Join us at the Nonprofit Impact Summit.
Our founder, Sean Hale, will join 9 other nonprofit specialists with presentations designed to strengthen your nonprofit.
He’ll also participate in the Live Speaker Q&A Panel at 2pm Central.
Sean’s presentation: Engage Your Board Instead of Putting Them to Sleep
93% of American Adults have math anxiety, yet too many nonprofits present their financial reports in what is essentially a foreign language. Is it any wonder why most people’s eyes glaze over at financial report time?
What leaders can assess risks or manage budgets if they don’t understand the numbers?
How much ownership and responsibility can a leader feel when they don’t feel included in conversations about the organization’s financial health?
What if, instead, nonprofit leaders received financial reports that engaged them, that included people from all sorts of different backgrounds and learning styles, and didn’t require a decoder ring to unlock the secret message?
In this interactive workshop, we will examine why traditional financial reports fail and provide clear examples of how every nonprofit can engage their leaders in their strategic financial conversations. Participants need not have any prior finance or accounting experience. Participants will receive handouts with examples they can apply in their nonprofits.
Participants will learn
Why traditional financial reports fail, leaving the board and management disengaged from their fiduciary responsibilities
How they can create financial reports that engage their leaders
Why this kind of reporting is appropriate for all nonprofits (not just the big ones)