The Accountex team is busy organising an exciting and enlightening speaker programme for 2019’s main event at London’s ExCeL on May 1-2.
The line-up is starting to take shape … but speaker submissions are still being accepted up until 28 November. If you’d like to get involved, we’d love to hear from you.
- If would like to send us a speaker submission form you can use the link here:
You might have new slant on an old topic; you may be able to communicate an insight that will revolutionise the world of accounting; or you may be able to help accountants deploy artificial intelligence to their best advantage.
We’ve asked some of our speaker friends to explain why Accountex is a such a great opportunity…
Alex Falcon Huerta, Soaring Falcon Accountancy: “Speaking at Accountex gives you the opportunity to share you knowledge and to help others. It’s the value that you can provide to take pain points away and it gives confidence to those who are unsure of the steps to take. We have all been there at some point… when someone has done this and achieved it, why not give back. It may be a scary thing to speak, but you’re just talking about what you know and probably what you do every day. It can add credibility, trust and confidence to your customer base – it shows you’re leading the way and being at the front end.”
Joanne Wharam: Smart Support for Business: Speaking at Accountex helps me in various ways. For anyone who has a fear of public speaking, which is the second biggest fear we have after death, Accountex with theatres of varying sizes is a great way to grow your confidence and skills. As the audiences are small and friendly the prospect is far less daunting and you have the team to support you on the day with the IT. Not only that but it helps to build my credibility as an adviser to the profession and the additional promotion that the Accountex team do helps to widen my audience.”
Mark Lee – Book Mark Lee: I speak professionally as I get a real buzz out of entertaining, inspiring and helping an audience from the stage.
Elaine Clark – Cheap Accounting: Meeting peers and sharing experiences is what Accountex is about for me. It’s an opportunity to pick up new ideas, ratify thinking and have some strategic headspace in this fast moving world.
Martin Bissett – The Upward Spiral Partnership: The accounting profession is the ONLY profession that shares a level of ‘financial intimacy’ with their clients that allows the accountant to influence profound improvement in the lives of their clients, even to the extent of realising those clients’ personal and professional aspirations. That’s why it is a profession and not an industry and rarely does the opportunity, such as speaking at Accountex, come along for us the speakers to positively influence so many individuals with life changing skill sets in one event.
Jo Tomlinson – Business Works: The reasons I speak at Accountex are: 1) I love it; 2) It raises my profile; and 3) When I speak to general business owners it is also a great way of marketing our business and being seen as a trusted adviser.
Della Hudson – Business consultant: I still hate public speaking but I know that there are things I can do that others can’t so I want to help them. Modern accountants collaborate and share information and Accountex provides an ideal forum, either speaking from the stage or 1:1 conversations.
Amanda C Watts – Twenty Two Agency: One of the most amazing things about Accountex is that they give an opportunity to the whole of the industry to have a say. With the profession being pulled from pillar to post with MTD, technology disruption (opportunity) and the cloud NOW is the time for everyone’s views and experience to be shared.
You only need to touch one life with your message and you have changed the world. We all have an opinion, and you have something that you believe can make this world a better place. Unfortunately we rarely feel confident enough or have the opportunity to share and take action on our thoughts.
Accountex does, however, give us this opportunity. Whether you want to help accountants systemise, attract better staff, use technology in a wiser way, learn how to serve clients better, be seen as more valuable and vital, it’s time for you to leverage this platform.
If you have something to say but are unsure as to whether it will be valuable, apply anyway. What you may think is common knowledge is often unknown by the masses. The profession needs accountants who have insights, technology firms that have systems and men and women who have a dream to make a difference.
Apply now and contribute. Accountex and the profession need you. Make a difference and spend 40 minutes in May sharing your insights and ideas.
Carl Reader, Author, Speaker, Expert: Magic things happen when you speak to your peers within your own industry. They don’t just steal your ideas – instead, you become centre of attention in a good way. People share things with you. You get invited to events. And, the ‘halo’ effect benefits your career and your business. There’s no better place to share your knowledge than Accountex – the UK’s largest exhibition for the accounting profession.
Rob Brown – Speaker, Author of Build Your Reputation: People who are offered the opportunity to speak at Accountex are given a platform to share their message, network with fellow influencers and raise their profile at the UK’s largest and most prestigious business events.
Here’s a bit of extra info to get you in the mood:
- We have 8,000 visitors at the two-day event
- We attract about 250 exhibiting companies including Sage, Xero, Intuit Quickbooks. Plus numerous cutting-edge groups and start-ups.
- We also have 11 themed CPD theatres with 200 speakers.
- In terms of the visitors, 65% are accountants in practice and 35% are from accountant in business – most are from SME companies.
- Check out the event website here: www.accountex.co.uk