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Dateline Victoria, BC - Week of November 8, 2009

Another busy week last week. I was in Halifax for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nova Scotia Professional Development week. Did five seminars on Monday through Wednesday to packed rooms. Flew home Wednesday night and did a keynote presentation on Thursday to the CGA Ontario annual conference. Then Friday I did my first seminar for CMA Ontario in their professional development centre in Toronto. It is located right next to the Air Canada Centre so I took the Go Train from Brampton to Union Station in Toronto and then walked through the tunnel to the CMA building.

Today I flew to Victoria to work in the west this week. I'm have a seminar to do on Monday in Victoria and one on Tuesday in Vancouver. Wednesday is a holiday in the west so I'll get to sleep in and then fly to Calgary at noon. Thursday and Friday I'm teaching for the CA Institute in Alberta in Calgary. Home Friday night to spend the weekend with Nancy.

Dateline Halifax, NS - Week of November 1, 2009

The Fall 2009 Accounting Technology seminar series is now in the history books. Without a doubt it was the most successful tour of the 35 we have done in the last 15 years. Attendance was up over 15% and we had 191 people in the audience in Vancouver yesterday on a Saturday. Amazing!. Busy week last week with seminars in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria and Vancouver. I flew home on the red eye Saturday night from Vancouver to spend six hours with Nancy.

Then it was back to the airport to fly to Halifax. This is PD week in Halifax for the Nova Scotia Institute of Chartered Accountants. I'm doing seminars Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and then our senior Associate Ward Blatch is doing two on Thursday and Friday. I fly home on Wednesday night and then do a keynote at the CGA Ontario Annual Conference on Thursday and an Excel seminar in Toronto on Friday. 

Dateline Calgary, AB - Week of October 29, 2009

An apology to start. It's Thursday and I am just getting around to writing last Sunday's blog. However, I think I have a valid reason this time for being late. Last week was a wild one. On Monday and Tuesday we did our Accounting Technology seminar in London and Toronto. On Wednesday I flew to Ottawa to do my Power Excel for Simply Accounting seminar. Then it was on to Montreal for the 2009 Simply Accounting conference. Thursday I did a pre conference session. Then Thursday night I flew to London, Ontario to do a presentation at the annual CGA SWAP conference. Being doing this for four years and they are a fun group to work with. Then Friday night it was back to Montreal for the rest of the Simply Accounting Conference on Saturday and Sunday. Did my technology update on Saturday and then was the hit of the costume party Saturday night. I dug out my arab garb from Egypt and went as Sheik Alan.

Flew home Sunday, changed clothes and flew to Winnipeg. Power Excel on Monday and Accounting Tech on Tuesday. Then Nancy and I moved west to do the Accounting Technology seminar in Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria, and Vancouver. Exhausting but fun.

Dateline Brampton, ON - Week of October 18, 2009

Busy week last week. Enjoyed a great Thanksgiving dinner with family on Sunday. Monday night I was back on the road to London to do my Power Excel course. Back to Mississauga that night to do it again on Wednesday. Wednesday night I flew to Calgary to host the Alberta CA's technology conference on Thursday and Friday. Great to work with Ward Blatch and my partner Tommy Stephens again. Flew back to Toronto Friday evening to do the Toronto East Accounting Technology seminar on Saturday.

This week is even busier. I do the Accounting Technology seminar in London and Toronto West on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday I'm in Ottawa for a Power Excel course. Thursday I'm in Montreal to do a precon seminar at the annual Simply Partnership Conference. Fly to London Thursday night to do two seminars at the annual CGA SWAP conference on Friday. Then it's back to the Simply conference in Montreal for Saturday and Sunday.

Dateline Brampton, ON - Week of October 11, 2009

Last week saw the launch of the Fall 2009 Accounting Technology seminar series. Version 1 was in Burlington. From there we headed east and presented in Moncton, Halifax, Montreal and Ottawa. Great crowds and a great response. Headed back to Brampton on Friday night to spend the Thanksgiving weekend with family.

This week I do my Power Excel seminar in London and Mississauga on Tuesday and Wednesday and then head west to Calgary for the fall Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta Technology conference on Thursday and Friday. It will be good to work with Tommy Stephens (one of my US partners) and Ward Blatch again. I catch the last flight out of Calgary Friday evening to get back to Toronto in time to do the Toronto East Accounting Technology seminar on Saturday. It's our busiest time of the year but it's still fun.

Dateline Brampton, ON - Week of September 27, 2009

Last week I was in the office on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday I flew west to do my Power Excel seminar in Vancouver and Kelowna on Thursday and Friday. Friday evening I took the overnight red eye flight back to Toronto. Nancy picked me up at 6:00 am and drove me to mid town Toronto where I did a keynote presentation at the annual CBA conference.

This week I head east to do my Power Excel seminar in Moncton and Halifax. Wednesday Ward Blatch and I are doing a two day technology conference for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nova Scotia. Home Thursday to do my Power Excel seminar in Burlington on Friday. Busy week but still fun.

Dateline Brampton, ON - Week of September 20, 2009

Home after a long grueling 12 days in Western Canada. Last week I started in Lethbridge, Alberta on Monday and then moved on to Saskatoon, Calgary and Victoria. Thursday I did a keynote at  the CGA BC annual conference. Great attendance and got great reviews. Friday I flew back to Toronto arriving late in the evening. On Saturday and Sunday I sat in on Nancy's real estate course. Sure learned a lot.

This week I'm in the office until Wednesday afternoon. Then I'm back to the west to do my Power Excel for Simply Accounting seminar in Vancouver and Kelowna. Then it's the red eye home Friday night so I can do the keynote at the CBA annual conference on Saturday morning. Another strenuous week but it should be fun.

Dateline Calgary, AB - Week of September 13, 2009

It was back on the road this week.On Tuesday I flew to Victoria to start sic days of Power Excel seminars for Sage. Did those on Wednesday in Victoria, Thursday in Edmonton and Friday in Regina. Saturday I flew to Calgary and spent the weekend there. Friday my number one notebook developed a screen problem, so Saturday I bought a refurbished HP notebook in Calgary, to save the PST. Then spent Sunday configuring it.

Sunday I flew to Lethbridge, AB for my Monday seminar. Then it was on to Saskatoon and Calgary. I finished my week on the road in Victoria on Thursday to do a keynote presentation for the CGA BC annual conference. A grueling two weeks on the road but still fun.

Dateline Lake of Bays, ON - Week of September 6, 2009

Another easy week in my home office last week. Spent the time editing our manuals for the fall. Friday we headed north of Toronto to our cottage to spend the long weekend at the lake. Did some more editing and had dinner with relatives. It's sure peaceful.

This week I'm back to the seminar world. Tuesday I fly to Victoria to do 8 Power Excel seminars in western Canada. I'll be out there for two weeks. Registrations are good and it's a course I enjoy doing so it won't be all work. 

Dateline Brampton, ON - Week of August 30, 2009

Last week was an easy week around home in Brampton, ON. Wednesday I taught a private Excel course for a client in Markham. The rest of the week I was in the office continuing to edit our manuals for the fall. We've now got 18 different courses, so it takes a bit of time to update them all. I'm well along with this task and hope to have all but two of them done by the end of this week.

This week I'm in the office editing until Friday, when we head north to our cottage for the last long weekend of the summer. I hit the road on Tuesday, September 8 to fly to Victoria and from then until Christmas I have a very heavy teaching schedule. It's still fun though and I enjoy it immensely.