Format: Online
Audit report writing is time-consuming and demanding. It requires clear thinking, sound judgment, and the ability to distill complex issues into messages that decision-makers can quickly understand. When reporting expectations are unclear or inconsistent, and report-development processes are inefficient, audit teams spend excessive time writing and revising reports—slowing issuance and reducing impact.
In this practical, one-hour webinar, Margie Bastolla, report-writing expert and author, shows how audit teams can improve their report-development processes. She also demonstrates how clearer thinking about a report’s main messages and each audit finding’s content leads to more focused reports and fewer revisions. Using real-world examples, Margie presents a repeatable, problem-solving approach to finding development that improves both report quality and timeliness.
Participants will learn what report readers expect and what makes an audit report clear, focused, and compelling—without increasing reporting effort.
This webinar is designed for Chief Audit Executives, audit managers, and audit staff.
DATE: Mar 3, 2026
TIME: 12:00 PM–1:00 PM ET
One (1) NASBA CPE will only be awarded to participants on the live broadcast who are logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes and engage on at least three poll questions per each hour of the event.
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By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Use the Write-It-Once Approach to minimize rewrites and speed report issuance
- Apply writing and review practices that reduce report development cycles
- Clarify an audit finding’s message, level of detail, and impact before drafting report text
- Write clear, risk-focused effect statements using realistic, relevant detail
SPEAKER
Margie Bastolla, CIA
Margie Bastolla, CIA, is an Orlando-based author, trainer, and consultant who helps internal audit departments write clear, impactful reports; reduce report revisions; and quicken report issuance. She is author of the 2023 book Clarity, Impact, Speed: Delivering Audit Reports that Matter, 2nd Edition, published by The IIA.
Margie has taught auditors in hundreds of organizations to think critically and write clearly. She also helps organizations design reports that meet their readers’ needs. Margie’s clients include the Fortune 500, the U.S. military, international agencies, and many organizations in the financial services, healthcare, and higher ed sectors.
Before forming her training company, Margie spent 20 years in executive and leadership roles at The Institute of Internal Auditors in Lake Mary, Florida. Before The IIA, she was an internal auditor for Worthen Bank and a public accountant for Deloitte in Little Rock, Arkansas. To learn more about her training and consulting services, visit www.auditreportwriting.com.