Do you know your financial options with COVID-19?

Do you know your operating capital?

Are you able to fiscally sustain operations for 6-12 more months?

Are you able to track your team’s operational tasks and project phases?

Do you know how to pivot service or product offerings?

Do you know what to do with an employee who is confirmed positive for COVID-19?

Are you taking the right steps to retain key talent?

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on many organizations and businesses across the nation. Many organizational leaders are uncertain about appropriate next steps as they cope with arising issues. Connections 4 Success, Davis & Associates, and MP Kitchen Tax & Business Services have collaborated to convey actions which need to be taken by executive leaders struggling with the results of mandated alternative work environments and Stay-At-Home Orders.

During this one-hour webinar, guests will receive an opportunity to hear from experts in the fields of business strategy & organizational management, human resources, and finance. Attendees will also have the option to participate in a 30-minute breakaway session with one of the presenters for an opportunity to receive more detailed information and get answers for specific questions.

Meet the Presenters

Vanessa Dodds, CEO/President of Connections 4 Success, is a business strategy, professional development, and workplace culture expert with over fifteen years’ expertise and experience across corporate and small businesses, trades, public sector, and nonprofit industries.

Connections 4 Success helps organizations tackle important issues such as accountability, productivity, and workforce development. Vanessa has successfully implemented business alignment, strategic growth objectives, fiscal and operational management, program development, and organizational training for numerous award-winning for-profit and nonprofit organizations in the Greater Pittsburgh region.

In this one-hour webinar, Vanessa will be answering questions and providing solutions for:

• Progressing with business operations amid remote work and adjusted operational requirements.
• Analyzing the effectiveness of current systems and processes.
• Adopting or adapting systems and processes for tracking employee accountability.
• Pivoting services and product offerings.

Stephan Davis is the President and Executive Coach of Davis & Associates, a results-focused executive coaching, recruiting and human resources services business providing human resources and organizational development technical assistance to businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and churches since 2004. He is a dynamic senior executive and certified executive coach with demonstrated success in radically transforming human capital and organizational results.

He has held key executive positions in corporate, private, and nonprofit institutions, which give him exceptional insight to best practice methods for capacity building and organizational development support. Stephan served for more than 20 years in corporate for two Fortune 500 companies followed by 14 years in the nonprofit sector as the SVP Human Resources & Chief Administrative Officer and over 10 years as a senior consultant to churches and religious organizations. Stephan provides technical assistance and capacity building solutions to multiple clients on behalf of various Foundations in the Greater Pittsburgh region.

In this one-hour webinar, Stephan will be answering questions and providing solutions for:

• Retaining key talent, as well as part-time and non-exempt employees.
• Budgeting for future staffing needs with limited revenue.
• Continuing to pay staff.

Mary Kitchen is a CPA with a Masters of Science in Taxation. She works with fast-growing entrepreneurs who need a strategic accounting partner.

A Summa Cum Laude graduate of Adelphi University, Mary holds the degree of Bachelors in Business Administration. She received her Masters Science in Taxation from Robert Morris University. Mary has earned the distinguished certification of being an Advanced Certified QuickBooks Online Pro-Advisor.

Mary is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Pittsburgh Professional Women. She has worked with companies such as Intuit, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, and Ernst & Young.

Today, as the owner of MP Kitchen CPA Tax & Business Services, Inc, she offers her financial expertise to small business owners and entrepreneurs who are experiencing rapid growth.

In this one-hour webinar, Mary will be answering questions and providing solutions for:

• Determining next steps regarding COVID-19 funding.
• Discovering what other options are available to help your organization.
• Deciding how to move on with business operations, including cash reserve analysis and budgeting for next 6 weeks and into the summer.