Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Steve Sheppard – On the Road Again

Steve Sheppard is a frequent speaker to employee-owned companies and the ESOP community at large on the financial and transformational potential of employee ownership.   Now, in partnership with the Employee Ownership Foundation, Steve is scheduling speaking engagements with business leaders and opinion makers who are not aware of the power of employee ownership through an ESOP for employees and companies sponsoring ESOPs.   Steve, former CEO of the employee-owned Foldcraft Company...

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Reminder - Edmunson Scholarships Available for 2009

The Charles E. Edmunson Scholarship Program, the oldest and most recognized of the Employee Ownership Foundation’s programs, will once again award scholarships to winning ESOP companies to help defray the cost of sending non-management employee owners to ESOP Association programs and seminars focused on ownership education.   For more information on the scholarship program or for information on how to apply, please contact Gwenn Rosenthal at gwenn@esopassociation.org or call 202/293-2971.   Don’t...

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Question from a Reader – What Do You Do?

The following question is from an ESOP Association member. This is a question/comment we are asked numerous times a year. We wanted to post it here as a topic of discussion so members of the community can share their experiences and ideas for getting employee owners involved and excited about the ESOP.   My company is 100% employee owned and has been for the last five years.  Unfortunately, that does not mean a lot to the staff because it is not real to the majority of the...

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Monday, February 09, 2009

Good ESOP News

We wanted to share with everyone the following link to an article on Axiom News which talks about the power of employee ownership.   ESOP companies mark the Fortune 100 list There is power in ownership: Keeling Friday February 6, 2009 -- Camille Jensen http://www.axiomnews.ca/NewsArchives/2009/February/February06.html   There is no better time than now to share your positive stories about the ESOP and its impact on your employee owners. With all the negative news about the...

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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

AACE Awards 2009

We are once again approaching the AACE (Annual Awards for Communications Excellence) Awards deadline. Add March 2, 2009 to your calendar now!   Additional information about the AACE Awards can be found on The ESOP Association’s website at http://www.esopassociation.org/resources/resources_AACE.asp. The 2009 brochure, which contains this year’s guidelines, can be found there as well.   The AACE Awards are a wonderful way to document the communications work of...

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