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? Sponsors: Intuit Accountants - http://uqb.promo/intuit Zamp - http://uqb.promo/zamp Pilot - http://uqb.promo/pilot Veltrix - http://uqb.promo/veltrix (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 We want to hear from you! Send your questions and comments to us at [email protected]. Join our LinkedIn community at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14630719/ Visit our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/@UnofficialQBOPodcast Sign up to Earmark to earn free CPE for listening to this podcast https://www.earmark.app/onboarding