Should You Use a Volunteer Bookkeeper?

By CarolCarrie / August 21, 2017 /
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Six Levels of Expertise Over the years we have seen a wide variety of wonderful partnerships between volunteers and nonprofits – and a few not so wonderful. Volunteer bookkeepers seem to be a problematic area. Maybe that’s because we also see a lot of problems with paid bookkeepers. It could also be because some nonprofit…

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Lists: Key to Getting the Most Out of QuickBooks for Nonprofits

By CarolCarrie / July 31, 2017 /
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If you’ve been using QuickBooks for a while, you may be frustrated over how to enter transactions so you get meaningful reports. The key to good reports starts with understanding and using QuickBooks’ lists. Today we want to give you a brief overview of QuickBooks’ most important lists. Effectively using QuickBooks’ lists is the key…

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It’s Good to Be Back!

By Carol / July 24, 2017 /
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It’s been a long time since Carrie and I posted to our blog. It’s good to be back! I had to eat a piece of humble pie last year when I realized I had allowed myself to get too busy for things that mattered most to me, including writing this blog. As Michael Hyatt observed,…

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12 Ways Accounting Can Make You an Awesome Nonprofit Manager

By CarolCarrie / March 30, 2017 /
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Let’s be right up front —  accounting is probably not at the top of your list of fun things to do. Or things you really want to work on today. But you are starting to realize that accounting related problems are getting in your way and holding you back from reaching important goals — like…

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Opportunity and Preparation

By CarolCarrie / February 17, 2017 /
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“Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.” – Attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca. Another favorite quote is “It’s amazing how long it takes to get something done when you’re not working on it.” – Attributed to a lot of people so I have no idea who said that one. Opportunity can come in a flash…

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