Virtual Event
Xero’s Gary Turner’s star turn at the Bookkeepers Summit 1000 bookkeepers convene for the first ever virtual Bookkeepers Summit! ‘
I first found out about Xero at the Bookkeepers Summit – if I hadn’t gone to that event I’d still be a little old dinosaur bookkeeper,’ says Lynn Watson a Certified Bookkeeper from Romford who’s living the remote-working dream and relocating to sunnier Italy this year. ‘Everything’s digital so you can work anywhere.’ The Bookkeepers Summit has gone digital this year too and takes place
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entirely online on 17th and 18th November in the middle of Global Bookkeeping Week. Bookkeepers from all over the world are coming together online to socialise, learn, look to the future and have fun. Organisers at the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), who’ve been hosting the Bookkeepers Summit for the last ten years, spent four months selecting the perfect virtual event platform. ‘This is not your typical accounting conference! In fact it’s more like a week-long festival,’ says ICB director of communications, Ami Copeland. ‘We knew we wanted to do something really special to celebrate the incredible amount of support bookkeepers have been offering businesses this year.’ Having sold the first 500 tickets within hours of releasing them, Ami is convinced bookkeepers are desperate to reconnect. ‘I think bookkeepers are uniquely supportive and welcoming as a community. That’s why we’ve made sure our virtual event platform enables real connections. Tickets to the online Bookkeepers Summit 2020 give access to over 20 hours of CPD content being streamed on Tuesday 17th and 18th November. In addition to that, ticket holders get a week’s worth of networking on the virtual event platform and access to
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Ami Copeland, Director of Communications, ICB Global My mission is to help ICB and its members grow their influence, impact and reputation. Having spent the last two years driving change at ICB I’m interested in the future of the profession, digital transformation, organisational efficiency, customer-centricity, and diversity. At ICB, we’re committed to upholding the standards of the bookkeeping profession, passionate about helping businesses succeed and determined to operate for the benefit of the many, not the few.
the recorded sessions on-demand for three months. Tickets are still available: use coupon code XUMAG at checkout to save £15. https://www. bookkeeperssummit.com Gary Turner and Xero - headlining Gary Turner, MD of Xero UK and EMEA, is hosting one of the opening sessions of the event and explains, ‘At this year’s Bookkeepers Summit I’m going to talk about some of the immediate opportunities and challenges this climate presents and what I believe this means for the future of the industry. ‘It’s been a difficult year for many businesses, with huge challenges around new ways of working and maintaining resilience. We know that small businesses have depended more on their bookkeeper to manage this change. By focusing on the right support for your clients, for right now, you revalidate the role bookkeepers play in the small business economy.’ Inspiring keynotes, Regulatory Updates and Brexit Joining Gary Turner on the virtual stage will be a diverse roster of speakers including Emma Jones MBE, founder of Enterprise Nation
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