MacKinnon School of Business hosting workshop for business leaders
Lincoln College hosting first “Following the Money” Workshop
 

[October 23, 2019]  

Lincoln College’s MacKinnon School of Business is hosting its next workshop in the Here’s How series called Following the Money geared toward introducing area business leaders to key areas of business management. The workshop will take place Monday, November 18, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Alumni Room on the Lincoln College campus in Lincoln.

Registration

Interested persons can register for the Following the Money workshop online at https://lincolncollege.givingfuel.com/ following-the-money.  Cost is $10 before November 14 deadline or $20 after and at the door. Space is limited.

For more information, contact Dr. Diana Heeb Bivona, Lead Faculty for Business Management at Lincoln College, at [e-mail]  or by calling 217-735-7326.

During the workshop, participants will hear from three presenters delivering information on financial success and data collection, tax related processes, and program financing and funding. The sessions include:

Stop Flying Blind- Know Your Key Numbers

Presenter: Tim Bacus, J.M. Abbott & Associates and Pacesetter Financial

Whether your business is just starting or is well-established, data-less decision making remains an early indicator of small business financial failure. Fortunately for time-strapped small business leaders, data collection best practices can be easy to learn and easy to implement. Get answers and learn how to: Identify the key number on which your business’ financial success, failure or turns; track your key numbers with free or inexpensive software; and use your key numbers to influence your day-to day goals and decision making.

Easy Tax Planning & Organizing for Small Businesses

Presenter: Andy Fitzpatrick, Abbott & Associates

Learn strategies for planning, organizing, and filing business taxes with ease. This session will help you analyze the past year, and see what tax related process can be improved; understand what you need and don’t need for filing; earn tips and tools to help you stay organized throughout the year; and when to become an LLC, and when to make the leap to a corporation.

Financing & Funding Programs for Startups and Businesses

Presenter: Charlie White, Small Business Administration

This session will explain SBA and conventional financing and funding programs and how businesses can benefit from them. Various SBA loan programs (7a, 504, and microloans), and well as conventional business lending opportunities, will be discussed.

[Lauren Grenlund
Director of Public Relations
Lincoln College]