Beyond the Numbers

Kristine Zickuhr

doi:10.5771/9781538156407

Summary

Budgets can generate lively discussions, advance institutional priorities, and create a roadmap for the future. If you find this hard to believe, then this book is for you. All museum professionals can benefit from a greater understanding of budgets and financial management. Beyond the Numbers helps to make budgeting more approachable and is designed for individuals without a background in financial management.

While the book is about budgeting, it contains very few spreadsheets or dry templates. Instead, it focuses on larger issues such as your relationship to money, the dynamic ways budgets can serve museums, and how budgeting connects (and often doesn’t connect) to strategic planning. The writing style is easy and accessible, with a little humor along the way.

The book will help you discover the connection between the museum work you love and the budget process that powers your institution’s priorities. Many of the most critical issues we face in the museum field, such as pay inequity, public accessibility, and a lack of funding, are related to budget management. By taking more responsibility and a greater interest in resource management, we all can play a larger role in the direction of our institutions and communities. If you’ve ever felt like you were on the outside looking in because you couldn’t follow a budget discussion or didn’t know how financial decisions were made, this book will give you the tools to begin to claim your seat at the table. It will provide concrete steps to increase your financial literacy and confidence with budget management.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-5638-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-5640-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 136
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. 1: Finding Your Connection No access
2. 2: Budgeting Is Dynamic No access
3. 3: Relating Budgeting to Strategic Planning No access
1. 4: Budgeting for Projects, Sections, and Departments No access
2. 5: Foundations of Institutional Budgeting No access
3. 6: Building the Budget Review Process No access
1. 7: Learning the Lingo No access
2. 8: Building Financial Literacy No access
3. 9: Understanding and Projecting Revenue No access
1. 10: Analyzing the Data No access
2. 11: Shaking the Piggy Bank No access
3. 12: Restoring Balance No access
Appendix No access Pages 131 - 132
Index No access Pages 133 - 134
About the Author No access Pages 135 - 136