Thanks for your question
@Brendan EgerI see your point and don't worry, it's shared by many Finance Professionals in profit and non-profit organizations
It's what I call the use of "jargon" and our role is to make sure to find a balanced spot where we educate our audience to the particular concepts we face in our work but we also simplify those concepts so they're accessible
It might be an exaggeration in the context of a business, but there is say that states "if you can't explain it to a child, it means you didn't understand it"
Consider this not as a stricto senso rule but as a reminder that people in front of us don't have (and shouldn't have) the same knowledge as us 😉
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Soufyan Hamid
SouFBP
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Original Message:
Sent: 12-05-2022 16:38
From: Brendan Eger
Subject: What is your major problem when it comes to Finance presentations?
Thanks for hosting this session Soufyan!
I don't need to give many finance presentations in my current role, but I work closely with our Finance team so would be interested in learning a few things. One thing that has felt unique for us, is that as a non-profit we have a lot of terms that our broader staff sometimes struggle to understand. Things like "Unrestricted" vs "Temporarily Restricted" vs "Permanently Restricted" vs "Board Directed" are all types of Funding we have, but it's hard for people to navigate sometimes. For your session, I'd be curious if you have tips for how to balance the ideas of wanting to educate your staff on key concepts while also not wanting to lose their attention or talk over their heads?
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Brendan Eger
Assoc. Dir. of Information Systems and Analytics
Partners In Health
Original Message:
Sent: 12-05-2022 13:58
From: Soufyan Hamid
Subject: What is your major problem when it comes to Finance presentations?
A Finance Presentation can be stressing, and this for many reasons
- Allergy to working with PowerPoint
- Difficulties to keep the audience focused with a financial topic
In my career in FP&A, I came across all of these reasons and many more
Often, these come from our own profile as Finance Professionals: we are used to work more with our computers and less in front of an audience.
But like many things in life, this can be learned!
So my question to you is the following: What is your biggest issue for a presentation about Finance?
Let me know by replying to this thread
#12DaysofVena #Event #Presentations
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Soufyan Hamid
SouFBP
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