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Excitement and
exhaustion reined for days after
BillQuick User Conference 1.0
ended on Friday, June 27. It
took over 2,500 hours of
preparation but 200+ BillQuick
Users left with the Keys
To Success.
 Starting with
first keynote, Dr. Terry Paulson
launched attendees - and
BillQuick staff, speakers and
sponsors - into high excitement.
He focused on Change.
One quote that Dr. Paulson
shared carries meaning at many
levels:
The
illiterate of the future are not
those who cannot read or write,
but those
who cannot learn, unlearn and
relearn. --
Alvin
Toffler, Futurist
Change is with
us. It is accelerating. This one
sentence explains a lot to many
people. It also carries a
prescription.
 Greg
LaFollette,
CPA, CITP, Executive Editor of
The CPA Technology Advisor
and a national consultant, gave
the second keynote. Just as
memorable as Dr. Paulson's, Greg
focused on The 7
Technological Habits of Highly
Effective Firms. His
recommendations included:
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Training on
all types of technology
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Multiple
Monitors (dual or
tri-monitor environments)
-
Outlook
Integration with at least
core systems
-
Outsourcing
of Specialized Technologies
like fax services, hosted
VOIP, spam filtering, etc
-
Remote Access
using smart phones and tools
like LogMeIn and to access
"workflow vendors" like BQE
Software's BillQuick
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Workflow -
define processes in your
firm and optimize them to
save time, effort and others
(the conference included a
Document and Process Flow
session)
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Portals for
sharing information with
clients and others.
In addition,
Keys To Success
included 17 training, insight
and management sessions.
BillQuick training and insight
sessions focused on success with
BillQuick and getting the most
from it for your firm. These
sessions included:
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Tracking Time
and Expenses
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Billing with
BillQuick - The Right
Way
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BillQuick-QuickBooks
Integration (basics and
in-depth)
-
BillQuick
Workflow
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Optimizing
BillQuick For Your Firm
-
BillQuick
Tips and Tricks
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Report
Customization
Management
sessions focused on ways to
improve firm operations. One
session, Thrive or Just
Survive, provided insights
and best practices (including 10
key performance indicators and
metrics). Felecia Dixson, EA,
Larry Gray, CPA, Kevin Harris,
AIA, Gordon Galloway and Doug
Sleeter joined panel discussions
to discuss best practices,
document and process flow using
BillQuick, empowerment for
faster and higher billing, and
accounting tips. A well-attended
and lively Feedback session
received honest and insightful
suggestions for BillQuick and
for BQE Software.
 The last keynote
was delivered by Shafat Qazi,
founder and CEO of BQE Software.
From his birth place Kashmir to the
harsh winters in Buffalo to the
founding of BQE Software in
California, Shafat
shared his personal and business
journey. He let everyone know
that it was his mentors,
partners, employees and the
customers who have truly created BillQuick. And from the
heart he let the attendees know
that everything about BillQuick
is about them. That BillQuick's
capabilities came from them.
That they are true partners in its
success.
Then Shafat
announced for the first time . .
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BillQuickOnline.com!
The future is very bright.
See the announcement from
the conference.
At the end of the
conference two items stood out.
First, many attendees asked:
You're doing
this next year, right?
The second item
was spoken a few times but most
silently shouted it:
BillQuick Community
The BillQuick
User Conference produced the
foundation for an enthusiastic,
evangelical community of users.
Management and staff will make
sure that the BillQuick
Community grows and expands.
Stay tuned. As
CEO Shafat Qazi said:
And The Journey Continues
BQE Software thanks its sponsors
and partners for helping make
its first BillQuick User
Conference a success.
 
 
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