Alexander Laskin (@AlexanderLaskin), an assistant professor at Quinnipiac University, is teaching an introductory investor relations class and using Twitter as one of the venues students will be discussing issues facing the profession today. They are using the Twitter hashtag #irclass. I’ve been reading some of the tweets and a couple of the students’ blog posts, and I’m excited that at least a couple of students have chosen to focus on investor relations and the web, an area that I obviously find interesting. Student John Greenlaw (@jagreenlaw) has started a blog on Investor Relations & New Media and has reviewed Apple Inc.’s use of the web for IR, a poor model to study, unfortunately. (John, compare Apple to Intel or Microsoft or IBM and you’ll see why.) And Sarah Beyel (@SBeyel_IR) has decided to focus on Investor Relations and Facebook, which she is covering on her IR Blog, a subject I’m deeply interested in and have written about here. There are quite a few practicing IROs and IR counselors on Twitter who could be good resources for students (see this list by @serena). I’m @irwebreport and am happy to help where I can.
