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• Click here for an inspiring video clip from the 2011 End of Annual Meeting Celebration..honoring David Smith, former President of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals...and a Benefit for Fountain House and Fountain Gallery.: Easy to skim for David's remarks, for comments from a Fountain House Member or to search for friends. Don't miss the prize drawing at the end!

• What's The Next Big Thing in Corporate Governance? Holding Directors' Feet to the Fire Over the Cost of Capital...Finally, a governance reform worth making, we say.

• Reaching Out to Investors:
  Some of the savviest people in America reach out to YOU with tips on how to interact with investors more effectively...in the OPTIMIZER'S 2010 Special Supplement.

• What To Do About the Annual Meeting:
  The cover story from the First Quarter 2011 issue of Directors and Boards magazine. The Optimizer's editor shares a few "dirty little secrets" about shareholder meetings and lays out some ideas for fixing what's broken - and for getting more value for the billions of dollars that are spent on shareholder meetings each year.

• Who Counted Those Votes, Madam Chairman? - Our 2010 - 2011 Team of Independent Inspectors of Election

• Our latest tips on small shareholder buyback programs

• Incentives that will prod investors to vote their proxies...plus the top-three dis-incentives

• Meeting Admission Criteria

• "StayingConnected"...with Current and Prospective Investors, Key Suppliers and Our Key Industry Organizations...the 13th Annual Special Supplement to the Shareholder Service Optimizer (pages 1-32)
  
  "StayingConnected"...with Current and Prospective Investors, Key Suppliers and Our Key Industry Organizations...the 13th Annual Special Supplement to the Shareholder Service Optimizer (pages 33-64)

• A Quick Primer on Tabulating and Reporting Voting Results at Annual and Special Meetings of Shareholders

• Everything You Need to Know About Notice and Access in Year-Two - and About E-Proxies Too" is covered in this webcast, hosted by the inimitable Broc Romanek, editor of The Corporate Counsel.net. Panelists include Lyell Dampeer of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Keir Gumbs, Esq. of Covington & Burling, LLP, proxy solicitors Tom Ball of Morrow & Co. and Paul Schulman of The Altman Group...and your editor. Read the transcript here...or sign up after clicking this link for a free trial of the audio version.

• Engaging Institutional Shareholders: Should board directors be doing so, as recommended by the NACD's Blue Ribbon Commission? If so, how?": Hear this very timely and thought-provoking panel discussion, that was first broadcast on Feb 4th, 2009, moderated by Howard Christensen, Chairman of The Capital Markets Board, featuring John Wilcox, Chairman of Sodali Ltd. a noted Corporate Governance Authority and a member of the NACD Commission, David W. Smith, President of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, David Birk, SVP, Chief Legal Officer, GC and Secretary of Avnet, Jack Henry, Founder & CEO, Sierra Blanca Ventures and your editor, Carl Hagberg, by clicking here...

• Essential Tools From A to Z...and What You Need To Know About Buying Them

• A checklist Of "Best Practices" In Selecting A Transfer Agent

• Odd-Lot Buyback Programs: Great For Their Vendors, But Not Necessarily Good For You  -- Or Your Shareholders

• The Time Has Come For Companies To Educate Their Shareholders About The Value Of Their Votes ...

• Step-One in Preparing for your Annual Meeting ...

• A Big Money Saving Tip We've Been Reluctant To Push…’Til Now

•  "DRPs and DSPPs: Powerful tools to "Optimize" the value of your retail investor base." (A special supplement to the OPTIMIZER and Part III of our ongoing series on "The Basics" of Shareholder Service.

•   A Special Offer to new SSA members, and to new members of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals:    Download the subscription form, note that you are a new SSA or Society member, and we will "grandfather" our old rate of $275 per year.

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