Friday, October 19, 2007
Live from the 2007 NSCP Conference, it's Katie Hanks!
Hello from the Basement of the JW Marriott in Beautiful Downtown Washington, DC!!
This year’s NSCP conference, the 19th I’ve attended in 22 years, was back in the City after several years in the nearby suburbs of Crystal City, VA.
As a DC-ophile I can proudly say, the Dine-Around was much better attended than in those last several years. Indeed, it was sold out 10 days before the conference started! Now just why do I talk about the Dine-Around??? Well, from my perspective the informal meetings with colleagues still provides the greatest kernels of actionable facts and thoughts – those that I will take home, ponder, and implement in my own inimitable fashion. Which is not to say that the meetings weren’t good – they were. And, even more importantly, given that my purpose at the conference this year was also to spread the word about Bekker Compliance Consulting Partners, LLC, it was at lunch on the second day that generated my one strong lead of the conference!
The best panelist story award goes to Pamela Fritz of MWA Financial Services. She related this interaction between one of her staff members in compliance and an RR they were considering hiring. After an FBI report came back on the prospective rep, her compliance officer quizzed the salesman on his record of having stolen ‘a steak’ at age 18.
The answer came back as a question, “Haven’t you ever been high and hungry?”
Presumably there was no response by the compliance officer.
No word was given about whether they hired the guy.
~Katie Hanks
Hello from the Basement of the JW Marriott in Beautiful Downtown Washington, DC!!
This year’s NSCP conference, the 19th I’ve attended in 22 years, was back in the City after several years in the nearby suburbs of Crystal City, VA.
As a DC-ophile I can proudly say, the Dine-Around was much better attended than in those last several years. Indeed, it was sold out 10 days before the conference started! Now just why do I talk about the Dine-Around??? Well, from my perspective the informal meetings with colleagues still provides the greatest kernels of actionable facts and thoughts – those that I will take home, ponder, and implement in my own inimitable fashion. Which is not to say that the meetings weren’t good – they were. And, even more importantly, given that my purpose at the conference this year was also to spread the word about Bekker Compliance Consulting Partners, LLC, it was at lunch on the second day that generated my one strong lead of the conference!
The best panelist story award goes to Pamela Fritz of MWA Financial Services. She related this interaction between one of her staff members in compliance and an RR they were considering hiring. After an FBI report came back on the prospective rep, her compliance officer quizzed the salesman on his record of having stolen ‘a steak’ at age 18.
The answer came back as a question, “Haven’t you ever been high and hungry?”
Presumably there was no response by the compliance officer.
No word was given about whether they hired the guy.
~Katie Hanks
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
BCCP News You Can Use!!
We've had a busy autumn season here at BCCP!! The ACAMS Conference in Las Vegas was a huge success and now we are organizing trips for CEO Carrie Bekker to the GAIM Middle East Conference in Dubai, Nov. 26-28 as well as a journey to the major financial centers of Asia to discuss regulatory compliance issues and opportunities.
In the personnel department, we welcome our two new Executive Assistants, Michelle Page and Nikki Gonzalez. Michelle is our Research Specialist, while Nikki will be giving direct assistance our CEO Carrie.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
We are hard at work on our first Webinar, hosted by Carrie Bekker and presented by Kenneth Barden JD, ACAMS Jakarta, Indonesia and Ross Delston JD, ACAMS, Washington DC. The topic will be:
In the personnel department, we welcome our two new Executive Assistants, Michelle Page and Nikki Gonzalez. Michelle is our Research Specialist, while Nikki will be giving direct assistance our CEO Carrie.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
We are hard at work on our first Webinar, hosted by Carrie Bekker and presented by Kenneth Barden JD, ACAMS Jakarta, Indonesia and Ross Delston JD, ACAMS, Washington DC. The topic will be:
Robust Independent AML Audit:
Don’t Leave Work Without It!
or
How NOT to follow in the footsteps of
American Express…
American Express…
Please plan to join us for this informative webinar on Nov. 13, 2007, 12:00 PM EST. To sign up for our mailing list for the webinar, please email me at mkradnich@bccp-llc.com
BCCP University is coming!
Coming soon to the BCCP website: BCCP University Online, which will include Firm Element/CE and other courses, that we will be offering for a nominal fee to our clients and other website visitors who wish to partake of this new service! Stay tuned for more details …
Did You Know?
BCCP Consultants are available for speaking engagements on a variety of compliance topics. If you are looking for a speaker, please contact our COO Kelli Hillmar at khillmar@bccp-llc.com.
And lastly, I want to share a special treat from Caesars Palace & the ACAMS Conference last month. The BCCP Exhibtor Booth was conveniently located at the doors of the main ballroom. And the bar for the cocktail reception was set up right next to our booth! In chatting with the bartender, Rob Reinherz, I requested something tasty and a little sweet to drink. He created the Bekker Compliance Cocktail for us!! We want to share the recipe with all of you, our readers:
The Bekker Compliance Cocktail
Captain Morgan Rum
Orange Juice
Pineapple Juice
Sweet and Sour
Cranberry Juice Cocktail
Enjoy and have a great week!
~ Mary Kay Radnich CIO
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Photos from ACAMS 2007 @ Caesars Palace, Las Vegas !
Top photo: Carrie Bekker CEO with Jeffrey Aronofsky, CAMS, Account Executive
Bottom photo: Kelli Hillmar, COO of Bekker Compliance Consulting Partners LLC, manning our booth at the ACAMS conference.
CEO TRAVEL BLOG
Now that I have hit the road to attend regulatory compliance conferences across the country, I will be staying in touch with you through my brand-new CEO Travel Blog.
I will be sharing with you various tidbits about each conference, including up-to-the-minute regulatory updates, the latest scoop on industry trends, and tips for best practices. I will also be sharing with you details about the latest crop of e-compliance solutions geared towards providing the financial services industry with flexible architecture to address the needs of todayâs risk based compliance programs.
For additional details about upcoming conferences, please click here.
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