North Shore Tech Council Event to Focus on Investor Relations in the Social Media Age

NSTC Business Breakfast on 9/24: “The Challenge of Vocal Stakeholders: Investor Relations in the Social Media Age”

The recent high-profile Market Basket struggles and unfolding drama show how challenges with stakeholder relations can lead to amplified activism and trigger a social media downward spiral that gets played out via Facebook pages, Twitter posts, and even viral video anthems. How can companies today deal with the dramatic increase in shareholder involvement while communicating with investors through social media and stay on the right side of securities regulations? David C. Calusdian, Executive Vice President and Partner at Sharon Merrill Associates in Boston, will discuss key issues affecting how both public and private companies and individuals are managing communications with institutional investors, individual shareholders, and key stakeholders at the North Shore Technology Council breakfast event – Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 7:00 – 9:00 AM (7:00 AM networking and continental breakfast; 7:45 AM program begins). Danversport Yacht Club, 161 Elliott Street, Danvers, MA. Register for this event at www.nstc.org. The registration fee is $25 for NSTC members and $50 for non-members. E-mail events@nstc.org for more information. Sponsored by Applied Materials (http://www.amat.com)

OUR SPEAKER:

David C. Calusdian, Executive Vice President and Partner at Sharon Merrill Associates in Boston, also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). Calusdian oversees the implementation of investor relations programs, coaches senior executives in presentation skills,and provides strategic counsel to clients on numerous communications issues such as corporate disclosure, proxy proposals, shareholder activism, and earnings guidance. His clients are focused in the technology, industrial, life sciences, and retail sectors. Previously, Calusdian served as an account executive for the communications firm Jack Walsh & Associates, and also taught investor relations, public relations, and public speaking at Emerson College, where he received both a B.A. and an M.A. degree in Communications. A former board member and president of the National Investor Relations Institute’s Boston chapter, Calusdian is a frequent speaker and panelist at conferences sponsored by organizations including NIRI, NASDAQ, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Public Relations Society of America. He is frequently consulted on investor relations and communications topics by national media outlets.

About the North Shore Technology Council

The North Shore Technology Council (NSTC) is a non-profit, volunteer-led organization with a mission to build a strong ecosystem for the success of technology businesses north of Boston by facilitating collaboration, networking, professional growth and economic development in a collegial fashion. The NSTC welcomes the participation of senior executive and employees of technology businesses, entrepreneurs, companies that support technology businesses, academic and governmental units, and nonprofits. The council is on the Web at www.nstc.org and on Twitter @NSTechCouncil. Its office is at the Cummings Center in Beverly, Massachusetts.