Comments on: Companies source annual meeting questions from web http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2009/04/08/web-shareholder-meeting-questions/ | Investor Relations Web Best Practices, Trends and News Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:45:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Shuhei Tsunekawa http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2009/04/08/web-shareholder-meeting-questions/#comment-1044 Shuhei Tsunekawa Fri, 15 May 2009 04:22:31 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=999#comment-1044 What Google is trying to do is really interesting. The target audience of any annual meeting is not only shareholders but also potential investors. From this perspective, it is a good idea that Google opened the forum to the public, including people who might be thinking of buying some shares. I didn’t know Google Moderator, but it seems effective when a company wants to know what its shareholders think of the company. It would be interesting if a firm uses the program and answers the most popular questions regularly. That will help it to enhance its transparency to the public. What Google is trying to do is really interesting. The target audience of any annual meeting is not only shareholders but also potential investors. From this perspective, it is a good idea that Google opened the forum to the public, including people who might be thinking of buying some shares.

I didn’t know Google Moderator, but it seems effective when a company wants to know what its shareholders think of the company. It would be interesting if a firm uses the program and answers the most popular questions regularly. That will help it to enhance its transparency to the public.

]]> By: johnlovallo (John Lovallo) http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2009/04/08/web-shareholder-meeting-questions/#comment-1045 johnlovallo (John Lovallo) Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:40:19 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=999#comment-1045 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/johnlovallo" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="johnlovallo (John Lovallo)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="johnlovallo (John Lovallo)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/johnlovallo) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT - Companies using web for shareholder meeting questions [link to post]<br /><br /> - Posted using Chat Catcher Twitter Comment


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]]> By: Dominic Jones http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2009/04/08/web-shareholder-meeting-questions/#comment-1047 Dominic Jones Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:58:34 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=999#comment-1047 <strong>Update:</strong> (I've edited the comment below for clarity in response to an email from Intel. New info is shown in italics.) It's not Intel's forum <em>platform,</em> it's Broadridge's forum <em>platform</em>. Small shareholders have no incentive to participate in the forum because <em>they will perceive that </em>anything they say will not be taken seriously. This is because everyone is classified by the size of their shareholding. They're not people, they're just a holding size. This is Broadridge's decision, and it reflects their worldview where everyone is just an account. Social media, of which shareholder forums are one form, is about people interacting with people. <em>On Broadridge's Investor Network, which Intel is using, everyone is anonymous by default. Although it should be permitted, anonymity is not conducive to serious discussion on forums. Usually, people who are anonymous have something to hide and are less accountable for what they say. It would have been much better not to show holding ranges and instead allow users to create a profile and identify themselves, if that is what they wanted. Anyone who chose to be anonymous would not be taken seriously by other participants.</em> Update: (I’ve edited the comment below for clarity in response to an email from Intel. New info is shown in italics.)
It’s not Intel’s forum platform, it’s Broadridge’s forum platform. Small shareholders have no incentive to participate in the forum because they will perceive that anything they say will not be taken seriously. This is because everyone is classified by the size of their shareholding. They’re not people, they’re just a holding size. This is Broadridge’s decision, and it reflects their worldview where everyone is just an account. Social media, of which shareholder forums are one form, is about people interacting with people. On Broadridge’s Investor Network, which Intel is using, everyone is anonymous by default. Although it should be permitted, anonymity is not conducive to serious discussion on forums. Usually, people who are anonymous have something to hide and are less accountable for what they say. It would have been much better not to show holding ranges and instead allow users to create a profile and identify themselves, if that is what they wanted. Anyone who chose to be anonymous would not be taken seriously by other participants.

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2009/04/08/web-shareholder-meeting-questions/#comment-1046 Suzanne Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:47:59 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=999#comment-1046 How does Intel's forum "demean" retail stockholders? How does Intel’s forum “demean” retail stockholders?

]]> By: peter_einarsson (Peter PEI Einarsson) http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/2009/04/08/web-shareholder-meeting-questions/#comment-1048 peter_einarsson (Peter PEI Einarsson) Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:29:19 +0000 http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/?p=999#comment-1048 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/peter_einarsson" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div title="peter_einarsson (Peter PEI Einarsson)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://www.irwebreport.com/daily/wp-content/plugins/chatcatcher/picbg.jpg) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> <div title="peter_einarsson (Peter PEI Einarsson)" style="float:left;margin-left:-70px;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;background:url(http://purl.org/net/spiurl/peter_einarsson) no-repeat top;cursor:hand;"> </div> </a> RT @irwebreport: Companies using web for shareholder meeting questions [link to post]<br /><br /> - Posted using Chat Catcher Twitter Comment


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