The Best Way to Reach the Boardroom

Getting your message to the boardroom is the key challenge for marketers of corporate governance services and products.  Directors, C-level executives and corporate governance staff are busy, media-inundated, and increasingly difficult to reach.

Directors & Boards, the trusted thought leader in governance, puts you in direct contact with the most important and engaged directors with lead and business-generating products like webcasts, e-blasts, e-newsletters, director roundtables and live events—all packaged with the brand-building and only independent governance magazine.

Download the complete 2013 Directors & Boards Media Kit (.pdf file)

Directors & Boards is owned and operated by a working corporate director, and produces a variety of media products:

Directors & Boards Magazine

The first, and now the only, independent journal of corporate governance thought leadership. For 37 years, Directors & Boards has been the trusted print resource for corporate directors seeking best-in-class thought leadership.

Directors Roster

Directors & Boards' renowned Directors Roster features a roundup of recent director appointments, as well as profiles of selected directors, and a demographic index of appointments. Most readers turn first to this sponsored section.

Directors & Boards E-Briefing

The monthly Directors & Boards E-Briefing reaches 9,500 opt-in subscribers with selected content from the journal, profiles, news, research and a calendar of events, and features prominent ad banner positions.

Directors & Boards Annual Report

Directors & Boards' annual special issue focused on the state of corporate governance, with an in-depth take on issues directors will wrestle with in the year ahead. The issue is timed to follow the majority of our readers' own annual meetings, and provides advertisers with bonus distribution and reach.

Directors & Boards Roundtables

Directors & Boards Roundtables are sponsored, intimate gatherings of the most senior directors who participate in a guided dialog about the most important governance issues they face.

The Private Company Governance Summit

Held May 15-17, 2013, in Washington, D.C., this event will focus on the unique governance needs of private companies, including:

Produced in partnership with Family Business Magazine, The Private Company Governance Summit will leverage best practices from public company governance to the benefit of fast-growing and thriving privately owned businesses.

Limited sponsorships and speaking opportunities are available.

Directors & Boards Webinars

Directors & Boards Webinars are a significant and successful way for marketers to reach out to directors and corporate governance professionals, and generate direct and actionable leads.  Produced once a month, Directors & Boards Webinars provide a one hour live and archived educational session, moderated by editor Jim Kristie, and featuring sponsor executives and significant directors as co-presenters.

Webinars are marketed to Directors & Boards’ double opt-in list of e-Newsletter recipients, and typically generate between 200 and 400 registrants by the date of the event, with a significant long-tail of registrants who view replays of the webinars archived on both the sponsors’ and Directors & Boards’ websites.  All webinar marketing includes social media links for extended reach.

Additional thought leadership opportunities are available in Directors & Boards’ monthly e-Briefing, which features content from webinar sponsors.

Directors & Boards Research

Every issue of Directors & Boards features the results of an in-depth study, conducted by the magazine, on major governance issues and trends. Sponsorships are available.

Directors & Board E-Blasts

Push your direct response message directly to Directors & Boards' double-opt-in e-subscriber list with highly effective html e-blasts, brought to readers under the trusted brand of Directors & Boards .

To reach privately held companies, extended reach is available through sister publication Family Business Magazine’s e-Blast list and twice-monthly e-Newsletter.

Directors & Boards Online

Directors & Boards' website features selected contents from the magazine and its archives, as well as Jim Kristie's blog, and other relevant governance content. Marketers may sponsor entire "channels" of free content (organized by subject area, see your advertising executive for details), and take advantage of powerful banner ad positioning.

2013 Media Kit (complete)

(The above media kit contains the following elements, which can be downloaded for easy reference.)

2013 Rate Card
Circulation
Editorial Calendar

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E-mail: scottchase@verizon.net

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