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By: NIRI? What NIRI? :) « All about Investor Relations

NIRI? What NIRI? :) « All about Investor Relations — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:30:02 +0000

[...] Today as I am writing up my dissertation’s conclusion section, I am looking for NIRI membership profile (I asked it from NIRI about two weeks ago but I do not expect they would bother to respond). Anyway, searching Google for NIRI membership, I found this interesting comment: “DIRK and IRS are very good organisations. My colleague is a member of the NIRI virtual chapter, but he told me it is not active. I wish good things for NIRI, but they are not as relevant as before.” More is on this blog. [...]

By: Roger Young

Roger Young — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:46:00 +0000

The error I found was “executive’s.” To paraphrase a great line from humor columnist Dave Barry, the purpose of the apostrophe is to warn the reader that an ’s’ is coming.

By: Dominic Jones

Dominic Jones — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:44:14 +0000

Ah, a competition on a Friday. A good idea, Roger.

Had to read it twice.

“executive’s” should be executives.

“IR” shouldn’t be in quotes.

“occupied by more junior people” would be better stated as “occupied more by junior people.”

OK, how many mistakes did I make in my list of mistakes?

By: Roger Young

Roger Young — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:59:27 +0000

It’s amusing that the anonymous quote above mentions weak communication skills, but includes a significant grammatical error. (Bonus points if you can find it!)

By: Dominic Jones

Dominic Jones — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:07:56 +0000

@ Beth: I forgot about the IIRF. But it isn’t what I had in mind.

@ Kevin: Just because I’m no longer a member does not mean I cannot criticize aspects of the organization. Besides, most of this piece comes from NIRI members, not me. I agree it’s an educational organization, with an advocacy component, and both were lacking, which is why I left. One day I might get into all the reasons, but that would take a whole post of its own. Maybe two.

By: Kevin Oakley

Kevin Oakley — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:58:57 +0000

It may not be all things to all people, but NIRI does an excellent job of bringing ir professionals together.

Certainly, the past couple years have been “trying” for them – but anyone who’s let their membership lapse have no right to critique them. Also, i expect companies and their IR departmants are wise enough to know what is good or bad in regards to vendors. NIRI is an education organization. It is not ConsumerReports.

By: Beth C.

Beth C. — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:57:33 +0000

“…how come there is no truly international IR organization?”

What about the IIRF? http://www.iirf.org/

By: Dominic Jones

Dominic Jones — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:12:41 +0000

Hi Marisa,

A similar idea was mentioned on Judy’s blog. Someone said the senior industry round tables were too short, or something like that, and there wasn’t enough opportunity for networking.

It didn’t resonate with me as much obviously, because I have the easy job of being on the service side, and the idea of comparing notes with other service providers doesn’t strike me as much use.

But I can understand why being able to compare notes and stories with corporate peers is so valuable to you.

By: Marisa Jacobs

Marisa Jacobs — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:52:25 +0000

NIRI has good intentions but so much more could be done. For years NIRI has championed the need for senior IR professionals to “have a seat at the table”. Yet, at most meetings, and at the National Conference in particular, insufficient time is devoted to covering important topics. The best feature of NIRI is the opportunity to meet other senior practitioners and industry peers, and I have suggested to NIRI for years that they create more opportunities to facilitate such meetings. Perhaps under new leadership, this suggestion could be acted upon.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:27:58 +0000

Give Jeff Morgan a chance. He’s already made some visible improvements.