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NIRI Seattle – Kicking off the New Year: 2010 Proxy Year in Review & 2011 Upcoming Issues - September 9, 2010 Presentation by Steven Pantina, Georgeson Managing Director of Research
Steven is an account executive and the Managing Director of Research at Georgeson, Inc. With nearly a decade of experience in the proxy world, Steven has a broad array of experience in advising issuers on annual and special meetings, mergers, tender offers, proxy contests and other corporate governance matters. In addition, he is a contributing author to the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals "Manual for Solicitation of Proxies" and has authored Georgeson's "Annual Corporate Governance Review" since 2005.
NIRI Virtual Chapter – Virtual Ally Chat Session – September 13, 2010
As Virtual Chapter members, we don’t have the benefit of regular face-to-face interactions with other IR practitioners. The NIRI Virtual Ally Program is designed to fill that void by offering ways for you to connect with IR colleagues and gain IR insights.
Chat Sessions: Virtual Ally chat sessions are dial-in open forums to help you connect with other Virtual Chapter members and discuss IR issues, ideas, challenges, and concerns.
NIRI Boston - 2010-2011 Kick-Off Meeting: State of the Street – September 14, 2010 Please join our 2010-2011 Kick-Off Meeting, as we continue to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of NIRI Boston. For this special occasion, NIRI Boston is pleased to welcome, Bob Greifeld, CEO of The NASDAQ OMX Group, who will share his perspectives on Wall Street, emerging trends in global capital markets and financial reform.
Join the NIRI Connecticut / Westchester Chapter for a fall kick-off social with our new chapter board and fellow NIRI members. Potential NIRI – Connecticut/Westchester members are invited to attend for free, either with a current NIRI member or on your own. The board will provide a brief overview of upcoming meetings and also introduce an upcoming survey for members and potential members to generate input on potential chapter events and schedules.
NIRI Central Ohio – Kickoff Meeting with Jeff Morgan, President and CEO, NIRI – September 14, 2010 Please consider joining us to kick-off the 2010-2011 programming calendar as NIRI National President Jeff Morgan shares his perspective on the latest perspectives facing investor relations officers, capital markets, financial regulation and the industry today.
NIRI Capital Area – Jeff Morgan, President and CEO, NIRI, Kick-off Meeting – September 15, 2010
NIRI CEO and President Jeff Morgan has been deeply engaged in understanding the Reform Act and its ramifications for the practice of investor relations. We’ll begin our program with Jeff’s overview of the key changes corporate managers can expect from the Act. Then we’ll break into small groups to delve into three core areas of interest arising directly from the Act: its practical impact on the role of the IRO, executive compensation structure and disclosure, and implications for proxy season. With each discussion group reporting on its key findings, you’ll come away better understanding the key foundations of “the most significant financial reform since the 1930s.”
NIRI Philadelphia – Discussion with Jeff Morgan – September 16, 2010 With all the changes bubbling up from Washington in recent months, you won’t want to miss our kickoff meeting for the 2010-2011 NIRI Philadelphia program year. Fresh from his summer visits in the Beltway, NIRI Chairman Jeff Morgan will provide our membership with an inside scoop on the Dodd-Frank legislation, new SEC regulations on proxy disclosure, and the many other new and coming developments that will impact IROs and the IR and Finance function.
NIRI Chicago - 2010 IR Workshop – September 16, 2010 If you're going to spend a whole day away from your office, it has to be for a good reason. NIRI-Chicago's 2010 IR Workshop gives you three:
1. Challenging Topics – including the outlook for financial reform, what's new at the SEC, and social media for IR. 2. Connecting with Other Professionals – not only through networking, but with roundtables, case study discussions and an interactive wrap-up session. 3. Creating Change – from practical strategies on earnings guidance and disclosure best practices, to finding suppliers who support you.
NIRI Twin Cities - The Implications of the Dodd-Frank Act for IRO – September 16, 2010 Save the Date for this informative discussion. Details will be posted soon.
NIRI Richmond - How Will Financial Reform Legislation Impact Investor Relations? – September 17, 2010
Our guest speaker is Janie Whitt Sellers, a partner with McGuireWoods LLP. Janie will brief us on the latest on proxy access and other consequences of the summer's financial reform legislation and related SEC rule-making, including discussions regarding rules for investor nominated directors, retail participation in proxy votes, and other pressing investor-related issues. These hot topics also affect your legal teams, boards, and corporate secretaries, so please feel free to invite your corporate colleagues.
NIRI Chicago – Breakfast Roundtable - September 22, 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 Dallas*Ft. Worth - Social Media Tipping Point - Is now the time to adopt social media for IR? - September 23, 2010 Save the Date to hear from social media expert Darrel Heaps, Co-Founder and CEO, Q4 Web Systems.
NIRI Atlanta – Second Annual Fall Conference – September 24, 2010 Whether you are an Investor Relations professional, Corporate Secretary and Governance professional, Human Resource professional or Financial Analyst, you will find our key note speaker and panel discussions of interest to: PARTICIPATE - LEARN – LEAD. Network with your fellow industry professionals and widen your scope of contacts while learning more about current issues that affect you and your management. Visit the NIRI Atlanta site for more information and to view the conference agenda. Hope to see you there!
NIRI Chicago – Priceless – How to Protect and Strengthen Your Company's Reputation – October 7, 2010 Reputation is how stakeholders (as a group) perceive and interpret a company's past actions and future prospects. In study after study, people say they're more likely to buy the products of companies they trust, work for companies they respect, and recommend companies they like. But short of a major crisis like the BP oil spill, how does reputation affect stock valuation? How can IROs address the key non-financial metrics that impact reputation? And as a major voice to investors and other stakeholders, what can you do as an investor relations officer or consultant to protect and strengthen a company's reputation?
NIRI Pittsburgh - An Evening with Jeff Matthews, author of Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha – November 11, 2010 NIRI Pittsburgh is pleased to announce that we will host Jeff Matthews, author of Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett’s Omaha, on Thursday, November 11, 2010. Jeff is considered one of the top independent Buffett observers and is often quoted in the media on Buffett's activities as well as reporting from the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting. Mark your calendars and Save the Date for an entertaining and educational event. We look forward to hosting this event and know that this will not only be a very nice evening, but also a great opportunity to get to meet and catch up with other Pittsburgh chapter members. For more information, please contact Jackie Powell at niripittsburgh@bellsouth.net
NIRI Virtual Chapter – Virtual Ally Chat Session – December 6, 2010