Café PANO (August 2025): Utilizing Technology to Increase Efficiency, Promote Visibility, and Reduce

Café PANO: Building Community, One Cup at a Time - Utilizing Technology to Increase Efficiency, Promote Visibility, and Reduce Manual Effort
Wednesday, August 27 | 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM | Virtual Gathering (PANO Members)

Hosted by: Stephanie Chapuis, PANO's Membership & Consultant Collaborative Manager

Guest Speaker: Emily Dawes, CPA, Manager, ERP Solutions Group

Calling all PANO Members!

In 2014, PANO launched a statewide listening tour to better understand nonprofit needs. A decade later, we’re still listening—and we keep hearing the call for deeper connection.
That’s why we created Café PANO in April 2024: a space for members to gather, share, and support one another—building community, one conversation at a time.
In 2025, we’re mixing it up: shorter, informal chats one month (30 mins), and deeper, topic-focused discussions the next (45 mins).

This month, we've invited Emily Dawes, CPA and Manager at ERP Solutions Group, to lead a discussion all about Utilizing Technology to Increase Efficiency, Promote Visibility, and Reduce Manual Effort.
The primary focus would be on the ways technology can help your organization increase visibility into key metrics and promote efficiency and effective internal controls over spending. We’d discuss key features of leading cloud ERP systems that are available, including dashboards, flexible reporting, and real-time metrics. Additionally, we will review how new technologies can not only reduce manual labor but can increase internal control by automating processes and centralizing information.

Got a topic in mind for a future gathering? You can share those, too, at the same link (here), along with any recommendations for time of year for the discussion and suggested facilitators.

So, PANO Members, brew up your favorite morning beverage and then let's brew up some community together!

Single Login Cost:
FREE for PANO Members | Not-Yet Members, look out for other opportunities to join us throughout the year. For now, we appreciate your grace and understanding while we experiment with something new.

Terms of Participation
Your registration entitles you to a single login. Please do not share the login information with others, as it may interfere with your ability to join. If multiple individuals from your organization would like to participate, please register each person separately.

Materials & Login Instructions:
Materials (PowerPoint and other handouts), along with instructions on how to login, will be emailed to attendees a day or two prior to the program date. PANO uses Zoom as our virtual gathering platform; you can familiarize yourself with Zoom and/or join a test meeting prior to these sessions.

This program will be recorded for internal purposes only. If you’d like to attend but can’t make the date, look out for future gatherings at Café PANO!

About the Member Benefit:

PANO is the statewide membership organization supporting the thousands of nonprofits that serve millions of people in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. While other associations cater to specific nonprofit trades, PANO is the only one that supports PA’s nonprofit sector as a collective whole. And THAT is the number one benefit of joining PANO – connection to other nonprofit professionals! Yes, the discounts on trainings, free Standards for Excellence resources, discounted products and services, and other benefits are great, too, but the true value of a network like this is that you are not alone. Together, we are 25,000 voices strong.

Learn more about PANO membership here and, if you're not already a member, join today!