BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210602T180000Z DTEND:20210602T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Budgeting 101: Demystifying the Numbers DESCRIPTION:Do you ever shrug your shoulders and say\, "I'm not a numbers person?" Does the thought of opening a multi-tab spreadsheet make you break out in cold sweats? Or\, are you a finance professional who feels like you're pulling teeth trying to help your non-finance friends take the budgeting process seriously? If so\, then join this session to take the fear out of budgeting.\n\n \n\nLet BKD's budgeting experts Ren Larsen and Stephanie Whitacre take the fear out of your budgeting process. In this 60 minute webinar you'll learn:\n\n\n Budgeting basics (what they are\, types of budgets\, and why we budget)\n Budget timelines & lifecycles\n How to tell your budget story\n\nAs an added bonus\, finance professionals will gain tips on how to communicate critical budgeting concepts to their team.\n\n\n\n \n\nThis session is ideal for program managers\, event planners\, or anyone who dreads developing or managing their annual budgets. Even if you're a whiz-CFO\, you're welcome to join to learn a few tips on how to communicate important budget concepts to your non-number colleagues.\n\n \n\nParticipants in this session will walk away with a better understanding of the budget process.\n\n \n\nThis is a program of the Effective Nonprofit Series.\n\n \n\n\n\nPresenter:\n\n\n\nRen Larsen is a member of BKD's Kansas City Not-For-Profit Advisory Services team. She has more than 25 years of experience with both not-for-profit and for-profit organizations.\n\n \n\nShe started her career providing accounting services to several mutual fund clients. After nearly 10 years in that industry\, she moved to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City as the director of finance. In 16 years\, Ren led the charity to grow from $1\,200\,000 to over $5\,000\,000 and increased its capacity to serve from 37 to 87 families per night.\n\n \n\nShe was honored by the Kansas City Business Journal as CFO of the year in 2017.\n\n \n\n\n\nStephanie Whitacre\, CPA\, is a member of BKD's not-for-profit advisory services team and BKD National Not-for-Profit Group. She has more than 11 years of experience providing assurance and consulting services to charitable organizations\, foundations\, membership organizations and religious organizations. She assists clients in identifying best practices\, implementing new accounting standards\, internal control reviews\, financial reporting and management dashboards. She also performs firm training programs. Stephanie has significant experience with Government Auditing Standards and compliance requirements with the Uniform Guidance. \n\n \n\nShe is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Kansas Society of CPAs (KSCPA). She was a member of the 2013 KSCPA "20 up to 40" Leadership Program and has obtained the AICPA Not-for-Profit II Certification.\n\n \n\nStephanie serves on the board of directors of the Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City and the finance committee of Nonprofit Connect. She is a member of the United Way of Greater Kansas City Young Leaders Society. She also has served on the board of the not-for-profit organization Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Kansas City.\n\n\nCancellation/Program Policies:\n\nNo refunds will be processed within 3 business days of the program date. No shows will be billed. Nonprofit Connect may take photographs\, screenshots\, or video recordings at public and virtual events\, so we ask that you read our Privacy Policy for more information. Each registration is for one individual. We kindly ask that you do not circulate your webinar link with others who have not registered.\n\n\n\nSo that we can serve you better\, we want to understand who is in the room. You will be asked two demographics questions as you register for this event. We will never share your individual information\, and we will only report on demographics in aggregate. Any questions or comments? Contact us at info@npconnect.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Do you ever shrug your shoulders and say\, &ldquo\;I&rsquo\;m not a numbers person?&rdquo\; Does the thought of opening a multi-tab spreadsheet make you break out in cold sweats? Or\, are you a finance professional who feels like you&rsquo\;re pulling teeth trying to help your non-finance friends take the budgeting process seriously? If so\, then join this session to take the fear out of budgeting.
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\nLet BKD&rsquo\;s budgeting experts René\; Larsen and Stephanie Whitacre take the fear out of your budgeting process. In this 60 minute webinar you&rsquo\;ll learn:

\n\n\nAs an added bonus\, \;finance professionals will gain tips on how to communicate critical budgeting concepts to their team.\n\n
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\nThis session is ideal for program managers\, event planners\, or anyone who dreads developing or managing their annual budgets. Even if you&rsquo\;re a whiz-CFO\, you&rsquo\;re welcome to join to learn a few tips on how to communicate important budget concepts to your non-number colleagues.
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\nParticipants in this session will walk away with a better understanding of the budget process.
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\nThis is a program of the Effective Nonprofit Series.
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Presenter:

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Shirley Davis Nonprofit Connect Speaker
\nRené\; Larsen is a member of BKD&rsquo\;s Kansas City Not-For-Profit Advisory Services team. She has more than 25 years of experience with both not-for-profit and for-profit organizations.
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\nShe started her career providing accounting services to several mutual fund clients. After nearly 10 years in that industry\, she moved to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City as the director of finance. In 16 years\, René\; led the charity to grow from $1\,200\,000 to over $5\,000\,000 and increased its capacity to serve from 37 to 87 families per night.
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\nShe was honored by the Kansas City Business Journal as CFO of the year in 2017.
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\nShirley Davis Nonprofit Connect Speaker
\nStephanie Whitacre\, CPA\, is a member of BKD&rsquo\;s not-for-profit advisory services team and BKD National Not-for-Profit Group. \;She has more than 11 years of experience providing assurance and consulting services to charitable organizations\, foundations\, membership organizations and religious organizations. \;She assists clients in identifying best practices\, implementing new accounting standards\, internal control reviews\, financial reporting and management dashboards. \;She also performs firm training programs. \;Stephanie has significant experience with Government Auditing Standards and compliance requirements with the Uniform Guidance. \;
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\nShe is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Kansas Society of CPAs (KSCPA). \;She was a member of the 2013 KSCPA &ldquo\;20 up to 40&rdquo\; Leadership Program and has obtained the AICPA Not-for-Profit II Certification.
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\nStephanie serves on the board of directors of the Wonderscope Children&rsquo\;s Museum of Kansas City and the finance committee of Nonprofit Connect. She is a member of the United Way of Greater Kansas City Young Leaders Society. \;She also has served on the board of the not-for-profit organization Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Kansas City.

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Cancellation/Program Policies:

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No refunds will be processed within 3 business days of the program date. No shows will be billed. Nonprofit Connect may take photographs\, screenshots\, or video recordings at public and virtual events\, so we ask that you read our \;Privacy Policy \;for more information. Each registration is for one individual. We kindly ask that you do not circulate your webinar link with others who have not registered.
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\nSo that we can serve you better\, we want to understand who is in the room. You will be asked two demographics questions as you register for this event. We will never share your individual information\, and we will only report on demographics in aggregate. Any questions or comments? Contact us at info@npconnect.org.

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