Professional Organization Seminars
Invest one or two days, support your IIA, and obtain an overview of auditing topics. Our IIA, IMA, ISACA chapter seminars ensure you make a profit and Focus on Risk Enterprises will help you market your seminar. See our seminar schedule for the next available seminar.
HOW DO I SCHEDULE A CHAPTER SEMINAR?
If you are interested in scheduling a Chapter Seminar with Liz Meyers as the instructor, here is how it works: Liz conducts one and two day overviews of the Osterio methodology of Risk Based Integrated Auditing™, Practical Governance and Risk Management™, and Auditing in Self-Directed Work Teams.
The Osterio methodology of Risk Based Integrated Auditing™ and Practical Governance and Risk Management™ has been implemented at some of the largest organizations in the country including BellSouth, U S WEST, The Southern Company, Carolina Power and Light, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Sysco, Entergy and others. References from professional association officers will gladly be provided, and we encourage you to call these references.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
Cost/Profit Sharing vs. Fixed Fee Options
(1) Cost/Profit Sharing Option.
As is our practice with professional associations, the fees are structured to reduce the possibility of losses and enhance profitability for the chapters involved. We will share the costs and split the profits evenly. You and Liz will agree on the out-of-pocket expenses incurred in conducting the seminar. Your expenses typically include seminar facilities, AV equipment, marketing, mail out costs, seminar materials, lunches and refreshments. Our expenses include round trip coach airfare, meals, airport parking, shuttle/taxi costs, lodging, and mileage (if applicable). Our marketing costs typically average approximately $150.00. The combined expenses are to be covered by gross proceeds, and then the profits from the seminar are to be split 50/50.
(2) Fixed Fee Option.
Liz can conduct the seminar for a fixed fee plus out-of-pocket travel expenses and marketing costs. Our marketing costs typically average approximately $150.00. Typical travel expenses include round trip coach airfare, meals, airport parking, shuttle/taxi costs, lodging, and mileage (if applicable). You will be invoiced at the conclusion of the seminar and payment is due upon receipt.
Once your association agrees on a pricing structure, please contact our office to reserve a date. Our phone number is (832) 588-5113 and our e-mail address is admin@focusonrisknow.com. Focus on Risk Enterprises will then forward you a draft letter of arrangement explaining the details of the seminar. Once your chapter agrees with the draft, Focus on Risk Enterprises will forward you a "final" agreement letter, which serves as our contracted agreement. Until final confirmation of the seminar, the seminar is considered tentative on our schedule.
HOW DO I MARKET THE SEMINAR?
Focus on Risk Enterprises will assist you to market the seminar as follows:
- Design of seminar materials. We will furnish you with a laser-master copy of the handout materials that you will need to have reproduced in numbers that coincide with your planned attendance figures.
- Direct mailing to the General Auditors of the largest companies in your marketing area. You will need to provide this mailing list to us.
- Direct mailing to our clients in your region. We will mail personal letters, along with the seminar brochures, to individuals on our database in your region. This will increase attendees from outside of your membership area.
Focus on Risk Enterprises is committed to working with each chapter and its organizing committee to make the seminar a phenomenal success. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (832) 588-5113.
