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We’re excited to usher in 2016 and looking forward to keeping you informed on this blog about all things relevant to investor relations, strategic public relations and Julia Child’s secret recipes. Now that your ears are perked, following are a couple of interesting tidbits from PondelWilkinson. Evan Pondel recently wrote the...
The year is coming to a close quickly and reflecting on what we’ve learned in the last 12 months will hopefully set us up for success in 2016. Much of our work at PondelWilkinson involves writing, and in the world of investor relations and financial communications, certain words are used...
Media love polls. Data helps identify trends that can be turned into stories or support or debunk a particular story narrative. Polls have become instrumental in helping shape politics. Consider the GOP debates for the 2016 presidential election. Approval ratings are determining what candidate gets national camera time and who...
Attention public companies: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, affectionately known as “peek-a-boo,” is watching you ever so closely…and wants to see even more of you. That was the underlying message delivered by PCAOB Board member Greg Jonas as he addressed the recent second annual University of California-Irvine’s Audit Committee Summit,...
I’ve written about activism before, but a recent blog by Bloomberg Business caught my attention and spurred me to write again. Though probably not a surprise to anyone, activism is on the rise, at least according to a survey conducted by law firm Gibson Dunn. Halfway through 2015, there were...
Some big names in the world of public companies have agreed to share their insights at two fall conferences at which PondelWilkinson is among the sponsors: UCI’s Audit Committee 2015 Summit and the Orange County Public Company Forum. UCI Audit Committee Summit 2015, October 23 James Schnurr, SEC Chief Accountant,...
Perhaps even more unlikely than injuring yourself while playing Mahjong is the sliver of possibility that David Letterman will be leaving his new retirement life to become … wait for it … an investor relations professional. I can’t even imagine what the probability of something like that might look like...
Preparing clients for media interviews and press conferences are part of what we do every day. As always, one of the first things to remember is turn off your ringtone. It might sound simple enough, but there are countless examples of people forgetting to do so. Following is a quick selection...
It’s been a very rough last few days on Wall Street. After nearly 20 years of doing investor relations, I’ve learned to weather the storm when it comes to crashes, corrections and the impact of what the Fed says (or doesn’t say) on any given day. That said, investing is...
Just type the word awesome into a Google search and about 1,300,000,000 results will appear. The word is so ingrained into our popular culture, it’s hard not to watch anything on TV or go anywhere without someone using “awesome” to describe something cool or hip. Countless articles and hundreds of...
If a non-deal road show is a planned marathon made up of many, many sprints – earnings season is like a sprint that feels like a very long marathon. At the risk of sounding a bit like a New Age-y Californian, here are the tips for how I survive earnings...
While binge watching HBO’s Silicon Valley last weekend, I was thinking about whether the show actually mirrors reality, or if it’s mostly a work of fiction. Since I’ve never started up a tech company, I don’t have an opinion on how real that aspect of the show is, but since...
“I’m sorry.” For public figures and organizations, no other phrase could be more difficult or more complicated to say. It means something went wrong or someone was hurt (or worse). Here are the three necessary ingredients for delivering an effective apology: Honesty: Acknowledge completely what went wrong. Popstar Ariana Grande’s...
OK, I admit that summertime and investor relations blogs have very little in common. And yes, most of the topics that surface on this blog are serious and may have ramifications for the livelihood of your communications strategy. However, one mustn’t lose sight of the fact that we are in...
It’s no secret that the ability to write well, which typically equates to the ability to think well, is a fundamental skillset that goes a long way in many businesses and professions, certainly ours, whether the public relations or investor relations side of our practice. The University of Chicago, however,...
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Those who live in Southern California fully understand the terms “May gray” and “June gloom.”
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence
While activist activity was down a bit in the first quarter of 2020, compared with
If history has taught us anything, it’s that we should learn from it. Since the
I’m not generally a fan of motivational speakers and their messages. While such speakers are
