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Colorado Fiscal Managers’ Association/Colorado Information Management Association/
Colorado State Managers’ Association
Spring Educational Seminar – May 17-19, 2006
Investing in Our Future:
People, Programs & Performance
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Evaluating, Improving and Implementing Internal Controls |
Presenter: Chris Smith |
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Overall quality of the session (please select one): |
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Count |
Percentage |
| Excellent |
17 |
60.7% |
| Good |
11 |
39.3% |
| Fair |
0 |
0.0% |
| Poor |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Answered |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Asked |
0 |
0.0% |
| Total |
28 |
100% |
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Effectiveness of presentation: |
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Topic: Were the objectives defined? |
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Count |
Percentage |
| Yes |
28 |
100.0% |
| No |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Answered |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Asked |
0 |
0.0% |
| Total |
28 |
100% |
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Effectiveness of presentation: |
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Topic: Was the presenter(s) organized & prepared? |
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Count |
Percentage |
| Yes |
28 |
100.0% |
| No |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Answered |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Asked |
0 |
0.0% |
| Total |
28 |
100% |
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Effectiveness of presentation: |
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Topic: Was the presenter(s) knowledgeable about materials? |
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Count |
Percentage |
| Yes |
26 |
92.9% |
| No |
1 |
3.6% |
| Not Answered |
1 |
3.6% |
| Not Asked |
0 |
0.0% |
| Total |
28 |
100% |
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Effectiveness of presentation: |
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Topic: Was the presenter(s) presentation style effective? |
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Count |
Percentage |
| Yes |
28 |
100.0% |
| No |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Answered |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Asked |
0 |
0.0% |
| Total |
28 |
100% |
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Effectiveness of presentation: |
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Topic: Were course objectives met? |
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Count |
Percentage |
| Yes |
28 |
100.0% |
| No |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Answered |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Asked |
0 |
0.0% |
| Total |
28 |
100% |
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Effectiveness of presentation: |
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Topic: Was the use of visual aids effective? |
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Count |
Percentagel |
| Yes |
27 |
96.4% |
| No |
0 |
0.0% |
| Not Answered |
1 |
3.6% |
| Not Asked |
0 |
0.0% |
| Total |
28 |
100% |
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Comments on strong points of sessions |
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- knowledge of i/c overall
- chris is a good speaker and its obvious he knows the material
- very effective in responding to audience questions and comments
- in-depth overview and refresher of internal controls
- excellent!
- good job on covering vast topic of internal controls in 2 hours
- powerpoint information
- great introduction to how to start assessment of internal controls
- good speaker and good presentation, excellent job
- direction to current internal control, resources kep presentation light harted
- detailed information
- examples of material
- knowledge of presenter, gave real life examples did well with what could be a boring topic
- valuable information presented in clear fashion
- very knowledgable
- knowledge on subject
Not Answered: 12
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Comments on the weak points of sessions |
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- lack of government accounting knowledge and state knowledge
- lack of knowledge of govt accounting
- the material is fairly dry
- lack of government audit
- did not offer refer to power point bullets
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- hard to hear
- presenter did not wear mic, hard to hear over HVAC system
- not familiar with state acctng
Not Answered: 17
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How could these sessions be improved? |
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- no gov or state knowledge, there are at least 30 firms in Denver Area that perform govt audits, accounting and consulting try using one of their partners for this type of session
- 2 hour sessions need a short break
- well prepared
- well thought out request for content of presentation, speaker made presentation relevant to our situation
- 2 hr sessions should have a 5 min break
Not Answered: 23
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