Continuing Education > BKA 103 > Accounting Studio Magic 101
DOCUMENTS: See bottom of this page. This course utilizes online resources.
PRICE: Free for All to Enjoy // $149 to obtain CE Certificate
OBJECTIVES: Learn about Accounting Industry Vocabulary, Cognitive Models, Data Models and a new type of Spreadsheet Software offering so you can converse more competently with those in the industry and make more informed choices about your service providers and software options.
INTRODUCTION: The ASM 101 curriculum is a Generic Educational Opportunity with curriculum provided by ZAP Accounting Software. This curriculum establishes baseline vocabulary and procedural understanding to discuss bookkeeping and bookkeeping software in a competent manner via an entirely new method of teaching. It also provides an in depth introduction to a new, 3rd type of "Do It Yourself" Software that is open source, free and more user centric than anything else in the Small Business Software marketplace.
PRICE: Free for All to Enjoy // $149 to obtain CE Certificate
OBJECTIVES: Learn about Accounting Industry Vocabulary, Cognitive Models, Data Models and a new type of Spreadsheet Software offering so you can converse more competently with those in the industry and make more informed choices about your service providers and software options.
INTRODUCTION: The ASM 101 curriculum is a Generic Educational Opportunity with curriculum provided by ZAP Accounting Software. This curriculum establishes baseline vocabulary and procedural understanding to discuss bookkeeping and bookkeeping software in a competent manner via an entirely new method of teaching. It also provides an in depth introduction to a new, 3rd type of "Do It Yourself" Software that is open source, free and more user centric than anything else in the Small Business Software marketplace.
ASM101 Syllabus - A 5 Part Curriculum (1 page diagram ) view
Related Links:
ZAP Software Website - ASM101 view
ZAP Software Website - Bookkeeping Template Landing Page view
DIY Software Club view
- Part 1 - Bookkeeping vs Accounting - Abridged (15 slides) view || quiz
- Part 2 - Practice 1st, Theory 2nd // Small Business Scenarios // Two Software Systems (13 slides) view
- Part 3 - Sales Systems - An Introduction (21 slides) view
- Part 4 - The Sales System - Bookkeeping System Relationship (4 slides) view
- Part 5 - Bookkeeping System
Related Links:
ZAP Software Website - ASM101 view
ZAP Software Website - Bookkeeping Template Landing Page view
DIY Software Club view
Discussion
The Art of Business consists of Finance, Accounting, Management, Marketing, Management Science and Operations, and IT as well as attention on Business Ethics, Legal and Strategic matters. (FAMMSOIT/bELS). Bookkeeping is a subset of Accounting and it's what is at the core of all Small Businesses and Households, to the surprise of many.
"If Accounting is the language of Business, which it is, then Bookkeeping is the Key to the Alphabet" - ZAP Accounting Software
"80% of your business is just Business, 10% is your ability to sell and 10% is trade or product specific" - the 220 Club
In the United States, the importance of learning bookkeeping and accounting was diminished in grade schools. The curriculum in colleges prior to our offering was unnecessarily complex, specifically geared towards corporate use, and without appropriate digital systems for learning.
In 2021, ZAP Accounting Software published the worlds first open source, double entry accounting system in a spreadsheet format. That solution should have been developed and published by serious Accounting enthusiasts in the 1980s. All the technology was there to do it back then but the creative and clever solution was overlooked for some reason, and it became an afterthought as everyone started chasing riches in the race for cloud software superiority. This new approach to an old problem is paradigm shifting, like Rosetta Stone was for language learning. It changed the way all aspects of Bookkeeping and Accounting can be taught, learned and practiced.
The Curriculum links posted here are identical as those posted at the ASM101 page on the ZAP Accounting Software Website (view). That page is a little more "visual" with a little more introductory text for those who might find that fun.
"If Accounting is the language of Business, which it is, then Bookkeeping is the Key to the Alphabet" - ZAP Accounting Software
"80% of your business is just Business, 10% is your ability to sell and 10% is trade or product specific" - the 220 Club
In the United States, the importance of learning bookkeeping and accounting was diminished in grade schools. The curriculum in colleges prior to our offering was unnecessarily complex, specifically geared towards corporate use, and without appropriate digital systems for learning.
In 2021, ZAP Accounting Software published the worlds first open source, double entry accounting system in a spreadsheet format. That solution should have been developed and published by serious Accounting enthusiasts in the 1980s. All the technology was there to do it back then but the creative and clever solution was overlooked for some reason, and it became an afterthought as everyone started chasing riches in the race for cloud software superiority. This new approach to an old problem is paradigm shifting, like Rosetta Stone was for language learning. It changed the way all aspects of Bookkeeping and Accounting can be taught, learned and practiced.
- The software is free to the global public in an anonymous fashion for life
- With the software template at the core of the educational process to help understand digital data flow transparently, Bookkeeping and Accounting basics can now be learned in a matter of hours versus months or semesters.
- A young practitioner who learns to do their own books with this free, open source solution stands to save over $100,000 in software costs and bookkeeping fees over a 30 year career while gaining confidence, control and privacy over their small business in ways those not trained in the Art will never understand.
- Those who appreciate this offering the most have already suffered Embezzlement issues from employees and others providing bookkeeping and accounting services. If you are fortunate enough to have avoided Embezzlement matters from those around you thus far, take advantage of this education now to help guard against it into perpetuity.
The Curriculum links posted here are identical as those posted at the ASM101 page on the ZAP Accounting Software Website (view). That page is a little more "visual" with a little more introductory text for those who might find that fun.