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Women are facing so many different challenges in this Post-Pandemic world and we are looking forward to diving a bit deeper into what that means. Join us to Navigate our New Normal at the Women's Summit.
During the lunch segment of the Women's Summit, we will present the 2023 Women to Watch Awards.
Congratulations to this year's honorees:
Do you know someone who would like to attend the luncheon only? Please click here to purchase tickets for multiple attendees.
For more information or for questions, please contact Tiffany Carson at 303-741-8621 or tiffany@cocpa.org.
200 Inverness Dr W, Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado 80112
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Women interested in personal and professional development
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Everyone is so overwhelmed with demands today, it’s not uncommon for professionals to work 60 hours a week or more. Stop trying to “do more with less”! Instead, “do less and achieve more!” You’ll learn how to scale back—reduce, reduce, reduce is Laura’s mantra. Laura shows how you to separate the productive wheat from the nonproductive chaff, hone in on high-value tasks, and focus on their execution. You’ll find dozens of ways to shrink your to-do list, calendar commitments, distractions, interruptions, information overload, inefficiencies, and energy expenditures. You’ll see how you can be achieve maximum results in minimum time.
AI and Intelligent Automation are the opportunity to achieve your leadership potential or be left behind. Noble Automation is a both a call to action and a practical approach to achieving more success. The formula is combining Intelligent Automation with inspired leadership. Employing Noble Automation leads to more product and service innovation, higher employee engagement and successful business transformation.
Automation and AI are essential now and will be even more so in the future. Helping humans be heroes in this age of automation is the key to serving all stakeholders and building winning companies and teams. Fear and struggles give way to excitement and success.
Confucious said, “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” Humans have many kinds of intelligence and many kinds of ignorance in the form of bias, for example. But how intelligent is AI? Can AI avoid bias, injustice, unfairness, harm? All artificial intelligence will have bias. The trick is to better understand what biases we are building in.
What are the values that should drive responsible technology? We’ve all read the scary and sometimes confusing headlines about ChatGPT and AI taking over our jobs and infiltrating our lives. We’ll get you up to speed on the latest developments in AI and what companies should think about when they use AI.
Learning Objectives:
● What is really happening with AI and understanding the latest headlines
● How you can better understand how bias in AI happens and how it is managed
● Breakout groups to discuss AI, your company, and your clients
Keely Gohl CPA, CGMA
Keely Gohl obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Accountancy from the University of Denver. The first 14 years of her career were with KPMG – 11 years in the Audit practice, 3 years in the National Industry Learning & Development office. Keely decided to use her experience to give back to organizations who had helped her along the way. She served the University of Denver (in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences divisions) as the Director of Budget and Planning from 2012 to 2016.
She then served the Denver Dumb Friends League as Controller from 2016 to 2018. She went on to serve as the Director of Finance & Administration for a local church that also ran a pre-K through 8 th school. Her service in not-for-profits helped her to realize that many organizations need the expertise of a CPA but do not always have the resources they need to employ one full-time. This led her to form her own consulting business, Favor Financial LLC, to help organizations with that expertise. She launched this is May 2019. This has also allowed her time to re-engage in executive education – which she loves!
She is currently developing and instructing executive education courses for the Colorado Society of CPAs, CPA Crossings LLC, the University of Denver Daniel’s College of Business, and other private clients.
The virtual world has changed the way we interact. We will learn some tips for doing it well. We'll also revisit some of the things we never should have stopped doing because the format changed.
Learn about:
Thir Virtual Contract
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
Everything Old is New Again
Rebecca graduated with her Master of Professional Accountancy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and started her career as a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Young, a global public accounting firm. She later transitioned to the private sector and ended a successful accounting career as a controller for a small international company. From there, Rebecca followed her heart and passion for people into a career in human resources and recruiting. As an HR Director of a regional CPA firm, Rebecca partnered with the firm’s owners to strategize and implement initiatives related to organizational structure, culture, talent, and management. She also utilized innovative techniques for attracting, hiring, motivating, developing, and retaining people. In the evening, Rebecca enjoyed teaching introductory accounting courses at the University of Colorado.
In 2020, Rebecca founded Himango Consulting, assisting clients with employee hiring and retention, team building and retreats, recognition and rewards, and HR audits designed to assess departmental deficiencies and recommend solutions. Her CPA background affords her a unique perspective as an HR professional that enables her to be strategically and financially focused.
In addition to her experience, Rebecca leads with authenticity, integrity and transparency and strives to make a difference in the lives of others. As a coach and mentor, Rebecca enjoys bringing out the best in others through listening, guidance, and encouragement. Valuing the opinions of others, Rebecca is extremely collaborative and works through differences until a win-win is found.
Learn how to engage in difficult conversations that foster growth while maintaining and building relationships.
Prepare for, execute, and follow up on difficult conversations
How to have difficult conversations that build and strengthen versus damage relationships
Navigating difficult conversations in a remote world
Keely Gohl CPA, CGMA
Keely Gohl obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Accountancy from the University of Denver. The first 14 years of her career were with KPMG – 11 years in the Audit practice, 3 years in the National Industry Learning & Development office. Keely decided to use her experience to give back to organizations who had helped her along the way. She served the University of Denver (in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences divisions) as the Director of Budget and Planning from 2012 to 2016.
She then served the Denver Dumb Friends League as Controller from 2016 to 2018. She went on to serve as the Director of Finance & Administration for a local church that also ran a pre-K through 8 th school. Her service in not-for-profits helped her to realize that many organizations need the expertise of a CPA but do not always have the resources they need to employ one full-time. This led her to form her own consulting business, Favor Financial LLC, to help organizations with that expertise. She launched this is May 2019. This has also allowed her time to re-engage in executive education – which she loves!
She is currently developing and instructing executive education courses for the Colorado Society of CPAs, CPA Crossings LLC, the University of Denver Daniel’s College of Business, and other private clients.
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Robbie is the Founder and President of Glantz & Associates, a 25+year old company offering Ethics Based Services in Organizational Development. She is a consultant, trainer, facilitator, educator and change agent.
Robbie’s competencies and personal effectiveness are reflected in client comments such as:
“Robbie quickly understands the crux of a problem in a fraction of the time. Robbie guides individuals clearly through the maze of interpersonal complexities and dignifies conflict with positive outcomes. Her wisdom is off the scale. Robbie’s competencies coupled with her warmth, humor and sincerity inspires trust.”
Robbie has a reputable client listing including private, public, non-profit and governmental agencies. She also served as guest staff for the then prestigious Mountain States Employers Council now known as Employers Council for over 10 years.
Additionally Robbie provides high quality and highly rated programs which qualify for CPE’s in behavioral ethics through the Colorado Society of CPA’s and CPA Crossings as well as Continuing Legal Education through the Supreme Court. Robbie loves what she does and is grateful to be part of organizational successes.