What is this thing in my pocket???

Last week I went to Maryland to work at a church for a few days.  When I was leaving my hotel room I gave it not one but TWO last minute checks to make sure I hadn’t forgotten anything.  Being certain that I hadn’t I went on my merry way.  Arriving home I realized that my cell phone [...]

HIRING NEW STAFF

Churches are interesting to say the least!  I think that one of the most important decisions they have to make is dealing with new staff.  I ran upon a blog that sort of gave both sides.  Click here and enjoy!  Let me know what you think after reading it.

HIDDEN IDENTITY

What if I came to your church or organization as a new employee?  Probably not that big a deal right?  Well, what if I had a hidden TV camera on me that would show everything behind the scenes that went on in your church or organization?  What would the world see when it aired on [...]

Out The Back Door

In working with various churches and small businesses I’m very surprised at the amount of funds going “out the back door”.  You may be wondering what that means, especially when I use the word “Church”.  This would be funds that are being used for various “non-authorized” expenditures.  Yep, I’m talking EMBEZZLEMENT here!  Now I’m sure [...]

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Once a month or more you probably go to the monthly “Finance Committee” meeting which is probably not your favorite place to be. You get a nice packet of papers telling you “all about” the organization’s finances. Now if you could just figure out what it all means! Does anybody really know what’s going on [...]

Innovation

We live in a world today that is constantly changing.  If your business, church or organization believes that the old ways are the only ways, well, good luck keeping the doors open.  Then there are those that are constantly changing, never slowing down enough to get organized.  I think a better word for change would [...]

Computers

The other day a few of us were reminiscing about the “old days” when the PC first came out.  Remember when they actually put a 5 MB HARD DRIVE in a PC?  How about the first version of Lotus 1-2-3?  Churches and small business’s certainly didn’t do their accounting on anything but ledger paper or cards [...]

Oil Pricing

For those of you that don’t know me, I’m sort of a numbers nut.  I follow crazy things like currency exchange rates, stock exchange listings and even the price of oil.  It never ceases to amaze me that when a country in the middle east “sneezes” the price of oil goes up.  Or maybe China [...]

10 Myths about Small Business Blogging

After 28 years of doing accounting for corporations and non-profits I’ve decided to start my own small business.  I’ve always been interested in small business activity so now I’m going to join the ranks AND help support them through accounting services and website/blog development.  While doing a little research online I found a terrific article [...]