Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC, CITP/FIBP

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• Davis LLP

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• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta

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• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bermuda

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia

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• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario

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• Internet World (New York, Chicago, Toronto and Oslo)

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• Progressive Business Conferences

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Garrett has written four books, dozens of e-books and hundreds of articles on Internet strategy for leading publishers, business clients and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) organizations.

Books:

• World Business Resources.com published by McGraw-Hill in New York

• How to Conquer the World published by Government Institutes in Washington, DC

• Advanced Googling by Google Books in Mountain View, California

• Using the Web to Compete in a Global Marketplace published by John Wiley & Sons in New York (co-author)

E-Books include:

• Advanced Googling for Accountants Part I: How to Customize and Optimize Your Google Experience

• Advanced Googling for Accountants Part II: How to Hack Google and Unlock Hidden Online Intelligence

• Advanced Googling for Accountants Part III: How to Tap Google Power Search Tools and Verticals

• Google Apps for Accountants: How to Use Google's Productivity Suite to Boost Collaboration, Mobility and Performance

• Google Business Tools for Accountants: How to Use Google's Suite of Enterprise Tools to Increase Online Efficiency and Effectiveness

• Google+ for Accountants: How to Use Google's Social Network to Improve Your Online Business Presence and Performance

• Google Big Data and Forecasting Tools for Accountants: How to Use Google to Improve Your Predictive Power

• Google is Not Enough for Accountants Part I: How to Search Social Platforms and Business Databases Not Indexed by Google

• Google is Not Enough for Accountants Part II: How to Scan Vertical Search Engines Not Indexed by Google

• LinkedIn for Accountants: How to Showcase Your Credentials, Build Your Network and Generate Business Opportunities

• Facebook for Accountants: How to Gather Competitive Intelligence, Promote Your Brand and Grow Your Business

• Twitter for Accountants: How to Create a Custom News Feed, Follow Thought Leaders and Track Market Signals

• YouTube for Accountants: How to Discover Information, Build a Channel and Promote Your Brand Using Online Video

• Leveraging Social Technologies for Accountants: How to Decrease Costs and Increase Revenues Using Enterprise Social Applications

• Mobile Web for Accountants: How to be Triple A Productive: Work Anytime, Anywhere on any Device

• Mobile Devices for Accountants: How to Shop Smart, Save Money and Explore All Your Gadget Options

• Mobile Apps for Accountants: A Whirlwind Tour of 500+ Cloud Tools for Finance Professionals

• Wearable Computing for Accountants: How to Amplify Your Ambient Awareness and Cognitive Powers Using a New Generation of On-Body Technologies

• Data Visualization and Mapping Tools for Accountants: How to Unleash Your Inner Picasso and Improve the Visual Appeal of Your Financial Reports

• Blogging for Accountants: How to Build your Brand and Attract New Business

• Crowdsourcing for Accountants: How to Engage Online Communities to Boost Your Bottom Line

• Collaborative Consumption for Accountants: How to Connect with Peer-to-Peer Networks to Maximize Value

• Crowdfunding for Accountants: How to Leverage New Online Platforms to Validate Ideas, Gain Exposure and Raise Capital

• Online Travel Tools for Accountants: How to Be a More Efficient, Effective (and Happier) Road Warrior

• Online Rating and Review Tools for Accountants: How to Build Trust and Boost Your Reputation in Today's Hyper-Connected World

• eMarketplaces for Accountants: How to Tap the New Channels and Drivers of Modern Commerce

• Internet of Things for Accountants: How to Profit from Connected Devices and the Growing Integration of Physical and Digital Worlds

• Internet Security Tools for Accountants: How to Prepare a Cyber-Defence Strategy in Today's Complex World

• Open Innovation for Accountants: How to Transform Complacent Thinking and Decision-Making

• IRS Internet Resources for Accountants: How to Tap a Treasure Trove of Digital Tax Information and Services

• Online Productivity Tools for Accountants: How to Expand Your Digital Arsenal and Technical Skillset

• United States Federal Government Internet Resources for Accountants: How to Tap Uncle Sam for Free (and Nearly Free) Business Assistance

• US State Taxation Internet Resources for Accountants: How to Navigate State Regulatory Agencies Online

• US City Taxation Internet Resources for Accountants: How to Navigate Civic Regulatory Agencies Online

• International Taxation Internet Resources for Accountants: How to Navigate International Regulatory Agencies Online

• Research Automation Tools for Accountants: How to Tap Artificial Intelligence and Big Data to Search the Web for You

Business Publications:

• Access Americas

• Backbone

• Business and the Law

• Business in Vancouver

• Canada West Foundation

• Expansion Management

• Financial Post

• Global Production

• Globe and Mail

• Greater Winnipeg Business

• Journal of Commerce

• Manitoba Business

• Oportunidad Canada-Mexico

• Pacific Coast Trade

• Small Business Week

• The Bottom Line

• Tom Peters On Achieving Excellence

• Trade and Commerce

• World Trade

Newspapers:

• Akron Beacon Journal

• Boulder Daily Camera

• Cincinnati Enquirer

• Fort Worth Star-Telegram

• Houston Chronicle

• Knight Ridder Tribune

• Long Beach Magazine

• Mashable

• Miami Herald

• Northern New Jersey Record

• Providence Sunday Journal

• Rockland Journal News

• San Francisco Examiner

• Selkirk Journal

• Vancouver Province

• Vancouver View

• Winnipeg Free Press

• Smash language barriers with Google's “translated foreign pages”

• U.S. “Cloud First” policy a big bang event for enterprise computing

• Google Forms can unclog company data bottlenecks

• Google Places puts your local business on the map

• Google Sites an overlooked web space creator for business startups

• Google Reader boosts online research efficiency for businesses

• Google offers much more than most know

"I recommend this course for EVERYONE regardless of background or business."

"Fantastic! Garrett's presentation style at first seems a little salesman-ish, but that quickly turns into simply keeping the presentation lively and on point and entertaining."

"PACKED with good information ... fast moving and simply crammed with internet searching/exploration options I had never considered or even heard of -- and I consider myself fairly internet savvy."

"It was refreshing to have an instructor deliver with such energy, enthusiasm and confidence!"

"Opened up whole new web world."

"This is definitely one of the best/most interesting PD courses that I’ve taken."

"Just fascinating and mind blowing. Thank you for bringing all this to us!"

"Great seminar."

"This was excellent – a great use of my time!"

"Excellent presentation. Immediate applicability to work!! Very knowledgeable speaker and excellent, high energy delivery."

"Phenomenal ... delivery absolutely astounding ... great tips."

"One of the absolute best, most fun presentations I've attended."

"Funny guy ... powerful speaker."

"Wow! The course will change how I do everything at work."

“One of the best professional development courses I’ve taken.”

“One of the best workshops I’ve ever attended.”

“Pointed out many things about Google I was not aware of.”

"I had no idea Google can help me so much as an accountant."

"Garrett talks like an auctioneer and is very passionate about the material."

"Very different, engaging, took away a lot of new tools."

"Wow! Garrett has sooooo much energy! He is clearly passionate about his subject and presented a lot of information in a fantastic manner!"

"Like drinking through a fire hose but gave lots of information for us to look into which is great. Very entertaining presenter."

"Fantastic session. Funny and relevant but there wasn't enough time for Garrett to breath between sentences."

"Good snappy presentation with a lot of humor."

"Very eye-opening what technologies are out there for free use."

"Amazing presentation. Informative and humourous."

"Our Live Webcast instructor @garrettwasny got nothing but 5 stars from customers yesterday! "This was truly excellent!!"

"Garrett Wasny is an encyclopedia when it comes to Google, Linkedin, Twitter and social networking tools. "

"Great presentation! During it, my colleagues and I were “OMG-ing” back and forth over email at all the cool things you were showing us! We can’t wait to try some out!"

"Incredibly informative and a powerful new tool for my future discovery projects."

"Awesome ... excellent ... fantastic ... so much fun."

"I didn't know how little I knew about Google."

"I was very pleasantly surprised at how much material this speaker covered. Great job!"

"Lots to learn .... engaging ... entertaining ... super helpful for my job!"

"Very funny!!!!"

"Needed another hour with Garrett! The BEST session of ANY CMA Conference EVER! Great presenter!"

"Very informative and well-organized presentation. Great practical information that should be very useful in my practice."

"Garrett has unique presentation skills, kept me engaged all the time. Very passionate about his topic, knows material very well. I would definitely recommend this seminar to my colleagues."

"Dynamic, entertaining presenter on what can be a dry topic."

"Practical information for use at work and at home."

"I was very pleasantly surprised by this course. I thought it was excellent and very practical. All of it."

"Introduced me to a number of things about Google that I did not know."

"Wonderful seminar and very useful and practical."

"Excellent speaker. Very passionate and knowledgeable!"

"The group enjoyed your presentation, and your energy served as a nice break from the sometimes bleak and humourless presentations to which we are subjected."

"I never enjoyed or was more motivated by a CPE seminar than the data visualization & mapping you gave yesterday. You were very knowledgeable & your enthusiasm was contagious."

"Opened my eyes to a world of Google possibilities ... Excellent use of time."

"Garrett is amazing -- animated, greater speaker, funny, knowledgeable."

"Excellent info, enthusiastic, don't blink or you will miss info."

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"In a word, OMG! Amazing amount of information, thank you." 

"Had a great time and the best learning experience in any PD course I have ever taken."

"Excellent presentation style ... great topic."

"Pointed out so many things I did not know in spite of “Googling” for many years."

" Explained clearly and precisely ... taught very well."

" Extremely knowledgeable presenter ... very enjoyable and entertaining."

"Lots of useful information to be used in day to day life."

" Super presentation ... great information ... extremely useful at any level."

"Instructor is excellent! ... fantastic job ... do not change anything."

" Very well taught ... good course, very interesting . ."

"Very passionate about material and usefulness of Google as a research tool."

"Awesome, best ICAO course ever."

" Very informative, very interesting ... great tips!

"Very interesting overview of social media ... very good course."

"Garrett is a great presenter ... good sense of humour and creative."

"I was captivated from beginning to end."

"Garrett is very entertaining."

"Great overview of cloud tools ... lots of examples provided ... useful tips ... found hidden features."

"Garrett is a diligent and energetic instructor."

"A great resource for future research and ideas for new employment (links to useful tools and apps)."

"Liked Garrett's personal opinions."

"Interesting apps for daily accounting that otherwise not know about."

"Very well presented with lots of practical tips ... very informative!"

"Loads of examples in the handout."

"Extensive knowledge of seminar leader and his passion on the subject.."

"Lots of extra info in addition to what was covered in course day."

"Very passionate."

"Garrett is always so funny – he provides comic comments throughout his presentation."

"Love his enthusiasm! Real eye opener for all the apps out there and for the uses of the cloud. Excellent coverage of so many categories of apps."

"Energetic and fast paced so keeps us engaged. Thanks it was enjoyable!"

"Time well spent – good for accountants in industry too!"

"Experience of Garrett was phenomenal. Provided various perspectives on things to help me decide/ look into the various social technologies. Lots of valuable tips."

"So very relevant to all aspects of life and work."

"Materials/ handouts will be a great resource."

"Good focus on business applications."

"So much great info to an area that many are “afraid” to venture into."

"Good tips for both social technology and marketing in general."

"Discussed both sides of topics."

"Good discussion of LinkedIn – Provided useful and easy ideas to try."

"Many great tips and different perspectives to many social media sites."

"Knowledgeable and entertaining."

"Thank you for assuring me that everyone finds social media confusing."

"Really enjoyed Garrett Wasny."

"Very valuable: competitive intelligence pieces."

"Best course taken at ICABC in 20 years."

"Thank you for organizing this search info so it can be understood. You have inspired me!."

"Fast paced – useful search techniques with a sense of humor."

"What did I like most about this course? Garrett – his delivery – his engagement into the topic and energy. The man is crazy funny."

"Very informative and entertaining/interesting."

"Garrett made searching more relevant and efficient."

"Very enthusiastic and entertaining."

"Garrett is informed and entertaining. Awesome day."

"Dynamic presenter and given this is not a hands on course was able to keep the attention of audience."

"Great entertainer and very educational at the same time."

"Energetic and engaging."

"Very informative for business and pleasure."

"Excellent speaker, staccato delivery and all really interesting."

"Always insightful and useful info."

"Very entertaining."

"Practical advice."

"Garrett Wasny is always informative and entertaining."

"Outstanding."

"Lots of info that I likely would not have uncovered otherwise."

"Fantastic! Garrett was at a CA Conference Day many years ago. Great idea to have him back and always a great option for a breakout session!"

"A lot of info presented very quickly. Has good ideas/info."

"Amazing level of knowledge, energy and enthusiasm for the subject."

"The best “optional” sessions I’ve been to at the Victoria PD conference days."

"Lively engaging presentation."

"Very entertaining and extremely informative."

"Very interesting information."

"Excellent reference material."

"An eye opener."

"Seminar provides a great introduction of what’s out there."

"Enthusiastic presenter! Fast paced and entertaining."

"Up to date information; organization; structure of course."

"A wealth of useful info. Great that he could show us immediately on screen."

"Topic on what I do not know – very informative."

• Price Waterhouse Management Consultant Writing Award. Article Seven Free Trade Fallacles published in Financial Post received flrst prize in national Price Waterhouse Management Consultant writing competition.

• Price Waterhouse Management Consultant Writing Runner-Up Award. Article 1992 Impact on Canadian Business published in Business and the Law received runner-up prize in national Price Waterhouse Management Consultant writing competition.

• Internet World Speaker Award.  Rated a top speaker by attendees of Internet World New York.  

• Study Web Award. The website for Mr. Wasny’s management consulting practice was selected by Shelton, Connecticut-based StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the Internet.

• ExpoWorld Gold Seal Award. Garrett's How to Conquer the World website received the Superb Reference Site Gold Seal from ExpoWorld.

Garrett Wasny is an independent Certified Management Consultant (CMC). He provides objective, unbiased and non-commercial information in the client's best interest. He is not affiliated with any vendor or technology and receives no commission or compensation of any kind from the entities and companies he reviews in his seminars, webinars and consulting assignments.