<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Soundboard Governance LLC]]></title><description><![CDATA[I provide consulting, research, writing and other services related to corporate law and governance.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:40:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Your Host!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just want to let you know about a new podcast that I've been asked to host called The Public Company Series Podcast.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/i-m-your-host</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6979825e042aa3bcbc752ef1</guid><category><![CDATA[board of directors]]></category><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[board composition]]></category><category><![CDATA[board committees]]></category><category><![CDATA[board succession]]></category><category><![CDATA[board leadership]]></category><category><![CDATA[board evaluations]]></category><category><![CDATA[board chair]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:21:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_0a9e5645ce8342a296ccd0279380069f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Inflection Points and Bridges to the Future: Career Lessons from Corporate Governance's Defining Moments"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The future of corporate governance is being written right now, in boardrooms where AI is informing critical decisions, in virtual meetings that are redefining director engagement, in new frameworks for governing algorithmic systems.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/inflection-points-and-bridges-to-the-future-career-lessons-from-corporate-governance-s-defining-mo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6876bb2532c2554b53250fd2</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate secretaries]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 21:34:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_892dda7edd734c31bfdd88a630460e3d~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_517,h_517,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soundboard Elegy: Five Years on My Own in Corporate Governance Land]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five years have gone by since I filed the paperwork to form a New Jersey limited liability company called Soundboard Governance.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/soundboard-elegy-five-years-on-my-own-in-corporate-governance-land</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d1e01ed8f998c0e173165c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:43:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_fd5e48e7d2514d9f9a6104b1df3a1c6a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paying for Restoring Trust at Boeing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pay for performance? Only if performance means restoring trust.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/paying-for-performance-at-boeing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">660329a0d6dc40782fc719cb</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[executive compensation]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 03:08:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_2f6642fd3d0b49a996c7d44d60516108~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_563,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Most Repulsive Shareholder Proposal Ever]]></title><description><![CDATA[This proposal marks a new low for the NLPC and the anti-ESG movement. It is deplorable in every sense of the word.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/the-most-repulsive-shareholder-proposal-ever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">653ff3f2f1f29452f579dc39</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[shareholder proposals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rule 14a-8]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:31:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_7950ef26669e45e8a64417fa22efc87c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_689,h_397,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society for Corporate Governance Announces Leadership Transition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andrew Fitzsimons Appointed Interim CEO of the Society for Corporate Governance; Doug Chia Appointed as Strategic Advisor to Interim CEO]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/society-for-corporate-governance-announces-leadership-transition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64b98dece5abfadfdc77616e</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESG]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:02:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_6c88e3e632274052b60b587ac46ca8da~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_200,h_200,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tesla's Annual Meeting Makes Elon Musk Look... Good]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla's Annual Shareholder Meeting and Cyber Roundup 2023 was so good that I almost forgot about Elon's bad side!]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/tesla-s-annual-meeting-makes-elon-musk-look-good</link><guid isPermaLink="false">646becd398eda49c8db0c444</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[annual meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual annual meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual shareholder meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[shareholder meetings]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 12:29:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_74d8c145d38c444c9681867c9fcda960~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_527,h_526,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guardians of the VSM Galaxy, Vol. 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the second consecutive year, Disney put in the effort to make its VSM exciting.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/guardians-of-the-vsm-galaxy-vol-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6467c9a2b349b58a99a4b1b8</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[annual meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual annual meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual shareholder meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[shareholder meetings]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2023 21:01:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_348c7c5bcf2b4f3ca8253083a13b0d93~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtual Shareholder Meetings: Don’t Ghost Me!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Projecting transparency at the annual meeting is a small but easy way to help you build trust.  ]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/virtual-shareholder-meetings-don-t-ghost-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">645a90dbf2427930e86e14ca</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[shareholder meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual shareholder meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual annual meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[annual meetings]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 17:20:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_e4e8524a35234504aa27ad3c654d7643~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attending Pfizer’s Virtual Shareholder Meeting on an iPhone]]></title><description><![CDATA[I decided to attend Pfizer’s virtual annual meeting on my phone...]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/attending-pfizer-s-virtual-annual-meeting-on-an-iphone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64551f9b116c545707b93153</guid><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[annual meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual annual meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual shareholder meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[shareholder meetings]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2023 17:50:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_0c4aa791b1214a929d4819d6275fe895~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_461,h_461,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion: Don't Bite The Fox]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fox Corporation has cut ties with Tucker Carlson. And once again, we see that Fox Corporation “did the right thing” for all the wrong...]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/opinion-don-t-bite-the-fox</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6447d8e5aadcb33db49decfe</guid><category><![CDATA[corporate culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[media]]></category><category><![CDATA[disclosure]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:36:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9dafb33096e54f079b13676ac3241ae8.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-ESG: A War On Two Fronts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anti-ESG politics has everything to do with elections and little to do with fiduciary duties and investment returns.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/anti-esg-a-war-on-two-fronts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64374a89b951392f0a9e9d10</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESG]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2023 12:00:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_ca30a804c7414fd785e7d03e21970136~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_198,h_198,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Honey, I Exculpated the Kids!"]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lesson on corporate law and parenting.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/honey-i-exculpated-the-kids</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63e572da63a9ee7bf88e5f91</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[fiduciary duties]]></category><category><![CDATA[board of directors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rutgers]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate laws]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delaware law]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 17:00:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_4cdde713ade04c1481ba0ac23fdcca8b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtual Shareholder Meeting as a Safety Measure?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What happened at Walgreens' annual meeting last week will make companies think hard before going back to in-person meetings.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/virtual-shareholder-meeting-as-a-safety-measure</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63dd88339158b23e0859fb7c</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[annual meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual annual meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual shareholder meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[shareholder meetings]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 22:40:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_24ad455e85b243f387db399d157d8a40~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney Wars II: The Shareholder Menace]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disney has a proxy fight on its hands, compliments of Trian Partners' Nelson Peltz. Here are my thoughts in a series tweets.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/disney-wars-ii-the-shareholder-menace</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63c05cb815e262605aaab987</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[shareholder activism]]></category><category><![CDATA[proxy contests]]></category><category><![CDATA[proxy fights]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 20:13:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_b9eb8b80f71d4183aa97649d70eab6d2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_483,h_483,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Build the Perfect Virtual Annual Meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies can create a worthwhile VSM experience for its shareholders without much extra cost, effort, or potential for complications.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/how-to-build-the-perfect-virtual-annual-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">639a0bedb2178631566769c3</guid><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[shareholder meetings]]></category><category><![CDATA[virtual shareholder meetings]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 20:55:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_8cda4b97cc5941aba368fb4de0b6f41c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shareholder Poet]]></title><description><![CDATA[In what may be an annual meeting first, a shareholder proponent recited an original poem to present their proposal.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/the-shareholder-poet</link><guid 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term.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/there-is-no-c-in-esg-an-illustration-of-esg-s-biggest-risk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6334962c0f3ee88e70893df5</guid><category><![CDATA[ESG]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[cyber security]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2022 20:50:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_b05afdc3a27643bda3d9f02734ec4d7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC (finally) jumps into ESG fund fracas]]></title><description><![CDATA[The SEC has taken the first steps to create some much-needed semblance of order and structure in the ESG investment 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proposed rules on Investment Company Names.]]></description><link>https://www.soundboardgovernance.com/post/comment-letter-sec-proposal-on-investment-company-names</link><guid isPermaLink="false">630e5982c7814db1c0fd0009</guid><category><![CDATA[SRI]]></category><category><![CDATA[CSR]]></category><category><![CDATA[SEC filings]]></category><category><![CDATA[disclosure]]></category><category><![CDATA[ESG]]></category><category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category><category><![CDATA[corpgov]]></category><category><![CDATA[securities regulation]]></category><category><![CDATA[governance]]></category><category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c1922b_850e6d80fe704d9a93667c5a1205f1aa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_512,h_487,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Doug Chia</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>