All Briefs
2018
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Participate in the 2018 Business Contributions to the Arts Survey
May 21 | Alex Parkinson, Former Communications Institute Co-Leader, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The 2018 Business Contributions to the Arts survey, conducted by The Conference Board and Americans for the Arts, is open until Friday, June 8. Please share your data regarding your organization's support for the arts to help us provide important benchmarking information to the corporate philanthropy and arts communities. The survey should take no more than 15-20 minutes to complete.
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Digital Media Predictions for a Post-GDPR World
May 17 | Susan Getgood, Vice President - Product Innovation, SHE Media | Comments (1)Last week, a business acquaintance made a ballsy prediction on LinkedIn for which he took a fair amount of flak. Posting a comment, I noted that his essential point was not that much of a stretch. Of course, there were nuances to the argument, but a long statement with a bunch of caveats wouldn’t be nearly as interesting or thought-provoking. Predictions have to push at the edges or people won’t pay attention. So, I figured it was time to step onto the ledge and make some predictions.
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A Fireside Chat on Impact and Mission Measurement
May 15 | Katharine Bierce, Senior Associate, Digital Content, Salesforce | Comments (0)As part of staying up to date on corporate social responsibility and nonprofit program management best practices, we sat down for a chat with Jason Saul, Founder and CEO of Mission Measurement, and Alex Parkinson, Senior Researcher and Director of the Society for New Communications Research of The Conference Board (SNCR). Here’s what we learned about why it’s important to measure impact, what donors expect, current trends—and common mistakes.
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On Governance: Caremark Decision and Reputational Risk Through #MeToo Glasses
May 15 | Arthur Kohn, General Counsel - ERISA, Compensation & Benefits, Citi | Vanessa Richardson, Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Comments (0)Public and private businesses today face many decisions that do not arise from, and have consequences far beyond, solely financial performance. Rather, these decisions are primarily driven by, and implicate, important social, cultural and political concerns. They include harassment, pay equity and other issues raised by the #MeToo movement.
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Should You Consider the Value of Adding Younger Directors to Your Board?
May 10 | Governance Center | Comments (0)Governance Center member PwC Governance Insights Center, in conjunction with Diligent and Boardroom Resources, is hosting a webinar at 2:30 p.m. EST May 23 about the value of adding younger directors to a corporate board.
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Survey on Board-Shareholder Engagement Practices Open
May 10 | Governance Center | Comments (0)As part of a research project on board-shareholder engagement practices, The Conference Board and Rutgers Law School are conducting a confidential survey of corporate secretaries, general counsel, and chief legal officers.
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Financial Times Op-Ed: We May be Missing the Productivity Revival in the Global Economy
May 09 | Bart van Ark, Managing Director, The Productivity Institute, The University of Manchester | Comments (0)Policymakers returned home from last month’s spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF with a clear message. The current short-term outlook provides no guarantee for sustained economic growth in the medium-term. Not surprisingly the word “productivity” therefore appears many times in this edition of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook. Productivity growth will be one of the most effective ways to prevent the recent upswing in global growth from slowing down prematurely.
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On Governance: News from the Front
May 08 | Robert Lamm, ESG Center Fellow, The Conference Board | Comments (0)So, what’s on the mind of our institutional owners? First, an overriding concern with capital structures that limit or eliminate voting rights of “common” shareholders.
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Better Businesses Mean a Better World: An Approach through the SDG Framework
May 08 | Jeff Hoffman, Institute Leader, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy, ESG Center, The Conference Board | Comments (1)At the spring meeting of The Conference Board’s Global CSR & Philanthropy Council, the group closely considered their next steps with regard to the SDGs. Members had provocative discussions stimulated by various guest speakers from organizations such as the United Nations Foundation, US-ASEAN Business Council, The Conference Board, and Palladium.