FIN 320: Creating Great Budgets

Budgets should not be something you dread! Learn how to use your budget as a tool to maximize revenues, minimize expenses, and forecast your financial future. A good budget will help you face the unknown with a better sense of confidence and control.

Learning objectives:

• Budget by Design to support your mission
• Making smart allocation choices that benefit the whole organization
• Trimming and cutting a draft budget
• Selling the Budget / Presenting to the Board
• Identify everyone’s role in the budget process, including the board and your staff
• Telling your story with the budget
• My Budget’s Been Approved – Now What Do I Do?
• Using the budget throughout the year / Monitoring variances
• Changing a budget
•  Types of budgets
• Operating
• Capital
• Performance Based
• Zero Based
• Fixed vs. Variable Budget

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