This is a past event.

Book(keeping!) Club - CWE Central MA - Live Workshop

Date: 12/7/2021
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EST)
Status: Closed
Registration Deadline: 12/7/2021 12:00 PM (EST)
Fee: No Fee

Point of Contact: Dawn LaRochelle

Program Format: Online Meeting (Live)
Training Topics: Accounting/Budget, Cash Flow Management, COVID-19 General Support, Managing a Business, Woman-owned Businesses
Description:

It’s lonely at the top, but it doesn't have to be!

Join this monthly drop-in Book(keeping!) Club to get the structure and support you need to take charge of your business finances! Whether you are a startup business or you’ve been operating for a while, this hands-on working group will introduce basic best practices for bookkeeping and financial management, provide non-judgmental peer support to move through barriers, and allow space for individual questions and time to work on your books. Participants will be encouraged to set up and use FREE Wave accounting software. You do not, however, have to use Wave to participate in and benefit from this workshop -- Quickbook (and other) users welcome!

Jessi Kirley, founder of JKirley Collective, and Janette Gallardo, founder of Vitta Solutions, will facilitate group discussions about relevant topics for setting up and maintaining your bookkeeping systems and general financial management and arrange breakout rooms for small group working sessions. Topics will include learning how to use the FREE WAVE software, setting up a chart of accounts, categorizing transactions, reconciling, and generating and understanding basic financial reports.

About the Facilitators:

Jessi Kirley is an experienced leadership guide who grew up in Western Massachusetts and formerly served as the Executive Director of the Family Business Center of Pioneer Valley. She has provided advising and coaching services to small business owners and launched her own leadership development business, JKirley Collective, during the pandemic. Jessi holds a BA from Smith College and an MBA from the Isenberg School of Management at UMASS Amherst. She spent nine months training as a Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Coach, is an Authorized Partner for Everything DiSC, and delivers programs that assist leaders to best create and support a work culture of dignity and high performance. Jessi is known to bring integrity, compassion, authenticity, and professional effervescence to her work and volunteer efforts. Jessi is the proud mother of 3 teens, and outside of work you can find her enjoying time in nature, riding her bike, rock climbing, listening to live music, and hopefully resuming international travel post-pandemic! To learn more, visit www.jkirleycollective.com.

Janette Gallardo has 20 years of experience in business finance. She has worked at the headquarters of private and publicly traded companies and managed up to $25 billion in revenue. She gained international experience while working at the headquarters of ABN AMRO Bank in Amsterdam as a Strategic Planning Analyst. Her finance experience is in Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Cost Analysis, Pricing Analysis, Financial Modeling, and Mergers & Acquisitions. In addition, she is a human design expert and money adept and utilizes human design to create awareness around finances. Janette's mission is to get entrepreneurs to change their relationship with their finances; as she likes to say, she "humanizes finances for conscious entrepreneurs." When Janette is not working, you will find her hiking with her husband and two German Shorthaired Pointers. She loves to travel and learn about other cultures, and she has lived in the Netherlands, France, Mexico, and the United States. She is passionate about wellness and self-growth and has found a love for yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. To learn more, visit www.vittasolutions.com.

Registration Policies:

Registration and Fees:

CWE is pleased to offer a sliding scale pricing system across our region. You choose to pay what feels right to you, no questions asked. We have moved away from the scholarship model to the sliding pay scale model in order to bring more equity into our pricing model. We know that scholarship applications rarely reflect the true economic situation of our clients and that as our client, you are the best judge of your economic situation. We trust you to make the choice that best reflects your ability to pay.

We encourage you to use this as an opportunity to take stock of your financial resources, your privilege and how that has affected your ability to pay. Some things that might make you consider paying less on our scale include; carrying significant debt, caring for dependents (children, parents, family members, etc), experiencing discrimination in hiring, being a member of a historically marginalized group, or being eligible for public assistance. Some things that might make you consider paying more on our scale include:home ownership, expendable income, family wealth, orhigher education. With that said, don’t over think it, please just choose the level that resonates with you.

What matters most to us is your active participation in the CWE community and feedback on your experience. 

Description of Each Level

You might choose the Supporting Communities ticket level if you are having trouble making ends meet, receiving public assistance or accessing safety net programs, are a resource partner, or feel you could not participate at another ticket level.
You might choose the Disrupting Industries ticket level if you are at the formation or start up stage of your business and are starting to make sales, if you are meeting your basic financial needs, or if you feel like you are able to support CWE’s mission at this ticket price.
You might choose the Making Waves ticket level if you are at a growth stage of your business, if you are meeting more than your basic financial needs, or if you feel like you are able to support CWE’s mission at this ticket price.
You might choose the Lifting Up The World ticket level if you are in the development or expansion stage of the business, you are meeting more than your basic financial needs, or if you feel like you are ready to give to the CWE community in a way that allows us to offer these opportunities to all clients, regardless of ability to pay.

If you are interested in donating to CWE in general, please see our donation page on our website: www.cweonline.org/Get-Involved/Ways-to-Give

Recordings Policy: Recordings will be available for 60 days after the original session.

Refund Policy: Refunds will only be available for classes that are not recorded. Clients must request a refund3 business daysin advance of the class andWBCs have 30 days from the date of the refund request to decide whether to grant the refund and to process it. Refunds for multiweek classes that have already started are at the discretion of the center’s director.

Special Accommodations: In accordance with the American Disabilities Act and state law, you may request accommodations due to a disability by contacting the event organizer listed above. Advance notice may be necessary for some accommodations. Registration must be paid prior to accommodation requests.