Rethinking Accounting Education
Alicia sits down with Matthew “Spot” Fulton to reflect on a year that brought her Insightful Accountant’s Top ProAdvisor Educator title, a BDO Alliance Growth Strategy Award for Royalwise, and a spot on Ignition’s Top 50 Women in Accounting. She uses the recognition to argue that accounting education has to shift from handing out information to building judgment and confidence, walking through her paid Bookkeeping Incubator, the interactive QuickBooks Online Step-by-Step e-book, and the Royalwise OWLS community’s new paths for bookkeepers and business owners. She closes with a question for every accounting firm owner: how are you training your people?
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- (00:00) - Industry Shift Reflection
- (01:31) - Awards and Recognition
- (03:49) - From Info to Capability
- (08:11) - Bookkeeping Incubator Model
- (12:38) - Leveling Up to Leadership
- (16:42) - Interactive QBO E-Book
- (23:10) - AI and Better Teaching
- (24:24) - Evolving OWLS Community
- (27:31) - Two Learning Pathways
- (33:12) - Lessons and Takeaways
- (38:15) - Closing and Next Steps
LINKS
- Royalwise OWLS Bookkeeping Incubator: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qNWCK0KINUMuH4FoYUFOan4Qo6NVsMh/view?usp=sharing
- Insightful Accountant’s Top Advisor Educator: https://blog.insightfulaccountant.com/insightful-accountants-2026-top-advisors-announced
- Ignition’s Top 50 Women in Accounting: https://womeninaccounting.ignitionapp.com/top-50
- BDO Alliance’s Growth Strategy Award: https://www.bdo.com/insights/bdo-alliance-usa-recognizes-nine-firms-with-2026-alliance-awards
Alicia’s Fall classes! Attend the live webinar or watch the recording on-demand, all with CPE. Become a member of the OWLS for free automatic enrollment into all courses:
- Nov 10 - Dec 8: Accounting LifeCycle with Mariette Martinez: https://learn.royalwise.com/visitor_catalog_class/show/2637279/The-Accounting-Life-Cycle-with-Mariette-Martinez
- Nov 13: QBO Workforce Payroll Course: http://royl.ws/payroll?affiliate=5393907
- Nov 24: QB Time Course: http://royl.ws/qbtime?affiliate=5393907
- Dec 2: 1099s in QBO: http://royl.ws/QBO-1099
- Dec 9: Intuit Accountant Suite: http://royl.ws/IAS?affiliate=5393907
- Dec 15: Year-end Cleanup for Taxes: http://royl.ws/QBOYearEnd
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Creators and Guests
Host
Alicia Katz Pollock, MAT
Alicia Katz Pollock, MAT is the CEO at Royalwise Solutions, Inc.. As a Top 50 Women in Accounting, Top 10 ProAdvisor, and member of the Intuit Trainer/Writer Network, Alicia is a popular speaker at QuickBooks Connect and Scaling New Heights. She has a Master of Arts in Teaching, with several QuickBooks books on Amazon. Her Royalwise OWLS (On-Demand Web-based Learning Solutions) at learn.royalwise.com is a NASBA CPE-approved QBO and Apple training portal for accounting firms, bookkeepers, and business owners.
