FAR - Finance and Administration Roundtable

🎉 40th Anniversary celebration! 🎉

Friends and colleagues getting together to enjoy good times!

It was a productive (and FUN) time as the FAR Board gathered at the National Landing Experience Center in advance of our social event with the ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership FBO Council!

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Guy Sheetz Suzanne Pampel Shomers, MBA, CAE Valerie M. Evans, CAE Erik Haas Derek Symer Winnie Yu Trevor W. Williams, CPA (he/him) Danielle McLean Sarah Mooney Theresia Heller

Julien Bois Marta Sokol Zerihun Haile-Selassie, CAE Kristin Hogan Mary Bridget Klinkenbergh Margarita Lorenzetti, CPA, CGMA


Savills North America

FAR and ASAE Finance, Business Operations Council (ASAE FBO) collaborated on a fabulous outdoor Happy Hour yesterday at the National Landing Center, Arlington, VA! The weather was perfect, the venue unique and fun, conversation was nonstop and drinks from Toastworthy were as the name implies! More than 75 nonprofits and resource firms came together for a great time!

Thanks go to Mindy Saffer of CRESA for donating five $100 gift cards which were raffled off.

Special thanks go to Erik Haas of designDATA and Danielle McLean of AFSA for sponsoring the event!

📷: (from left to right)

Mindy Saffer, Managing Principal, CRESA, ASAE FBO Council

Erik Haas, Vice President of Business Development, designDATA, FAR Board Member & ASAE FBO Council Member

Danielle McLean, Vice President & CFO, American Financial Services Association, FAR Chair

☀️🗣 FAR Summer Social

Join us on Tuesday, June 13th, from 5-7 PM at National Landing Experience Center in Arlington, VA to learn summer beverage tips and trends while growing your professional network!

We've secured indoor and outdoor event space for you to enjoy, so come rain or shine, we've got you covered. This new Crystal City venue is easily metro accessible, and there's plenty of parking nearby for those who prefer to drive.

Don’t miss out on this SUN-sational opportunity to socialize with the leaders and emerging leaders in your field!

Click the link below to RSVP.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/asae-fbo-council-far-co-hosted-summer-social-tickets-628776556607

See you tomorrow for our Virtual Conversation, "The Future of Financial Leadership in a Hybrid World"!

This webinar is designed for finance and accounting professionals who are new to the hybrid work environment or looking to optimize their current workflow. By attending this session, you will gain clear, practical suggestions that you can implement immediately in your organization.

Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gsX2iahu

Reminder to join us for this month's Nonprofit Member Virtual Discussion - "Anatomy of a Breach" on May 17th.

Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gD_zCMDC

Great turnout for May's Luncheon - Managing a Dispersed Workforce 2.0. At the end of this session, attendees were able to:

✅ Identify compliance items to be mindful of with employees in different states

✅ Identify resources and strategies for ensuring compliance with various state employment laws

✅ Define the term workplace norms

✅ Create workplace norms that are relevant and meaningful to your organization

Thank you to all of those who attended and to Simone Putnam, SPHR for an excellent presentation!

Anatomy of a Breach - A Nonprofit Member Virtual Discussion

Did you know in the past 2 years, 43% of all cyberattacks are performed on small business and nonprofits? The shift in strategy to focus on smaller organizations provides threat actors with easier targets – weaker security defense and a quicker turnaround for ransom. With such devastation, nearly 60% of small businesses fail within six months of a data breach.

Sit in on this one-of-a-kind webinar to hear first-hand experiences from an association that has gone through a breach and their lessons-learned to help you prepare for the inevitable.

Learn more here: https://far-roundtable.wildapricot.org/event-5161228

FAR's Monthly Luncheons are great opportunities to connect, collaborate, and network.

Register now and plan to attend as Simone Putnam, SPHR, SHRM-SCP presents "Managing a Dispersed Workforce 2.0" on May 9th!

During the session, Simone will:
💡 Identify compliance items to be mindful of with employees in different states
💡 Identify resources and strategies for ensuring compliance with various state employment laws
💡 Define the term workplace norms

https://lnkd.in/gbX7UnuA

The Future of Financial Leadership in a Hybrid World

This webinar is designed for finance and accounting professionals who are new to the hybrid work environment or looking to optimize their current workflow. By attending this session, you will gain clear, practical suggestions that you can implement immediately in your organization.

Learn more here: https://farnetwork.org/event-5244143

This is one session you do not want to miss!

Join FAR on Tuesday, May 9 for our May Luncheon when we will discuss managing dispersed workforces and revisit the various compliance items that come into play. Simone Putnam, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, of Marcum LLP will talk about the importance of workplace norms for strengthening your organization’s culture and reducing conflict among team members.

https://lnkd.in/geX2D3KX

National Volunteer Appreciation Week is April 16 - 22 and FAR wants to recognize their contributions and express its gratitude to those who spent their time volunteering!

👥 FAR has over 30 volunteers

🎉 FAR, which is also volunteer-driven, is celebrating its 40th anniversary!

❤️ FAR has been incredibly successful, thanks to the commitment of our volunteers!

“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t need a college degree to serve… You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” – Martin Luther King Jr.