate!
From
Our Archives...
Key
Note Address...
On
30th September 2004, Steve was the keynote speaker for CGA Ontario's
public practice convention, at the Renaissance Airport Hotel,
Toronto, where he addressed an audience of 160 CGAs on the future
of the small firm.
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Public
Practitioners' Conference, 2004.
Extracts from The CGA Newsletter 'Statements' below...
'The
convention opened on Thursday September 30th with the usual
evening reception and dinner. The keynote address was provided
by Steve McIntyre Smith, PhD, MIDM, who is president of
the MFA Group Inc., a consulting firm that deals exclusively
with public accounting firms.
Steve spoke very entertainingly about the challenges faced
by the small- to-medium sized accounting firms, and his
plan to encounter these challenges head-on and meet them.
He
gave the CGAs in attendance sound and practical advice on
what they can do to build a successful practice; the more
profitable areas of work; what they can do to attract the
right sort of client; how to fire the wrong clients so they
can concentrate on bigger and better things; and other similar
areas.' |
A
Visit To Bangladesh...
In
mid September 2004, Steve was away in Bangladesh, where he gave
several 2 day workshops on marketing for the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Bangladesh, The Association of Accounting Technicians
of Bangladesh and The Ad Club.
A full report is in the October 2004 issue of LEDGER, meanwhile,
here are some pictures of those events...
Our
seminar on 18th May 2004, was for the North York Disctrict Association
of Chartered Accountants ...
Purchase
of an Accounting Practice in the Current Environment
Presented by: Steve McIntyre-Smith, Ph.D, MIDM (Qualifies for
1 Hour PD)
Location:
Ramada Plaza Hotel –185 Yorkland Blvd. (Sheppard & Don
Valley Parkway)
Time: Reception 17:30 Dinner 18:00 pm SHARP Presentation
19:00
Price: (Dinner & Seminar) Members $50, Non
Members $55.
Our
new Seminar...
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Includes:
- How
to gain a truly competitve advantage
- Getting
more referrals by providing truly awesome service to
clients
- Using
the internet to differentiate your firm
- Developing
long-term relationships with clients where both parties
benefit
- Practice
management ideas that get results
- Getting
better leverage from your staff
- Redesigning
some of your services for higher profit yield
- Keeping
on track - how to keep score and monitor your results
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A
Keynote Speaker on Marketing, Practice Management and
Succession Planning Issues for public accounting firms.
In
June 2003, Steve McIntyre-Smith presented the Quantum
Leap seminar to a national network of CPAs at their annual
meeting in South Carolina, USA, as their keynote speaker
on marketing, practice management and awesome client service.
Can we come and speak to your group too?
Seminars
Our
Seminars provide an entertaining half-day that passes-on
to you a wealth of ideas to get you started on the marketing
road to success. They don't even clash with your work-week,
as we hold these sessions on Saturday mornings.
Our
full Seminar Program, with dates, locations and costs
will appear here soon. We also provide tailored in-house
training for firms with 10 or more people wishing to attend.
Workshops
Our
workshops are much more intimate. Bring along your most
challenging marketing problem and we'll brainstorm it
with you. We'll look at what you've done so far, what
ideas you've come up with, and we'll throw our own "ten
cents worth" into the hat.
You'll
also have the opportunity to discuss other people's challenges,
and maybe you're facing them too.
It's
a great networking opportunity, creative brainstorming
session and a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Come
back soon for details of our next Seminar and Workshop
series and come and join us.
Call
us today at 905-842-2284 to arrange a free,
no obligation, initial meeting.
©
MFA Group Inc, 2003-2007. Email us at steve@mfagroup.com |
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