Training Course Description:
 
Career Concepts' Finances for Not-For-Profit Professionals workshop focuses on core finance and accounting concepts vital to your professional success. You will delve into real-world, non-technical training that will give you the confidence and financial know-how to plan budgets, evaluate for risk and opportunity and so much more.
 
This highly engaging and practical course is designed to:
 
	
Give you confidence in working with financial facts and figures
	
Quickly focus on the important parts of balance sheets, budgets, and reports
	
Understand concepts of budgeting
	
Help you present your goals in the right financial terms
	
Show you how financing business works – all types of grants, loans, funding, and the pros and cons of each
	
How to set up benchmarks for measuring and evaluating the financial performance of your actions
	
How to decipher balance sheets, cash flow reports, and income statements
	
How to properly prepare financial statements
	
Explore personal financial software programs and determine which is right for you
	
Simple techniques to ensure accuracy
	
How to account for assets, liabilities, units of service, memberships, expenses, and surplus
	
Understand debits and credits
	
Understand how your decisions impact the bottom line
	
Develop techniques to keep you on budget
	
Learn how to apply universal accounting principles to any reporting or planning process
	
Learn what fixed and variable costs are so that you can anticipate and control costs
	
Distinguish who is responsible for the direct and indirect costs within your department or organization
	
What are the benefits and drawbacks of purchasing versus leasing
 
By The End Of This Course You Will Be Able To:
 
	
Identify, understand and communicate the different methods of accounting
	
Apply basic financial principles, terminology, and reports
	
Understand and present finance and accounting reports with confidence
	
Spot problems before they become detrimental to the department and organization
	
Make solid decisions based on factual numbers
	
Strategically plan for all areas of your job, including managing people, controlling costs, and setting objectives
	
Improve your financial literacy, your professional credibility, and productivity
	
Cut through all the accounting jargon and get to what matters the most
 
Ask Yourself These Questions:
 
	
Do you shy away from opportunities because you feel uncomfortable with your current level of financial or accounting knowledge?
	
Do you have a hard time staying on budget?
	
Having a hard time understanding budgets and reports?
	
Do you have a good idea but are not sure how to put the proposal together so that it shows the liabilities and payoffs properly?
	
Do your eyes glaze over when the accounting team starts talking?
	
Are you baffled by accounting jargon?
 
If you answered “YES” to any of these questions ENROLL TODAY!