A few days ago I asked if anyone wanted to see the guide I put together on the five AI tools I keep coming back to. The response was clear. So here it is. It’s a short, practical guide — 32 pages, no fluff. You can read it in about 20 minutes. It covers: • The five tools that actually make a difference in an accounting firm • Where most accountants waste time with AI (and how to avoid it) • What to focus on first so you get quick wins without overwhelm • A bonus tool almost nobody talks about I wrote it because there’s so much noise around AI right now. Every week there’s a new tool, a new feature, another person telling you what you should be using. This guide cuts through that. Grab your free copy here 👉 https://ebook.the-ai-community.com Let me know which tool surprises you most. 👇

So I've done just a few things in Claude and maxed out since I'm on free account. Decided to go ahead and upgrade from the free plan to the Pro plan. Paid the $220.00 (yearly with tax included in the price). Takes me back to the login page and now says my account has been banned! Like, wth! And they've taken my payment. So I go to appeal the ban of course. The appeal form right off asks for your Organization ID which is found in your account which when you've been banned you can't access. Without this you can't appeal the ban. No email or chat with a real person only their AI bot. And it wants you to login. Can't do that but it does give you a button to push if you can't login. Do that. Gives you the option to "help troubleshoot" or "account has been disabled". So I choose account disabled. It immediately tells me how to appeal with the appeal form that you can't fill out because you can't get into your account and ends the chat immediately without allowing you to respond. Ok so go back in and tell it to help troubleshoot and tell it what has happened and that one can't fill out the form without being able to get the required info from the account. It again gives me the appeal form info and ends the conversation. There's no email to be able to send any info to, no way to contact an actual person to assist in this. So I'm out $220 and no way to get it back. Ask me if I'm interested in learning more about Claude now - ain't no way And this also means that the appeals process is in name only and no real way to actually appeal

If you missed the webinar last week on how to use AI to save time and stay relevant in the profession, it's available for two more days. Click here to watch it. In this webinar, I shared practical examples of how we can use tools like Claude and ChatGPT to build Excel spreadsheets, financial dashboards, client reports, and much more.

Most people will scroll past this. That’s a mistake. Because the latest updates aren’t just “a bit better”… They fundamentally change what you can actually do with AI in your firm. 👇 Find out more during Wednesday's live session. Here’s why this matters In the latest release, we’re seeing some serious shifts: 1. AI that can actually do the work, not just answer questions We’re moving beyond prompts and replies… These new models can: - Build tools and dashboards from messy data - Fix problems without constant hand-holding - Work across multiple steps to complete a task This is getting very close to real “assistant” behaviour. 2. Much stronger reasoning and accuracy You’ll notice this immediately. It’s better at: - Analysing unstructured information - Turning data into something usable - Producing outputs you can actually rely on That’s critical if you’re using AI in client work. 3. A big leap in visual and content creation This is the part most people will underestimate. The new capabilities mean you can now: - Create highly detailed visuals with accurate text - Generate reports, dashboards, and client-ready outputs - Combine research, reasoning, and presentation in one go It’s no longer just “nice images”… it’s practical output. 4. More autonomy… less prompting You don’t need to babysit it as much. It can: - Plan - execute - iterate …all from a single instruction. That changes how you use AI day-to-day. What this means for you If you’re an accountant or bookkeeper… This is not about “playing with AI tools”. This is about: - Faster analysis - Better client insights - New advisory opportunities - Less manual work Want to see how to actually use this? 👉 Join me live on Wednesday I’ll walk you through: - What these updates really mean in practice - How to use them inside your firm - Real use cases you can implement immediately Quick question 👇 What’s the one thing you’d most like AI to do for you right now?

Most people either overcomplicate slides… or spend far too long building them. Let me show you a different way. In this training, I walk you through how to use Claude inside PowerPoint to build and improve slides quickly… without starting from scratch every time. Here is what you will learn: - How to generate a full slide deck from a simple prompt - How to control design with your own branding and style - How to improve individual slides in seconds - How to turn basic content into visual, engaging slides - How to avoid common mistakes when using AI in PowerPoint 👉 You will find the training here Now your turn… Once you have watched the training, I would love your feedback. Did it save you time? Did the slides look how you expected? What would you like me to cover next? Drop a comment below once you have watched it 👇 I read every response.