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January 28 - February 1, 2013
Marriot Miami Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL
• Join your colleagues for five intensive days that mix traditional learning with panel discussions, peer brainstorming, case studies, and team exercises
• Benefit from the hands-on expertise of a faculty of respected industry leaders
• Learn proven strategies for attracting and motivating top-notch staff
• Discover ways to ensure Audit plays a proactive role in preventing and detecting fraud
• Get tips validating processes for risk and compliance
• Cover enterprisewide risks and how to get a handle on them
• Explore your role as a mentor and how you can help develop future leaders in your organization
• Review the six characteristics of effective leaders
• Gain strategies for adjusting your leadership style when dealing with the audit committee, executive committee members, and your audit team
• Learn how to assess your audit situation to identify decision-makers, stakeholders, and other influencers
• Examine three methods for managing existing conflict
• Find out how to build a fraud response into your strategic audit plan
• Uncover what you can eliminate from your list of responsibilities and how you can work smarter, not harder
• Get proven pointers for making audit processes
Special Features of the MIS Audit Leadership Institute
• Limited Attendance allows you to actively participate and interact with other audit leaders and our expert faculty
• All Institute Topics are geared to boosting your effectiveness as an audit leader
• Unparalleled Networking in sessions, informal discussion groups, receptions, and after-hour activities means that you will have ample opportunity to expand your personal contacts and connect with your colleagues
• Participants Are Eligible to Earn 40 CPE Credits towards professional accreditation requirements
• A Mix of Learning Approaches that includes traditional sessions, case studies, team exercises, panel discussions, and peer brainstorming
Audit Leadership Institute's Faculty
 Ann M. Butera, CRP
Ann M. Butera is the Founder and President of The Whole Person Project, Inc., an organizational development consulting firm that specializes in assisting companies to introduce, handle, and manage change. As a lecturer and trainer, she provides proven strategies that get results in the areas of corporate governance, auditing and internal controls, business risk assessment, leadership and managerial skill development, and project planning and management. Ms. Butera has authored numerous business articles in such trade journals as
Bank Accounting & Auditing Magazine
and the
ABA Consumer Banking Digest, and has been quoted in
The New York Times
and
Working Woman
magazine, among other publications. She is a columnist for the Indiana Bankers Association's
Hoosier Banker
magazine and for Protiviti's Web site,
KnowledgeLeader. Ms. Butera was an instructor at the BAI Bank School, the Graduate School of Banking at University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the Southeastern School for Sales Leadership at Vanderbilt University. She was an Adjunct Professor in the Business Department of L.I. University and a Core Faculty Member of the ABA's cable television show
American Financial Skylink. In addition, she has hosted the radio show,
Business Forum. Beginning in 1984 and continuing on an almost annual basis
thereafter, Ms. Butera has been cited in
Who's Who. In 1990, Women On The Job honored her with the Business
Achievement Award. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Long Island Development Corporation. Ms. Butera is a member of the IIA, the American Society for Training and Development, and the World Future Society.
 Joel F. Kramer, CPA
Joel F. Kramer is Managing Director of the Internal Audit Division of MIS Training Institute. Mr. Kramer joined MIS in 1982, and introduced its highly acclaimed Internal Audit curriculum. Prior to joining MIS, Mr. Kramer was Director of Internal Audit for Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc. He also held the position of Internal Audit Manager for the Gillette Company, and he spent five years with Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Kramer is a recognized speaker at international, national, and regional audit conferences. He has addressed many Institute of Internal Audit Chapters, and has conducted in-house training programs for major organizations throughout North and South America and Europe. A former Regis College faculty member, Mr. Kramer has written several articles on productivity and project management for
The Internal Auditor
and
Internal Auditing Magazine, and has developed three highly successful videos,
Day One in Internal Auditing, Modern Audit Tools and Techniques,
and
Project Management. He is a past member of the Board of Governors of the Greater Boston Chapter of the IIA, and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Louisiana State University Center for Internal Auditing.
 William Jennings, CFE
William Jennings is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Global Forensic and Dispute Services in Atlanta. He is responsible for providing forensic accounting, investigation and asset recovery services to corporations, government agencies, attorneys and their clients, as well as, business controls consulting services to organizations. When required, he also provides expert testimony about the results of his work. With more than 30 years of experience in forensic accounting, investigation, asset recovery, business controls development, public accounting and auditing, Mr. Jennings has worked on hundreds of forensic accounting and investigation assignments. He has been involved in every aspect of these cases, including: strategic planning, detailed analysis, model building and assistance with all phases of discovery and expert testimony at deposition and trial. Mr. Jennings also led forensic accounting and investigation services for the audit committee investigation of Beazer Homes, America's eighth-largest home builder. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Jennings spent seven years in Navigant's disputes and investigation practice in Atlanta, where he served as Managing Director and Practice Leader. Mr. Jennings earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of New Orleans and a master's degree in business administration from Auburn University. He is a CPA, CFF, CFE, CSAR and a licensed private detective. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Governors for the Center for Corporate Ethics and Responsibility at Georgia State University, of the Advisory Committee for the American Institute for Managing Diversity, of the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Chapter of the March of Dimes and Chairman of the 2012 Walk for Babies.
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