The NASPP Blog

May 25, 2010

So You Think You’re So Smart

The NASPP “Question of the Week” Challenge
So you think you’re an equity compensation genius, do you? Now you can prove it with the NASPP’s new “Question of the Week” challenge.

The “Question of the Week” challenge allows you to compete against your colleagues and peers (and lifelong enemies) in feats of intellectual strength and skill. You can see how your expertise stacks up–and learn in the process.

Each week a new question will be posted; you get ten points for each question you answer correctly. This year’s challenge will run until December 31, so that’s a possible maximum of 330 points. Questions can be on any area related to equity compensation–accounting, tax, securities law, and global stock plans. This week’s challenge is on Section 16. The answers for most questions can be found somewhere on the NASPP website and the challenge is “open book” (or “open website”), so if you’re good at research, you’ll ace the challenge.

Once you answer the question, your score is then ranked against all of the other players to see how you compare. But don’t worry, the rankings are on an anonymous basis–you choose your screen name when you register to play–so no one will know your score but you.

Create your NASPP “Question of the Week” screen name and get started today! We will post a new question each Monday. For the first month, we’ll leave the questions up in case you miss them, but after that you’ll have to hurry. After the first month of the contest, to get full points for a correct answer, you must participate before the next quiz is posted–miss a question and you’ll fall behind in the rankings.

18th Annual NASPP Conference
Don’t miss the 18th Annual NASPP Conference from Sept 20-23 in Chicago. We just posted this year’s program and it is phenomenal.  We’ve planned over 40 sessions on critical and timely topics–it’s a great opportunity to catch up on recent developments and to increase your professional expertise (and improve your NASPP “Question of the Week” ranking).  Register for the Conference today.

NASPP “To Do” List
We have so much going on here at the NASPP that it can be hard to keep track of it all, so I keep an ongoing “to do” list for you here in my blog. 

– Barbara