IQnection Nonprofit Summit

January 25th, 2012

On January 19, at 9 a.m IQnection Internet Services held its quarterly Nonprofit Summit. Four speakers shared fundraising ideas for nonprofits during the fundraising themed event entitled: “Raising Bucks – Fundraising ideas for the New Year.”

Networking began at 8:30 a.m., at IQnection’s Marketing and Hosting Department Building on 28 East Oakland Avenue in Doylestown, PA where over a dozen attendees gathered for the morning Nonprofit Summit.

At 9 a.m. Bob Campbell started the event by sharing information about IQnections social donation campaign.  Mr. Campbell also spoke about Casino Games Plus, and the perks of hosting a casino night fundraising event. This was one of three fundraising ideas for nonprofits that was discussed during the day.

The second fundraising idea for nonprofits was shared by Greg Glemser, co-owner of the Doylestown Gold Exchange. During the presentation Mr. Glemser informed attendees about his family owned and operated business located in Doylestown, PA and presented information on precious metal fundraising events or “gold parties,”  where organizations raise money based on the amount of gold (silver, platinum, or coins) brought to the party.

Dennis McGovern also took the time to present during this quarters Nonprofit Summit. He spoke on the topic of credit card transactions using Square Up. Square Up is a square-shaped card reader that can plug into any mobile smart phone, which will allow event staff to take credit card transactions from donors at any nonprofit fundraising event. For more information on the Square  Card Reader visit: https://squareup.com/

Finally, Mike Whelan and Christine Byers, from BC Sports shared information on fundraising with sports memorabilia also known as a “charity auction.”  This nonprofit fundraising option allows nonprofits to auction off consignment sports memorabilia for a profit. Once the items are auctioned off the nonprofit organization profits from all of the money made above the initial asking price. BC Sports is also able to schedule a professional athlete to attend an event, which can attract  a large number of attendees.

To see images from the Nonprofit Summit please visit our Facebook Page.

Don’t miss the next nonprofit summit in April 2012 at IQnection.
Events Sponsored By: IQnection Internet Services, Network Now, and McGovern Consulting Group

Familiarization Session: 1099 Process Through Sage Fund Accounting

January 24th, 2012

The McGovern Consulting Group is excited to introduce and offer free educational webcasts to our Sage Nonprofit Solutions clients using Sage Fund Accounting, Sage Fundraising 50 and Sage Grant Management solutions. Our free educational webcasts will take place each month, and will focus on important topics impacting our nonprofit clients. These webcasts will feature nonprofit sector updates and information, news from the McGovern Consulting Group, as well as how-to’s and tutorials on various topics and challenges our nonprofit clients are facing. We are excited to give back to the nonprofit community and hope that you find our free educational webcasts helpful and informative.

Our first conference call of the New Year drew a great attendance last Wednesday, January 18. This call was especially timely due to its subject: Processing 1099’s through Sage Fund Accounting. The 1099 process is a task every organization must partake in annually and therefore an important subject for anyone facing issues or looking for clarification how to process 1099s though Sage Fund Accounting. Dennis McGovern demonstrated how to validate amounts and box numbers, how to make adjustments, and how to process 1099’s through Aatrix using the wizard. Dennis, also provided to our clients a step-by-step tutorial on how to processes 1099s through Sage Fund Accounting at no cost.
To review the slides we presented please scroll though the images below:

We would like to thank all of our attendees for joining this month’s educational webcast and hope to speak with you on our next free educational webcast and monthly client call. Please see our website home page for event details and easy registration.

 

Welcome to McGovern Consulting Group

October 28th, 2011

McGovern Consulting Group is an Authorized Sage Software reseller and a Sage Select Business Partner that works exclusively with nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies. By offering Sage MIP Fund Accounting Software and Sage Fundraising Software, McGovern Consulting Group is able to help organizations reach their financial goals through the use of technology. Read the rest of this entry »