Family Business Calendar

2008

March

27: "From the Indy 500 to 'JIFFY' Mix: Professionalizing Our Family Firm While Retaining Our Values," program sponsored by the Delaware Valley Family Business Center, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., at Indian Valley Country Club, Telford, Pa. Howdy Holmes, third-generation chairman/president of Chelsea Milling Co., will offer his perspective on leading the transformation of his century-old family firm after having gained 20 years' outside experience, Henry Landes, DVFBC president, and The Thompson Family of Laminators Inc., Hatfield, Pa., will also present "Giving and Receiving the Parental Blessing." Contact forum director Sally Derstine at (215) 723-8413 or sally@dvfbc.com; http://www.dvfbc.com.

April

3-4: Women's Leadership Conference, New York. For details, see http://www.conference-board.org/women or call (212) 339-0345.

9-11: Association for Corporate Growth's 37th Annual InterGrowth Confernece, Marriott World Center Resort, Orlando, Fla. Contact Joanne Bonaminio at (312) 673-4981 or jbonaminio@acg.org; http://www.acg.org/intergrowth8.

10-11: "Challenge of Succession: Managing for the Future," fourth annual conference of the Family Business Network USA/Loyola University Chicago's Family Business Center, at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago. The event is open exclusively to large and midsized family-owned businesses from across the globe. Presentations will explore strategy, management and legal issues; the process and outcomes of succession activities; and the emotional impact of change during and after a succession. For information, see http://www.luc.edu/fbc/pdfs/FBC_Conference_April_2008.pdf.

16: "Don't Run Your Business with Your Heart, or Make Family Decisions with Your Head," program sponsored by the UMass Family Business Center, 5 to 8:30 p.m., at the Delaney House, Holyoke, Mass. Howdy Holmes, president of Chelsea Milling Co. in Chelsea, Mich., the manufacturer of "Jiffy" baking muxes, will speak. Contact center director Ira Bryck at (413) 545-1537 or bryck@contined.umass.edu; http://www.umass.edu/fambiz.

May

1-2: Women's Leadership Conference, San Diego. For details, see http://www.conference-board.org/women or call (212) 339-0345.

14: "Are Your Command and Control Leadership Heroics Creating Weak Employees?" program sponsored by the UMass Family Business Center, 5 to 8:30 p.m., at Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, Northampton, Mass. Presenter Allan Cohen, who holds Babson College's Edward A. Madden Distinguished Professorship in Global Leadership, will discuss shared leadership and responsibility. The presentation will provide actionable advice and guidance, show participants how to create a dynamic, supercharged organizational culture of shared responsibility, and unveil the mind-traps that keep organizations locked into outmoded concepts of leadership. Contact center director Ira Bryck at (413) 545-1537 or bryck@contined.umass.edu; http://www.umass.edu/fambiz.

21: "Passing on the Wealth of Your Life: It's Much More Than Money," program sponsored by the Delaware Valley Family Business Center, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., at Blue Bell Country Club, Blue Bell, Pa. Susan Turnbull, author of The Wealth of Your Life: A Step-By-Step Guide for Creating Your Ethical Will, will speak. Contact forum director Sally Derstine at (215) 723-8413 or sally@dvfbc.com; http://www.dvfbc.com.

27-29: The Families in Business Conference -- The 21st Century Family Business, San Francisco. The fifth private forum in North America for leading family businesses. Learn about key strategies and best practices shared by successful family businesses. Attendance is restricted to family members and principals, executives from family and patrimonial businesses, family controlled family/private investment offices unaffiliated with any banks or financial service firm or corporation, and close advisers. To view this year's speaking faculty, qualify online and register, please visit http://www.campdenconferences.com or call (212) 382-4602.

June

17: "With a Name Like Smuckers, What Were We Thinking? How to Creatively Yet Practically Brand Your Product or Service," program sponsored by the UMass Family Business Center, 5 to 8:30 p.m., at Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House, Holyoke, Mass. Experts scheduled to speak are John Bidwell of strategic branding firm Bidwell ID; Darby O'Brien of Darby O'Brien Advertising; and Marc Weinberger, a professor at UMass Amherst Isenberg School of Management. Contact center director Ira Bryck at (413) 545-1537 or bryck@contined.umass.edu; http://www.umass.edu/fambiz.

25-26: The Families in Business Conference -- Governing the Family for Multi-Generational Success, Chicago. The second annual private forum in Chicago for leading family businesses in North America. Learn about key strategies and best practices shared by successful family businesses. Attendance is restricted to family members and principals, executives from family and patrimonial businesses, family controlled family/private investment offices unaffiliated with any banks or financial service firm or corporation, and close advisers. To view this year's speaking faculty, qualify online and register, please visit http://www.campdenconferences.com or call (212) 382-4602.

September

18: "From Parenting to Partnering: A Unique Challenge in Family Business," program sponsored by the Delaware Valley Family Business Center, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., at Indian Valley Country Club, Telford, Pa. John Fast, author of The Family Business Doctor: Ensuring the Long-Term Health of Your Business Family, will speak. Contact forum director Sally Derstine at (215) 723-8413 or sally@dvfbc.com; http://www.dvfbc.com.

22-24: The Family Office & Alternative Investment Conference, Boston. Family office and alternative investment meeting in North America exclusively for families, significant private investors and family offices. Attendance is restricted to family members and principals, executives from family and patrimonial businesses, family controlled family/private investment offices unaffiliated with any banks or financial service firm or corporation, and close advisers. To view this year's speaking faculty, qualify online and register, please visit http://www.campdenconferences.com or call (212) 382-4602.

October

14: "You Can and Should Shape Your Own Future, Because If You Don't, Someone Else Surely Will," program sponsored by the UMass Family Business Center, 5 to 9 p.m., at Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House, Holyoke, Mass. Futurist Joel Barker, author of Future Edge, will speak. Contact center director Ira Bryck at (413) 545-1537 or bryck@contined.umass.edu; http://www.umass.edu/fambiz.

November

13: "Creating Our Family Constitution: A Competitive Advantage," program sponsored by the Delaware Valley Family Business Center and hosted by Shady Maple Smorgasbord, East Earl, Pa. Tours and dinner begin at 5:15 p.m.; program begins at 7:15 p.m. Contact forum director Sally Derstine at (215) 723-8413 or sally@dvfbc.com; http://www.dvfbc.com.

18-19: The Families in Business Conference, New York. The third annual private forum in New York for leading family businesses in North America. Learn about key strategies and best practices shared by successful family businesses. Attendance is restricted to family members and principals, executives from family and patrimonial businesses, family controlled family/private investment offices unaffiliated with any banks or financial service firm or corporation, and close advisers. To view this year's speaking faculty, qualify online and register, please visit http://www.campdenconferences.com or call (212) 382-4602.

December

9: "Values Create Better Value: How a Personal Mission Becomes a Successful Business Strategy," program sponsored by the UMass Family Business Center, 5 to 9 p.m. Location to be announced. Tom Chappell, CEO and cofounder of Tom's of Maine, will speak. Contact center director Ira Bryck at (413) 545-1537 or bryck@contined.umass.edu; http://www.umass.edu/fambiz.

Send calendar submissions to Barbara Spector, Editor, Family Business, 1845 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 405-6084, fax (215) 405-6079; bspector@familybusinessmagazine.com.