BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20111012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20111013 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:* Worcester Business Journal Family Business Summit DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 12\, 2011\n\nBeechwood Hotel\, Worcester 7:30am - Noon\n\n\n\n$65 per person\n\n\n\nA half day workshop for the region's family businesses.\n\nEach of the three sessions will be a facilitated panel discussion with experts\n\nsharing their knowledge and practical advice on these important topics.\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 1\n\n HOW WE SURVIVED OUR FAMILY BUSINESS TRANSITION WITHOUT DERAILING\n\nUnderstanding how others in family business have orchestrated the changing of the guard will help you\n\nconsider what style of leadership will best serve your company. \n\n \n\nModerator\, Frank Hoy\n\nPaul R. Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in WPI's Department of Management\n\n \n\nPanelists: \n\n1. Chris McKeen\, Auto Tire & Service\, Boston\, MA\n\n2. Eric Hogopian\, President\, Hoppe Technologies\, Inc.\, Chicopee\, MA\n\n \n\n\n\nSession 2\n\n HOW TO HAVE A SOLID LIQUIDITY EVENT\n\nYou will learn some of the fundamentals of what it takes to properly position a family business for sale\; how\n\nto think about inside sales\; what you are actually selling\; what terms can enhance the deal\; how to help\n\nyour family know when and how to sell (or buy).\n\n \n\nModerator\, Greg McCann\n\nAuthor/Founder\, McCann & Associates\n\nGreg is a nationally known educator\, speaker and consultant to family businesses\, and author of "When Your Parents Sign the Paychecks."\n\n \n\nPanelists:\n\n1. Andrew Crain\, Managing Director - Briggs Capital\, LLC\, \n\n(Grandmother's Mincemeat - Whipple & Co. story)\n\n2.James Kaloyanides\, Jr.\, Owner - New England Coffee Co.\, Malden\, MA\n\n3. Amelia Renkert-Thomas\, President\, Fisher Renkert LLC\, Dedham\, MA\n\n \n\n\n\nSession 3\n\n HOW TO KEEP YOUR GROWING FAMILY BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL\, COMMUNICATIVE AND PROFITABLE\n\nYour family business' odds for success depend on your skill at negotiating differences\, determining what it\n\ntakes to grow from a single leader to team of siblings and cousins\, and create policies and structures that\n\ncontrol the chaos.\n\n \n\nModerator\, Jane Hilburt Davis\n\nAuthor/Founding Principal\, Key Resources\n\nJane is the author of "Consulting to Family Business: A Practical Guide to Contracting\, Assessment\, and Implementation\," and has worked with families in business\, succeeding in growing the "family-ness" factor that is most evident in the most high-functioning family companies.\n\n \n\nPanelists:\n\n1. Sharon Orr\, President - Notch Mechanical Constructors\, Hudson\, MA\n\n2. Dave Dunn\, CEO - Dunn and Co.\, Clinton\, MA\n\n \n\nFor a detailed agenda\, speaker information and to register visit \n\nwbjournal.com/event/fbsummit X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nWednesday\, October 12\, 2011
\nBeechwood Hotel\, Worcester &bull\; 7:30am - Noon
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\n$65 per person
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\nA half day workshop for the region'\;s family businesses.
\nEach of the three sessions will be a facilitated panel discussion with experts
\nsharing their knowledge and practical advice on these important topics.
\n
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\nSession 1
\n&bull\; HOW WE SURVIVED OUR FAMILY BUSINESS TRANSITION WITHOUT DERAILING
\nUnderstanding how others in family business have orchestrated the changing of the guard will help you
\nconsider what style of leadership will best serve your company. \;
\n \;
\nModerator\, \; Frank Hoy
\nPaul R. Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in WPI'\;s Department of Management
\n \;
\nPanelists:  \;
\n1. Chris McKeen\, Auto Tire &\; Service\, Boston\, MA
\n2. Eric Hogopian\, President\, Hoppe Technologies\, Inc.\, Chicopee\, MA
\n \;
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\nSession 2
\n&bull\; HOW TO HAVE A SOLID LIQUIDITY EVENT
\nYou will learn some of the fundamentals of what it takes to properly position a family business for sale\; how
\nto think about inside sales\; what you are actually selling\; what terms can enhance the deal\; how to help
\nyour family know when and how to sell (or buy).
\n \;
\nModerator\, \; Greg McCann
\nAuthor/Founder\, McCann &\; Associates
\nGreg is a nationally known educator\, speaker and consultant to family businesses\, and author of "\;When Your Parents Sign the Paychecks."\;
\n \;
\nPanelists:
\n1. Andrew Crain\, Managing Director - Briggs Capital\, LLC\, \;
\n(Grandmother'\;s Mincemeat - Whipple &\; Co. story)
\n2.James Kaloyanides\, Jr.\, Owner - New England Coffee Co.\, Malden\, MA
\n3. Amelia Renkert-Thomas\, President\, Fisher Renkert LLC\, Dedham\, MA
\n \;
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\nSession 3
\n&bull\; HOW TO KEEP YOUR GROWING FAMILY BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL\, COMMUNICATIVE AND PROFITABLE
\nYour family business'\; odds for success depend on your skill at negotiating differences\, determining what it
\ntakes to grow from a single leader to team of siblings and cousins\, and create policies and structures that
\ncontrol the chaos.
\n \;
\nModerator\, \;Jane Hilburt Davis
\nAuthor/Founding Principal\, Key Resources
\nJane is the author of "\;Consulting to Family Business: A Practical Guide to Contracting\, Assessment\, and Implementation\,"\; and has worked with families in business\, succeeding in growing the "\;family-ness"\; factor that is most evident in the most high-functioning family companies.
\n \;
\nPanelists:
\n1. Sharon Orr\, President - Notch Mechanical Constructors\, Hudson\, MA
\n2. Dave Dunn\, CEO - Dunn and Co.\, Clinton\, MA
\n \;
\nFor a detailed agenda\, speaker information and to register visit
\nwbjournal.com/event/fbsummit
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