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Board members with marketing experience improve shareholder returns by 3% [benchmark]

Sword and the Script

of boards have directors with marketing experience, but 100% have directors with finance experience Companies that have board members with marketing experience outperform companies that do not. That’s the high-level finding of an academic study titled, When and How Does Board-Level Marketing Experience Impact Firm Performance ?

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In Memoriam: Ralph Kam, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

Ralph Kam, APR, Fellow PRSA, a longtime PRSA member and volunteer leader, passed away on March 25. Kam worked for decades in Hawaii’s PR profession, including government, health care, financial services and education roles. Kam’s journey with PRSA began in 1982 as a member, and he later assumed several leadership positions.

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Meet Board of Directors Nominee Joseph Abreu, APR

PRSay

Each week, PRsay will interview one of the nominees for the 2022 PRSA Board of Directors. Board nominee position: Treasurer. Number of years a PRSA member: 18 (plus two years as a PRSSA member). What have you learned about governance from your roles these past 15 years as a volunteer leader within PRSA?

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ESG pulse check: Board members concerned that companies will not deliver on ESG goals

Agility PR Solutions

Facing significant pressure to increase their oversight of ESG issues including climate and diversity, directors around the world say they’re concerned that their companies will not be able to execute on their ESG ambitions, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre.

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Evaluating board performance: Assessing effectiveness to strengthen governance

Wadds Inc.

In the second of this three-part series, we look at how you can evaluate your board to ensure it is working effectively on your behalf. We wrote recently about how to structure a board and the pitfalls to avoid. In this article, we explore how to evaluate your board’s performance. Ian Davidson is chairman of Wadds Inc.

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PR Lessons From The Biggest Failures of 2023

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The failure here was really one of governance, of course. It was caused in part by OpenAI’s unusual hybrid Board structure, which seeks to blend a nonprofit and a for-profit organization to balance commercial goals with adherence to its social mission.

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The Board of Directors’ Role In ESG, Reputation Management and Crisis Mitigation

Reputation Us

Numerous corporate scandals in the past decade illustrate just how unaware boards of directors can be about their companies’ deeply rooted problems. In many cases a board’s lack of diligence contributed in part to its company’s loss of reputation. Board’s Responsibility. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).