# Spotlight Resources for Advisory & Business We've brought our webinars, videos, podcasts and more into one place so businesses and advisors can easily access the industry leading content to navigate challenging times and build advisory services. \ webinar](/content/resources/webinars/index.html) \ Sample Report](/content/resources/sample-reports/index.html) \ course](/content/resources/course/index.html) \ podcast](/content/resources/podcast/index.html) \ whitepaper](/content/resources/whitepaper/index.html) \ video](/content/resources/video/index.html) ## PODCAST ### [Humanise The Numbers: Miranda Kendall of Spotlight Reporting](/content/podcast-episodes/humanise-the-numbers-miranda-kendall-of-spotlight-reporting/index.html) Episode 145: Miranda Kendall, Director of EMEA & North America at Spotlight Reporting 48 mins ### [Spotcast: Advisory Tech Talks](/content/podcast-episodes/spotcast-advisory-tech-talks-events/index.html) Our Senior Account Managers, Kunal and Gurpreet, are back with a brand new episode of Spotcast: Advisory Tech Talks. This time, they're diving deep into the world of events – packed with insights, event tips, and highlights of the latest trends they observed. 35 mins ### [Spotcast: Advisory Tech Talks](/content/podcast-episodes/spotcast-advisory-tech-talks-2/index.html) Join Kunal Devabhai and Gurpreet Lidder, Senior Account Managers at Spotlight Reporting, in their all-new podcast series. 30 mins ### [Teaser: Spotcast: Advisory Tech Talks](/content/podcast-episodes/spotcast-advisory-tech-talks/index.html) Launching Soon: Spotcast: Advisory Tech Talks with Kunal Devabhai and Gurpreet Lidder. ### [6-Step Pathway to Reducing Your Workload in 2023](/content/podcast-episodes/6-step-pathway-to-reducing-your-workload-in-2023/index.html) Ryan Lazanis is the founder and CPA of Future Firm. His company is centred around ‘making life better for accountants at other firms by guiding them down the path of becoming cloud-based’. 28 min ### [Tech Trends with Accounting Leaders - Mike Campana](/content/podcast-episodes/tech-trends-with-accounting-leaders-mike-campana/index.html) Mike Campana is the research and development partner at Honkamp. Honkamp works to serve a variety of client organisations from privately-held organisations to individuals and nonprofits. 22 min ### [Spotcast with Emily Ridley Business Development Manager of Vault Accountants](/content/podcast-episodes/spotcast-with-emily-ridley-bdm-of-vault-accountants/index.html) Emily Ridley is the Business Development Manager of Vault Accountants, an accounting bookkeeping practice in pursuit of helping business owners thrive. 49 min ### [Spotcast with Guy Picken Consultancy](/content/podcast-episodes/spotcast-with-guy-picken-consultancy/index.html) Guy is the ex-CEO of Rexel Group, formerly the Australian GEC Electric Business. He now is the founder of Guy Picken Consulting, and is on a mission to bring big business ideas to small businesses. 38 min ### [Spotcast with Rakesh from Daxcel](/content/podcast-episodes/in-the-spotlight-with-rakesh-from-daxcel/index.html) Rakesh, the founder and CEO of Daxcel Financial, will be giving us an insight on how his endeavor to keep one foot in the old, and one foot in the new is transforming his firm and life outside the firm. 51 min ### [Strategic planning for small business](/content/podcast-episodes/strategic-planning-for-small-business/index.html) Matt Sharwood (Advise Accountants) shares practical ways to introduce advisory services and strategic planning. 30 min ### [Future shifts in the accounting industry](/content/podcast-episodes/future-shifts-in-the-accounting-industry/index.html) Chris Hooper (Accodex) shares insights to the future of accounting and the democratisation of business intelligence. 40 min ### [Forward facing accounting: the new norm](/content/podcast-episodes/making-forward-facing-accounting-the-new-norm/index.html) Prue McStay (Astute Mode) reveals the challenges and benefits of focusing on Advisory, and not just compliance. 31 min ### [How to deliver Advisory](/content/podcast-episodes/how-to-deliver-advisory/index.html) Steph Hinds (Growthwise) gives us her specific steps and strategies to deliver Advisory and grow new revenue streams. 52 mins ### [The new era of accounting & technology](/content/podcast-episodes/the-new-era-of-accounting-and-technology/index.html) Doug Sleeter (The Sleeter Group) talks about the future of accounting in North America and his thoughts on blockchain. 45 min ### [NBR Radar: Interview with Richard Francis, CEO of Spotlight Reporting](/content/podcast-episodes/nbr-interview/index.html) Listen to the NBR Radar interview with Spotlight Reporting's CEO, Richard Francis 6 min ### [The power of listening and asking the right questions](/content/podcast-episodes/sharon-pocock/index.html) Sharon Pocock of Kinder Pocock reveals how the secret to making advisory a success was listening and asking the right questions to understand what the client really needs and then delivering and pricing those services correctly. 49 min ### [Being a niche Accountant for Amazon businesses](/content/podcast-episodes/jason-macdonald/index.html) Learn how White & Black Chartered Accountants found a customer niche in eCommerce, primarily Amazon businesses and how he dominates Google rankings for "Accountant for Amazon seller in Australia". 30 min ### [Unlocking the profit potential for your clients](/content/podcast-episodes/paul-sweeney/index.html) Paul Sweeney of Pretium Solutions shares the highs and lows of his advisory journey. 39 min