Spring 2012 Meetings & Workshops: Business Budget Basics

Three 90-minute meetings will build your confidence about the financial aspects of your business--someone else’s business--your life.

The meetings will discuss

I. Planning a Budget                          offered Monday 14 May at 12 noon, US Eastern Time

You need to create a budget for a project...the next year of your practice...your life. In this meeting, we'll discuss creating budgets when you're given a limit and when you have to provide it. The emphasis will be on ways to create a realistic budget. 

II. Reading a Budget                        offered Thursday 24 May at 12 noon, US Eastern Time
Someone asks you to review a budget--what does it tell you? How do you know? How do you determine that the budget you've been given is adequate for the job? This second meeting will help you build fluency in understanding the numbers.

 III. Income Projections                    offered Monday, 4 June at 12 noon, US Eastern Time
The third meeting will demystify the process of making 6-month, 1-year or 5-year financial projections. We'll use the skills you've developed in the first two sessions and introduce some relevant forecasting skills. We'll also discuss how to use the projections you've developed and what to do when your numbers prove to be a little optimistic--or too conservative.

Business Budget Basics is not just for owners of a business or practice. You'll benefit from participation if you:

• are planning a paper or thesis and need a realistic sense of costs 
• need a refresher before you respond to an RFP or RFQ
• want a better understanding of the financial thresholds for now or the future
• read grants for a local state or federal agency and want to make sure you understand the financial portions 

Register Here:

Meetings and Meeting Series

Meeting Series $90.00 USD Any 2 Meetings $70.00 USD Any 1 Meeting $40.00 USD

Please indicate which meeting(s):

I, II & II I & II I & III II & III I only II only III only

Partners and Affiliates Discount Registration:

Meetings and Meeting Series

Meeting Series $76.50 USD Any 2 Meetings $59.50 USD Any 1 Meeting $39.15 USD

Please indicate which meeting(s):

I, II & II I & II I & III II & III I only II only III only

Discount Code

 

 Ask about joining our discount programs. 

The meeting leader is Sarah Lowengard, Big Boss of Research and Writing. Sarah has created and taught courses, workshops, and tutorials in business management and academic research for more than twenty-five years.