Special Events-Calendar

Marie Gibson is an accomplished speaker, workshop facilitator and trainer.  She facilitates special events and conferences speaking on business, success and profitability issues.  She also hosts and co-hosts a number of online teleseminars.  A teleseminar is similar to a confernece call where the class meets remotely.  These are recorded and made available afterwards.

Marie’s original signature system and training is "ShoeBox 101: Basic bookkeeping for new business owners"

For business owners ready to excel and make great strides with their business, Marie offers her all original material "7 Steps to Your Business Profitability"

Marie conducts numerous QuickBooks training workshops throughout Northern and rural Nevada.

She specializes in helping builders and contractors "Understanding Construction Accounting for QuickBooks", and assists a number of non-profit organizations with her "Understanding Non-profit Accounting for QuickBooks."

Upcoming Classes and Special Events

eWeek Nevada

• Invited speaker at SilverSky Group Open House and Q&A

SilverSky Group invites you to join them at their Longley Lane office for a Q&A session.  A group of Reno professionals will offer general information as to how to start, run and maintain a small business venture.  Information and entrepreneurs go hand-in-hand. Small bites and refreshments will be served.  Join us!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Location: SilverSky Group, 5422 Longley Lane, Suite B

Price: $20 in advance /$30 at the door (All proceeds from this event will go to NCET a 501(c)3 organization.)

Details: www.silverskygroup.com to find out more about SilverSky Group.  Please contact Jacquelyn jfuzell@silverskygroup.com for more event-related information.

eWeek Nevada

• Presenter – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; Unfiltered Advice from a QuickBooks Pro Advisor; Common QuickBooks Mistakes and how to Prevent Them

Learn how your daily transactions feed through the Chart of Accounts directly to your financial statements.   Leave this session with confidence that QuickBooks is a program that you will LOVE!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 11:30 – 1:00

We’ll start promptly.  Light lunch included

Location: Morrison University, 10315 Professional Circle, 2nd Floor

Price: $15; proceeds to benefit NCET.org (a 501(c)3 organization.)

RSVP required – Sorry unable to accommodate walk-ins

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NCET’s Entrepreneur’s Expo – Reno – Friday, March 12.

I’m delighted to help support NCET’s Entrepreneurial Expos and eWeek each year.  I will be a presenter and an exhibitor in Reno.  Details regarding the expos:  www.ncet.org .  If you live in the Las Vegas area and would like to schedule my help on Thursday or Saturday, please contact me asap.

Introduction to QuickBooks

A two-day workshop, sponsored by the Nevada Small Business Development Center, is specifically designed for new users planning to use QuickBooks. Learn to properly setup, prevent and correct common mistakes, prepare, read and understand common financial reports. Learn how to make your life easier! Attendees take a 200+ page workbook with them. Class is taught in traditional classroom style, eliminating hands-on computer use for optimum learning!

What you can expect from this class -

• Become a Confident User
• Master the Fundamentals of QuickBooks Accounting Software
• Expert training and advice
• How to set-up a simple, inexpensive, hassle-free accounting system
• Learn the Simplest Way to Track Income and Expenses
• Complete Accounting Tasks Quickly and Accurately
• Don’t Waste Time Through Trial and Error
• Prepare necessary records for governmental and other business purposes
• Understand your reports for business decision-making
• Receive your How-to guidebook with directions and examples to take home

Introduction to QuickBooks – Reno, Redfield Campus; March 17 and March 18; Must register soon!

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Introduction to QuickBooks – Winnemucca – March 22 and 23

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Introduction to QuickBooks – Lovelock – March 24 and 25

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Introduction to QuickBooks – Hawthorne – April 5 and 6

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Introduction to QuickBooks – Pioche – April 8 and 9

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Stepping into your “Power of Profitability!” – Teleseminar Intensive – Starting soon

Have confidence!  Take charge of your accounting for wise decision-making! If you want to succeed in business today, you need to be able to read and understand your financial reports.  You need to know how much money you earn and by which employees, which jobs and which clients.  You need to speak the language of business!

Even if you delegate this responsibility and have a bookkeeper take care of this part of your business, you will want to know how a system should work properly, how the numbers flow to your reports, how to read reports and how to use them to make your important decisions.  Many business owners abdicate this task completely and find themselves with a sense of anxiety, discomfort and lack of confidence.

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