Date: 
Thu, 01/30/2020 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Essential Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning -- Hammond Development Corp

Workshop: Essential Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning for 2020 -- This workshop will explain WHY all great businesses (small & large) need to create an annual budget. The class will cover the tools and techniques to use when building your budget and how comparing actual results to your budget can keep your business on track for greater success!

 Topics to be covered:

  • Understand the need for annual budgeting and forecasting
  • Discover tools and techniques in sales forecasting and cash flow forecasting
  • Understand what factors to consider when doing your annual budget
  • Learn best practices in routine reviews of actual results versus budget estimates
  • Discover how to continuously improve your forecasting

Whether you are a small business startup or an established business, this workshop will help you become committed to the value of financial planning for your business. 

Speaker:  Donald Pelka

Don Pelka is the vice chair of SCORE | NW Indiana. He has been a SCORE certified business mentor since February 2017. Don earned an MBA degree from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business and has been certified as a PMP and CISM. He worked in management positions in Information Technology and Finance at a global mid major manufacturing company and then worked as a project manager for consulting companies implementing ERP systems.

In his career, Don developed annual budgets and forecasts at the department, division and corporate level.

A drawing for a gift card will be held -- open to all attendees.  There is a $10 fee for the workshop.

Thursday, January 30, 2020 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM CST

Hammond Development Corporation 
5233 Hohman Avenue
Hammond, IN 46325  

Register at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eguotni6688dedb0&oseq=&c=&ch=