16th Annual Prairie Family Business Conference Agenda

16th Annual Family Business Conference

Thursday, April 24, 2008

8-10

Conference Registration

Registration packets handed out NAME TAGS ARE REQUIRED for entrance to meetings and banquet facilities.

Location

Bridges Conference Center Entrance with Coffee& Juice

10:00 Welcome and Opening Session Hale
10:15-11:00 "Your Familiness Advantage: Continuing Your Legacy of Entrepreneurship"-Keynote Speaker: Mike McGrann Hale
11:00-12:15 Best-Practices: "Building a Successful Family Enterprise" Finger Family- Sioux Corporation - Beresford, South Dakota Hale
12:15-1:30

LUNCH:
:"Strengthening Family Business" CAMPAIGN
Developing AFFINITY GROUPS

Oacoma
Concurrent Sessions
1:30-2:45 Session 1A"The Realities of Financing Growth In a Changing Marketplace"Marcia Hendrickson ,Dave Bangasser, Steve Kirby Breakwater
1:30-2:45 Session 1B- "Emotional Intelligence" Melissa Hammer Wetlands
2:45-3:15 BREAK- refreshments  
3:15-4:30 Session 2A- "How the Family Business Can Best Leverage the Internet and E-Commerce" Greg Nelson River Run
3:15-4:30

Session 2B- "Building Relationship Capital through Effective Family Meetings"  (Keynote -Mike McGrann )

Breakwater
5:00-6:00 Social Oacoma
6:00-6:45 Dinner Oacoma
6:45 -7:45 Keynote Speaker: "Some Tragic, Some Magic" Howdy Holmes CEO Chelsea Milling Company -"JIFFY" Baking mixes Oacoma
7:50 Award Presentation: Prairie Family Award, Heritage Award, and Legacy Award Oacoma
8:30-11:30 Casino Night Wheeler
Friday April 25, 2008
7:00-8:00     

Breakfast

Oacoma
8:15-10:00 Family Panel:  "An Educated Choice: Keeping or Selling Your Family Business"Dick Muth, Steve Statz, and Jon Knuths Oacoma
10-10:30 BREAK  
Concurrent Sessions
10:30-11:45 Session 3A -" Increasing Financial Risks in a Changing World: Protection for the Family Business" Ty Inglis Breakwater
10:30-11:45 Session 3B "Business Improvement through Change Management- A Practical Approach"-Measurable Management - Robin Byrne River Run
11:45-1:30

LUNCH- Panel Discussion " How to Give Your Money Away and Enjoy it"Regina Jahr, Sharon Warner, and Patrick Goetzinger
CONCLUSION with final wrap up

Oacoma