Cover Story

What to do about the annual meeting?
By Carl T. Hagberg
First, a few ‘dirty little secrets’ about these events, and then some fixes for getting more out of the time and investment put into them.

A modest proposal from Norm Augustine
Five steps for dragging the annual meeting into the 21st century.

New technologies for new engagement
By Richard J. Daly
Benefits on offer are greater opportunities for shareholders to participate, higher levels of voting, more transparency, and lower costs.

The opportunity in ‘virtual’ meetings
By Gary Lutin
View from The Shareholder Forum on electronic participation.

Open your mindset to the bigger picture
By David Silverman
For a better annual meeting… look beyond the annual meeting.

The NIRI way to a better experience
By Jeff Morgan
Improving your meetings will improve your investor relationships.

The D&B survey:
The effectiveness of annual meetings
We asked our audience to render judgment, and weigh in they did.

Features

Needed: a thicker-skinned board
By Joseph Mills
Now in the Dodd-Frank era, don’t be so sensitive to voting outcomes.

The shareholder proposal: An appreciation
By Charles Elson
Seventy-plus years old, it is ‘the little resolution that could.’

Championing the ‘tough issues’
By Nancy McInerney-Lacombe and Diana Bilimoria
Who is better at it — men or women directors? We have an answer. Fred Steingraber (p. 44) and Alison Winter (p. 45) react.

A rare public peek into board dynamics
By Julie MacIntosh
The power centers, and power vacuums, on the Anheuser-Busch board during the takeover battle with InBev. ‘Follow Augusta’ was the word.

Book it: Best bets for board reading
From a roundup of new books, insights on talent management, acute problems, game changers, early lessons… and college reunions.

The boardroom is not a Blackberry patch
By Richard S. Levick
It is time to pay even greater attention to board meeting etiquette.

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