The 23rd Annual NASPP Conference is just 21 days away and, as is the case every year, I am so excited about it I can hardly contain myself! It’s always energizing to reconnect with colleagues and catch up on industry developments. And this year, we have a lot of new and innovative programs planned, as noted in my column in the most recent issue of the NASPP Advisor. It’s going to be a whole new experience!
I have a long list of sessions I hope to get to at the Conference (or to listen to audio recordings of afterwards); for today’s entry I highlight just five of them.
Family Feud–NASPP Style: This keynote, in which our contestants will try to guess the results of our poll on hot topics in executive and equity compensation (a la Family Feud), promises to be fascinating. We’ve put together a great panel of experts, but will their answers align with the popular vote? It’s going to be a lively, fun, and interesting session.
Decisions, Decisions: Offering Employee Choice Plans: I am asked about programs in which employees are allowed to choose their own equity awards with some frequency, but I rarely encounter companies that do this. I’m excited to hear how two companies (3M and Coach) use employee choice programs.
FTCs, TEQs, IAPs, Oh My! Learn to Speak Mobility: Finally, a session that will explain all the mobility terminology that I find so confusing! I expect to leave with a much better understanding of all the issues involved in mobile employees.
The IRS and Treasury Speak: This might seem like an odd choice what with ASC 718 and Dodd-Frank rulemaking overshadowing tax rulemaking in the past year, but we’ve asked the panel to cover some nagging unanswered questions on stock compensation and I’m excited (and maybe a little nervous) to hear what the panel has to say about them.
Choose Your Own Adventure: Audience-Driven Hot Topics: And, of course, I’m looking forward to my own session. This will be a great run-down of today’s hottest topics in a very innovative an interactive format. We are doing the session twice and each iteration could be completely different. My only regret is that I wasn’t able to sneak a video of my cat into the slide deck (but if anyone wants to see it, I’ll be happy to show it to you).
The 23rd Annual NASPP Conference will be held from October 27-30 in San Diego. I’m looking forward to seeing all of you there! If you haven’t registered yet, don’t wait any longer.
The “Top Compensation Consultants: Survivor Edition” keynote at last year’s NASPP Conference was so successful that we have decided to continue to infotainment theme for this year’s keynote with “Family Feud: NASPP Style.”
Just like the real Family Feud, we’ll be conducting polls in advance (but on hot issues in stock and executive compensation, not on what you have in your refrigerator). Our “families” will consist of industry luminaries who will try to guess the poll results and will offer their commentary on the topics du jour. I think it will be a lot of fun, but will also be an interesting juxtaposition of popular vs. expert opinions on some of today’s most controversial topics.
Vote for the Speakers!
We have identified most of our family members, but we still have two open slots. For those slots, we have decided to give our community a chance to participate. Back in July, we collected nominations for “family members.” Eight industry luminaries were nominated—vote for your favorite today.
Here are the rules:
You can only vote for one candidate and you can only vote once.
You can campaign on behalf of your favorite candidate (or yourself, if you are a candidate).
No write-ins.
The poll is open until 5:00 PM Pacific on Monday, August 31.
The two candidates that receive the most votes will be included in the families.
The “Top Compensation Consultants: Survivor Edition” keynote at last year’s NASPP Conference was so successful that we have decided to continue to infotainment theme for this year’s keynote with “Family Feud: NASPP Style.”
Just like the real Family Feud, we’ll be conducting polls in advance (but on hot issues in stock and executive compensation, not on what you have in your refrigerator). Our “families” will consist of industry luminaries who will try to guess the poll results and will offer their commentary on the topics du jour. I think it will be a lot of fun, but will also be an interesting juxtaposition of popular vs. expert opinions on some of today’s most controversial topics.
Nominate a Speaker! We have identified most of our family members, but we still have two open slots. For those slots, we have decided to give our community a chance to participate. You can nominate yourself or someone else to be one of the “family” members.
Here’s how it will work:
Enter your nomination. You can nominate yourself or someone else that you think would be a good fit for the game.
The first ten nominees will be put on a ballot; I’ll announce the ballot in the NASPP Blog and our members will have two weeks to vote for their favorite nominee.
The top two vote-getters will be placed on the “families.”
(Note: To keep things interesting and diverse, each of the ten nominees on the ballot must be from different companies. If we receive nominations for multiple people from the same company, the first person nominated will be selected to be on the ballot. Also NASPP employees are ineligible to participate; we’ll already know the answers so it wouldn’t be fair to everyone else.)
Don’t Miss the 23rd Annual NASPP Conference
This year’s NASPP Conference will be held in San Diego from October 27-30. In addition to a super fun and informative keynote, we have close to 100 sessions on today’s hottest topics in executive and stock compensation. Check out the full program today—don’t wait; the early bird discount is only available until August 7.