STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS COACHING

MEDIA TRAINING

PRESENTATION SKILLS

CRISIS MANAGEMENT

FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS

VIDEO PRODUCTION

QUESTIONNAIRES
& EVALUATIONS

FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS

According to the National Investor Relations Institute, almost 85 percent of publicly traded companies regularly conduct earnings calls with Wall Street analysts. Today more than half (55 percent of 2,700) of the 2,700 publicly traded companies affiliated with NIRI have "opened" their calls to financial media and individual investors.

That number shot up from 30 percent just a year earlier. Some credit this change to the "democratic" nature of many New Economy companies, who were in the vanguard of open calls. The bottom line for executives is that their audience is growing, and new skills are needed to distinguish one company from the next in today's cluttered and competitive communications environment. In the financial arena effective leaders must be able to move easily between quarterly conference calls, annual investor gatherings and small meetings with buy and sell-side analysts.

WPNT offers a graduated curriculum of financial communications training programs designed to make each of these interactions more strategic and more meaningful. Taking part in our programs are WPNT Press and Analyst Corps members including former Wall Street analysts, veteran investor relations professionals and members of the financial trade media. All have signed strict confidentiality agreements.

WPNT also assists clients with the communications aspects of debt and balance sheet restructuring, IPO preparation and launch, financial media tours, and investor outreach for a wide range of clients including many in the manufacturing, technology, media, pharmaceutical and telecom sectors.