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Comment on What’s In/What’s Out for Investor Relations in 2012 by Christine Pietryla

Christine Pietryla — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:49:15 +0000

Love this list!

Comment on What’s In/What’s Out for Investor Relations in 2012 by John Lewis

John Lewis — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:36:58 +0000

Well done, Jim.

While there are many very entertaining links in your list, you touch on some very important issues, such as Oral “Safe Harbors” and Say on Pay.

JohnL

Comment on Five Crisis Communication Plan Essentials by jc BINETTI

jc BINETTI — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:59:05 +0000

nice essentials summary. Internal human resources are also stakeholders to be inform and train to report information to the crisis team.

Comment on Five Crisis Communication Plan Essentials by Neil Kuvin

Neil Kuvin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:54:53 +0000

Great points. Very useful info. I would add that the “Crisis Team” be each assigned tasks, like taking notes, notifying key management not at the table, preparing a q and a sheet for a specific crisis (to be named), and others. The Crisis Team should meet at least once each quarter. Two or three of the team should be assigned a distant city’s newspaper to find some local crisis to be used as a testing ground. “What would be our plan should this happen here?” is the first question. Then all the rest falls in line. I’ve instituted this with several of my clients and they stick to it.

Comment on Think Like a Politician: Use Investor Perception Audits as a Strategic Advantage by truemarketingadventures

truemarketingadventures — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:43:34 +0000

One can never have enough information about their customes, clients or constituents. Thanks for the post.

Comment on A Curious Tale from the Annals of Shareholder Activism by John Lewis

John Lewis — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:18:57 +0000

Well done, Maureen.

Could objective analysis and communication prior to intervention have produced similar results? The conlcusion I draw from this example is that it would not.

Thanks for sharing this.

JohnL

Comment on The Firing of Terry Francona: Lessons in Crisis Communications by Todd Bartlett

Todd Bartlett — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:48:02 +0000

David,

Excellent post. It is essential to prepare in advance for any crisis situation that could affect your organization. The Red Sox did not seem to properly prepare for Francona’s departure.

Comment on The Firing of Terry Francona: Lessons in Crisis Communications by Media Opinion of New Manager Understandably Important to Red Sox « Brooklyn to Beantown

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:46:20 +0000

[...] the mud on his way out the door, the whole situation became a case study in crisis communication. No, really. The Hohler story — regardless of where the rhetoric came from within in the organization [...]

Comment on What Makes for a Successful Investor Relations Program? by Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:54:35 +0000

Thanks for this awesome blog.

Comment on What Makes for a Successful Investor Relations Program? by Mark Chizlett

Mark Chizlett — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:13:47 +0000

My sense is that senior management should put investor relations alongside their strategic and operational responsibilities. I also have a vision of a company that integrates it brand – promise to the consumer – with it’s culture – promise to the employee – with it’s investor relations – promise to the owners. Some of the best management teams get it, but it’s hard to make it happen.