Get finance to say YES to your idea: The other side of the dashboard

You show up for community. Mutual aid, the march, the group chat that actually does something.

But at work, when you see a broken policy or a budget decision that hurts the people it's supposed to help, you accept it's just the way things are. It's not because you don't care. It's because you're good at the technical part, but no one ever taught you to make a case in the language the leadership understands.

I'm a working accountant who came up through education, nonprofit, and community organizing before I ever touched a financial statement. I spent years watching leadership get it wrong while frontline workers already knew the answer. So I did something about it: I became the finance person. I graduated summa cum laude with degrees in business and accounting and minors in economics and finance.

This session is what I learned in the field, and how you can use it without sitting through a lecture on budgets.

We'll work through three moves that actually shift the conversation with finance and leadership. No manipulation; no selling out. No becoming someone you're not. You'll practice with real scenarios from tech, healthcare, and nonprofits. You'll leave with a one-page tool you can use Monday morning.

Conviction is necessary, but it's just the start. This is the rest of it.

This session is for people who do what's right out in the world and are ready to make it happen from a work laptop, too.

• Beginner
• Community
• Careers
• Marketing