Member Benefit Webinars Available On Demand
NIRI offers professional development programs for viewing at your convenience. Free for NIRI members, you can view these programs at your location until the date noted below.
The Practice of IR
Guidance Practices and Preferences
Originally webcast on May 19, 2009, this forum is available until October 31, 2009.
Join your peers for a discussion of guidance practices and preferences. Audrey Mickahail will give us an overview of NIRI's recent survey and a panel of IROs will discuss their policy on giving guidance. Compare their practices with yours, and ask questions of the panel.
Communication During an M&A
Originally webcast on May 5, 2009, this forum is available until October 31, 2009.
What is the role of investor relations during a merger and/or acquisition? Hear from a panel of experts, including an investment banker, attorney, and PR professional. Investor relations professionals will share their experiences in preparing for the announcement, as well handling questions and other communications during and after the deal.
IR on a ShoeString
Originally webcast on April 21, 2009, this forum is available until September 30, 2009.
Has your IR budget been cut? Join our panelists as they discuss proven techniques to do more with less. Listen to this experienced panel as they answer questions.
IR on the Offense
Originally webcast on October 28, 2008, this forum is available until June 30, 2009.
Join us as a panel of veterans looks ahead at the investor relations landscape. Some of the questions they will discuss include: What is the street asking you about earnings? Are you saying and/or doing anything differently? What changes are you considering in traditional IR functions? What are you doing to enhance your position internally? What impact has the current economy had on your budget for 2009? Listen to this experienced panel as they answer questions.
Improving Your IR Web site
Originally webcast on October 28, 2008, this forum is available until March 31, 2009.
How can you use the SEC new interpretative guidance to improve financial disclosure on your company web site? Join our panel to navigate the SEC's recommendations regarding the web site as "public disclosure" for the purposes of Reg FD; mitigating liability under the antifraud rules; suggestions for controls and procedures advisable for your company’s website and format considerations. Learn some practical "do’s" and "don’ts" based on a survey of large company websites. And, find out how a company has enhanced their website to improve navigation and provide the latest information – XBRL, key performance indicators and more.
Meet the Experts
Career Development for IROs
Originally webcast on March 25, 2009, this forum is available until August 30, 2009.
What do investor relations professionals need to know to be relevant in today's economy? Do you need to break the rules to survive and stay in the game? How can you build relevancy through bridge building? These are just some of the questions that Smooch Reynolds will answer. We have also invited Carol DiRaimo to join her for a dialogue of lessons learned in today's job market.
Implementing Notice & Access
Originally webcast on February 24, 2009, this forum is available until July 31, 2009.
Hear from a panel of adopters and benefit from their experiences. Whether your company has already adopted the SEC rules on electronic delivery or is planning to soon, you will want to hear from your peers.
What's New for the '09 Proxy Season
Originally webcast on February 10, 2009, this forum is available until July 31, 2009.
What's new for this coming proxy season? Join us for an update on say-on-pay, proxy access, majority voting and other issues. Listen in as the audience asks questions and interacts with the speakers.
Market Activity and How It Affects IR
Originally webcast on January 13, 2009, this forum is available until June 30, 2009.
Join us for the first webinar of 2009 - complimentary as a NIRI member benefit. Our panel of experts will discuss and answer your questions about changes in the markets that impact IR. Learn how the exchanges are reacting to market changes, what IROs need to know about dark pools, and more.
The Activist Shareholder, Redefined
Originally webcast on December 2, 2008, this forum is available until May 31, 2009.
What can we expect from hedge funds in the current economic environment and what tools do IROs have to manage activist investors? What do the experts think hedge funds will look like in the coming year? Listen to our panel of experts as they predict what's coming in 2009 and answer questions.
Update on Fair Value Accounting
Originally webcast on November 18, 2008, this forum is available until April 30, 2009.
What is fair value accounting? What is the SEC position on this and other accounting issues? And what does it have to do with investor relations? These are just some of the questions as the debate over fair value accounting heats up. View the archive to learn more about the issues.
Short Selling in the News
Originally webcast on October 14, 2008, this forum is available until March 31, 2009.
Join us for a Q&A session about the SEC rules on short selling and what it means to you as an IRO.
NIRI Executive Alert
Executive Alert: CSR/Sustainability and the IRO
Originally webcast on March 10, 2009, this forum is available until August 31, 2009.
As more and more companies realize "green" is the new "black", corporations are faced with a need to address the markets' growing demand for environmental and social responsibility. Hear ideas from a panel of experts - what you can do to meet these demands? If you want to know what your peers are doing in this area, you'll also hear results of a recent NIRI survey.
Executive Alert: Global Trends in Investor Relations
Originally webcast on February 3, 2009, this forum is available until July 31, 2009.
The Bank of New York Mellon and NIRI cooperated on a survey of investor relations practices world wide. Join our discussion of the survey results and learn more about how your peers are managing IR in the current climate, including investor outreach, approaches to the sell-side, staffing and infrastructure, communications and disclosure, goals and benchmarking.
Webinar Series
Introduction to Accounting and Finance for Investor Relations
Three one-hour sessions, originally webcast in February, 2009. Archives will be available until August 31, 2009
1. Introduction to Financial Statements
2. Introduction to Corporate Finance and Valuation
3. Current Issues in Accounting and Finance
The Best from NIRI's Annual Conference
Audio Archived Sessions and Speaker Presentations
Originaly held on June 8-11, 2008, Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA.
Access audio recordings of 33 conference breakout sessions, general sessions, and personal boot camp workshops and/or download copies of conference speaker presentations. Purchase access to this site by visiting the NIRI Bookstore.
Thanks to VCall, a service of Precision IR, for hosting NIRI Webinar events.
