This immersive education experience is designed for CPAs and accounting professionals, offering a cohort-style education with an interactive and hands-on approach to mastering AI in the context of accounting.
The curriculum is designed to meet each participant at their current level of AI knowledge, ensuring a personalized learning experience.
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AI Foundations Live is a dynamic, exclusive in-person half-day experience specifically crafted for accounting professionals who want to master generative AI with ChatGPT—rapidly and securely. We’ve taken our foundational three-week program and transformed it into a high-impact, interactive session that delivers all the essentials in a fraction of the time.
Through engaging live demos, hands-on exercises, and accounting case studies, you’ll learn to set up ChatGPT with thoughtful data security, crafting effective prompts, and applying cutting-edge AI strategies to everyday accounting tasks. This is your fast-track to confidently leveraging generative AI for everything from client communications to financial analysis—without sacrificing security or professional standards. Leave with a strong AI foundation, practical tools to boost efficiency, and the competitive edge that comes from learning face-to-face with expert educators and peers in a collaborative setting.
This program is tailored specifically for CPAs and accounting professionals who are eager to integrate AI into their practice or organization.
If you’re a forward-thinking accountant ready to elevate your skill set and harness the power of AI to enhance your firm's efficiency and use of technology, this exclusive program is designed with you in mind.
Ideal candidates are those who are committed to staying ahead of industry trends, interested in practical applications of AI, and ready to collaborate with a like-minded group of peers.
Whether you’re new to generative AI or you’ve already started using it, this education is sure to level up your AI knowledge and your professional application.
By participating in the MACPA AI Learning Program, you will achieve:
Learn how to best leverage Gen AI in an accounting environment to safely and comfortably add incremental value to your business and small, compoundable efficiencies to your day.
This program is more than just a learning experience – it’s a transformative opportunity to redefine how you approach accounting with the power of AI.
Each 3-week course includes a live session each week. See the dates and times below!
| Learning Experience One: AI Foundations | VIEW HERE |
| Learning Experience Two: AI Impact | NEW CLASSES COMING SOON |
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To ensure a consistent and impactful experience for all, participants in the program are expected to:
Meet Twyla & Byron, two progressively tech-forward CPAs and founders of TB Academy, an education and training facility for accounting professionals across North America.
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Byron K Patrick, CPA.CITP, began as a CPA and then merged his passion for technology with accounting. He founded Simplified Innovations Inc, an IT Department servicing CPA firms, and later joined Botkeeper as a General Manager. He then supported leaders in achieving Business, Balance & Bliss at The B3 Method Institute and is currently the CEO of VERIFYiQ, bringing automated Quality Control to accountants. A recognized technology leader, Byron frequently speaks at conferences and contributes to industry publications, including the Journal of Accountancy. He has been an active member of the Maryland Association of CPAs and the AICPA, holding several key positions.
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Twyla is a CPA with a diverse, strategy-focused skill set that spans accounting, partnerships, entrepreneurship, and software innovation. Recognized as a Top Women in Accounting, Twyla is committed to inspiring others to try something new, share their experiences and challenge the way things have always been done. A former owner of an advisory-led firm, a female founder of a tech start-up, and now head of accounting partnerships at Mercury, Twyla dedicates her time to the intersection of modern accounting and progressive technology, exploring innovative new ways to push forward the accounting profession.
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