EP154: Teresa Slack and Kellie Parks - The Benefits of Bookkeeping Conferences

Speaker A: Honestly, I can tell you that things that have changed our business and propelled us to where we are have been heard at a conference. You know, so it is sitting in a session where you get an incredible light bulb moment and going, oh my gosh, this is what we need to do. These are the changes we need to make. These are the people we need to hire. These are the systems we need to put in. This is the vision. You can catch a vision while you're there. That can absolutely change, you know, turn your business around. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by Pure GrowBookkeeping.com, the proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to the Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I'm your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be fantastic. I'm joined with two talented and inspiring bookkeeping business owners who have both been on the podcast previously. Theresa Slack and Kelly Parks, and we're talking about all of the events that are out there for bookkeepers and specifically upcoming this fall, the Institute of Professional Bookkeepers Conference Ignite, and the importance of attending events like these for bookkeepers. Theresa and Kelly, welcome to the show. Hi, Michael. Glad to be here. Hi, Michael.

Hello. Hello, Theresa and Kelly. We're going to get into it for our, for our global listeners. We're going to talk about a Canadian conference and this, this This conference is now either in its 10th or 11th year. You'll probably hear me refer to it as the IPBC, which is the Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada. It has an annual conference which this year is happening in Ottawa, Ontario, here in Canada on September 18th to 20th. And it's an amazing conference. I've been, I think, 7 of the last years that we've been to this conference. It's excellent. And what I'd like to talk about is the importance of conferences. So maybe we'll start off with you, Theresa, just in terms of, hey, why are you going to a conference? That's a great question. I think there's a whole pile of reasons that we want to go to a conference, and I could probably take up this entire podcast talking about it, but I'll just highlight a couple. One that I'd like to highlight is that, you know, it's where you