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NIRI’s corporate Web site suggestions

Posted September 15, 2008

As we’ve reported here and here, change is afoot in the ways in which public companies can use their Web sites for material information. The most recent Executive Alert from the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) has some suggestions for corporate Web site do’s and don’ts based on a review of IR Web sites for the 100 largest publicly traded companies. NIRI conducted the survey this summer. Here are a couple of its key points:

If linking to external resources (i.e. call transcripts, stock charts, etc.), be sure to identify them as outside the corporate site.

Use common names for standard pieces of information in order to make them more easily identifiable to users.

Carefully consider requiring users to register for certain aspects of IR sites as this may dissuade users from accessing these areas or avoid the site altogether.

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Tags:corporate Web sites, National Investor Relations Institute, NIRI

NIRI Conference comes to a close

Posted June 11, 2008

There are some activities tomorrow, but exhibitors are packing up and I’ll be making my way eastward, back to New York tomorrow morning. Based on the past couple of days, it’s clear that there are discussions in the IR community about the uses and application of technology in investor relations, but another topic of interest was clearly globalization. Some of the discussion topics included “Around the world in 80 days: Attracting international shareholders” and “IR in the global economy.” Any thoughts? Add your two cents in the comments section.

Speaking of technology, there were some interesting uses of technology at the conference. Here’s the conference’s Friendfeed page and a Twitter page covering the conference.

Finally, once I’m back in the office, I’ll be working on this year’s IR special. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know.

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Tuesday at NIRI - Blog, blog, blog

Posted June 11, 2008

The NIRI conference continued today with a discussion titled “Is your company or IR department ready for a blog? Innovative communication methods for the 21st century.” Very interesting that blogging would still be considered innovative, but to the point of one speaker, Broc Romanek, a blogger with a number of sites (here’s one), “IR hasn’t kept up.”

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NIRI Conference - Monday comes to an end

Posted June 10, 2008

The globalization theme I mentioned in my previous entry continued when Michael Oxley (yes, the SOX guy) took the stage for a lunchtime address. He talked about how amazing it is to see emerging markets, like China, make such an impact on capital markets and how the spread of the capital markets into these markets is improving the lots of people living in those countries. While he praised the US system for its resiliency and commented on the investor culture we’ve become over the past 30 years, he said more needs to be done in light of the subprime mortgage crisis. He predicts that there will be more legislation to address the issues of transparency and accountability that still linger. Read more »

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NIRI Annual Conference 2008 - Day 1+

Posted June 9, 2008

Like an early-American pioneer, I made my way West from New York to San Diego yesterday… slowly. All was well until I got to Dallas when, about 10 minutes before take-off, the pilot announced that a problem with the brakes would keep us grounded for a few minutes. Yikes. About an hour and a half later we took off, and 13 hours from when I stepped foot in a cab in Harlem, I was stepping out of one in front of the Manchester Grand Hyatt. (Total aside, a fellow passenger on American Airlines reminded me that travelers only have until the 15th to take advantage of free baggage check. Make your reservations now!)

My experience began with celebrity lookalike sightings on the exhibition floor - Marilyn Monroe, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Austin Powers at a booth. More importantly, within 20 minutes at the welcome reception, two people mentioned the ongoing confluence of IR and PR, something I’ll want to hear more about. If you have any thoughts on this topic, share a comment. Read more »

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