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Aug 12
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A Complete Nonprofit Solution

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Complete Nonprofit Solution Raising funds, winning grant awards, and reporting on the management of funds are the critical responsibilities to ensure fulfillment of your mission. Welter Consulting assists nonprofits in all areas, helping you to select not only the right solution, but also the right technology for your nonprofit organization.  And, we look for ways to make a solution affordable for any sized organization. We want you to be able to continue the good work you are doing within our communities.  Most nonprofits have been tasked with ‘doing more with less’ over the past few years.  You worked harder.  You worked smarter.  But if you still find yourself struggling to keep up with the demands, it may be time to harness the power of technology and award-winning software to gain additional efficiencies and effectiveness.

Abila MIP Fund Accounting – Developed exclusively for Nonprofit organizations and Government, MIP Fund Accounting is a modular system that works the way nonprofits do and provides the reports you need directly from the system, eliminating the need for relying on numerous spreadsheets.

Abila Grant Management – Endorsed by the Grant Professionals Association, Abila Grant Management can run as a standalone solution but integrates with MIP Fund Accounting for even more powerful functionality.

Abila Fundraising 50 – A fundraising management system that allows you to segment and communicate with your donors in a highly effective way.

Abila Fundraising Online – This solution resides on your website to help you fundraise through your website and reach an ever-growing online audience.

Welter Consulting can help you with any and all of these solutions.  We work exclusively with nonprofit and government agencies throughout the Western United States.  We would love to work with you as well.

Aug 06
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MIP User Group Meeting (Portland OR) September 19

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Portland MIP User Group MeetingOur friends at RBP Methods will be hosting an MIP User Group Meeting in Portland on September 19, 2014.

This event will feature Abila MIP Fund Accounting best practices and look to help you get the most out of you MIP Fund Accounting system.  The agenda for the Portland MIP Fund Accounting User Group:

  • Abila MIP Fund Accounting’s most recent release of version 2014.0 – 2014.6 including features like bank reconciliation, emailing pay stubs and much more!
  • The future of MIP Fund Accounting and a roadmap of enhancements scheduled for the next release.
  • DrillPoint Reports, an Excel-based, add-on module that allows for custom reporting and dashboards tips & tricks.
  • System Reviews, the key practice to getting the most out of your system.
  • Hosting and private cloud options – should you consider these options for your nonprofit organization.
  • Support Contract and how to get free resources offered by Abila, along with beta testing advantages.
  • Top 3rd Party Solutions that integrate directly with Abila MIP Fund Accounting.

Portland MIP User Group MeetingThis User Group Meeting is hosted by RBP Methods.  Meeting details:

Friday Sept 19, 2014
8:30-4:30 pm
Register Here

  • Hotel Monaco located at 506 SW Washington St, Portland, OR
  • Early Registration Fee: $125 early registration through August 31
  • Regular Registration Fee: $140 September 1 through 15.
  • Registration Fees Includes: Parking, Wi-Fi, lunch, coffee, water & snacks
  • Cancellation Policy: Cancellations before 9/15 will receive a full refund. Unfortunately, we are not able to give refunds if cancellations are received after 9/15.

 

 

Jun 22
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Vicki Welter and Bianca Lim to present at Seattle and Helena User Groups

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Be sure and mark your calendars as Vicki Welter, CPA and Bianca Lim of Abila will be the presenters at upcoming MIP Fund Accounting User Groups in Seattle  (8/25) and Helena (8/28).

This is a unique opportunity to interact with:

  • A representative from the software publisher
  • An Authorized Abila Partner and CPA who has implemented over 200 systems
  • Other Nonprofit professionals who use Abila MIP Fund Accounting within their organization

The presenters:

[one-half-first]Vicki WelterVicki Welter, CPA  

Vicki Welter founded Welter Consulting to help nonprofits. Organizations hire Welter Consulting for assistance in selecting and implementing software solutions. Vicki’s rich background in accounting allows her to assist in setting up nonprofit financial software to meet her nonprofit clients’ financial reporting needs.  She has implemented more the 200 nonprofit systems.  Vicki Welter has earned three distinctions from nonprofit software publisher Abila: Authorized Partner, Certified Trainer, and Certified Consultant.

Vicki Welter also consults in the areas of internal control and related documentation, the preparation of financial statements, financial analyses and supporting schedules of financial data for audit and tax purposes.

Clients have described Vicki as “an outstanding business partner,” “superbly knowledgeable,” and “a great trainer.”

Based in Seattle, Welter Consulting serves nonprofits throughout the Pacific Northwest and is a member of Washington Nonprofits (association), AICPA, and the Washington Society of CPAs.  Vicki holds a degree from Gonzaga University.[/one-half-first] [one-half]Lim Bianca Lim, Abila Customer Support Supervisor

Bianca (Bee) joined the Abila family in 2008 supporting the Fundraising 50 product.   She soon decided to expand her knowledge and requested to be transferred to the MIP Fund Accounting product line in 2010.  She dove head in first and became the HR/EWS specialist 2 months after joined the MIP Fund Accounting team.  She became adept at analyzing and resolving database issue and continued to receive promotions as her duties and knowledge about the Abila MIP Fund Accounting and Fundraising products expanded.

Bee has recently been promoted to the position of Customer Support Supervisor where with the other supervisors; she oversees the customer support staff for the Abila MIP Fund Accounting, Fundraising and Grant Management products.

Bee lives in the Austin area with her husband, Erik and her two daughters Cecilia 6 and Andrea 3.  [/one-half]