Prospective Client TCB Membership Overview17

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Jack SheltonDirector, Associate Service

The Conference Board

Trusted Insights for Business Worldwide


Membership Overview


Today’s agenda

The Conference Board mission

The “nexus of knowledge” and enterprise-wide approach

The value of membership

Membership goals

Questions / Comments / Conclusion


Our Mission

To provide the world’s leading

organizations with the practical

knowledge they need to improve their

business performance and better

serve society.


Highlighted history of The Conference Board

1916 Founded by a group of CEOs concerned about the impact of workplace issues on business.

1940s Begins tracking Director’s compensation and corporate contributions.

1967 Launches the Consumer Confidence Index

1976 Creates The Conference Board CEO Confidence Index

1996 Assumes control of the U.S. Leading Economics Indicators from the U.S. Government

2002 Convenes The Conference Board Commission of Public Trust and Private Enterprise


The “nexus of knowledge” is where our expertise, your experiences and our peer-to-peer learning networks combine to

produce one-of-a-kind insights


Benefit from an enterprise-wide perspective to make the right strategic decisions


We focus on your most pressing challenges through four clear lenses

Governance & Corporate Values

Risk & Opportunity Management

Strategy & Transformational Decisions

Citizenship & Sustainability

Strategic Workforce Planning

Leadership

People Management, Talent, and Incentives

Diversity & Inclusion

Economy & Dynamics of Growth

Markets and Institutions

Creating Wealth & Value

Global Presence

Functional Excellence

Performance Enhancement & Measurement

In-sourcing/Outsourcing

Global Operations Challenges and High Performance

Corporate Leadership

Human Capital

High PerformingOrganizations

Economy, Markets & Value Creation

Challenges, opportunities and transformation ofCEOs and C-Suite executives facing an unprecedented, high-pressure environment of owners, regulations, markets, global forces and competing management models.

The need to be global and local to properly address workforce opportunities, challenges and best practices, while anticipating the implications of the changing labor market, business environment, work content and market/supply-chain footprint.

Economic, and market-related issues that shape prospects strategic and guide investment and operational activities of global corporations.

Locating responsibility and driving relevant performance measurement, adaptive development and continuous improvement in complex, diverse and widely distributed organizations facing intensified global competition.


Successful implementation of organizational strategiesrequires full alignment


Differential value of our membership: enterprise-wide insights on critical issues


Membership Benefits

Access to all Research Reports in a variety of formats. Access to all Annual Studies (CEO Challenge, Top Executive Compensation, Directors’

Compensation, and Board Practices and Corporate Contributions). Executive Action Reports – weekly electronic reports. StraightTalk – an economics update by Bart van Ark, Chief Economist. Members Only website access (download research).

KnowlEdge Series - Each KnowlEdge Series is composed of three or four half-hour programs that build on each other. This interactive, web-based format enures ease of access.

Economics Watch – a complimentary briefing series with Bart van Ark with a monthly recap of all the Global Leading Economic Indicators and economic news

Unlimited access to the Business Information Service (secondary research) within 48 hours – “Ask the Library.”

Conference Keynotes - A one hour condensed version of our Conferences with all materials, Key Issues, Benchmarks & Action Steps

Complimentary conference for the Liaison Executive (LE). On-site briefings for economics and management research. CEO briefings and special programs. Eligibility to join Councils and Research Working Groups. 50% discount on conferences for Council Members. Eligibility for Premiere-level conference sponsorship. Director of Associate Service professional assigned and dedicated to assist you in

maximizing membership value.


The Conference Board What Distinguishes Us?

Comprehensive: One membership includes all departments and access to: Our outstanding original research Business Information Service for quick

secondary research requests Council and Research Working Group

participation Additional fees for some programs are

modest

Samples:

• Comprehensive Economic research for strategic planning

• Board attends Directors’ Institute at reduced cost

• CFO joins Council of Financial Executives

• HR participates in Strategic Workforce Planning study with other interested companies

valuefor the enterprise


Answers to your questions

Business Information Service “Ask the Library” delivers quick answers from our specialists, who draw from The Conference Board research and online databases to fulfill any secondary research request.

24 – 48 hour turn-around timeSamples• Industry overviews, trends

and forecasts.• Consumer demographics• U.S. and international

economic statistics.• Corporate management practices.• Specific company information. answers


Research Working Groups let you drive the research

Research Working Groups are where small networks of executives develop research on issues that will

enhance individual and company performance

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New online direction


Membership Goals

Utilization by all appropriate professionals within your organization.

What are your greatest challenges? What keeps you up at night?

What can The Conference Board do to further add value to your membership experience?

Questions / Comments?


To ensure value through your

participation in the world’s foremost

community of business leadership

Our unwavering promise

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