October Meeting
Thursday the 7th
CityPlace Conference Center
Lunch Meeting 12:00pm
Registration begins at 11:30am
When Bad News Happens to Good Companies
Jeff Crilley
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will provide guidance on dealing with negative publicity related to
our companies. Some points he will cover include:
- How to combat negative news
- What to say during an interview
- How to keep a bad story from killing your company
- Why "no comment" isn't an answer
- Lessons learned from Martha Stewart, Dan Rather and Bill Clinton
- How to get free POSITIVE publicity
Also, he will share points from his book on “Free Publicity.”
Jeff
Crilley is an Emmy Award winning TV reporter in Dallas. During his 20
years in television news he has made hundreds of national news
appearances including CNN, CNN Headline News, FOX News, The Discovery
Channel, Good Morning America and The CBS Early Show.
He has been recognized by his peers with dozens of national and
regional awards including the Emmy, the National Headliners Award, the
Edward R. Murrow Award, the Thurgood Marshall Award and has just been
named by the Texas Associated Press, "The Best TV Reporter in the
state."
As a general assignment reporter he covers a wide range of topics
from presidential elections to Spam cooking contests at the State
Fair. His day-to-day news gathering experience has given him special
insight into what the news covers and why.
When he is not covering the news as a reporter and anchor, he’s
teaching people how to get covered on the news.
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Pre-Meeting 10:30am
Back to Basics
Representative from JeffersonWells
The roles of internal
audit in the new world of SOX and consulting are expanding. How does
this affect the concept of independence?
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Post-Meeting 1:30pm
Conference Center Room 1.112
Key Controls: The Next Sarbanes-Oxley Challenge
James Brady “Brad” Vorhies, Author
Due to time and cost constraints, changing rules and the penalty
for failure, most companies are building Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
compliance processes based on traditional external audit methods. The
next challenge for companies is to transform this compliance process
into an imbedded, ongoing, quality control process that is owned,
understood and supported
by the responsible organizations. Don't miss our speaker's
presentation as he explains how to meet this challenge by developing a
process that is focused on operational effectiveness, and maximizing
the company's return on its existing investment.
James Brady Vorhies, CIA, CISA, CPA, has a Bachelor of Arts
degree in economics from the University of Texas. He also has an MBA
in finance and a Master of Science degree in accounting from The
University of North Texas. He has extensive internal audit experience
for several firms and is a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified
Information Systems Auditor, and a Certified Public Accountant. In his
risk monitoring role, James reports directly to the corporate
controller of a Fortune 500 firm while also working extensively with
the firm’s chief audit executive. Over two years ago, James designed
and implemented a key controls process for the firm’s accounting
functions. In addition to the ongoing key controls processes, James
manages the quarterly review of his firm’s disclosure controls and
procedures and the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Sections 302 and
906 certification supporting processes. James is also responsible for
several key roles in developing his firm’s Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
process among which are designing and implementing the overall
business process and supporting automated and manual systems
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This meeting is being held at
CityPlace Conference Center
2711 North Haskell Street
Dallas, Texas 75204 |
