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Our popular “Meet the Speaker” series, featuring interviews with speakers at the 25th Annual NASPP Conference, is a great way to get to know our many distinguished speakers and find out a little more about their sessions in advance of the Conference.

For today’s “Meet the Speaker” interview, we feature an interview with James Nichols of Amazon.com, who will lead the session “Minding the Age Gap: A Millennial Perspective on Stock Plan Administration.”  Here is what James had to say:

NASPP: Why do you feel strongly about the millennial perspective?

James: Usually topics covering millennials are presented by folks that are outside of the generation. While the effort is appreciated, I think a lot of the buzzwords you find in these presentations are not descriptive of millennials that are eligible for stock compensation.

NASPP: What is one best practice companies should implement?

James: Survey stock eligible employees and then survey them again. This way you will get actual insight regarding what your employees are interested in, frustrated about, or what they don’t understand.

NASPP: When it comes to millennials, what is the silver lining?

James: I don’t think we need to segregate millennials (or any generation for that matter), I think you will find a lot of similarities throughout various age groups of employees who receive stock compensation.

NASPP: What is your favorite restaurant or tourist attraction in DC?

James: Any bar that has karaoke.

Don’t miss James’s session, “Minding the Age Gap: A Millennial Perspective on Stock Plan Administration,” at the NASPP Conference!

About the NASPP Conference

The 25th Annual NASPP Conference will be held from October 17-20 in Washington DC. This year’s program features close to 100 sessions on today’s most timely topics in stock and executive compensation; check out the full agenda and register today!