What a week it’s been! Our 21st Annual Conference has been one of the best ever. It’s hard to capture all of our amazing conference attendees in just a few photos, but for today’s blog I’ve tried to share a few of the many highlights from the conference so far.
Congratulations to Bill Dunn of PwC and Paz Dizon of Tesla Motors on their 2013 Individual Achievement Awards!
Han Ly of NetApp, Leslie Leach of EASi, and Didi Kindilien of Acorda Therapeutics pose with the adorable EASi teddy bears.
Some of our many experts from the “Ask the Experts” booth.
Stock & Option Solutions was giving away RSUs this year…with the option of checking back to see if the value had gone up. If the value went up, RSU holders could trade in their swag for more substantial prizes. Love the idea!
We took our popular Question of the Week contest live during today’s break. The answers to the questions could be found at the various exhibitor booths. We had a lot of serious contenders!
It’s hard to believe another conference is coming to an end. Next year’s conference will be held in Las Vegas from September 29 – October 2, 2014. Looking forward to it already!
New Orleans has been a perfect setting for our 20th Annual Conference. For today’s blog, I share some photos that capture the scene.
Tuesday’s Plenary Session: The Investors and Proxy Advisors Speak, moderated by Broc Romanek and featuring Nell Minow, Donna Anderson, Carol Bowie, Anne Chapman and Bob McCormick.
Some of the loot I collected during Wednesday’s trick-or-treat break in the Exhibitor Hall.
Executive Director Barbara Baksa presenting an Individual Achievement Award to Elizabeth Dodge of Stock & Option Solutions.
Congratulations to all the chapters who received a Chapter Excellence Award this year!
Wednesday’s keynote address featured a panel of industry leaders (James Humza of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Kurt Bremer of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and James Wulforst of E*TRADE), moderated by Elizabeth Dodge of Stock & Option Solutions, discussing the future of equity compensation and related predictions.
Today, we continue last week’s game of “Hot or Not,” this time with a focus on global stock plans. In the global stock plans space, we got a lot of great proposals that I’m sure we’ll include in the program–no question about it. But there were a few topics that are on the bubble. I’ve included a short survey listing the global topic ideas that I’m not sure about below; your job is to select the topics you would attend a panel on.
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 we keep an ongoing “to do” list for you here in our blog.
I have something a little different for today’s blog entry. I’m currently mired in evaluating the 150+ speaking proposals we received for the 20th Annual NASPP Conference. There are definitely a lot of fabulous ideas that I’m sure we’re going to want to include in the program–no question about it. But there are also a few ideas that I’m just not sure about–are they hot or not? So today we’re going to play the “Hot or Not” game. I’ve created a short survey listing the topic ideas that I’m not sure about below; your job is to select the topics you would attend a panel on.
Stay tuned next week, when we’ll play round 2, focusing on global topics.
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 we keep an ongoing “to do” list for you here in our blog.
You may have noticed a recent increase in our activity on Facebook. We know many of you have social media accounts, and we’re really enjoying the ability to disseminate information and interact on a less formal and real time basis. If you haven’t yet “liked” us on Facebook, I offer in today’s blog 5 reasons why you should.
Top 5 Reasons, Plus a Bonus!
1.Be “in the know”. When it comes to important announcements, we’ll usually post to Facebook first, before the information makes it onto our web site. A perfect example is our recent announcement about the location and dates of the 20th Annual NASPP Conference, which will be held in New Orleans from October 8-11, 2012. The announcement was on Facebook before we posted the information to our site. We will be continuing this trend of bringing our “news” to Facebook early on, so this is a great way to be the first to find out.
2. Stay on Top of Industry Developments. If word of a significant event comes our way, we’ll tweet it and post it to Facebook. We did this during the past couple of weeks when the Payroll Tax Cut was extended. We can’t promise that we know everything, but those all-important matters that cross our desk will certainly be posted.
3. Another Resource in the Toolbox. We come across many articles and other content that we post to our web site. Many times we’ll share those links on our Facebook page. We also post links to current blogs and other content.
4. Interact with your Peers. We have great forums on our web site to discuss the serious topics related to stock compensation. On Facebook we can expand the discussion to be of a more “interactive” nature. You may have seen us posting some discussion questions to facilitate interaction. We’ll be continuing this trend, so come join the conversation.
5. You Can Post Too! Comment on your peers’ postings and even post statements of your own. We have a great community of stock plan professionals, and the more interaction we have, the stronger our community will be.
Bonus reason: Ah, so many reasons, so little time. I offer an additional reason: see the fun side of stock compensation. We often post pictures from industry events, so browse our albums for familiar faces. My personal current favorite is that of our own Executive Director, Barbara Baksa, posing as a CEPI super hero at our last conference.
I hope I’ve shared enough great reasons why you should hurry over to Facebook and click that “Like” button. Why not take 15 seconds now and do it?