Hear about the latest developments in the not-for-profit sector and trends to be aware of for 2018 from Georgia Center for Nonprofits Executive Vice President Kathy Keeley.

While the debate heats up about whether AI is going to save or destroy us, the nonprofit community has never been faced with more urgent, and complex, problems needing solutions now. The answers are not going to be found on traditional business intelligence dashboards or by using old-school analytics based on incomplete data. Embark on a journey into this brave new world from the perspective of philanthropy, and make the case for why our sector needs to be a leader in adopting this transformational technology.

How will the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affect not-for-profit organizations? And, with the midterm elections fast approaching, will lawmakers take action on other priority issues for the sector? Discuss the latest news and developments from Capitol Hill.

Receive an overview of the types of threats and risks that are unique to not-for-profit entities. Explore controls that can mitigate these risks and plans to respond to actual incidents if they occur. Learning how to detect, identify, and respond to risks is the key to protecting the future of your organization.

Focus on imminent not-for-profit accounting and reporting changes that become effective within the next year. These include Accounting Standard Updates related to financial reporting, revenue recognition, accounting for grants and contracts and accounting for leases. If you have not started the process for adopting these changes, time is running out. Implementation checklists and a review of the essential differences between the current and new standards will be discussed.

Three early adopters of the FASB standards review their journeys and how they navigated the major changes of the standards and the roadblocks they encountered along the way.