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We recently issued a call to our members to give us feedback on your online experience, and boy did you answer! Thank you to all who participated in the survey. In today’s blog, I’ve got to get some important business out of the way – announcing the winners of the drawing for those who completed the survey. And, I’ll share some key findings from the survey – so keep reading!

And the Winners Are…

We drew 10 names from the group of survey participants that submitted their contact details. Each winner will receive a $50 Amazon.com gift card. Thank you again to all who participated. The winners are:

• Eddie Pelatti, Fidelity Investments
• Gilbert Szeto, Kranz & Associates
• Helen Hauge, Seagate Technology
• Kate Cordenner, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
• Patty Brown, Solium
• Robert Veillette, Nordson Corp.
• Sheila Matias, Red Hat
• Vicky Quaranta, Verint Systems, Inc.
• Wei Sun, SVB Financials
• Charles Phillips, Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.

A Peek at the Data

The results of the survey generally won’t be made public, because the intent of the survey was to gather information to help make your experience and interaction with the NASPP even better. We asked, you answered, and now it’s up to us to take what we’ve learned and apply the information to useful initiatives. That said, there were some data points we thought would be fun to share with our members. Here goes.

Preferred Portals

Many NASPP members know that a lot of the information and resources on our web site are categorized by topic and housed in what we call a “portal”. There are currently 46 portals on the NASPP.com website. Which were our members’ favorites? Here are the top 5 portals accessed most frequently:

• Tax Withholding and Reporting
• Restricted Stock
• Global Stock Plans
• Employee Communications, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, Executive Compensation, Administrative Tools (this was a 4-way tie)
• Accounting/Stock Plan Expensing

There weren’t a lot of surprises there. I did notice an irony – in last week’s NASPP Blog (while the survey was still open), I wrote about our Global Stock Plans portal and the many resources available there. I had no idea at the time that it was going to be in the top 5 list for this blog, but it certainly reiterates that global issues remain high on the radar. If you want a refresh on the resources, check out last week’s blog.

You Want More Love

Well, this is Valentine’s week, so you know I had to find a way to incorporate the word “love” into the blog. What nearly half of survey participants actually said is that they want to engage even more with the NASPP (yay!). Zero (yes, 0%) respondents said that they want to engage “less” with the NASPP (double yay, you love us too!). So rest assured, we hear you loud and clear and are looking for even more opportunities for quality interaction. Some things I can think of immediately to raise your engagement:

• Follow us on social media (links in the next section)
• Subscribe to the NASPP Blog
• Subscribe to the Equity Expert podcast (featuring short interviews on lots of equity compensation topics)
• Attend NASPP webcasts (the next one is March 11th – Post-Vest Holding Periods)
• Join our Question of the Week Contest to keep your equity compensation knowledge on the cutting edge!

Let’s Be Social

One thing of note was that many of our survey respondents were willing to follow the NASPP on LinkedIn (more than 77%), but many expressed that they didn’t know the NASPP was even on LinkedIn. Let’s fix that right now! We do post a lot of content on LinkedIn – when we have new information on our website, or upcoming programs (such as webcasts and online education), we’re out there on LinkedIn talking about it. If there’s a new development, you can bet we’ll put something out via LinkedIn with information on a resource. We also have Facebook and Twitter pages, too. All 3 are great ways to get information real-time. It’s the quickest way available to us to disseminate information. So if you’re not following us, take a moment to do so! This will help with the “more love” request above. Click on the link(s) to get started: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter.

I want to again express thanks to everyone who participated in the survey. Your feedback has been very helpful. Even if you didn’t participate, you’ll still reap the benefits of whatever enhancements we’re able to offer.

-Jenn