While the Employee Ownership Foundation is involved in numerous projects to share the idea of employee ownership with the non-ESOP world (such as the Steve Sheppard Speaking Tour, the General Social Survey, and Fellowship Programs), we also recognize that ESOP advocates promoting the ESOP message at meetings and conferences of their peer groups is an important, and effective way, to spread the word. Some might call it ESOP “missionary work” with tongue in cheek, but when a lawyer, accountant, valuator, financial planner, and other experts in ESOPs make presentations, or write articles for their professional groups, that is precisely preaching for ESOPs.

 

For example, ESOP Association members Ronald J. Gilbert, CLU, ChFC; Dickson C. Buxton, CLU, ChFC; Bryan J. Golden, MS; and Paige A. Ryan, MIB presented “Navigating through Tough Times with the Aid of Employee Ownership” at a recent event in Boston held by the American College Knowledge Summit.   If you click here, you can find out more information about the program.

 

Taking the time to share information about ESOPs peer to peer as these Association members did is an example of how all of us can increase the number of ESOPs in America and makes us stronger. The Employee Ownership Foundation will work to continue its outreach in 2010.