Welcome to the
  Northern Virginia Chapter
  of The IIA

Join us at our next Monthly Meeting!

Date:  Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Location:  Maggiano's Tysons Corner

Topic:  Cloudy with a Chance of Risk:  Preparing for the cloud professionally and personally

Presenter:  Orus Dearman, Grant Thornton

Sponsor:         

Please click here for meeting details and to sign up!!

Joint Seminar with the DC IIA Chapter.  Register Now!

Date:  February 27th & 28th, 2012

Topic:  Control Self-assessment: Facilitation Skills

Presenter:  Barbara Jackson Williams, CPA, CCSA

Overview:  It’s one thing to have a firm understanding of the Control Self-Assessment (CSA); it’s another to become a successful facilitator of a CSA workshop. Yet conducting these workshops is an important part of the process. In this dynamic seminar, participants will join fellow auditors and CCSA candidates in presentations and practice CSA workshop facilitation techniques, as well as group discussions, case studies, practical exercises, self-assessments, and individual coaching and feedback sessions. Through these highly interactive sessions, you will gain an understanding of the important role workshops play in the CSA process, grasp the power of the group decision process, and learn how to evaluate, review, and report results.

Please click here for event details and to sign up!!

The Winter Social is right around the corner!

Join your fellow NOVA IIA Members for an evening of networking at the Chapter’s Winter Social.

Date:  Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Time:  6:00PM - 9:00PM

Location:  Caddie’s on Cordell, 4922 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda, MD

There will be a private room upstairs, and appetizers will be served!

There is no cost to attend this event, but please click here to register so that the Chapter can provide a headcount to the venue.

IIA January 2012 Newsletter now online

The January edition of the Northern Virginia Audit Review is now available.  Highlights include:

• Odds & Ends
• January Meeting Announcement
• Call for Sponsors
• What you Missed
• General Meeting Information
• 2011/2012 Chapter Events Schedule
• Newsletter Information
• IIA CIA Learning System
• Chapter Leadership Directory

Please click here to read the newsletter!

GMU Certified Internal Auditor Intensive Review Program

The IIA just announced changes to the CIA exam starting in early 2012.  Fewer questions and shorter test times will make passing the exam more difficult.  If you have been thinking about taking the certification exams, now is the time to act.  George Mason will help you prepare with intensive review sessions for Parts 1, 2 and 3.  Fast paced content review will cover key CIA exam topics.  Select the entire four day program or select just the parts you need.  The instructor will guide the class using the CIA Learning System. Students are expected to have their own study materials and bring them to class. Contact George Mason University to obtain the IIA Learning System materials, including online components, at an additional cost.

• Thursday, December 15, 2011:  Part 1 - The Internal Audit Activity's Role in Governance, Risk, and Control
• Friday, December 16, 2011:  Part 2 - Conducting the Internal Audit Engagement
• Saturday and Sunday, December 17-18, 2011:  Part 3 - Business Analysis and Information Technology

Please click here to learn more about this Program!

Help us earn GOLD status this year!!!

The chapter needs your help in obtaining points to earn GOLD status this year.  One of the ways the chapter earns points in the Chapter Achievement Program (CAP) is by members performing service to the profession.   In the past year have you:

• Have you published or submitted any articles to the IIA magazine?
• Have you published any audit related articles with other professional publications?
• Do you have any speaking/training engagements where participants earned CPE?
• Have you participated on an IIA-sponsored Quality Review Team?
• Have you participated in any Junior Achievement program or event?

If you answered yes to any of these questions or need clarification, please email us (Migliaccio2005@gmail.com or wynnepatrick@gmail.com) with the details.

Get Involved!

Fellow NOVA IIA Chapter Members,

Getting involved in the NOVA IIA chapter can lead to wonderful opportunities and rewarding experiences.  Volunteering is a great way to meet knowledgeable professionals, contribute to the internal auditing profession, network, develop leadership skills, share ideas, and receive exposure to professional issues.  Please click here to learn more about the various Chapter positions. The chapter is always actively seeking volunteers throughout the chapter year, so please take a moment to review the various roles, responsibilities, and descriptions to decide if this is an opportunity that you would like to make a commitment with.  If now is not the right time for you to volunteer, please stay involved with the chapter by making a commitment to attend our monthly meetings and/or our training seminars during the year.

Thanks, and we look forward to working together in the coming Chapter year!

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