Duration : 0:0:30

Technorati Tags: accounting, business, small, software

Duration : 0:2:32

Technorati Tags: accounting, accounts, business, chart, of, small, software

Contact Information:
Kathy Boeger
Instructor & Coordinator
Tech Accounting & Accounting
(620) 792-9203
boegerk@bartonccc.edu

Why Barton?
Classroom environment
Small classes – one on one attention
Hands on classes
Students leave Barton understanding accounting processes and basic business foundations more than students at the same grade level that started at a university

Instructors who care in and outside of classroom
Instructor led study sessions
Instructors will take students on college visits and will assist in their individual enrollments

Advisement system
Allows seamless transition to a four-year university
Bartons connection to the business world
Opportunities to network with regional businesses
Employers contact us wanting our students as employees
Internship opportunities with local employers
Advisory board from the regional business community gives program instructors advice about the program and how we can continue to improve it to meet current industry standards

Opportunity for Community service thru our student driven club Community Service Organization
Curriculum includes Work Ethics components

Research from the business industry shows business leaders refl ecting strong work and business ethics and leadership qualities will have the best opportunity for
employment

What are some of our graduates doing?
Our graduates are working in careers such as: Accounting, Communications, Finance, Marketing & Management, Travel & Tourism, Event Coordination, Education, and Mechanical Supervisor

Occupational Outlook
General and Operation Managers can expect to earn between $58,230 and $128,580 annually depending on industry and responsibility
Growth potential varies by industries:
Highest growth projection is in areas of professional, scientific, and technical services
Average or above growth in administrative and support services
Source: Kansas Career Pipeline

Duration : 0:1:1

Technorati Tags: accounting, and, Barton, BCC, BCCC, Bend, Boeger, business, career, classes, college, Community, Courses, Driven, education, Great, hybrid, Kansas, Kathy, online, small, technical, training, workforce

Duration : 0:3:21

Technorati Tags: business, entrepreneur, Keeping, record, small, Start-Up

Duration : 0:6:48

Technorati Tags: accounting, australia, bookkeeping, business, Cashflow, manager, Simple, small, software

May 28th, 2009
http://www.charged.co.za/frontpage/pastel-takes-accounting-online-for-small-medium-businesses

Softline Pastel – a member of the Softline Group and a local leader in accounting, payroll and business software — has launched Pastel My Business Online, its first online accounting system, which targets small to medium businesses (SMBs).

Very often, products become complicated by the sheer volume of features added to it over time, says Softline Pastel managing director Steven Cohen (pictured right), who explained that by developing Pastel My Business Online from scratch, the company had the opportunity to design the software specifically for business owners who were either starting out with very little bookkeeping knowledge, or who only wanted a basic system.

Pastel My Business Online is a multi-user system with dashboards, graphs and drill-downs to source transactions, and we believe it will be a joy to use.

The company has integrated My Business with the Apple iPhone and Cohen reports there are plans to port it to the Blackberry and Windows Mobile platforms in the near future.

Mobility, portability

According to Softline Pastel, accounting over the Internet not only gives the user greater mobility, but extending it to mobile devices makes it even more portable.

Users can view customers sales histories and contact details and write notes while on the road, or in front of a client.

Being online also allows an accountant to log on to the system without travelling to the customers premises to check accounts.

Softline Pastel states that it has accumulated some 200 000 users during its 20 years in business; during this time it has taken users through various shifts in technology.

These include:

* transitioning from the DOS operating system to Windows,
* 16-bit to 32-bit operating system changes, and now
* accounting over the Internet

Pragmatic

When we developed Pastel My Business Online, we used all our 20 years of experience to deliver a product that was user-friendly, intuitive and fun to use. We also disciplined ourselves to keep the product clean and uncluttered, said Cohen.

He explains that Softline Pastel took a pragmatic view and used the most appropriate developer technologies and delivery mechanisms for the development of the system.

Technology continues to move at a fast pace and with the growth of Software as a Service (SaaS) and Web 2.0 technologies we had to use a platform that will have legs in the future, he added.

However, while there is no doubt that the market for SaaS applications and service based software is growing — and we expect this trend to continue — we also believe that demand is not universal. Adoption will be gradual and will vary widely across markets, as customers in different sectors have different needs. Many businesses will adopt a hybrid approach to their business software and services, using a combination of desktop and SaaS applications.

Current systems

To this end, Softline Pastel will continue to enhance its current systems.

Our clients expect us to deliver the best software available while keeping an eye on new technologies that will make them more efficient, he said.

The launch of Pastel My Business Online is another show of our ongoing commitment to delivering cutting-edge solutions. We really offer the best of both worlds which makes customers feel comfortable and secure with Softline Pastel as their vendor of choice.

Duration : 0:9:24

Technorati Tags: accountancy, accounting, and, Apple, are, Blackberry, book keeping, bookkepping, business, businesses, Cohen, company, dashboards, drill-downs, future, graphs, has, in, integrated, IPHONE, IT, medium, Mobile, multi-user, My, near, online, Pastel, payroll, Plans, platforms, port, reports, small, SMBs, SMEs, Softline, software, source, Steven, System, the, there, to, transactions, Windows, with

Question:
“Do you recommend business owners use accounting software and why?”

Ken Blake
Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.)

Topics covered in this video:
Small business accounting, accounting software, accountants

Transcript:
Most business owners will realize some definite advantages if they get a software program to handle their accounting. The main purpose with accounting software is that it allows the easy production of reports verses having to sit down with manual records and trying to put together your reports. So there is not a lot of time saving when you use the accounting programs except when you get to the report level and that’s where the value comes in. As far as the type of program, what I always recommend is that people talk to their accountant before they jump into a program.

It’s so easy to buy something off the shelf and then realize after getting back to the place of business that it might not be for the company. If you have an accountant that’s familiar with your business, there is a lot of software out there that especially designed for certain industries. So if your accountant deals in your industry, he can put you in touch with the software that would be specific for your company. This will allow you to bypass a lot of the set-up time and go right into some relevant accounting helped by the accountant who is familiar with the software. Even if your accountant is not industry specific, often they have expertise in some of the more popular packages like QuickBooks or Peachtree and if they are comfortable with one or the other packages you would tend to want to go with them so they can look at your data and be able to work with you on a more one on one basis.

Duration : 0:2:1

Technorati Tags: accountant, accounting, business, Communication, Computer, external, internal, phone, plan, small, software, Start, starting

Customization of Forms more Professional looking than ever!

I am the CFO of a real estate law firm and have been using Quickbooks since 1999. As an accountant I understand the importance of having the financial data of a business presentable quickly and easily. For this reason I volunteered to be a beta tester of the new Quickbooks 2010 and was selected by Intuit giving me early access to the newest features!

The feature I love the most is the ability to create professional looking forms such as invoices to make an impression without having to buy preprinted forms. There are dozens of templates to choose from specific to many business categories such as tax preparers, construction, sales, etc. The template will fill your form completely with a shadow background with all of your form data printed crisply in the foreground. And, all this from your very own printer on plain paper! A tremendous cost saver over buying preprinted forms.

The only negative to the forms customization feature is the requirement that you create an online access account to store your many templates that I am sure that you will want to have! A minor negative but one that requires internet access. If you do not create the account than you will have to start the customization process over again if you want to change to a completely different template.

To get more about business software, please visit :
http://betterguideforyou.com/business-software

Duration : 0:1:52

Technorati Tags: accounting, analysis, application, asset, automation, best, best business software, business, CRM, database, design;, development, ERP, finacial, fleet, free, Inventory, invoice, Invoicing, Management, manufacturing, Microsoft, online, order, payroll, pos, restaurant, retail, scheduling, School, Service, small, software, solution, solutions

Duration : 0:1:12

Technorati Tags: accounting, build, business, development, firm, generate, internet, leads, Marketing, owners, quickbooks, small, website, workshop, your

Duration : 0:4:25

Technorati Tags: Advertising, business, camp, Marketing, motivation, small