Keeping Confidential Information Confidential - Topic for March 26, 2013

In this age of credit card transactions, electronic payments, web site registrations, email, voicemail, and paper documentation, maintaining up to date procedures for treating confidential information can be challenging. So if you are searching for ways to improve your nfp's confidential information procedures, then make plans to join us Tuesday, March 26 when Brown, Smith Wallace will discuss policies and procedures nfp's can use to keep confidential information confidential.

Managing non-disaster IT Vulnerabilities - Topic for February 26, 2013

If you think floods, earthquakes, and tornadoes are the only ways your business can be interrupted, then make plans to join us Tuesday, February 26, 2013, when Chris Miller of MB Consulting
will discuss how to  manage non-disaster IT vulnerabilities like IT staff turnover, documentation, viruses, privacy issues (online fundraising, staff privacy, data privacy), and hacking.

Disaster Planning - Topic for January 22, 2013

Floods, tornadoes, earthquakes. These are some of the major disasters that can interrupt our business operations. But some disasters aren't part of named storms and only affect your nfp. Whether your business could be affected by a regional disaster or isolated one, you may want to start planning now to assure that your nfp has the best possible chance of operating when they hit. So make plans to join us Tuesday, January 22, 2013 when Rob Corley of FantasTechs will discuss ways IT can assist your nfp in riding out the next storm.

Multi-year Budgeting & Forecasting - Topic for December 4, 2012

Predicting the future is a tricky proposition. Just ask meteorologists or pollsters. So if you avoid forecasting based on the premise that its error-prone characteristic is too great, then join us Tuesday, December 4, 2012 when representatives from SCORE will present a "how-to" session for using much improved multi-year forecasting tools that improve accuracy and reliability. With these new forecasting tools, you will increase your chances to project out as far as 3 years and use that information to create strategies to build cash reserves.

Future Cash Needs: Striking the Balance - Topic for October 23, 2012

Do you ever wonder how much cash your nfp should set aside for future needs? How much is enough? How much is too much? How can future cash reserves even be saved when the current demands on cash are so great? If you have struggled with these questions, then please make plans to join us Tuesday, October 23, 2012 when special guests will guide us through the ups and downs of planning for cash reserves.

Affordable Health Care Act Impact on nfp's - Topic for September 25, 2012

If you are wondering if your nfp will be affected by the coming Affordable Health Care Act's provisions, then make plans to join us Tuesday, September 25, 2012 when a representative from Clifton Larson Allen will discuss the impact it will have for nfp's.

Grant Tracking - Topic for June 26, 2012

Do you avoid applying for grants simply on the basis that the required record keeping seems so complicated that the funding doesn't seem worth the overall effort? If so, then make plans to join us Tuesday, June 26, 2012 when Jeanette Bax-Kurtz, Shareholder and Director of Not-for-profit and Regulatory Services with Mueller Prost, will share tips and offer tools to assist with grant expense tracking.