At home with business, banking and association audiences, Linda has been in business for over 30 years, advised other businesses through her public accounting practice, and helped run her husband's construction company. Her presentations to association audiences and her consulting and training in the lending industry come from a depth of understanding of business, of lending and of presenting that few people possess. Let's face it. CPAs talking about business topics are not known for their outstanding speaking skills. Tax return analysis and financial statement analysis training can be boring if in the wrong hands. Even a 45 minute keynote can put you to sleep if there is nothing funny about it. People listen and learn better when they are having fun. Linda brings Legos™ to her trainings and everyone gets to play. She is probably the only person on the planet who has perfected a Lego™ model of a tax return. When she presents the keynote Turn Upside Down, Right Side Up! she wears her Maraschino Red Paddle Jacket. She zips it up, puts on the paddling gloves and grabs the paddle...and the audience is right with her as she capsizes and recovers. Upside down, under water, in the dark...then the successful recovery. They even learn a few paddle strokes! Sometimes CPAs know a lot about tax returns and financial statements but not what lenders and business owners need to know. Linda has the background in public accounting you would expect of a CPA but it doesn't stop there. Linda was the CFO of her husband's residential construction business for 20 years. Talk about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Linda's business knowledge is practical and learned in-the-trenches. She is a commercial and mortgage borrower many, many times over. And with complicated tax returns that include two businesses, many rentals and capital gains she put her lenders through their paces. As the second woman ever hired as an Examiner by the Washington State Auditor's Office, she understands government regulators because she has been in their shoes. An active volunteer in the public schools, Linda was voted parent of the year of Capital High School in 2000. As a volunteer, she taught hi-capability math in 5th grade and was the parent coach of the Math Olympiad team. And she continues to teach 'Junior Achievement' classes to elementary school students every year. It is probably not fair that CPAs have a reputation as less than dynamic. But even the dynamic ones aren't necessarily great presenters. Linda earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association...the speaking/training equivalent of the CPA in accounting. When you read the testimonials throughout the site, you'll see beyond a shadow of a doubt that Linda is good at what she does. Linda's students and clients continue to contact her by email and by phone when they run into a challenge. And she continues to help. People are surprised by this. Pleasantly so. Titles Plan to Capsize: Prepare for Setbacks to Recover Quickly and Get Everybody Back in the Boat Turn Upside Down, Right-Side Up: Plan to Come Out on Top! Leading the Way through Setbacks: Plan to get Wet! Topics Women, Business, Financial, Humor, Entrepreneur Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range Less than $5,000 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State WA Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.

TESTIMONIALS: Feel free to call on me if I can assist you in your continued endeavors to improve the financial literacy of our children. For me, I continue to provide financial classes through Junior Achievement, teach various business classes in the high school, teach Business Planning classes at our local community college... - RBC Centura, NC "...for the beginner and advanced users of tax returns. I will be able to use income now I was unaware I could use to qualify borrowers." - Family Savings Bank "The extraction of useable cashflow from partnership and corporate tax returns will be very useful in my day-to-day operation as a credit officer. I also liked the red flags, compensating factors and digging for dollars." - Hawthorne Savings "Great starting point." - High Desert FCU