Sage has launched an educational program for accounting firms. And to spread the message of the new Leadership Education of the Accounting Profession courses, Sage has begun hiring a sales force to market the program, along with all other products it offers.
"It's a very comprehensive education program," says Connie Certusi, EVP of Sage Small Business Solutions Leap, offering online courses and instruction in classrooms in 18 cities, already has 100 courses available. Certusi said these are aimed at helping firms change their business model and leverage the cloud
"There will be some accountants who are not going to want to change," Certusi acknowledges. But she said Sage research shows a significant number that want to expand business but do not know how to accomplish that.
While the sales force will be selling Leap courses, they will also being selling software—"anything we offer"—says Certusi
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind
