In ONE WEEK, QuickBooks® Made Easy™ for Nonprofits presents the “Advanced Nonprofit QBO Mini-Seriesa Go-Go“!
December 10-12, 2024
Last year was a hit, so we’re doing it again! Why, you ask? Top nonprofit trainers and industry experts cover SIX of the most challenging issues facing nonprofits – and the name alone should tell you it is going to be a good time, but you can catch a glimpse HERE:
Have you ever wondered how a nonprofit QB file should really be set up? Session 1 is for you.
Do you have a messy, disorganized QB file that no longer does what you need it to, but you are overwhelmed with the idea of renovating it? I am absolutely thrilled to be a presenter for Session 2, which teaches you how to “flip the financial house” of QB and go from a bad design to a good one (taught in Session 1) and not have to sacrifice your historical data!
Revenue is pretty important, but it is so easy to get it wrong when tracking things like investment activity or restricted grants. FOUR sessions are available to help navigate those.
Take one or take them all, but it will be the best time you ever had in an accounting webinar….I promise🤝
Thank you to TechSoup for TODAY’S f-r-e-e (that spells FREE!) webinar for anyone who:
• Ever thought about getting into #accounting • Would like to strengthen their #nonprofitaccounting skills • Has lost out on grant funding and wants to avoid making that mistake again!
📢 You may or may not hear much of #MyAccountantVoice other than answering questions in Q&A and chatting in Chat, but it is still the most fun you’ll ever have during an accounting webinar….I promise🤝
Learn from the best, and stop doing things the wrong, wrong, wrong way!
I am literally paid to help others devise strategies that work best for them to get their desired results, and then to apply practical, real-life experience and expertise to help implement and execute those strategies.
That sounded fancy.
I also have a pretty successful track record.
At least for those who listen.
Even when it’s like THIS
You know what, though? It doesn’t feel fancy when your input is ignored and problems continue, or when you have to find a way to tactfully tell the one paying you that they are, in fact, the one causing said problems.
Cue repeat.
It actually feels more like THIS:
Because NEWS FLASH: Not everyone takes that information well.
Yeah, I know. Shocking, huh?
THEN let’s add in the fun of watching these same humans go through mentor after coach after consultant after expert…..who all provide nearly identical input, but with no positive changes, because you know, THAT person has to be wrong. And that one, too.And that one…..
I love what I do. All of it. And I have worked hard to learn and become what some consider to be an Expert (blush!) in my chosen fields.
I also truly love my clients and want to help them get what they need as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
And I know I am not the only one who usually feels fulfilled by the job(s) and satisfied with the results but occasionally feels frustrated and undervalued since it is all part of understanding human nature.
We do work with humans, after all. So I feel stabby some days, too.
It would be so nice if said humans knew exactly what they needed and how to specifically ask for it so that reality can match expectations and avoid unnecessary frustration a lot sooner, wouldn’t it?
Why, YES! Yes, it would.
If you kept asking for spinach so I kept handing you spinach although you REALLY meant to say bacon…who is really to blame here if you didn’t get the bacon you REALLY wanted and ended up with a pile of spinach?You are.
Yes, YOU.
How about if you ordered bacon but were only willing to pay for spinach?
Yep, still you.
AND you still end up with no bacon!
*I should probably also add that anyone who does not already know the difference between spinach and bacon is probably a dangerous psychopath who is way beyond my ability to help anyway.
SO…..
Here are some advicerecommendationsreminderstruths basics that will help you stop getting kale when you want bacon:
DON’T be surprised when the old “you get what you pay for” fundamental turns out to be true as we have literally been taught this for most of our adult lives
DON’T expect the knowledge, expertise, and results of a senior-level Accountant or Advisor if only willing to pay for an entry-level Bookkeeper (as one example), or expect a General Practitioner holding a scalpel to perform brain surgery as well as a board-certified Neurosurgeon would (as another)
DON’T think you have to know everything ~ but DO know enough to know what you don’t know
DO learn to be specific about what the need is and how to get it, as well as who should help
DO what you are really good at and enjoy doing, and leave the rest alone
DO take in the advice of a proven expert, especially when it has already been paid for
DO continue being the badass you were truly meant to be!
Ok, rant officially over. Back to the fancy stuff.
*If I have not completely scared you off yet, and you/your business have needs I can assist with or help you get more specific about, feel free to schedule a consult HERE: https://calendly.com/qbpaige
Do you ever wonder why people aren’t communicating and can’t find real connections?
I used to, but I have figured out at least part of it and now I’ll tell you…..
Sometimes it’s because of made-up words and bad usage of real ones.
“Yeet” is not a word and “fire” is a noun, not an adjective.
And yes, that hurt just to type that.
The below was taken in abstract from my writer friend Kellie who, once she was able to unroll her eyes, quoted an actual post she saw somewhere:
“Mmz, I need somwhere I can take my bf too bcz mentily he there but physcly he aint. I been trying to fake my vibes wit him but no he just wanna lay back fr me to do the gettin.”
Yes, someone actually thought that.
Then typed it out.
Then posted it in public for people to see.
That hurt you too, didn’t it? I know it did.
Sorry, y’all.
I wouldn’t know how to help that girl, I don’t even understand her! I THINK I know what she meant, but I would have to spend a whole extra 3 minutes just interpreting that garbage, every time she spoke.
Do you know what is a better use of that 3 minutes? Literally almost anything else. Just ask her what that boyfriend could do with 3 extra ones.….
Wouldn’t you agree that anyone old enough to worry about an O with a boyfriend is old enough to use adverbs, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and contractions properly? Or at least old enough to use tools like spellcheck and maybe Grammarly or has at least heard of a dictionary, even in passing?
“Hello, my name is Paige and I WILL judge your intelligence and level of commitment to quality and excellence based on your terrible spelling and grammar and the fact that you were too lazy to even consider spellcheck.” And I am #notevensorry about it.
Am I really just telling my age, or does that kind of thing drive you crazy, too?
I was all ready to be on board with this. I get a lot from Forbes AND the point of valuing ‘soft skills’ over ‘hard skills’ is totally valid to me, BUT…..I was surprised to realize that I had a slightly different opinion.
It was still a great resource and I totally used it, though!
After thinking more about why and then about what, I realized that these are what I personally value most when hiring:
Attention to detail: Those who do this will notice AND improve things others won’t. (This is a personal MUST when I am hiring OR when choosing other leaders to partner with. No matter how good you are, or how good the idea is – if there is no time for, interest in, or attention span for details, you’ll end up with half-@ssed results every time. No thank you!)
Innovative: Similar to creative, but specific to thinking of new ways to get existing things done AND in how to implement those improvements around existing setups.
Fearless: This for me actually ties for 1 AND 2, because if you’re too timid to explore the new ideas, bring them, or implement them over the negative committees – nothing ever happens anyway!
To me, THESE are what give you a truly excellent player!
UPDATE: I hired character (who decided this was a ‘soft skill’?) over ‘hard skills’ and it has still been the best hiring decision I have ever made!
So I was asked to do a thing. Then I agreed to do said thing. Then I had a full-on, proper flipout.
Yes, I just saw you shiver with antici……pation.
I started feeling something totally foreign to me (I have since been told the word for that is nervous), so then I got all question-ey:
Why did I agree to this?
Whose bright idea was this, again?
Who talked me into this?
Can I really do it?
Should I get out of it? What if I bomb?
What if famine and pestilence ensue?
What were we thinking?
Then I remembered who I was and promptlygot rightover it.
Nope, #notevensorry about it.
Part of the problem was that I STILL don’t have this shirt! Even I need the reminder once in awhile.
You see, I invented the term #badassery.
There are things I know nothing about and things I know just enough about to stay far away from and leave to their experts and things I reallywant to be good at (but just aren’t) and things I do well enoughwhen I haveto do them….
THEN there are things I am one of the best there is at doing and THIS IS ONE of those.
So at least there is that.
After providing support as the answer-master for the BIG BOSS’ webinars, we decided it was time for me to host my own! That may not be a big deal to most, but I take everything I do seriously and put in the work to do a GREAT job. So this is kind of a big deal!
I mean, I DO train/teach all of the time, and I definitely know the material. I guess if HE says I can do it, and is willing to risk his professional reputation by personally endorsing me, I have nothing to worry about, right?!At least, that’s my story now and I’m sticking to it.……….
So:
If we’re already friends, sign up and see if I’m as good as I try to be (and help me be better, if I’m not)!
If we’re not friends YET, we probably will be soon anyway and you should take advantageof a FREE session while they’re still free (b/c its my first time)!
If we’re just NOT FRIENDS ON PURPOSE, you’re probably a terrible person anyway who might enjoy the opportunity to MAYBE see me go down in flames after all of the bragging I do.
You know, one of those.
Whatever our situation, you can sign up for one of my current webinars below:
January 21, 2020 – Desktop / January 22, 2020 – Online
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