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June 4, 2013

Transcript: “Social Media: Parsing the Hypos” – & More…

We have posted the transcript for our webcast: “Social Media: Parsing the Hypos.” Note that the number of companies announcing social media channels via Form 8-K has slowed to a trickle. Here’s our list.

Since Dell is going through a going private transaction that has hit some speed bumps – and its IR department maintains the only in-house IRO blog that I am aware of – I thought it would be interesting to see what the DellShares Blog says about the deal. Only a handful of entries devoted to the deal – but Dell has created a stand-along web page devoted to information about the deal process, which I learned of because of the blog…

I’m speaking at NIRI’s annual conference on a social media panel next week. It will be interesting to see how IROs view the latest development from the SEC compared to the lawyers. I’ll report back…

Sustainability Shareholder Proposals

In this podcast, Kellie Huennekens of Ernst & Young’s Corporate Governance Group discusses a new E&Y report entitled “How Today’s Investors are Framing Conversations on Corporate Sustainability,” including:

– Why are more E&S proposals being submitted?
– Any particular types the most common?
– Which investors are most interested in them?
– Any surprises this year compared to last year?

Study: Corporate Governance Practices & Trends for 3000 US Companies

Speaking of Kelly, she was part of the E&Y team that joined with the Society of Corporate Secretaries to produce this study on governance trends and practices at US companies, including a review of small- and mid-sized companies.

Cool Places: The Union League in Philly

Yesterday, I was at the Union League in Philly for a full-day meeting of the MidAtlantic Chapter of the Society of Corporate Secretaries. The Union League is one of those grand old buildings. Our conference was held in this room with old bookcases and a large statue of Abe Lincoln right in the middle of the wall, as you can see below. Very cool…

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– Broc Romanek