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One of the most dynamic and engaging speakers in the CPA profession, thought-leader Michelle Golden River brings fresh perspective to a variety of strategic, leadership, pricing, marketing, and management topics.
Her audiences are those in pursuit of CPA firm health, succession, growth, and profitability—and they aren’t disappointed. Her sessions are meaty, thought provoking, and fast-paced.
ENGAGING STYLE
As a recognized CPA-profession thought leader, Michelle’s always spicing up her sessions with refreshing candor, emperor-has-no-clothes observations, real-time data, and emerging trends. She delivers it with humor and empathy that wins over even the toughest crowds. And because she gets bored easily, she never gives the same exact session twice!
QUALIFIED & RESPECTED
Michelle is uniquely qualified—and in high demand—to teach about business-model transformation, revenue-model reinvention, and how to price upfront with confidence. This is exciting new territory for CPA firms, especially large firms who’ve never had a resource more seasoned in the practical application of institutionalizing non-time-based pricing techniques.
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“Michelle spoke at our Headwaters conference and her session was a real eye opener. Her approach to pricing strategies for the accounting profession is the best I’ve ever seen. It is practical, it makes sense to firms of any size, and it is the path to the future changes facing the accounting profession. Michelle knows her stuff—her thought-provoking, professional approach to presenting the topic makes you feel it is possible to make it happen in your firm!“
“I don’t normally do this, but I thought your session was so good and so well-run that I wanted to offer myself as a reference if you ever need one. I haven’t seen the written evaluations yet, but the anecdotal evidence was that it was just what the doctor ordered. I can’t thank you enough for sending our managing partners out with a bang.”
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Happy Audiences
Michelle works with many groups that include:
“Your session made everyone sit back and really think about how we should change. In fact, the talk was of little else for the rest of the day. It was the best session that we have ever had at any of our twice-annual worldwide conferences and I thank you for being so challenging and thought provoking.”
- Accounting Today Growth & Profitability (GroPro) Summits
- AccountingWEB Live
- Advanced Marketing Professionals Group
- Allinial Global (aka ARAF, Polaris, PKF)
- All-Star Financial Group (ASFG)
- AGN International
- American Bar Assoc (ABA) Law Practice Management, ALI-ABA
- American Institute of CPAs (AICPA/CIMA) ENGAGE
- AICPA Practitioner’s Symposium, PFP, Large Firm Exec Roundtable, HR Roundtable
- American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA)
- Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM)
- Association for CPA Financial Planners (ACPAFP)
- Association of Marketing Professionals (AMP)
- Avalara Thought-Leader Series
- Baker Tilly Association
- BDO US & BDO Canada
- BDO Alliance
- Boomer’s CEO Advantage & Transformation Roundtables
- CalCPA Education Foundation
- CCH
- CPA.com / Digital CPA
- CPAmerica
- CPA Associates International (CPAAI)
- CPA Firm Management Association (CPAFMA) (formerly AAA)
- DFK International
- Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA)
- Georgia Society of CPAs (GSCPA)
- International Assoc of Business Communicators (IABC)
- International Assoc of Facilitators (IAF)
- Leading Edge Alliance (LEA)
- Legal Marketing Assoc (LMA)
- Management Summit
- Marketing Directors’ Support Group
- Massachusetts Society of CPAs (MSCPA)
- Minnesota Society of CPAs (MNCPA)
- Missouri Society of CPAs (MSCPA)
- Moore Stephens North America
- National Assoc of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)
- National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)
- National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA)
- Northeast Education Conference
- Practice Engine User Conference
- PrimeGlobal (aka IGAF Worldwide)
- Principa
- Professional Services Marketing Assoc (PSMA)
- SAGE Summit & Leadership Academy
- Southwest Practice Management Group (SWPMG)
- TEDx
- The International Accounting Group (TIAG) & TAGLaw
- The Partner Institute (TPI)
- The PRIME Symposium (by IPA)
- THRIVEal CPA
- Upstream Academy
- Utah Assoc of CPAs (UACPA)
- VeraSage Institute (faculty)
- Winning Is Everything
- Xero
Make your group happy, too! Book Michelle to feature her informative, energetic presentation at your next event.