Course Details

For accountants in small and mid-sized practices, AI is no longer something to watch from a distance, your software is already using it, your competitors are exploring it, and your clients are starting to ask about it. The question is no longer whether AI is relevant to your practice, but whether you are ready to use it to your advantage. This session gives you a clear, practical starting point, no technical background required. You will understand why AI adoption matters for your practice right now, what mindset is needed to embrace it, and exactly what to do from day one. Whether you are completely new to AI or have been curious but unsure where to begin, this session will leave you with a concrete roadmap you can act on immediately.

 

In this webinar Fiona O’Carroll will cover the following topics:

  • The competitive case for AI: why the accounting profession is changing and what it means for your practice and your clients
  • The AI mindset: how to shift your thinking to embrace new tools with confidence, curiosity and a healthy critical eye
  • Getting started: a practical, jargon-free introduction to the key AI tools available today, how to test them quickly and decide with confidence what belongs in your practice
  • Building your day-to-day AI roadmap: how to integrate AI into your working week in a realistic, sustainable and productive way
  • Guardrails and best practice: understanding the boundaries, risks and ethical considerations every professional needs to know before they start

 

By attending this session, you will be able to articulate why AI adoption is a competitive necessity for your practice, identify the right tools to get started with, apply a clear framework for building AI into your daily workflow, and do so with confidence, knowing the guardrails and best practices that keep you and your clients protected.


This session will be of most interest to sole practitioners and accountants in small to medium-sized practices who are at the beginning of their AI journey. It is equally relevant to practice owners, managers and client-facing advisors who want to understand how AI can improve efficiency, enhance client service and strengthen their competitive position; no technical background required.


Course level: Foundation / Need to Know; 

(This session is designed for those with little or no prior AI experience. It is also a "need to know" topic given the speed at which AI is becoming embedded in professional practice and client expectations)

CPD Course Speaker

NoNee - Director & Founder

Fiona O'Carroll

Fiona O'Carroll is a business leader, AI Adoption Strategist and digital transformation expert who helps professionals and organisations move from AI curiosity to AI confidence.

As founder of NoNeeAI (www.noneeai.com), Fiona guides professionals and organisations through the AI adoption journey, cutting through the hype to deliver clear, actionable strategies for integrating AI into how they work.

Fiona brings rare real-world credibility to the topic. A former C-suite executive with leadership roles spanning CEO, COO, Chief Digital Officer, VP Marketing and eCommerce GM, she has scaled global businesses to exit, raised venture capital and held executive and non-executive board positions across Technology, Online Retail, Consumer Goods, Education, Media, Food and Computer Gaming.

She is a lead mentor on Going for Growth, Ireland's national entrepreneurship programme, where she works with ambitious female entrepreneurs to scale their businesses.

Fiona is the creator of The Digital Mindset, and co-host of the Shedding Skin & Blisters Podcast. She holds a BSc in Marketing and MSc in Business Management from Trinity College Dublin and is a graduate of the Leadership for Growth Executive Programme at Stanford University, California.