By Andrew Blazier, Senior Associate
It’s once again time for our tongue-in-cheek roadmap of what’s in and what’s out in investor relations, and more, for the upcoming year. We hope you enjoy, and have a happy and successful 2015.
| In | Out |
| Video earnings calls | Audio-only earnings calls |
| Taking activist shareholders’ calls | Hiding under your desk |
| Instagram and Snapchat | |
| LinkedIn job postings | Everything else |
| Serial | Siri |
| Open letters | Paper |
| Breakfast meetings | Lunch meetings |
| Financial highlights on earnings calls | Reading earnings releases verbatim |
| More Q&A time on earnings calls | Gadfly questions |
| IPOs | Tax inversions |
| Posting call transcripts | Hunting on third-party sites |
| Crisis communications plans | Flying by the seat of your pants |
| Small caps | Salary caps |
| Social media | Social Distortion |
| Republicans | Democrats |
| Board diversity | Grumpy Old Men |
| Third-string quarterbacks | Nick Saban |
| Grexit | Ancient Greek |
| Shareholder activism | Eric Holder |
| Sequels | Sequins |
| Biometrics | The metric system |
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