Family Business Forum

Achieving Success
     Across Generations

Welcome! The purpose of the Family Business Forum of the University of North Carolina Asheville is to enhance the viability of closely held businesses in Western North Carolina. Guided by its members and supported by sponsors, the forum presents programs and activities that are meaningful and relevant to the membership. The Advisory Board, composed of sponsors, members and the executive director, develops programs for the year, which runs September-May. The forum is a resource to successful family-owned businesses seeking to support the entrepreneurial spirit of the family and the company.

Cindy Clarke
Executive Director

Upcoming Programs 2010

Wednesday, February 24. 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. “Answers to the Questions Keeping You Up at Night!” Hosted by Tim Barrett of Blueprints for Business.

Tuesday, March 10. 9:00 a.m. – noon. “Strategic Planning for Family Businesses: One Size Does Not Fit All.” Ann Dugan, founder and executive director, Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence.

Thursday, April 22. Time to be announced. “Shift Happens: Is the World Changing Faster Than You Are?” Stephen Abram, trend watcher and strategic technologies futurist.

Cindy Clarke
Executive Director
UNC Asheville Family Business Forum
Achieving Success Across Generations
One University Heights CPO 1800
Asheville, NC 28804
office: 828-232-5091
cell: 828.273.6223
cclarke@unca.edu
www.unca.edu/fbf/

 

Each program begins with registration, conversation and refreshments thirty minutes before. Programs begin promptly at the designated time. For more information on our programs contact Cindy Clarke by email: cclarke@unca.edu or call 828/232-5091.

Resource Materials

CD - Move Your Business a Generation Ahead - Wayne Rivers

CD - Wonder, Thunder, Plunder or Blunder: Which Best Describes Your Family Enterprise? -
The Family Business Institute

CD - My Closely Held Company: Now That I've Got It, What Do I Do With It? - The Famly Business Institute

CD - Dancing on the Deck of the Titanic: Strategic Listening- Bill Lindsley & Co