How to Register

Joe Woodard Presents

Scaling New Heights

An Advanced Training Conference for Intuit Advisors

May 24-26, 2010 - Atlanta, GA

Question: How do I download the conference materials?

        Answer: You can download the conference materials by clicking here. Use the password we
        provided you during the conference to open the file.

Question: How do I reserve my guest room at the resort?

Answer: You reserve your guest room through our conference staff. After you register for the conference, someone from our staff will contact you about your travel itinerary (beginning February 2010) Note: We will assign guest rooms based on the date of your registration (see the note on the Location & Venue page). Note: We booked all available rooms at the resort and we are processing the rooms for the block. As a result you will be unable to reserve a room through Marriott reservations or any third party registration service.
 

Question: Do I have to commit to attending one track or can I choose what I want to attend session by session?

Answer: You can move freely between the tracks at any point during the conference.

Question: Why is this conference so focused on Intuit software?

Answer: First: There are numerous organizations in the country that do excellent general accounting technology shows. Scaling New Heights is primarily a training conference designed to equip professionals to provide new (or expanded) consulting services. (Note: The conference does have an exhibition floor and offers bonus sessions on a wide range of Intuit-integrated applications.) By covering fewer applications during our general sessions and breakout sessions (mostly Intuit software) we have more time to dedicate to each product. That allows us to make the sessions more comprehensive, in-depth, and practical. Second: Many Intuit Solution Providers and most QuickBooks ProAdvisors make Intuit products a primary (of not sole) focus of their technology consulting. We designed this conference to be as applicable to your practice as possible.

Question: I'm a ProAdvisor but not a Member of the Intuit Solution Provider Program (ISP). Am I eligible to attend sessions in the tracks designed for ISPs?

Answer: Yes. Some tracks prepare ISPs for certification on Intuit Warehouse Management ES, Intuit Field Service Management ES, and Intuit QuickBase. You are correct that these tracks are designed with the Intuit Solution Provider in mind. However, even though you cannot certify on these products as a ProAdvisor, the educational value is considerable. In other words, you can promote yourself as an expert on these products and you can provide consulting services on these products even if you are not a member of the Intuit Solution Provider Program. In fact, many ISPs regularly refer consulting services on these products to other professionals. During the conference you could gain expertise in one of the products listed above and network with Intuit Solution Providers attending the conference.

Question: Why does the conference include Method certification?

Answer: First: We believe Method is a true game changer within the QuickBooks world. Second:  Joe Woodard (conference host) has found consulting on Method to be a significant benefit to his practice and he wants to extend this strategic opportunity to the conference attendees. Equipping professionals to provide new (or expanded) consulting services is the primary design of Scaling New Heights. In-depth training on Method certainly fits within that design. Third: Joe Woodard is partnered with Method as the only Method-authorized provider of Method Solution Provider certification training in the U.S. Scaling New Heights 2010 is an incredible way for both Joe and Method to launch Level 1 Method Solution Provider certification.

Question: Why does the conference include Fishbowl certification?

Answer: As with Intuit products and Method, Joe Woodard (conference host) has found consulting on Fishbowl Inventory to be a significant benefit to his practice and he wants to extend this strategic opportunity to conference attendees. Equipping professionals to provide new (or expanded) consulting services is the primary design of Scaling New Heights. In-depth training on Method certainly fits within that design.

Question: Now that Scaling New Heights has sponsors and exhibitors, will the nature of the conference change? Is Scaling New Heights still a QuickBooks training conference or is it becoming a general accounting technology show?

Answer: In short, Scaling New Heights will always be first and foremost an in-depth training conference primarily focused on QuickBooks and other Intuit products. For 2010 we are broadening our in-depth training to include optional tracks on Fishbowl and Method that will run parallel to our  QuickBooks sessions (for the reasons stated in the two questions above).

Pure, in-depth technical training is the common denominator (and differentiator) for all we do. Scaling New Heights is not an accounting technology show. There are numerous other organizations doing a great job providing these types of shows. It is our intention to equip our attendees to consult effectively on the entire Intuit small business product line as well as selected, highly strategic applications that integrate with QuickBooks.

All of that said, we do believe the exhibitions (and our optional exhibitor "Lagniappe Track") provides all of our attendees with a much broader exposure to a wider range of QuickBooks-integrated products and specialized services. We encourage all attendees to spend time on our exhibition floor and to attend at least one 50 minute session in the Lagniappe Track. Click here for more information about our conference sponsors.