

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Understanding What Financial Planning Is and Why It’s Important
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 14 May, 2025 at 11:30 am – Wed, 14 May, 2025 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join CICA for our annual meeting, followed by lunch and a speaker. The annual meeting will include a membership vote for the new executive board and a quick review of what was accomplished in 2024-2025. 

After business, Scott Davis, partner and senior wealth advisor of Renaissance Wealth Management, will share best practices and advise on the topic many communicators avoid: numbers and finance.

Scott has over 16 years of experience in the industry and specializes in comprehensive personal financial planning, including:

Retirement income strategies
Tax planning
Investment management
Small business consulting

Cost to attend is free for members and $20 for guests. Moe's taco bar will be provided. 

Let us know if you can make it! 
https://members.cicaconnect.org/site_event_detail.cfm?pk_association_event=33438
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bloomington/understanding-what-financial-planning-is-and-why-it’s-important/200028135566317
- **Event Categories**: meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 13

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Bloomington
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: ROE #17
- **lat**: 40.47828466093
- **long**: -88.9951757184
- **full address**: ROE #17, 200 W Front St, Bloomington, IL 61701-5048, United States,Bloomington, Illinois

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Central Illinois Communication Association (https://allevents.in/org/central-illinois-communication-association/23198953)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 14 May, 2025 at 11:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** ROE #17, 200 W Front St, Bloomington, IL 61701-5048, United States,Bloomington, Illinois
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Central Illinois Communication Association
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Understanding What Financial Planning Is and Why It’s Important ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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