Looking forward to seeing everyone in Madison on June 2nd!  We have a great group of people attending and I am especially excited to meet our first year attendees.  IOM - the best professional development in our industry!

Are you a tweeter? Is your organization engaging key audience members on Twitter? Are your tweets relevant? Whether you are or are not on Twitter, this blog is for you. 

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First and foremost, if your organization isn’t on Twitter, perhaps it’s time you evaluated the value of joining the Twitterverse. To conduct this evaluation...…

There is so much competition for our attention in today’s information filled environment.  Learning to effectively communicate through small financial reports (dashboards targeted to the end user) is essential to staying above the noise and getting your message across.

Communicating financial messages is inherently difficult.  Generally people equate numbers with negative feelings.  These negative feelings come from past experiences of confusion, trouble, fear and…

I need to be more grateful of my “Over-Worked” and “Under-Appreciated” finance calendar.  I gain comfort from its content and a sense of order from its structure.

I always assemble an annual finance calendar for each organization I work with to give me a global look at the “key” dates that affect the flow of information through the finance department.  What was unexpected was...…