The 2010 Innovations in Employee Ownership Awards were announced at last week's NCEO Employee Ownership Conference:

Unlock Creative Genius through Employee Ownership shares seven ways for a company to utilize their "intellectual capital" to create an "innovation engine" that will ultimately create value for the company:

Do you know the ESOP Advocates? provides a listing of the ESOP champions of the 111th United States Congress:

The April 14, 2010 Employee Ownership Update is online and discusses the following:

I will be presenting Coordinating Your ESOP with Other Plans on Wednesday, April 21 at the Hilton Minneapolis as part of the Annual NCEO/Beyster Institute Employee Ownership Conference:

AACE Awards 2010 – And the Winner is… announces the winners of the 2010 Annual Awards for Communications Excellence (AACE):

The ESOP Association has announced the 2010 Silver ESOP Award Winners:

The NCEO has released The State of Employee Ownership 2010:

ESOP: Employee ownership of companies on the rise discusses how employee owned companies are more productive and could benefit the economy as a whole.

Responding to Unsolicited Offers to Buy discusses the issues that the CEO, Board of Directors, and trustees face when an unsolicited offer is received. It talks about how a "not for sale" resolution could make things worse, at least from a trustee perspective. The article suggests a Policy on Unsolicited Offers that should be reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors on a regular basis and provides a template:

The March 31, 2010 Employee Ownership Update is online and discusses the following:

The NCEO has updated their Statistical Profile of Employee Ownership for 2009: