Dr. Bob Spencer - Links of Interest Return to Home Page

Article and Whitepapers - Dr. Spencer has written hundreds of articles over his career as well as more than a dozen books on subjects ranging from Risk Management, Accounting Software Selection and Implementation to Technology Best Practices. In assisting a wide variety of clients over the past 40 years he as also developed a number of documents. Following his belief that technology should be well managed and executed, he has made a number of his articles, whitepapers, and Internal Control examples available here for your use. Link to articles and whitepapers.  These are intended to be examples for you to adapt as necessary to fit your business or need, so please exercise them accordingly.

The following are links to site moderated by Dr. Spencer, or hosted by individuals which Dr. Spencer trusts and uses on a regular basis.

Technology Best Practices, www.technologybestpractices.com, is moderated by Randy Johnston, EVP, Network Management Group, Inc., and Dr. Bob Spencer, CEO, Twenty Seconds In the Future. The site was developed to support the book of the same name, published by Wiley and Sons and written by Dr. Spencer and Mr. Johnston. This site provides recommendations for hardware selection to include: Desktops, Laptops, Monitors, Printer, Scanners, Servers, and much more. This site is supported through funding provided by NMGI.

Accounting Software World,  www.accountingsoftwareworld.com, provides comparisons and unbiased reviews of a number of accounting and financial management software solutions for local, hosted and SaaS processing. This is a K2 Enterprises moderated site.

Totally Paperless, www.totallypaperless.com, provides comparisons and unbiased reviews of a number of document and content management software solutions for local, and Cloud based solutions. This is a K2 Enterprises moderated site.

CPA Firm Technology, www.cpafirmtech.com, provides comparisons and unbiased reviews of a number of software solutions for CPAs in Practice that is local, hosted or SaaS based. This is a K2 Enterprises moderated site.

The iPad for CPAs Blog, iPadCPA, is all things iPad for accountants and business professionals.  This is a K2 Enterprises Blog is maintained by President, Val Steed.

SpencerSEM, www.spencersem.com, as well as www.ActivatedbyRobots.com, are sites maintained by Dr. Spencer's son Justin Spencer. Justin is a recognized expert in the world of Internet Marketing. He specializes in Search Engine Management and Search Engine Optimization. Sites are worth visiting for information on raising your companies presence on the Internet and managing the information you put out into cyberspace.

K2 Enterprises, www.k2e.com,  is the world's largest (no kidding) provider of technology based Continuing Professional Education.

The Accounting Library, www.accountinglibrary.com, is an exceptional site for accounting software selection. This is a tool that Dr. Spencer has used for several decades to assist clients in preparing their Needs Analysis, Requirements Definition and RFP for new accounting software selection and implementation.

The Sleeter Group, www.sleeter.com, is the spot for all things QuickBooks. Doug Sleeter and his team is well known for bringing top drawer class of training and QuickBooks support to accountants and users alike.

General Sites of Interest:

Compare Tablets at ComputerWorld's Tablet Database.

Lynda, www.lynda.com, the absolutely best site for interactive training on everything from Microsoft Office products and Adobe Acrobat to web design and development. Very reasonably priced and quality training designed in lunch bag sized episodes.

Policy and Procedure Manual Manager - Exactly what it sounds like.

Learn the Language of Texting - For those new to Social Networking and the language thereof, this is sorely needed!