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NIRI Cincinnati Tri State – Corporate Storytelling in IR: Logic, Passion and the Power of Persuasion - March 10, 2010 Whether you’re on the phone with the media or in a room full of shareholders, being a powerful storyteller is as important as knowing your company’s ROI. We encourage you to bring guests! Invite your CFO, Corporate Communications team, or others who play a role in the overall effectiveness of your IR and Communications Program.
Former NIRI National Chairman and IR executive Maureen Wolff-Reid will share tips for using a strategic narrative and non-verbal communication to break through the noise. You’ll gain valuable insight that will benefit you and your entire executive team.
With the 2010 NIRI Annual Meeting being held in South Florida, Board members and the NIRI senior staff has graciously agreed to extend their stay to meet our Chapter members and the local investor relations community. NIRI President and CEO, Jeff Morgan, will lead the discussion. Your participation will be the key to showing NIRI how we do investor relations in South Florida.
NIRI Central Ohio – Developing Legal Issues and the IRO – March 11, 2010 After nearly three years of financial turmoil, we are promised or threatened (depending on your viewpoint) with reform on corporate governance and how issuers will communicate with the public. Join us to hear Paul Hess discuss what changes have been recently adopted and what other changes are in the works at the Securities and Exchange Commission and how they might impact what we do as IRO practitioners.
NIRI Philadelphia - Stop your Whining” Wine Tasting Networking Social – March 11, 2010 Location: Jack’s Firehouse
NIRI Seattle - Moments of Trust -- Opportunities to Make or Break Your Brand – March 11, 2010 Jeff Hasen, CMO HipCricket, will introduce the "Moments of Trust" concept and discuss why interactions at critical touchpoints matter to businesses of all sizes. Jeff will talk about how to sell the Moments of Trust concept into an organization, how to keep a scorecard, and how to change the score for additional sales and brand loyalty. Learn more about Jeff at: http://www.hipcricket.com/company/executive_team.aspx
Please join us for what is sure to be a very informative and engaging meeting!
NIRI Silicon Valley – Annual Spring Seminar – March 12, 2010 Save the Date! NIRI Silicon Valley's award-winning Annual Spring Seminar. A full day of targeted, exciting sessions. Topics this year include a vision of the global economy; dream team panel of C-Level executives from a wide variety of disciplines; calculating & communicating your value to the Street; dark pools trading panel; break-out sessions including back to basics, senior IRO and next career move. Breakfast, lunch and cocktail party networking sessions. Vendor showcase.
Keynote Speaker: Harris Barton (HRJ Capital, former offensive lineman, San Francisco 49ers)
NIRI Orange County – 2010 Orange County Public Company Forum – March 16, 2010 Be sure to attend this year’s Orange County Public Company Forum for timely, thought-provoking insight and discussion covering: • The status of today’s capital markets • The role of private equity funds in the “new normal” • Recent developments in the regulatory and reporting framework for public companies • Mergers and acquisitions, and other strategies and options for liquidity • Fundamental shifts in the relationships among investors, directors and management
NIRI Houston – N3 Happy Hour – March 18, 2010 Join your NIRI friends for networking
NIRI Orange County – CSR and ESG: Leveraging the IRO – March 18, 2010 The NIRI Orange County Chapter and the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals Los Angeles Chapter have teamed up to provide a “Board’s-eye View of Shareholder Relations,” taking into account the peaking interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).
With the changing regulatory environment and the rise in shareholder activism, sustainability and corporate governance must become higher priorities for your company. Be sure to join us for this must-attend event and hear leading thoughts on how IROs, corporate secretaries and general counsel can collaborate and enhance corporate policy making decisions.
NIRI Richmond - Persuasive Communications Techniques for IR Professionals – March 18, 2010 As Investor Relations professionals, we all seek to persuade through our communications but are not always successful. Please join NIRI Richmond on Thursday, March 18th to learn how you can become more persuasive in your communications by learning about tenets from fields as diverse as persuasion, psychology, behavioral economics, decision making, anthropology, game theory, negotiations, and detecting deception.
Location: Owens & Minor 9120 Lockwood Boulevard Mechanicsville, VA 23116 Time: 11:30 a.m. – Registration and Networking 12:00 Noon – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch and Program RSVP by March 15, 2010 to Jennifer Rowe at rowej001@universalleaf.com
NIRI Atlanta – Buy-Side Targeting – March 19, 2010 March Our March program will help you with the buy and sell side of targeting, the available tools to utilize and how to position yourself for discussions with targeted and valued investors. This is your chance to ask your important questions and have an industry expert provide the right answers!
Approaching the topic from three viewpoints, the tools and studies, leveraging sell side to identify targets and preparing for the buy side meeting, our experienced professionals will provide insight for your plan development for 2010.
Our Panelists: Peter Jung, Ilios Peter will discuss available Targeting Tools and Studies to help uncover ideal targets.
Bill Chappell, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Bill will discuss Leveraging the Sell Side Relationships to: - Obtain market intelligence to help identify targets - Open doors with targeted investors - Assist with planning non-deal roadshows
Randy Loving, Silvant Capital Management Randy brings the Approach to the Buy Side: - Asking directly for a meeting - What you should know before requesting a meeting - Who should be present at the targeting meetings (ex. CEO, CFO, IRO) - What type of follow-up is recommended after the meeting
Visit www.niriatlanta.org for registration details. September 24, 2010: SAVE THE DATE!! Second Fall Conference!
NIRI Boston - IR Tools Of The Trade – March 23, 2010 NIRI Boston Knowledge Development Series (held prior to the evening event)
Every IRO works with a wide variety of tools - traditional things such as web sites, database and contact management applications, surveillance firms, conference calls and web casting services as well as New Age tools like Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media. How one uses these tools most efficiently and cost effectively is determined by many factors. Please join us for NIRI Boston's third Knowledge Development Series where we will explore the wealth of tools available and how best to deploy them.
NIRI Boston - Reaching Investors Online: Best Practices for Social Media in Investor Relations – March 23, 2010 Social media is not just about Twitter and Facebook. From an IR perspective it is about how these social technologies have impacted financial portals and social investing/trading networks. Sites like Seeking Alpha, Wikinvest and StockTwits along with the 1000s of financial blogs and countless emerging services have transformed equity research and the financial media. Institutional investors are increasingly using web based services to supplement traditional systems. The bottom line is a revolution is taking place in how organizations communicate with their target audiences. Please join NIRI Boston for an engaging debate on social media and how it can impact and benefit the IRO in the era of Regulation FD. Learn if social media communications are right for your company and what tools are available to reach prospective investors. Discover what are the current trends and best practices and what pitfalls to avoid.
NIRI Kansas City – XBRL: Getting It Right for Investor Communication – March 23, 2010 Today XBRL is in its early days. Companies are moving to implement the SEC-mandated reporting and disclosure technology, with emphasis on the technical side. But tomorrow, companies will be hearing from investors, analysts and news media who are using XBRL as a key tool to evaluate performance.
Michael Becker, a veteran IR professional who leads the industry communications effort of XBRL US, the nonprofit consortium championing XBRL adoption, argues that IROs should engage now with accounting and legal teams to understand and guide XBRL implementation … so we get it right for the future of investor communication on behalf of our companies.
Please join members of NIRI’s Kansas City chapter on Tuesday March 23 for a lively discussion of XBRL, where we are and where we need to go to fully communicate our companies’ financial picture.
NIRI New York – Investor Skepticism and the IRO – March 23, 2010 In his book, Crisis of Character-Building Corporate Reputation in the Age of Skepticism, long-time investor relations advisor Peter Firestein refers to the complex relationship between listed companies and the investors and analysts who follow them as a Value Paradox.
The Value Paradox is this: the wealth and professional achievement of public company corporate managers are largely determined by investors whose perception of value creation can be very different. This often results in a dissonant-sometimes quietly contentious-relationship between the two groups, with the IRO squarely in the middle.
Firestein will explore the inner workings of this complex relationship, what IROs most need to understand about it, and what they can do to enhance the market's perceptions of their management's talent and, in particular, credibility.
NIRI Los Angeles - Financial News Media and You – March 24, 2010 Newspapers and other financial publications are foregoing traditional print editions and opting for online content. How are these various news organizations adapting and what is their agenda? Do you as an IRO understand how?
NIRI Dallas - Dark Pools: Dynamics and Changes in Market Structure – March 26, 2010 Save the Date! Featuring: Rich Barry, NYSE
NIRI Chicago - North Shore Informal Breakfast Roundtable – April 6, 2010 Start your day learning from and networking with fellow IR practitioners. Join us for an informal breakfast roundtable to discuss top-of-mind IR issues. (For NIRI-Chicago members only)
NIRI New York - The IR Global Rankings Conference & Awards 2010, Yale Club, New York City – April 6, 2010 The conference is an opportunity for CEOs, CFOs, IROs, and board members to see how their disclosure and financial reporting, governance, IR websites and annual reports stack up against the very best in the world and to raise the bar to achieve high performance IR programs. In addition, the New York City Event will include a series of panels with industry experts on the most urgent issues facing IR practitioners today – including the changing role of the sell-side, social media and digital media campaigns, XBRL, the changing needs of the buy-side, and winning IR strategies in 2010.
NIRI Chicago (Webcast) - Career Planning – What should I be doing to look ahead? – April 8, 2010 Mergers and acquisitions are heating up. With consolidations of corporate staff, what happens if your job disappears? What have you been doing to expand your career development opportunities? Hear from the experts regarding what you should be doing to plan for your future.
Panelists: Matthew Bud, Chairman of the Financial Executives Networking Group Jean Cardwell, President, Cardwell Enterprises Smooch Reynolds, Founder and CEO, The Repovitch-Reynolds Group Moderator: Steven P. Eschbach, Vice President, Investor Relations, Integrys Energy
NIRI Philadelphia - Small/Mid/Large-Cap Roundtables; Moderated “Hot Topic” Discussions - Breakfast Event – Western Suburbs – April 9, 2010 Come start your day by learning from your IR peers!
NIRI Atlanta – Annual Golf Outing – April 30, 2010 NIRI Atlanta’s golf outing will benefit Junior Achievement. The event is held on the beautiful Cobblestone Golf Course. For more information – and to register – visit the website at www.niriatlanta.org/golf.asp
NIRI Capital Area - Rebuilding Trust with Investors in a Post-Meltdown World – May 14, 2010 Featured speaker: Nell Minow, Editor and Co-Founder, The Corporate Library, was named one of the 30 most influential investors of 2002 by Smart Money magazine and, in 2003, was dubbed "the queen of good corporate governance" by Business Week online.
We encourage you to invite your corporate secretary, counsel, CFO or other colleagues who can benefit from Nell Minow’s insight.
NIRI Central Ohio -Columbus Clippers vs. Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs – May 27, 2010 NIRI Central Ohio will host its Second Annual Social Outing at Columbus’ Huntington Park stadium. Join your NIRICO colleagues in Huntington Bank’s and AEP’s guest loges for a great view of the game as the Columbus Clippers play the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs in Columbus’ 10,000-seat stadium. This is a members-only outing.