DETROIT – Leaders of faith-based organizations and other nonprofits in Detroit have a unique opportunity to learn about bootstrapping their finances through TechTown’s Faith-Based Business Forum.
The Faith-Based Business Forum will be held Tuesday, April 14, 2009 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. in Conference Room A at TechTown, 440 Burroughs Street, Detroit, Michigan, 48202.
Featured speaker Al Bacon, Director of Finance at TechTown, will talk about financial fitness for nonprofits and answer questions to help nonprofits get their finances in shape:
Bacon will discuss:
How can a nonprofit act like a for-profit business?
Can a nonprofit actually make a profit in today’s economic climate?
What is the Unrelated Business Income Tax that nonprofits should be aware of?
How can nonprofits get qualified advice on finances?
Bacon is a seasoned financial professional with more than 25 years of experience in small business management and global corporate banking. He currently serves as the Director of Finance for TechTown.
As a partner with B2B CFO, the nation’s largest Chief Financial Officer firm serving entrepreneurial, growth and mid-market companies, Bacon provided part-time CFO services to his clients. Areas of expertise include developing and implementing business plans, creation of management and investor reports, focusing on product line and customer profitability, cash management, acting as a sounding board on key decisions to CEOs and coaching for a company’s accounting staff.
For 15 years prior to corporate ownership, Bacon enjoyed a career in global corporate banking, holding senior lending positions at ING Bank (London), SIB International Bancorp (an affiliate of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert) and Mellon Bank. Bacon also has extensive experience in project finance, LBO and structured finance, and interest rate management products.
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