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Often at professional conferences, the stuff one hears during the breaks and at the cocktail hour is more valuable than the content in some of the formal presentations. I’m not talking about gossip, but real trends and ideas that have practical use. Here are a few random items worth thinking...
After helping hundreds of companies with investor relations strategy and tactics over the past 20-plus years, I’m always excited to learn something new. In fact, I try to learn something new every single day. And, at the family dinner table, amongst the questions we ask one another every night is,...
Glass Lewis and ISS recently released new guidelines for the 2015 proxy season, which go into effect for shareholder meetings held on or after January 1, 2015 and February 1, 2015, respectively. The new guidelines put greater emphasis on protecting shareholders’ rights with respect to bylaw/charter amendments, litigation, and shareholder...
PondelWilkinson clients Mistic and Rentrak recently received top honors at this year’s PRSA-LA PRism awards. A client since 2013, electronic cigarettes brand Mistic® was recognized with the 2014 PRism Award for news release writing for its 2014 American E-Cigarette Etiquette Survey. Earlier this year, PR Week did a feature highlighting...
During the last couple of years, a website called “Glassdoor” has steadily garnered more credibility as a Yelp-like resource for job seekers, as well as a recruiting arm for employers. The former is what really drives attention to the site because you can easily search for information about average salaries,...
Cecilia Wilkinson, who died in 2006, was a founding member of PondelWilkinson Inc., having joined the predecessor firm following her graduation from the University of Southern California, and enjoying an illustrious investor relations and corporate public relations career that spanned 25 years. A nationally renowned industry leader, Cecilia has been...
“You don’t want to hear from us, since nothing good is going to come out of it.” If those sound like fightin’ words, they are. They were spoken by Jay D. Hanson, one of five members leading the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), www.pcaobus.org, affectionately referred to in corporate...
News of the unintentional early release of JP Morgan’s earnings—nearly four hours before its scheduled distribution—is one of the more recent “fat finger” mistakes to occur in the investment world. Similar instances transpired with Google and Gap that put a spotlight on investor relations infrastructure, something that typically goes unnoticed...
Much is bandied about in financial media on high-frequency trading (HFT) and the implications for institutional and individual investors. The overarching thought is that the capital markets are gamed by high-frequency traders, known as flash boys, and there isn’t anything we can do about it, unless, of course, you’re a...
Earlier this week we tweeted about the rise of women in the boardroom. The topic is pretty interesting to me so I figured this was a good place to share some views. CFO recently reported that nearly one out of every three board nominees at Fortune 500 companies is a...
Insider buying or selling of shares is one of the most emotional and telltale communications messages a public company can send. Last week, the SEC handed out charges against 28 officers, directors and major shareholders for violating federal securities laws requiring the prompt reporting of information about transactions in company stock. ...
Los Angeles is an epicenter for all things trendy, so it should come as no surprise that the City of Angels is also a hotbed for “Ad Tech” or advertising technology companies. Ad Tech has surfaced as a formidable force in the marketing world, enabling advertisers to slice and dice data to...
I enjoy blogging…really I do. But sometimes, like now, I get writer’s block and can’t think of anything meaningful to say. It’s frustrating, to say the least, but even worse when I’m staring at a blank screen trying to find the perfect opening sentence for an annual report shareholder letter,...
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