Building Blocks for Success in 2018: Goal Setting

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It's undeniably autumn, and therefore budget season--a time to reflect, refresh, and refocus, as we look ahead to 2018. Over the next few months, we'll share a few simple tools to help guide you through this process.

When planning, it's helpful to spend some time thinking about the big picture. Once you have a few high level goals for 2018, you can develop a marketing plan and annual work plan that will help you reach them, and a budget that will support your work. 

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Independence & Interdependence: Best Apps for Integration & Efficiency

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With the celebration of Independence Day, the team at Clarity has been thinking about the paradox and tension between independence and interdependence, as it relates to our families, communities, nonprofits, and businesses. 

There are so many great apps out there to help you track your time, money, projects, inventory, and customer/donor relationships. What are people using and loving these days? We decided to pull together a sampling that can serve as a good place to start your inquiry.

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Welcome, Liz! QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor

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Meet Liz, our newest Clarity team member, and QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor. Liz has worked in the finance field for the last ten years, handling bookkeeping for a wide variety of clients large and small.  She enjoys dealing with the nitty gritty details of financial transactions in order to provide business owners with tangible data to use in their decision making. 

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10 Tips to Help You Stay on Top of Your Books

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Whether you are outsourcing your bookkeeping or doing your own books in-house, as the leader in your organization you need to know your financial information is reliable.  Understanding "best practices" and incorporating them into your own business processes will help you get data you can trust, so you can make the decisions that are best for your business. 

Here are some tips to help you stay on top of the books:

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Happy Spring!

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Bring growth and vitality to your business with an infusion of energy, fresh ideas, and new knowledge--take a class, attend a workshop, and participate in a networking event. Perhaps you're ready to hire new staff, or even shift gears in your professional life. Piggyback on the natural energy boost that comes with lengthening days and warmer weather to spring into a new chapter of success with your business, nonprofit, or career. See a list of opportunities below!

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