Accounting Comes Alive!
Presented by: Ann Hummel - Johns Hopkins University
Free! One day only! For MSIT students!
Accounting Comes Alive is a one-day session that will empower you by strengthening your understanding of accounting and financial analysis. Results include better business skills that will help you succeed in your classes such as RFP and Advanced ID and make informed decisions, and understand the effects of financial transactions from a budget perspective.
Although, at first this seems like an accounting course, ultimately, it’s about business. The idea behind the course is not to teach you how to become an accountant, but rather to understand business better. You will learn how the non-profit world differs from the for-profit world, and you will also learn about the similarities.
The balance sheet and the income statement of Bloomsburg University will be used for illustrative purposes.
We start by developing an accounting framework to build accounting literacy. We then manipulate objects to represent transactions to give you a profound understanding of the effect of transactions on the whole enterprise. Finally, we engage in conversations that will build your business skills.
Presented as a series of conversations, the course explains how accounting is about organizing information to make it useful. You will learn a metaphor that uses color to explain how accounting tracks the flow of funds in an organization.
Objectives
At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Think critically about financial issues
Make informed decisions with financial information
Powerfully integrate financial information within your coursework and apply to real life situations!
Presented by: 2008 MSIT Graduate - Ann Hummel, Instructional Designer, Johns Hopkins University