Public Companies Prosper in Pandemic
Roger Pondel of PondelWilkinson provides commentary for the San Fernando Business Journal’s special report titled, “Public Companies Prosper in Pandemic.”
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Performance Rules, but Perception is Everything: How to Know What Investors Truly Think About Your Company
This article was originally published by national news wire service BusinessWire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, on its global blog July 9. If you’re familiar with the British sci-fi fantasy series, Doctor Who, you know that a common plot device is the use of “perception filters,” in which aliens attempt to alter reality to reflect what they want […]
SPACs: No Small Potatoes, and Still Growing Like an Idaho Spud
It is nearly impossible these days to avoid SPACs, which many know by now stands for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. Roger Pondel and Laurie Berman of PondelWilkinson explore the rise and future success of SPACs.
Almost There and Entering Yet Another New Comfort Zone
Over the recent months, PondelWilkinson conducted an anecdotal survey among those with whom we regularly interface – corporate executives, analysts, business journalists, investors, among others.
Celebrating Our Past with an Eye on the Future
Each year, the Wilkinson Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a first-year strategic public relations graduate student with an interest in corporate/investor relations and reputation management. We recently had the pleasure to meet this year’s scholarship award recipient, Madeline Leon, a graduate student at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, who is now studying to […]
Home is Where the Heart (and Office) Is
By this stage in the pandemic, most of you have spent time working from home. According to Deloitte, more than 40 percent of U.S. workers were working from home full-time as of June 2020. Further, on average, CEOs expect 36 percent of their employees to be working remotely in January 2022, up from 13 percent […]
Take a Break from Stress: Add a Little Music to Your Life
Having days of ups and downs? Divisiveness and polarization causing the blues? You are not alone. A national survey we just commissioned on behalf of a client that provides tele-counseling to hundreds of anxious and stressed-out people each week shows that nearly 8 in 10 Americans are worried about the country’s future. The survey also […]
To Delete or Not to Delete: That is the Email Question
I hope this email finds you well. We all have come across this frustrating opening salvo at one time or another from some unknown person, touting a product or service that is of very little or no interest. The good news is that email marketing campaigns have evolved. Technology and social media are enabling email […]
Disappearing Transparency: A Call to Action
The proposed new SEC Form 13-F rules represent a huge step backwards to a time when issuers and the investing public had very little information about stock ownership.
When the Viral Fog Lifts
Those who live in Southern California fully understand the terms “May gray” and “June gloom.” It’s that time of year when the sun comes out late afternoon. The temperature isn’t that cold, but gloominess permeates the air and stays around for most of the daylight hours. Most people hate it. This year, at least for […]
