NIRI San Diego to Host January Meeting: "Effective Media Relations for Public Companies"

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National Investor Relations Institute San Diego Chapter

Jan 10, 2012, 12:35 ET

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The San Diego Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI San Diego) will be holding its monthly meeting on Thursday, January 19, and will feature industry experts who will be discussing the subject, "Effective Media Relations for Public Companies".

The panel will be discussing best practices for communicating with the investor community in high-profile, high-stakes situations.

The panel will include corporate and public relations communications professionals and will be moderated by investor relations and corporate communications expert Gwen Rosenberg, vice president, investor relations and corporate communications, Senomyx, Inc.

Speakers to include:

Jim Lucas, managing director, Abernathy MacGregor Group, Inc.
Dan Halvorson, former executive vice president and chief financial officer for DivX, Inc. (DivX was acquired by Sonic Solutions in late 2010)
Business media representative

The NIRI San Diego meeting will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2012 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Barney & Barney Conference Center, 9171 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA, 92122. Program fees are $25 for NIRI members and $45 for non-members.

Please RSVP by January 16 on the NIRI San Diego web site at http://www.nirisandiego.org/events

About the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)
Founded in 1969, NIRI is the professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts and other financial community constituents. The largest professional investor relations association in the world, NIRI has more than 3,500 members who represent 2,000 publicly held companies and $5.4 trillion in stock market capitalization. The NIRI San Diego chapter is one of over 30 chapters worldwide.

Investor Relations and NIRI
Investor relations is a strategic management responsibility that integrates finance, communication, marketing and securities law compliance to enable the most effective two-way communication between a company, the financial community, and other constituencies, which ultimately contributes to a company's securities achieving fair valuation. NIRI is dedicated to advancing the practice of investor relations and the professional competency and stature of its members. Information about upcoming programs can be found on the chapter's website at www.nirisandiego.org.

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