3-Part Webinar ( Attendance to all three workshops encouraged) 

Description:

Have you looked at financial reports and were totally mystified as to their meaning? Numbers really do tell a story if you know how to read a budget comparison report and balance sheet. We will demystify financial statements. This session will make fiscal management easier and infinitely more enjoyable. Using actual examples of financial reports, we will break the code and elicit the real story behind the numbers. This session will also get you ready for that next grant or board meeting by allowing you to translate program/agency strategies into meaningful fiscal language. No previous financial experience is needed for this highly interactive session

In this workshop, participants will:

• Learn the fundamentals of nonprofit financial management.
• Learn tips about creating strong budgets.
• Learn the language that your fiscal staff speaks.
• Learn the stories that financial statements tell
• Walk through audit reports.

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Schedule:

Session 1: September 8, 2026 @ 3 PM – 5 PM

Session 2: September 15, 2026 @ 3 PM – 5 PM

Session 3: September 22, 2026 @ 3 PM – 5 PM

Facilitators:

Daonese Johnson-Colón is the founder of Coaching Amplifies, LLC, a nonprofit consulting and coaching practice that helps mission-driven organizations strengthen the operational infrastructure needed to achieve their goals. With more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, operations, and organizational development, she works with executive directors, boards, and leadership teams to build stronger organizations, improve decision-making, and create the conditions for long-term sustainability.

Throughout her career, Daonese has served in senior executive leadership roles, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Staff, and Interim Chief Executive Officer, overseeing finance, human resources, governance, compliance, strategic planning, and organizational operations. Drawing on that experience, she helps nonprofit leaders build confidence in financial leadership, navigate complex operational challenges, and implement practical solutions that strengthen organizational capacity. Her
consulting and facilitation focus on nonprofit financial management, governance, audit readiness, internal controls, budgeting, and organizational effectiveness.

In addition to her consulting practice, Daonese is an educator, executive coach, and faculty mentor. She serves as an adjunct lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, facilitates leadership development programs for nonprofit professionals, and mentors emerging leaders through the New York Giants Touchdown Fellowship. Her facilitation style is collaborative, equity-centered, and action-oriented, creating learning environments where participants leave with greater confidence and concrete next steps

We request that organizations limit their registrations to 5 participants per workshop. Please only register other people when you can provide the requested information for each participant; additional registrations under the same name will be removed. If you would like more than 5 employees from your organization to participate in this workshop, please email wo*******@*****************ne.org

Registration is required. Please be advised that by registering for this event, unless we hear from you otherwise, we will include you as part of our regular electronic mailing list. Please also be advised that the event may be recorded or photographed by Support Center for Nonprofit Management (Support Center). By enrolling for this event, you hereby: (1) give consent for Support Center or any third parties to use your photograph or image in its print, online and video publications; (2) release Support Center, its employees and any outside third parties from all liabilities or claims that you might assert in connection with the above-described uses; and (3) waive any right to inspect, approve or receive compensation for any materials or communications, including photographs, videotapes, website images or written materials, incorporating photos/images of you. To revoke this waiver, please email wo*******@*****************ne.org.