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Achieving Rapport, Part One By Don Rabon By identifying a subject's dominant mode of expression - visual, auditory, or sensation - (and when he or she deviates from it) you can mirror the subject and begin to achieve rapport. This article is from The White Paper, the
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The only periodical of its kind bringing useful and timely advice and insights into the prevention detection, and investigation of all forms of computer and Internet crime. The April 2004 issue includes the following articles: how to build a cyber-security policy with teeth, how to gather e-mail evidence when the evidence is gone and more. For more information visit www.cybercrimefighter.net Audit Recommendation Self-Assessment Questionnaire by Kastuv Ray Negotiation and persuasion skills are important to the
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The Auditor's Guide to Internet Resources, 2nd Edition! Auditor on the Net!Finding Educational Tools on the Internet for Auditors Many auditors prepare PowerPoint presentations to train staff or educate members of their organization about various programs or risks. Fortunately those of us who are Internet savvy can easily find these presentations to modify and use for our own organization. It is very easy to download and then modify a PowerPoint presentation. I have found presentations on internal controls, fraud awareness, accounts receivables, auditor's role and more. Start by identifying your search objective such as fraud awareness. Next open up your favorite search engine (mine is Google) and enter your query terms and then, most importantly, add +ppt. By entering +ppt to your query, Google will then search for filenames posted with that file extension. If you find something that you feel would be a good starting point for internal use then make sure you contact the person or organization that developed the presentation and ask their permission to modify and use it for internal education. My philosophy is no sense reinventing the audit wheel when it has been done before! If you have a tip on how you are using the Internet or software applications for auditing send them to editor@auditnet.org Watch for more Internet boot camp tips from the auditing Internet guru! Audit Work Programs Corner Auditors Sharing Audit Programs and Working Papers The following audit programs, ICQs, checklist
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AuditNet® What's New This Month? AuditNet begins providing more fraud related information including new section on Whistleblowing resources for auditors and articles from the ACFE. There is also a section for data warehousing & data mining for auditors. This month I reviewed a new CAATT product called ActiveData for Excel, a must have application for all auditors! Jean-Louis Vergaert shared his new publication called An Auditor's Travel Guide. Bisk Education launches a new S-OX certification program for auditors. There are many new audit programs in the queue for the AuditNet® community. All this and more! The best way to find all the resources on the site is by going to the Virtual Library or use the site search. AuditNet® CAATT Corner ActiveData for Excel Officially Launched Fairfield, New Jersey and Ottawa, Canada - March 11, 2004 InformationActive Inc. announced today the release of its pioneering new data analysis and manipulation tool, ActiveData for Excel, at the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Software Expo taking place in Fairfield, New Jersey. Click here for the press release. AuditNet® Product Review The new CAATT in town: ActiveData for Excel Are there features that you wish were included in Excel that would help you in your audits? Well analyzing your customer or client information just got a whole lot easier! Click here to read the product review.
"Searching for Fraud - Five by Carolyn Newman ASI Find out how to use IDEA to search through electronic data files for evidence of fraudulent or unusual transactions during an audit. For the rest of the story click here. AuditNet® Software Compliance Audit Corner
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“It’s 2004 and Year 2000 is about to hit us again!”
First reactions on reading the headline above will make you think we had “lost the plot, totally”. Your reaction is likely to be “OH, NO”, not another “the sky is falling” message, we had that detail all through the years 1997, 1998, and 1999 which is now 4 to 5 years ago! Before you turn off, please read on as there are issues that CEOs, Managers, Directors need to be made aware of to reduce their personal risk. For the rest of the story click here.
Your Secret Weapon in the War on Fraud The April 2004 issue of this fraud newsletter features articles on how to catch fraudsters in the lies they tell, how to recover stolen assets before it's too late and more. AuditNet® users qualify for special rates on this publication. For more information click here. The AuditNet® Audit Bookstore Corner Looking for books on auditing related topics? We suggest using the AuditNet® bookstore. The bookstore focuses on Internal Audit but includes other related subjects as well. AuditNet® uses Amazon to power the bookstore so each purchase you make through this link helps support AuditNet®. This Month's Featured ApplicationActiveData for Excel***************** Book Review
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Turnbull Do you suspect fraud in your organization? Despite what industry or sector of the economy you work in, don’t kid yourself into believing it doesn’t exist or can’t happen. But why do we need another book on investigating fraud? To find out why click here! FREE! The Auditor's Guide to Internet Resources 2nd EditionInterested in a free copy of The Auditor's Guide to Internet Resources, 2nd Edition? Write an article for the next newsletter on how you are integrating the Internet in auditing. If your article is selected, I will send you either the book or CD. Send your article to editor@auditnet.org AuditNet® Partner Discounts AuditNet® It pays to be a member! For information on partner discounts click here. Preview of Coming Attractions! AuditNet® has selected WorldLingo software to offer translations of the Web
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A The AuditNet Monograph Series provides useful guides for all levels of auditors from juniors right up to audit directors. New guides are under development for International Auditing: Cultural Considerations, and Internet Search Skills for Auditors. We are also working on creating a monograph for Evaluating Internal Controls in Government. If you are interested in developing a monograph on a contract basis, send an email to editor@auditnet.org Watch for new articles from contributors. We have some new publications in the queue for review including Auditing the Human Resources Function and Payables Test Set for IDEA, so watch the newsletter. Have an idea for a column? Send it to editor@auditnet.org AuditNet® continues adding new specialized resources for auditors. Watch the newsletter and keep checking the Library page for updates and new resources.
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