Membership
WHY YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS SHOULD JOIN THE USD FAMILY BUSINESS FORUM
Family Business Forum membership provides your family enterprise with invaluable benefits, including:
- Access to industry leaders specializing in family business issues
- Unlimited number of family members attending monthly Family Business Forum events
- Networking opportunities with Family Business Forum member companies and other leaders who provide services to family businesses
- Opportunity to shape Family Business Forum programs through participation on the Advisory Board
- Participation for all Next Gen's in your family business to participate in the quarterly Next Generation Family Business Leaders Forum
- Members only Resource e-Directory
- Access to the USD School of Business Administration Internship program
- Hyperlink on the USD Family Business Forum Web site
- Preferred participation in university programs and events throughout the year, including free attendance at:
- Tickets to Torero Football, men's and women's basketball, and men's soccer home games
- Access to additional USD Corporate and Professional Education programs, including discounted registration in each of the following (Any Family Business Forum company staff member):
- Academy for Business Success courses
- Event Management Certificate Program courses
- Certificate in Real Estate Finance, Investments and Development
- Cross-Cultural Communications Workshops
- Management Training for Hospitality Executives
- Management Training for Executive Assistants Program (customized)
. . . and much more! - 20% discount off of any customized training program
- 20% discount on meeting space at USD's Douglas F. Manchester Executive Conference Center
COACHING FROM THE EXPERTS
Monthly Family Business Forum programs offer presenters from various industries that possess hands-on business experience and expertise in their individual fields, as well as family business owners themselves sharing their "tales from the trenches". This provides families with quality coaching and "real life" solutions for the unique challenges they face in all facets of a family owned business framework.
USD Family Business Forum members gain valuable insight and skills at monthly meetings and events, with an ever-changing curriculum designed to prepare them to manage a variety of critical business issues, including:
- Creating Vision, Values and a Mission Statement for Your Family Business
- Conducting Effective Family Business Meetings
- Communication in a Family Business
- Compensation for Family vs. Non-Family Managers
- Conflict Resolution
- The "4-D's" of a Family Business —Death, Disability, Depression, Divorce
- Strategic Business Planning
- Strategic Financing
- Leadership and Team Building
- Building a Board of Directors
- Estate Planning
- Wealth Transfer and Management
- Succession Planning
- Entry and Exit Strategies
- Philanthropy and Foundation Formation
- Conflict Resolution & Crisis Management
- Family Business Executive Coaching
- Entry/Exit Strategies
- Setting up Foundations and a Philanthropic Plan
- Sibling Rivalry
PEER ADVISORY GROUPS
Peer Advisory Group (PAG) participation is available for all family members, and are comprised of small confidential group meetings where families can openly discuss issues that affect the family enterprise.
Current Peer Advisory Groups include:
- Founders Generation
- Next Generations Family Business Leaders Forum
NEXT GENERATIONS FAMILY BUSINESS LEADERS FORUM
The USD Family Business Forum hosts the Next Generation Family Business Leaders Forum quarterly to bring together all of the Next Gen’s to network, collaborate, dialogue and socialize. With no pressure by the Founding Generation, the Next Gens have the opportunity to participate in their own Forum that addresses topics that are only Next Gen focused and related.