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May 24, 2013

CIPFA Audit Conference 2013: Keynote: Meeting the Performance Challenges

May 24, 2013/ Gary Bandy

I enjoyed being at the CIPFA Audit Conference earlier this week. Here are my presentation slides.

My presentation was the opening one. I’d been a bit nervous about it beforehand, not about the giving of a presentation but about the content. I’m not an audit specialist so I decided to talk about performance challenges from a general, big picture point of view. What I was concerned about, then, was whether what I said would resonate with any of the sessions that followed. I stayed until mid-afternoon and I’d say that all the other sessions I saw had touch-points with what I’d said. That was a relief.

Aside from what I learned by watching other people's presentations, I also made a couple of new contacts which might result in some future projects. So, all in all, it was a good day for me.