As The 2012 Annual Meeting Season Looms… More Tips For Getting Ready…And For Saving Really Big Money In The Bargain…
For Starters, Please Note That On Proxy Voting Matters… “Eighty Is The New Fifty”
A Short-List Of Incentives That Might Get More Folks To Vote Their Proxies…
And Save Money On Expensive – And Mostly-Annoying Proxy Solicitation Efforts
Our Number-One Moneysaving Tip For This Quarter
Help Your Really Small Shareholders To Cash Out…Now; Before Your A-M Record Date:
Investor Relations Officers Continue To Struggle To Prove Their Worth
A recent IRO consultant’s posting on the NIRI-NY Linkedin page, bemoaning the much-fallen status of the IRO these days, moved us to move this topic up on our own agenda, and to think on what might be done.
Getting Your Message Across “Effective Engagement Is Critical…”
Some practical advice from Ken Bertsch, President of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals – and a prominent institutional investor analyst and spokesperson in his former career.
Wells Fargo Shareowner Services
An Interview With Todd May
Getting Your Message Across To Investors
The Shareholder Service Optimizer’s Top-Ten Tips DECIDE ON THE OVERRIDING MESSAGE you need to put across to your audience: …and how each of the subordinate messages relate to it: Most of the time – whether you are gearing up to visit with investors or preparing a 200+...
New Technology Offers Greater Opportunity For Shareholder Engagement
By John P. Dunn, Vice President Corporate Issuer Sales Richard Barron, a New Jersey advertising executive, recently attended his first annual shareholder meeting...while sitting in an airport. “I was able to attend virtually, thanks to WiFi” he explains, “and I was...
Global Shares
The Optimizer’s Editor Interviews John Bagdonas, Vice President, Business Development, Global Shares The Optimizer: John, when I made a list of the most difficult operational and communications problems facing corporate managers theses days, managing a global stock...
Apple Computer Does It Again – With A Raft Of Annual Meeting Gaffes: How Can Such A Smart Company Be So Dumb On Ir Matters?
Let’s say for starters that we LOVE Apple Computer. We bought when it was around $7…and love it more every day. We love their products too. And we love Steve Jobs – and think he is one of the smartest, savviest, most-focused and most dedicated managers in the world....
