TESTIMONIALS - HAPPY CLIENTS!
- Great slides- formatting, colors, examples - I loved it all! Information was relevant and easily applicable to our everyday jobs.
- Taking nebulous concepts and presenting it in a digestible, simplified manner for understanding. Great job!
- Loved how you talked about engaging client throughout the year, really important to develop a relationship
- Very useful content. Delivery method, great job.
- Very well organized and presented. Many times the topics are good but not well presented which makes people loose interest. But, not with you. Thank you!
- You are amazing and so helpful giving real life tips.
- Great job!! Loved the canvas template.
- Awesome presentation. I will share this information with my colleagues.
~ Audit Smarter, not Harder: Agile Audit & Data Analytics, IIA Dallas - September 2024
- Really insightful as start to think about AI. Liked the reference to NIST and their guidance as we already use them a lot.
- A lot of info at a quick pace, and looking forward to digging deeper into some of these topics in future sessions.
- I enjoyed this session and found it informative. I appreciated the discussion of key risks associated with AI and potential internal controls.
- Great overview of last week. Great information on risks and controls!
~ Mastering the Machine: Auditing AI, IIA Madison - September 2024
- The presentation was great and easy to follow. Learning Power Query during the interactive segment was very informative.
- Was great! Very engaging and kept us entertained the entire time!
- She made it interesting and funny. Participants were very engaged.
- Learned a lot about power query and AI. I wish I had learned about the power query earlier it would have been so useful in my prior role.
- I think you should do the practical part of the AI presentation for the international IIA conference. I appreciated the hands on data analytics portion of the presentation, and the practical use of AI for preparing a workplace. Overall, great presentation.
- She did wonderfully and was very entertaining!
- Great examples! Hands on practice is really helpful.
~ Audit Smarter, not Harder with Data Analytics and AI (8 hrs), IIA Houston - September 2024
- I enjoyed this introduction to AI. I found it comprehensive and informative. The information presented helped me understand what AI actually is, how it functions, and how it can be used in auditing.
- It was a great overview of AI. Didn't realize all the different parts of where it is in the world. Look forward to continuing to learn about AI in future sessions.
- Thank you for providing background knowledge on AI!! I agree most trainings just jump right in and expect everyone to know the background information.
- I really liked the info on the types of AI and the difference. That is something I had not known before! I also think you explained a very technical topic in easy to understand terms.
- Very interesting and kept my attention.
- I have seen a few other AI 101s, and I really liked yours the best from an auditor's perspective. You did a great job of putting a technical topic in terms a non-technical person can understand, and the examples you provided really supported the explanations.
~ Mastering the Machine: Artificial Intelligence for Internal Auditors, IIA Madison - September 2024
- I love your personality and great information!
- Very engaging and interesting. Learned a lot of new things that I can apply to my work.
- I loved all of the examples! Also, how we were allowed to practice.
- The seminar was extremely informative.
- You did a great job. Thank you.
- Very good info with examples. Will bring back to my job.
- Awesome Presentation
- This was a great presentation on risk assessment and the audit plan and the second day was even better by providing tips and tricks and showing examples!
- You were wonderful!! I have done that process so many times [that] training on it is normally boring, but your presentation kept my attention the whole way through. I so hope you offer other training subjects so our chapter can bring you back. Would be great to have you here live/in person because it would be even more lively and interactive.
~ Risk Assessments (8 hours), IIA Springfield - May 2024
- Very informative with more detailed examples. Not just repeated info at a high level like other webinars on this topic.
- Lots of great info and use cases for all stages of audit!
- The event was well put together and provides great insight to data analytics.
- Very fun and informative!
- A good amount of info and overview for the brief amount of time in the session
- I loved how you tied analytics into how it can be used in a business and not just like a "Lemonade stand" like most courses do. This was extremely helpful.
- Good intro to power query for use. Thank you.
~ The Data Detective - Actionable Analytics for All! (1 hour), IIA Twin Cities - May 2024
- Great presentation and the most mindful discussion I’ve ever heard in this kind of environment.
- Great presentation! Thanks for sharing your personal story, especially about your hearing loss. I personally 2 people with implants. I’ll share your suggestions others so we can all be more informed. Thanks again!
- Enjoyed the presentation very much.
- I’m new to my leadership role, and this presentation made me really thoughtful about how I’ll present myself and engage my staff moving forward.
- I loved the inclusion of personal stories and relatable situations. The hearing loss is a great lens that people can relate to and learn from (hopefully they'll start yelling less in public).
~ Life on a 5-Second Delay: Ethics Lessons Learned from Lifelong Hearing Loss (2 hours), IIA Indianapolis - May 2024
- You were awesome - sincere and a very interactive presentation!
- Loved the enthusiasm and interactive activities.
- Very applicable and relevant, great job!
- Your enthusiasm makes it fun.
~ Fraud Risk Assessments (2 hours), IIA North Central Florida - May 2024
- Excellent program! A great balance of content and entertaining stories.
- I liked the use of emojis/emoticons. She was very enthusiastic and found ways to keep the audience engaged.
- Impactful training with great personal notes.
- Absolutely loved your energy, and your worksheets to keep us engaged (auditors can be silly too). The coloring sheets were great for me to have an activity while listening. Loved your topics and your presentation, thanks!
- So appreciate the practical step-by -step teaching.
- Thank you for your entertaining presentation of such important topics! Your experience and command of the topics shone through and the unicorn example was fun.
~ Audit Smarter, not Harder: the Auditor's Toolbox (8 hours), IIA Birmingham - April 2024
- Thank you, Elizabeth and IIA FWC! Great seminar, with relevant topics, techniques, and tips related to risk assessments and internal auditing. Elizabeth’s unique way of intertwining personal stories with professional experiences made it for a very engaging and insightful seminar! Well done, thank you!!
- I think you’re a great speaker and great at keeping people engaged!! I liked how you included personal tidbits and used your own personal experience. Very inspiring!
- Very informative and practical!
- Wonderful seminar ! I really enjoyed your ethics presentation!
~ Audit Smarter, not Harder: the Auditor's Toolbox (8 hours), IIA Florida West Coast - April 2024
- I love how tied your disability in with ethics.
- I love an animated speaker.
- Was great and brought forward more awareness for myself. Thank you so much!
- Wonderful insights about challenges people may have.
~ Risk Assessments (2 hours) and Ethics (2 hours), South Dakota AGA Professional Development Conference - April 2024
- I really enjoyed your presentation!! I learned so much in a very interactive way which is certainly not the norm.
- Love the hearing loss connection- my daughter is deaf.
- I liked your approach to ethics training. I have been to many others but learned more from you.
- I really enjoyed the entire program and your way of teaching.
~ Fraud + Ethics Toolbox (8 hours), IIA Baltimore - March 2024
- This is the best session of the conference! Thank you!!
- Both Jo and Elizabeth came across as very engaged, knowledgeable and inspiring. I liked the ”fireside-like” setting - it felt more like a conversation than a lecture, in a positive way. I suggest the IIA engage them in future conferences and online webinars.
- A longer session would be very beneficial! Both presenters had so much knowledge that it felt like a disservice to limit it to an hour.
- Awesome session. Wish we had more time for Q+A! Great content and appreciate the out of the box approach and methodology.
- Outstanding presentation! Important and practical advice that is very actionable.
~ Inking Innovation into Internal Audit with Agile and Lean Techniques with Amanda "Jo" Erven, IIA Great Audit Minds Conference - March 2024
- The personal story really helped relate to the topic. Thank you for sharing and for the new perspective.
- I really appreciate the context and testimonials. One of my mgrs is partially impaired and I have been fearful of having the discussion openly but as we were listening we were discussing it. Thank you!
- Your presentation has given me the courage to admit I have a hearing loss problem and that because of it my job has become more difficult. Thank you!
- I thought it was clever way to tie disabilities with ethics.
~ Life on a 5-Second Delay: Ethics Lessons Learned from Lifelong Hearing Loss, San Antonio IIA I Heart Audit Conference - February 2024
- Absolutely loved this! I’m going to buy an Audie for my office.
- Great content!!! As I’m newer to audit and studying for the CIA it was very helpful!!
- Elizabeth was engaging and displayed energy throughout the presentation.
- I thought you were very energetic in presenting and that really helps to keep people engaged when it’s 4 hours.
- The information was very informative. The content was fairly fundamental and great for more entry-level auditors. ELIZABETH YOU WERE GREAT! This was one of the most engaging virtual trainings I've been on.
- Great session today. The instructor kept us engaged spoke clearly and was very knowledgeable. I loved all of the examples provided.
~ Audit Smarter, not Harder: Maximize Your Impact with Smarter Risk Assessments and Agile Audit, Charlotte IIA Chapter - February 2024
- A wealth of information and I loved the hour spent!
- A great presentation and great information to help me in my data analytics journey.
- Amazing presentation! Very insightful!
- I thought the presentation was awesome! The dashboarding for audit committee was really interesting.
~ Data Analytics for a Small Audit Shop, DC IIA Chapter - February 2024
- Excellent presentation!
- Loved this session!
- Great Presentation. I need to learn Power Query & Power BI!
~ Agile Audit and Data Analytics for a Small Audit Shop, Rocky Mountain Area Conf - Sept. 2023
- Thanks, Elizabeth, for sharing your experiences. This has been awesome!
- Thank you for sharing your personal experience. Great presentation.
- Thanks, lots of great information!
~ Life on a 5-Second Delay, Long Island IIA Chapters- October 2023
- Very good session with valuable take aways!
- Presenters suggested tools we have access to use at my organization. I was able to see how I could use my free time learning to use these tools.
- Great presentation and useful information.
- Very useful insights in analytics management and presentation.
~ 2022 IIA GRC Conference - August 2022