A record of Michael Veale's Continuing Professional Development. Further details before Oct 2010 are on a CIMA CPD tool.
21 December 2013
More about adding Evernote notes into Mindmeister
Boundaries, Custom Styles, Dropbox and Evernote | MindMeister Blog:
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Linking mindmaps in Mindmeister with notes in Evernote and vice versa
The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track - Amy Gallo - Harvard Business Review
The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track - Amy Gallo - Harvard Business Review:
'via Blog this'
13 December 2013
IT Faculty issues draft Excel good practice code | AccountingWEB
IT Faculty issues draft Excel good practice code | AccountingWEB:
'via Blog this'
04 December 2013
28 November 2013
Anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing
14 November 2013
23 October 2013
Excel tool to easily copy location of spreadsheets
22 October 2013
Technical update - IFRS and UK GAAP
21 October 2013
Tracking changes in Word (warning) and PDFs
Track Changes option | LinkedIn:
17 October 2013
Spreadsheet skills: reducing file size
'via Blog this'
13 October 2013
Six thinking hats for accountants | AccountingWEB
Six thinking hats for accountants | AccountingWEB:
'via Blog this'
12 October 2013
Latest trends in perks
10 October 2013
Pensions automatic enrolment - official information sources
Useful article for introducing people to Evernote
I've Been Using Evernote All Wrong. Here's Why It's Actually Amazing:
'via Blog this'
09 October 2013
Employment Law update 2013
Key points:
- Compromise Agreements are now called Settlement Agreements and there are new rules allowing Pre-Termination Negotiations (PTNs). These allow discussion which cannot be used as evidence of unfair dismissal (unless discrimination). Disclosures need to be made explaining this and allowing a colleague to sit in, so some organisations may not use these and rely on best practice instead. See ACAS Code of Practice for Settlement Agreements for more.
- Employment Tribunals (ETs) will from 6 Apr 2014 have an extra step: Early Conciliation. Before progressing to ET, the claimant must complete an on-line form and then if both parties wish it, ACAS will attempt to mediate. If this does not work or either party does not wish to mediate, an Early Conciliation Certificate will be issued which will allow progression to ET.
- Employment Tribunal (ET) fees introduced 29 Jul 2013. Issue fee and Hearing fee for simple/complex cases: £160/£250 and £230/£950 to be paid by claimant to deter frivolous claims. Successful employer may claim up to £20k from claimant for costs if claim found to have no legal basis.
- Unfair dismissal has a new cap from 29 Jul 2013: £74,200 or one year's gross pay (applying to terminations after that date).
- Following the Woolworths case, for the purposes of collective redundancy consultation, establishment is now taken to mean a company rather than a building when calculating the total people being made redundant in a time period.
- Whistleblowing from 25 Jun 2013 must be in public interest, rather than in good faith as before.
- Vicarious liability was introduced on 25 Jun 2013 so that an act of an employee is an act of the company unless it can be clearly shown the employee was acting against company policy and had sufficient training etc.
- Changes to TUPE rules Jan 2014. Renegotiation of terms of transferred employees is allowed one year after transfer. Location of a workforce can be within scope of economical, technical or organisational (ETO) reasons.
07 October 2013
Cautionary tale about Google Drive
'via Blog this'
20 September 2013
Team Charters
Team Charters - Team Management Training from MindTools.com:
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Working in a Virtual Team
Working in a Virtual Team - Career Development From MindTools.com:
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19 September 2013
Transferring an Outlook mail folder to another user
15 September 2013
Competition Act - is it working for hotels?
This article in the Sunday Times seems to indicate collusion by hotels and 'discount' agents. It will be interesting to see what the OFT comes up with (eventually).
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Tech/article1314099.ece
11 September 2013
Flexible Working Infographic: Win-Win For Employers & Employees
Flexible Working Infographic: Win-Win For Employers & Employees:
'via Blog this'
I certainly find my self making more use of computer based training and webinars for my CPD.
Speed Reading - Study Skills from MindTools.com
Speed Reading - Study Skills from MindTools.com:
'via Blog this'
10 September 2013
Blogger or Evernote - which is best for recording CPD?
- Sharing a link to a page on the blog then allows the reader to browse the rest of the blog (a link on Evernote goes to either the page only or the whole note book only so cannot be specific then general)
- Blogger is set up for allowing comments, Evernote has no way that I know of, where the content can be protected but comments allowed
03 September 2013
NLP - Neuro-linguistic Programming
Main points seemed to be it could be used for the following:
- 'Anchoring' to positive feelings eg associate sinple repeatable gestures with positive feelings to help a salesman remember success before going into a negotiation to give more confidence
- Being aware that feelings are linked to actions so watch body language to help understand what people are feeling
02 August 2013
Creating a table of contents for notes in Evernote
This will be useful for me for building up a Financial Manual - linking various policy and task notes together.
31 July 2013
Webcasts for CPD
CIMA does have a suite of material available here but at £30 for an hour's course seems expensive (the special offer bulk buys only allow a restricted choice).
I would be interested to hear if anyone has found a good alternative?
29 July 2013
Skrill - could this be used like escrow for low amounts?
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/banking/article3819003.ece
16 July 2013
Notes from Modelling and Financial Planning Webinar
Date and time: | 16 Jul 2013, 10:00 |
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Duration: | 1 hour |
Description: | Business Modelling and Financial Planning Webinar In this webinar Andy Cooper, Business Consultant from Advanced Business Solutions, examined the challenges that organisations face with the modeling and forecasting process offering insight to how you can develop these processes beyond finance to gain a real business advantage. |
- Move to modelling and planning rather than systems replacements
- Third of orgs use specialist tool (half for large orgs) - typically not outside finance.
- Doing more with less and backlash against ERP-like projects.
- Short ROI - less than 18 months in many cases.
- 63% of orgs (up from 54% in 2011) plan to upgrade business modeling in next 2 years.
- But over 70% of BI/BM projects fail.


10 July 2013
Everything you ever needed to know about dropbox in seven minutes or less. | Dotto Tech
Everything you ever needed to know about dropbox in seven minutes or less. | Dotto Tech:
If you do decide to give it a try, I'd appreciate you using this link so that Dropbox gives me some extra free storage in case I ever need it.
09 July 2013
Evernote reminders (for Android, iOs and web but not Windows yet)
08 July 2013
05 July 2013
SME accounting changes - the new UK GAAP: FRS 102 explained | AccountingWEB
The new UK GAAP: FRS 102 explained | AccountingWEB:
The full standard is available here.
04 July 2013
03 July 2013
Trello - could be useful for tracking team meeting actions or audit follow ups
What's it like?
Think of being in a team meeting with a pack of post its. You write a task on each post it and stick it on a board in a column called 'to do'. There is another column for 'doing', another for 'done' and you can add others for 'waiting' or 'for review' if needed. The post its (or cards) can easily be dragged from one place to another.
To the cards can also be added further details, checklists, attachments, links, due dates, owners and comments.
What would it be good for?
In a team meeting, a group could brainstorm ideas, allocate them to people with a due date. The group members can then work on items after the meeting but also add comments later as they think of ideas or as scenarios change. Any invited member of the team can see who made which comment and when and see the progress as a whole.
What else could it be good for?
Suppose an organisation has a list of improvements to implement. Each item could be added as a separate card with a summary of what needs to be done. The task can be allocated an owner and due date. The owner can add comments and then attach evidence when the task is complete, giving a good audit trail.
Other thoughts
It is possible to have different boards for different subjects (separate sharing for each) and boards can be filtered. Cards can have categories allocated to them within boards. According to the web site, works on PCs, Android and iOS.
Cost
The basic version (that would do this) is free.
28 June 2013
Outsourcing with the web and mechanical turks
25 June 2013
Accepting Bitcoin for business
20 June 2013
How to print from Android (free)
- Download Google Cloud Print onto your Android (it's free from Google Play)
- Follow these set up instructions to make your printer available (easier to do from your PC)
- You may need to wait a few minutes for everything to sync up
- Print from your Android by using share, then picking Cloud Print from the list
18 June 2013
06 June 2013
Taking a Vacation? Take an Email Sabbatical! | LinkedIn
Taking a Vacation? Take an Email Sabbatical! | LinkedIn:
'via Blog this'
05 June 2013
04 June 2013
Is Facebook Stickier Than LinkedIn? | The Magnet Blog presented by Ongig
Is Facebook Stickier Than LinkedIn? | The Magnet Blog presented by Ongig:
'via Blog this'
Windows 8 training
Top of the list is a (slightly) quicker way of turning it off:
- Hover over the top right to bring up the menu
- Select 'Settings'
- Click the 'Power' button
02 June 2013
28 May 2013
The Twitter CV: how to sell yourself in 140 characters | iJobs
The Twitter CV: how to sell yourself in 140 characters | iJobs:
'via Blog this'
26 May 2013
23 May 2013
17 May 2013
11 May 2013
Productivity tips for meetings
Do some meetings feel like a total waste of time? Here's how to cut down... https://plus.google.com/109024479252402619908/posts/9EUtg5L8XXP
09 May 2013
03 May 2013
Scanners and paperless working
BBC News - Clear your desk and go anywhere (almost) paperless
This article may not have much new about paperless working for those of us who have been using Evernote for several years already but does have some useful information about the latest scanners.
06 April 2013
31 March 2013
30 March 2013
8 ways to… find alternatives to bank finance | CIMA Financial Management Magazine
8 ways to… find alternatives to bank finance | CIMA Financial Management Magazine:
'via Blog this'
29 March 2013
CGMA-How to make the transition from CFO to non-executive director-CFO
'via Blog this'
19 March 2013
18 March 2013
17 March 2013
08 March 2013
Google tools update for small businesses
These days, technology evolves at the speed of light, as do the technology needs of small business. Rich Rao, Director of Worldwide Sales and Operations for Google, joins Brent Leary to discuss Google small business technology and the changing te ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SmallBusinessTrends/~3/jXxrqxwiwIg/google-small-business-changing-needs.html Shared via my6sense