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Money Management
NEW! Introduction to
Crowdfunding
Raise Money for Your Nonprofit or
Business
As a fledgling business or organization, it
is a challenge to get startup money if you
are lacking cash flow, credit, or collateral.
Raising funds through social media is being
utilized by everyone from suffering families
to celebrities, artists, and politicians. This
course provides overview of this hot new
capital raising and marketing phenomenon.
Find out about the various options for
crowdfunding and take a look at a variety
of videos that have been used to raise
funds.
Lynn Wilson
is founder of SparqU.
com and a professor of business and
entrepreneurship at the Community College
of Denver. He has helped individuals,
nonprofits, and small business owners
get their stories into digital form and has
offered boot camps to help them enhance
their website presence, social media
network, and creatively raise funds. Leave
with the knowledge to evaluate the best
practices of crowdfunding and determine if
this is a viable strategy for your project.
$51 Non-Member
$39 Member
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
1966AA: One Sat., 9-11AM 11/14
1966AB: One Mon., 6:30-8:30PM 12/14
1966AC: One Sat., 9-11AM 1/9
Nonprofit Career Planning
Finding the Best Fit for You
Many people dream of making a difference
by working for a nonprofit, and there are
many considerations if you are transitioning
or planning a new career in the field. This
class aims to help you see clearly the joys
and challenges of nonprofit employment,
while helping you identify your particular
passions and needs to ensure the best
nonprofit fit. During this class you will
map out a possible career plan and learn
different strategies for entering and making
connections in the nonprofit field. Topics
and resources covered are volunteering,
internships, nonprofit-specific job searching,
and much more.
Amanda Wallander
Roberts
is a social sector consultant
specializing in organizational development,
program development, and evaluation for
nonprofits. She has a MS in social work, and
is passionate about helping people find their
perfect fit in the wide world of nonprofit
careers.
$41 Non-Member
$29 Member
$1 materials fee payable in class
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
3105H: One Mon., 6:30-8:30PM 10/26
3105I: One Tue., 6:30-8:30PM 12/1
3105J: One Tue., 6:30-8:30PM 1/26
Introduction to Investing
With Better Investing Rocky
Mountain Chapter
Class is a combination of three
presentations. The first, “Why Invest in
Stocks,” will demonstrate why investing
in stocks provides the best potential
reward over time as shown by historical
data. “Understanding the Jargon” explains
basic financial terms that are critical for
the investor to choose wisely and manage
risk. The third shows you the Value Line
data sheet, a basic research source to find
fundamental information on a company.
Better Investing (BI) is a global non-profit
investment education organization that
provides support to help create successful
lifetime investors. Taught by members of
the
Rocky Mountain Chapter of Better
Investing
. Class is free but you must register.
$FREE Non-Member
$FREE Member
S. E. DENVER
: 7th & Colorado
6635Q: One Sat., 9AM-12:30PM 1/9
Using the Stock Selection
Guide Tool
An All-Day Workshop with the Better-
Investing (BI) Rocky Mountain Chapter
This full-day workshop guides the beginning
investor through the Stock Selection Guide.
We’ll cover selecting the best companies,
determining a fair price, estimating future
growth, and estimating future P/Es. Learn
to recognize high-quality companies,
determine the potential return of a stock,
make reasonable projections about future
growth and more.
Rocky Mountain Chapter
of BI
. Intro to Investing (#6635) is highly
recommended prior, but not required.
$46 Non-Member
$34 Member
$5 materials fee payable in class
S. E. DENVER
: 7th & Colorado
6636I: One Sat., 9AM-3PM 1/16
Start an Investment Club!
Collaborate & Thrive
Investment clubs are made up of people
who come together regularly to pool
small amounts of money for investing
in stocks, reviewing studies of growth
companies presented by club members,
and selecting one or more stocks to buy,
hold or sell in a well-diversified portfolio
based on
BetterInvesting’s
unique investing
methodology. Learn the benefits of starting
an investment club, how to get one started
and where to find the resources you need to
start and run a successful club.
$31 Non-Member
$19 Member
CFU LOWRY
: Near 1st & Quebec
6637H: One Thu., 6-7:30PM 11/12
EvaluatingMutual Funds &ETFs
Congratulations! You have a deferred
retirement account! Now you need to select
which are the best choices of mutual funds
or ETF’s to put your money into. This class
is for you. This class will help you make
informed choices about fund selections,
based on your objectives and risk tolerance.
We will look at how to screen for funds, what
criteria to enter into a screener, and how to
evaluate the results. Using Morningstar data
sheets, we will look at metrics on individual
funds, and how to get the most from the
information provided. We will look at the
importance of diversification in selecting
different funds, and examples of diversified
portfolios will be given for various risk levels.
Class is taught by
Ralph Futch
, a long time
member and instructor with the
Rocky
Mountain Chapter of Better Investing
.
$41 Non-Member
$29 Member
S. E. DENVER
: 7th & Colorado
6634BP9: One Sat., 9AM-12PM 11/7
Personal Finance Survival Training
Most of our spending, saving, and investment habits are shaped by how we internalize
the wider cultural messages we all learn about money. Join this interesting and
fundamental class hosted by a long-time lending expert and reframe your attitude
toward spending and planning so you can be assured of a financial future that is
dependable and predictable. Discuss these concepts in relation to all major financial
concerns: credit reports and scores, home ownership, building a circle of trusted
financial advisors, how to deal with your money after life-changing events (bankruptcy,
divorced, job loss, illness, etc.), getting kids through college, and retirement. Leave with
the knowledge of how to take control of your finances for a lifetime and ensure your
financial future, and that of your family, is safe and protected.
Ted Wedewer
is a 20 year
veteran of the mortgage banking industry and has spent his career studying economics
and how it affects the individuals and families he works with.
$31 Non-Member
$19 Member
S.W. DENVER
: I-25 & I-225
3537W9: One Wed., 6:30-8:30PM 11/4
3537X: One Sat., 9-11AM 12/5
3537Y: One Wed., 6:30-8:30PM 1/13
