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AI can write your finance reports. But should you ask it to? \"\" : articulateaccountant.micro.blog

","summary":"","url":"https://articulateaccountant.micro.blog/2025/06/05/ai-can-write-your-finance.html","date_published":"2025-06-05T09:01:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Gary Bandy","url":"https://garybandy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F07%2F1311161.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"garybandy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-05 09:01","date_timestamp":1749114093,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"64299952","content_html":"\"PowerPoint allows speakers to pretend that they are giving a real talk, and audiences to pretend that they are listening. (Edward Tufte, 2006)\"\n\nOuch!\n\nTake a moment to reflect on your own presentations. Have you ever been in front of an audience (in the room or on the screen) and sensed they weren’t listening to you?\n\nif you have sensed it, you were right; they weren’t listening.\n\nAnd it was your fault for distracting them with your slides. All those words are an invitation to read – and humans cannot read and listen at the same time!\n\nMost people are so bad at creating slides that support their pr... thearticulateaccountant.com","summary":"","url":"https://articulateaccountant.micro.blog/2025/05/13/powerpoint-allows-speakers-to-pretend.html","date_published":"2025-05-13T11:30:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Gary Bandy","url":"https://garybandy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F07%2F1311161.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"garybandy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-13 11:30","date_timestamp":1747135807,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"62239554","content_html":"

If you don’t have time to make good slides, don’t make any. articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Don't have borders around every cell of the tables in your documents: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Whether they are good, bad or mediocre, your presentations set the standard for your team. articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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A faster, better way to reply to emails: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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AI won’t make your financial reports more effective: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Save time replying to emails and make your replies clearer at the same time: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Q: What has DeepSeek got to do with business writing? articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Take the easy way: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Step 5: add some white space: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Step 4: strengthen the text: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Step 3: rewrite passive sentences: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Cut out adverbs and and adjectives: garybandy.micro.blog

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Step 2: bottom line up front: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

","summary":"","url":"https://articulateaccountant.micro.blog/2024/12/11/step-bottom-line.html","date_published":"2024-12-11T11:06:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Gary Bandy","url":"https://garybandy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F07%2F1311161.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"garybandy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-11 11:06","date_timestamp":1733915189,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"51689655","content_html":"This week I am going to release 5 short videos explaining how you can take one of your reports and make it more effective.\n\nEach day will be one step of a 5-step process.\n\nStep 1 is to cut out unnecessary paragraphs and sentences.\n\nThat means use a chainsaw not a scalpel.\n\nA good place to look for unnecess... thearticulateaccountant.com","summary":"","url":"https://articulateaccountant.micro.blog/2024/12/09/this-week-i.html","date_published":"2024-12-09T16:38:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Gary Bandy","url":"https://garybandy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F07%2F1311161.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"garybandy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-09 16:38","date_timestamp":1733762288,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"51398594","content_html":"

Get your message on page 1: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Help your reader by having only 1 request per email. articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Writing about numbers \"\" : articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Learn how to write about money and numbers: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Writing about numbers course will be live soon: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

","summary":"","url":"https://articulateaccountant.micro.blog/2024/11/20/writing-about-numbers.html","date_published":"2024-11-20T10:48:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Gary Bandy","url":"https://garybandy.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F07%2F1311161.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"garybandy"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-20 10:48","date_timestamp":1732099720,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"49474204","content_html":"

I'm on the Audit 15 Fun podcast this week: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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Let’s replace PDFs with documents that are readable on mobile devices.

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You don't need big words to be a professional: articulateaccountant.micro.blog

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@ChrisLawley That will waste more of your time than just deleting the emails

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@ia I love that quotation. Will add it to my commonplace book.

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@manton super agent apps.apple.com/gb/app/su…

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@jsonbecker if you like theatre there are loads but Shakespeare’s Globe is unique. And for something that is quiet try the Chelsea Physic Garden www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk

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@ia Looking forward to receiving mine (I bought it as a gift to myself)

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@ia One of my favourite quotations.

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@ayjay I’m a competent writer and I turn to AI only for inspiration. Sometimes I want some ideas about form and structure of the thing I have to write; other times I’m looking for it to show me ideas/content I would not have thought.To be clear, most things I write have no AI involvement at all.

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@davesdowntime I think you have. I quickly went from one device to six, and also gave one to my son when he got a new apartment. I even bought a turntable that connects into the system so I can stream records around the house.

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@davesdowntime I agree about the small scale civic volunteering. My own village, near Manchester, England, regularly has groups maintaining assets like the public park. There are also businesses here that allow staff to have 1 day of paid leave a year to spend on voluntary work. Even then, not 100% of staff take up the offer. I suspect the costs (economic, political, social) of enforcing a national Umuganda-type scheme here might outweigh the benefits. In fact, I might ask my students this week for a cost-benefit analysis of the Rwandan scheme.

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@gr36 It’s time for Apple to apply their design aesthetic to a completely new product line. I’ve always said I would buy a toaster from Apple if they made one!

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@pimoore I really like the Tufte theme you made. Thanks for making it. I’m gradually learning how to use it. The ability to have a summary on the main page is helpful for me but is it possible for the summary text not to be in italics? My blog is at garybandy.micro.blog

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@gr36 I know! I think I would have settled for a point before kick-off.

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@jasraj Thanks. It’s a pub near Blackfriars station.

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@gdp @heyscottyj A few months ago I was ready to drop my Fantastical sub but then I realised the openings feature was as good for me as Calendly and half the price so the latter was cancelled. I like having proposals integrated, too, instead of using Doodle.

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@manton It is more than a month since I emailed you for advice and finally I have created an account to test this out

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