Seminars, Partner Retreats & Speaking Engagements

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
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
15th September  Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd Vancouver
17th September Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd

Saskatoon

19th September  Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd Kitchener
23rd October Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd & Scotiabank Mississauga
28th October Succession Planning Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta Calgary
29th October Succession Planning Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta Edmonton
4th November Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd & Scotiabank Richmond Hill
2nd December Succession Planning Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario Toronto
2009 Course Title Client/Organization  Venue
20th January Marketing For The Modern Practitioner Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario Toronto
12th May Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd Victoria
13th May Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd Calgary
14th May Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd Regina
19th May Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd Moncton
20th May Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd Hamilton
21st May Best Practices CCH Canadian Ltd Toronto

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. CCH Courses are available directly through CCH Canadian at their web site: www.cch.ca/practiceinnovation

* 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...

  • Succession Planning For The Practitioner - An Insider's Guide To Making A Deal
  • Marketing For The Modern Practitioner
  • Best Practices For Running Your Practice - Confessions Of An Accounting Firm's Consultant
  • Getting More Referrals
  • Creating A Marketing Mindset For Your Firm
  • Selling Skills For The Growth Focused Firm
  • Quantum Leap - How To Take Your Firm From Good To Great (As Jim Collins Says)

Coast To Coast...

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...

  • British Columbia
  • Alberta
  • Manitoba
  • Saskatchewan
  • Ontario
  • 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!

 

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