This 75-minute presentation will introduce attendees to how surveys can clarify decision-making. Attendees will experience an introduction to surveys and learn what makes a survey statistically valid. Attendees will learn about the Accounting Firm Operation and Technology Survey and how to leverage this survey’s results when making operational and technology decisions through 2014. Attendees will take the survey during this webinar and survey results will be discussed in real-time during this webinar. This survey, the most complete operational and technology survey in the accounting profession, will produce actionable items and insights that are not available from any other source.
This presentation will be led by the survey’s founding team, Randy Johnston, President, Network Management Group, Inc., and Leslie Garrett, PhD, CEO of Insight Research Group.
The survey questions were finalized with oversight from an advisory board comprised of several of the industry’s most highly respected thought-leaders:
• Mike Sabbatis, Advisory Board Chair, Chief Revenue Officer, RealPage and former CEO and President of CCH Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting North America.
• Darren Root, CPA.CITP, CEO RootWorks
• Rick Richardson, CPA.CITP, CGMA, CEO Richardson Media & Technologies, LLC
• Richard Oppenheim The Ventures Group, Transition Professor, The Progressive Accountant
Network Management Group, Inc.
Founder & CEO
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Randolph P. (Randy) Johnston, MCS, has been a top-rated speaker in the technology industry for over 30 years. He was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 2011. He was selected as a Top 25 Thought Leader in Accounting from 2011-2013. His influence throughout the accounting industry is highlighted once again this year by being a recipient of the 2013 Accounting Today's Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting award for the tenth consecutive year. Among his many other awards, he holds the honor of being one of nine technology stars in the U.S. by Accounting Technology Magazine. Randy writes a monthly column for The CPA Practice Advisor, articles for the Journal of Accountancy, and creates articles for both accounting and technology publications and the author of numerous books. He has started and owns multiple businesses, including K2 Enterprises in Hammond, Louisiana, and Network Management Group, Inc. in Hutchinson, Kansas. In 2010, NMGI announced its national support of CPA firms. His wife and four children enjoy many experiences, including theater, music, travel, golf, skiing, snorkeling, and model trains. Randy’s experience as a college instructor, management and technology consultant and advisor to the industry will be obvious to you in today’s presentation.