Ep. 84: Puzzle Pivots?, EY Gives Bonuses for People Skills, and Heather Day & Liz Scott make this an Appy Podcast!

<p>It&#39;s back to school in episode 84! This week, our guests are teaching us a thing or two about being radiant podcast personalities, finance apps, and Matt Damon. Your hosts are as always:</p><p>Tyler “Substitute Teacher” Otto from <a href="https://www.specializedat.com/"><u>Specialized Accounting</u></a>, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality, marina, and service industries.</p><p>Jeremy &quot;Dumbfounded Student” Van Groll from <a href="https://www.nonprofitbookkeeping.com/"><u>Nonprofit Bookkeeping</u></a>, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.</p><p><br></p><p>We are joined by significantly more talented hosts of the podcast <a href="https://www.theappyhour.com/"><u>The ‘Appy Hour</u></a>: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/heathersatterley/"><u>Heather Day</u></a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizscottqbo"><u>Liz Scott</u></a>.</p><p><strong>In Da News</strong>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/ey-to-give-out-100m-in-bonuses-for-human-abilities-7553948/"><u>“human” abilities</u></a> are the hottest asset and <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/accrual-acquire-puzzle-expanding-ai-140000780.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEmieLEIYZ1TkV6pelcnnvFcQ6z5zJEuZEqEj-HEi4lPltrjJYW8-ui5csnEa_2pyyFIn_v11RzO1Qq0Hy4ItIcGhYu_A3yBaGr7fTs562toh8j24Iw1Ck6G5lF8Ig_sfrX_tfOI78vW6f2iYxaL_0o1GiVGZaS0CNxQtHoEw5KU"><u>Puzzle has some puzzling news</u></a>.</p><p><strong>I&#39;m Not Appy About It! </strong>In this game, our esteemed guests wager how many examples of a topic they can name, and then they must name them. We wouldn’t be ‘appy about it either!</p><p>It’s <strong>App Snack!</strong> And what better than to discuss <a href="https://www.theappyhour.com/"><u>The ‘Appy Hour</u></a>? The ‘Appy Hour is a bi-weekly webinar where Heather and Liz merge the world of accounting apps and technology within the accounting industry through Happy Hour drinks.</p><p><br></p><p>In <strong>Fast Figures</strong>, Tyler is in the hot seat to answer these<em> jeopardizing</em> trivia questions with numerical answers.<br></p><p><strong>Loser of the Week: </strong><a href="https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/four-state-cpa-societies-form-five-storm-systems"><u>These CPA Societies</u></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Winner of the Week: </strong><a href="https://www.intuit.com/blog/innovative-thinking/best-ai-accounting-software-tools/