aclJohn's Business Finds

As the global body for professional accountants, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCAGlobal) provides support to their 147,000 members and more than 420,000 students; based in London, with administrative offices in Glasgow, they have an active presence in over 170 different countries.

Take a look at "Teach Accounting" ACCA's e-magazine for teachers of finance professionals.
Now published exclusively via email, it includes ACCA news, industry updates, resources and guidance f...
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Facebook launched its “Facebook for Business” resource centre on the 25th July 2011; a collection of instructions and guides for using...
Pages - ads - Sponsored Stories - Platform applications
An ideal resource for those responsible for marketing and advertising within learning provider organisations; guiding them through the purpose and functionality of Facebook’s core products in simple, plain English, and links to PDFs where they can learn more. Facebook is showcasing the depth of its...
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The Business Model Canvas can be downloaded as a PDF from Alexander Osterwalder's website. (http://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/)

It is a tools for creating a visual business model and covers the essential elements included in any business plan; Alexander has provided this easy-to-use business plan template and a guide to the information to be included.

The business plan template is divided into 9 sections (each accompanied by a short series of questions making it easier to fill out ...

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"Dragons' Den" has raised awareness of some of the many start-ups trying to get funds; PlanCruncher is an online tool that streamlines part of the process by letting users create a short business plan without writing lots of paragraphs.

PlanCruncher...

• makes use of...
  • creative icons and
    
  • an easy-to-read design to get the message across;
• asks users to fill in 6 different sections...
  • Idea;
  • Team;
  • Product;
  • Revenue;
  • Funding; and
    
  • Partnership.
    

Users...

• choosing icons that represent ...

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Brightbook has the potential to be used as a teaching tool for those who need hands-on book-keeping experience and/or for Informal Adult Learning for "Community Group/self-employed Book Keeping" courses.

The aims of Brightbook are to provide an easy way for small business owners to keep their monthly accounts in shape. The whole premise is providing users with an application that is free from specialised accountancy jargon, and its list of features is aimed directly at such individuals.

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I'm not going to enter the debate about is 2010 the start of a decade or the last year of a decade but, The Guardian has produced a Decade in Business infographic.

The Decade in Business is comprised of 120 images representing various business stories from the past ten years.

• Click on any image in the infographic to learn more about that story.
• Most stories are based in Europe; some have a more global basis.

Practitioners of business related courses and/or economics may find The Decade...

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I have, in the past, reviewed tools like...

• Barcode Label Printer <http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/index.php> and
• Barcode Generator <http://terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/>

...that allows users encode information (text, phone number etc) into a barcode label. That Information, behind the barcode label, can then be read by a standard barcode scanner or a mobile phone with reader software.

Online Barcode Reader, on the other hand, lets you decode and read the information be...

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