Tip #3 for Submitting a Winning Speaking Proposal My third tip for submitting a winning speaking proposal is to submit your proposal on time. I’ll be honest; we look at this as a test. If you can’t submit your speaking proposal on time, it indicates to us that you probably aren’t going to meet any of the other speaker deadlines on time either. We have close to 200 speakers at the Conference, so it’s critical that our speakers be responsible about meeting their deadlines with minimal prompting from us. Don’t bother asking for an extension; if you can’t get your speaking proposal in on time, this probably isn’t the year for you to speak.
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered this spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Register for the 22nd Annual NASPP Conference. The Conference will be held from September 29-October 2, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Don’t wait–the early-bird rate is only available until March 14.
Tip #2 for Submitting a Winning Speaking Proposal My second tip related to speaking proposals is for issuers. Speaking at the NASPP Conference is a great way to attend and get complimentary registration. It’s also great for your career because you will establish yourself as a leader in the industry.
But wait, you ask: “How will my speaking proposal ever get accepted if firms that participate in the Proposal Assistance Program get extra advice and preference (see tip #1)? As an issuer, my company isn’t going to exhibit at the Conference.” Well, you know what they say: “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.”
Issuers can leverage the Proposal Assistance Program by partnering up with the firms that are participating in it. You most certainly have a variety of providers that you work with to manage your stock compensation program. I’m talking about your attorneys, accountants, compensation consultants, broker, administrator, etc. Think about which of these firms exhibited at last year’s Conference and are eligible to participate in the Proposal Assistance Program. These firms have an edge in the proposal selection process and their proposals will have even more of an edge if they include a client. Contact them to see if they need clients for any of their proposals. Many exhibitors tells us that finding clients to serve on their panels is the hardest part of submitting a proposal. Don’t wait to be asked–the squeaky wheel gets the oil, so contact your providers proactively about joining them on a proposal.
Or, even better, offer to submit a joint proposal. Each firm can submit only three proposals. But a joint proposal you submit on their behalf doesn’t count as one of their three. The more proposals a firm is on, the more speaking slots they’ll get, so I expect your providers will be appreciative of the offer. And proposals that include Proposal Assistance Program participants receive preference in the proposal selection process, so having one of these firms on your panel gives it an edge.
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered next spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Save the date for the 22nd Annual NASPP Conference: September 29-October 2, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Submitting a Winning Speaking Proposal We will begin accepting speaking proposals for the 22nd Annual NASPP Conference next Monday, January 20. Each Wednesday until the submission period closes, I’ll offer a new tip for submitting a successful proposal.
My first tip is to participate in the Proposal Assistance Program. This program is open to any firm that exhibited at last year’s Conference and any firm that secures their booth for this year’s Conference before the submission period closes. So if you didn’t exhibit last year, don’t wait any longer to secure your booth for this year.
During the Proposal Assistance Program, we review all of your proposal ideas before you put any time into developing them. We tell you which ideas we like and offer suggestions to make them more compelling. We also give you suggestions for people we’d like to see on the panel. This way you can focus your efforts on the topics that are most likely to land you a speaking slot.
In addition, proposals submitted by participants in the program receive automatic preference over proposals submitted by non-participants. Exhibitors that participate in this program and follow our advice virtually always have at least one proposal accepted.
NASPP To Do List Here is your NASPP to do list for this week:
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered next spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Save the date for the 22nd Annual NASPP Conference: September 29-October 2, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Broc Romanek Encounters a Real Wolf of Wall Street Back when he worked for the SEC, Broc Romanek, editor of CompensationStandards.com, was pitched to by a broker in a boiler room operation. Check it out; it’s pretty amusing.
NASPP To Do List Here is your last NASPP to do list of 2013:
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered next spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Save the date for the 22nd Annual NASPP Conference: September 29-October 2, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Order the audio from the 21st Annual NASPP Conference. Just $65 per session for NASPP members–less per session if you purchase a multi-session package.
Holiday Cards The trend this year in holiday ecards seems to say “happy holidays” in as many different languages as you can manage. I received ecards from Baker & McKenzie, Hogan Lovells, and Morgan Stanley in this theme.
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand wins again for the most interactive and innovative holiday card. Check it out. I can’t wait to see what they do next year.
NASPP To Do List Here is your last NASPP to do list of 2013:
Check out the full results of the NASPP’s 2013 Domestic Stock Plan Design Survey (co-sponsored by Deloitte Consulting LLP). (Only issuers that participated in the survey and service providers that were ineligible to participate can view the full results. Everyone else can check out the archive of our webcast highlighting the results.)
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered next spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Save the date for the 22nd Annual NASPP Conference: September 29-October 2, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Order the audio from the 21st Annual NASPP Conference. Just $65 per session for NASPP members–less per session if you purchase a multi-session package.
Make-Up Week It’s make-up week for the Question of the Week Challenge! This is your only chance to catch up on questions that you missed during the year! All of the questions for the year have been reposted–answer the ones you missed for half credit.
NASPP To Do List Here’s your NASPP “to do” list for this week.
Check out the full results of the NASPP’s 2013 Domestic Stock Plan Design Survey (co-sponsored by Deloitte Consulting LLP). (Only issuers that participated in the survey and service providers that were ineligible to participate can view the full results. Everyone else can check out the archive of our webcast highlighting the results.)
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered next spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Save the date for the 22nd Annual NASPP Conference: September 29-October 2, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Order the audio from the 21st Annual NASPP Conference. Just $65 per session for NASPP members–less per session if you purchase a multi-session package.
Check out the full results of the NASPP’s 2013 Domestic Stock Plan Design Survey (co-sponsored by Deloitte Consulting LLP). (Only issuers that participated in the survey and service providers that were ineligible to participate can view the full results. Everyone else can check out the archive of our webcast highlighting the results.)
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered next spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Save the date for the 22nd Annual NASPP Conference: September 29-October 2, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Order the audio from the 21st Annual NASPP Conference. Just $65 per session for NASPP members–less per session if you purchase a multi-session package.
Check out the full results of the NASPP’s 2013 Domestic Stock Plan Design Survey (co-sponsored by Deloitte Consulting LLP). (Only issuers that participated in the survey and service providers that were ineligible to participate can view the full results.)
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered next spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Order the audio from the 21st Annual NASPP Conference. Just $65 per session for NASPP members–less per session if you purchase a multi-session package.
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered next spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Order the audio from the 21st Annual NASPP Conference. Just $65 per session for NASPP members–less per session if you purchase a multi-session package.
The New Page 11 in the Advisor Check out the new page 11 in the Nov/Dec issue of The NASPP Advisor (arriving in your mailbox this week)! We have some exciting new features, including a snapshot of data from the NASPP’s 2013 Domestic Stock Plan Design Survey (co-sponsored by Deloitte)–complete with graphs and charts, “Seen & Heard,” and ten things you don’t know about Paz Dizon.
NASPP To Do List Here’s your NASPP “to do” list for this week.
Sign up for the NASPP’s acclaimed online Stock Plan Fundamentals course which will be offered next spring. This course is a great introduction to stock plan administration; register by February 14, 2014 for the early-bird rate.
Order the audio from the 21st Annual NASPP Conference. Just $65 per session for NASPP members–less per session if you purchase a multi-session package.