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What’s In/What’s Out for Investor Relations in 2012
By Jim Buckley, Executive Vice President & Partner To kick off the New Year, we decided to renew an old Sharon Merrill tradition and take a lighthearted look at what’s in and what’s out in investor relations and related areas … Continue reading
Filed under Investor Relations
Is Your Investor Relations Plan Fit? Consider These 5 Steps.
By Dennis Walsh, Senior Consultant & Director of Social Media As another year comes to a close, two things are probably on every IRO’s mind: New Year’s resolutions and next year’s investor relations plan. Every year, one of the most … Continue reading
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Reading Body Language: The Investment Community’s New Secret Weapon
“Lie to Me.” The name of the prime time drama on Fox is a challenge. “Go ahead. I dare you to try to pull one over on me.” The show’s protagonist, played by Tim Roth, is an expert in detecting … Continue reading
Filed under Crisis Communications, Presentation Training
Prepare for Proxy Access Now – Avoid an Activist Horror Story Later
Hello again. We took a bit of a hiatus from blogging this summer, but we are now back to share a Halloween story sure to scare you straight! Unless you are one of the 33 Chilean miners that were trapped … Continue reading
Filed under Crisis Communications, Shareholder Activism
Winning the Gunfight at the Proxy Corral – Four Steps to Prepare for Shareholder Activism
The term “shareholder activism” can sometimes send a shiver down your spine and conjure up all kinds of unwelcome events – unhappy shareholders, proxy contests, shareholder proposals, 13D filings and withhold vote campaigns, to name just a few. I recently … Continue reading
Filed under Crisis Communications, Shareholder Activism
To Split or Not to Split – That is the Question Boards Should Be Asking
With proxy season on the horizon, a new SEC rule will be requiring companies to justify the structure of the board’s leadership. That could have some companies thinking about whether the roles of chairman and CEO should be separated – … Continue reading
Filed under Board of Directors, Crisis Communications, SEC
