How To Build A Positive Financial Mindset [Webinar]

In this webinar, we talked with our special guest, Karen Foster-Jorgensen, about the #1 risk for child care owners in 2020: finances! Karen walks us through what to prioritize in your budget, why building a strong financial mindset is key, and how to prepare for the 2021 fiscal year.

🎤 Our Special Guest

Karen is an early childhood business strategist, consulting, and training on financial and director success throughout North America.  Karen has enjoyed success as a teacher, YMCA Executive Director, and owner/director of two childcare businesses. Her newest book on early childhood finance, “It’s More About Strategy Than Math: Financial Success in the Childcare Business!” is now available on Amazon with a study guide on her website. Visit www.ChildCareDirector.com for her blog and more early childhood business resources.

🧪 Key Learning Outcomes

• Don’t be afraid to say that 5-letter word: M O N E Y 
• All your experiences contribute to where you are today and where you’ll be going in the future. Always be learning!
• Look at your operating costs and what type of services you are offering. From there, you will know what your GPS “gap per slot” is and how to adjust accordingly.
• Financial reserves is so so key to run a healthy business – think of it as saving for a rainy day!
• Even though we’re working with families and relationships are important, childcare is still a business and it’s okay to prioritize the two together.
• Get honest about your costs! Communicate this with families so that everyone’s on the same page and can collaborate to make things work.
• Revamp your budget from scratch every year. This is a really good exercise to keep on the ball with your cashflow and adapt in the short term – really important to surviving the pandemic.
• A budget is a “best guess” and helps you map out your center’s big picture. Once you have it, you’ll know where the gaps and be better equipped to make decisions.

✨Resources

• Connect with Karen – Childcaredirector.com 
• [Karen’s book] “It’s More About Strategy Thank Math!” 
• Get Karen’s study guide and use the code “Raising Hope”
• [Podcast] – Child Care Financial Tips During COVID-19 
• [Webinar] – 2020 Benchmark: Insights From The Experts 
• [Webinar – Masterclass] Contactless Billing & Payments

🌟2020 Child Care Benchmark Report

This is just a high-level overview of the state of child care – get your copy of the HiMama’s 2020 Child Care Benchmark to have all the insights!

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