First-Ever Women’s Panel: Sayonara Old School Gender Roles

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First-Ever Women’s Panel: Sayonara Old School Gender Roles

Thick skin and confidence. Those are just two of the skills the first-ever women’s panel offered female anti-fraud professionals during yesterday’s session at the ACFE Global Fraud Conference. Cynthia Cooper, CFE, CEO of Cooper Group, moderated a panel of five women representing public, private, government and corporate worlds. 

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It’s a Performance, Not a Conversation: Capitalizing on Media Attention

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It’s a Performance, Not a Conversation: Capitalizing on Media Attention

Fraud examiners are frequently asked to conduct interviews, pilfer through written and online data, and sometimes give expert testimony. They are rarely asked to give a short media performance. Although a performance is exactly what anti-fraud professionals need to do when working with the media, according to Katherine McLane, founding partner of The Mach 1 Group in Austin, Texas. “A good interview is never a conversation; it is a performance,” McLane said. “It takes time and skill and training to master the art.” 

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How to Achieve Balance? Establish Goals, Don’t Forsake Family and Shake Up Your Life

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How to Achieve Balance? Establish Goals, Don’t Forsake Family and Shake Up Your Life

“You need to get a ‘t’ time,” says Dr. James T. Reese during the Monday working lunch General Session. “You say, ‘I don’t play golf.’ That’s not the ‘t’ I’m talking about ladies and gentlemen. Find time to take the ‘t’ off the word ‘can’t.’ ”

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Taking the Plunge Into the Anti-Fraud Profession

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Taking the Plunge Into the Anti-Fraud Profession

How do you make a career fighting fraud? This question formed the focus of a panel discussion among key anti-fraud experts on Tuesday at the 25th Annual ACFE Fraud Conference. Introduced and moderated by Bruce Dubinsky, CFE, CPA, CVA, CFF, managing director at Duff and Phelps, LLC, the panel covered a lot of ground and answered questions from the audience about making inroads into the profession.

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