


Why you need to get out of your bookkeeping box to expand your network and build strong connections The one mindset shift that will help your business adapt and prosper during this rapidly changing digital age

With all types of automated bookkeeping software and apps out there, some of you might be worried that your services may be obsolete because of new advances in technology.Īccording to today's guest, the co-founder and chair of the Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada, Dianne Mueller, there is a way to make yourself valuable so you can thrive despite these uncertain times. Her writing projects have included the New York Times Best Seller " Wayfaring Strangers ~ the Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia" (book and CD) and also "The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Celtic Music".įiona is active in community work, including serving as a trustee of the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust and as a co-founder of the Birnam Book Festival.For bookkeepers, it can be a great thing, but also a scary one. Fiona is an experienced fundraiser, both on and off-air, and has worked in an advisory capacity in the non-profit and arts sector, including for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, The British Council and Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: The Making of America Festival. She has toured with musicians, created in-flight programming for United Airlines and provided voice overs for animations and documentaries. from the National Mall in Washington, DC., and she launched the seminal radio show Celtic Connections in conjunction with BBC Radio Scotland.įiona has worked extensively on event production and as a concert MC everywhere from Chicago’s Grant Park to Glasgow’s Celtic Connections and Holyrood Palace. In the 1990s, Fiona co-anchored NPR's July 4th live performance broadcasts, airing coast to coast in the U.S. Fiona is best known as the host and producer of NPR’s The Thistle & Shamrock®, an hour of music from Celtic roots, broadcasting weekly across the U.S. She has produced and presented both live and recorded programs for NPR and BBC, also curating web-based content for internet radio Soma FM. Her radio career began in 1981 and it grew in local station and network settings. Based in Scotland, Fiona Ritchie MBE is an award-winning radio broadcaster, producer and writer.
