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Educational and Benchmarking Seminars

Date / Time Location Details

Thursday
May 10, 2012
8:15-11:00am

Elizabethtown College

"Developing the Next Generation of Leaders" Phil Clemens will be offering information on successful leadership transition from one generation to the next while maintaining family unity.

Thursday
March 22, 2012
8:15-11:00am

Elizabethtown College

"Think Like an Entrepreneur to Expand Your Business" Jay Goltz is an entrepreneur who owns five businesses and will be speaking on the topics of training everyone in your organization to be revenue generators and evaluating business opportunities.

Thursday
January 19, 2012
8:15-11:00am

Elizabethtown College

"Maximizing Shareholder Value: Essential Steps for Building Ownership Wealth and Family Harmony" Kurt Trimarchi, CPA and partner, and Eric Blocher, CPA and principal at McKonly & Asbury, will be presenting on the topic of creating and retaining ownership value from year to year.

Thursday
November 17, 2011
8:15-11:00am

Elizabethtown College

"Understanding Your Estate Planning Options" Barley Snyder Attorneys at Law as well as Clermont Wealth Strategies will be presenting on the challenges and opportunities available during estate planning.

Thursday
November 03, 2011
8:30 to 11 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Motivating Employees and Improving Employee Performance: An Executive Conversation with Phil Clemens" Clemens Family Corporation Chairman and CEO Phil Clemens shares his experience and insights motivating employees as chief executive at Hatfield Quality Meats.

Thursday
September 22, 2011
7:30-11:15 am (Includes Breakfast)

Elizabethtown College

"The 2020 Workplace: How to Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow's Employees" Jeanne Meister, a senior business executive, will be presenting on the following topics: Competitive Advantage, Managing Multiple Generations, and Social Media for Human Resources.

Thursday
May 05, 2011
7:30 to 11:15 a.m. (includes breakfast)

Elizabethtown College

"High Center Brand Summit! " This event includes insights and advice from one of the most successful brand management experts in the region, Kae Groshong Wagner, President of North Star Marketing, joined by Jere Stauffer and Debi Drescher, key personnel from Stauffers of Kissel Hill, one of the top retailers in Central Pennsylvania by the Central Penn Business Journal, with sales topping $100 million.

Thursday
March 17, 2011
7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Your Values and Your Bottom Line" Sam Davis from the Davis Group in Richmond, Virginia will talk about how a culture of values can drive solid operations and financial success.

Thursday
January 20, 2011

Elizabethtown College

"Leadership Transition- Making Your Leadership Transition Happen" Panel discussion featuring Phil Clemens of Hatfield Quality Meats, Dana Chryst of the Jay Group, and Tony Martin of Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe with Mike McGrann as a moderator.

Thursday
November 18, 2010
8 to 11 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"New 'Bricks to Clicks' E-Commerce Workshop" If online exposure to potentially thousands more customers interests you, then sign up for this executive workshop for those interested in launching E-Commerce operations. This seminar is open to members and non-members and will be presented in conjunction with the Elizabethtown College Marketing/Communications Department. Must register by November 10.

Thursday
November 04, 2010
8:15 - 11:15AM

Elizabethtown College

"Leading in Crisis- Lessons from Apollo 13" Presented by Michael N. McGrann, Executive Director of the S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College. RSVP requested.

Thursday
September 23, 2010
7:30 - 11:00 am

Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square

"15th Anniversary Seminar--A Salute to our Family Business Giants" 15th Anniversary Seminar features Bo Burlingham, author of Small Giants, and is a special salute to "Our-Family Business Giants." RSVP requested.

Thursday
July 29, 2010
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Elizabethtown College

"New! Family Business Young Professionals Networking Event" Join us for a first-ever mixer just for young professionals from family businesses, age 21 to 35.

Friday
July 09, 2010
7:15 - 9:00am

Elizabethtown College

"Question and Answer with Tom Corbett" Tom Corbett, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor, is interested in hearing from Central PA family businesses. RSVP requested.

Thursday
June 17, 2010
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Elizabethtown College

"New Member Celebration " The S. Dale High Center invites current member family businesses and new members to a summer social.

Thursday
May 27, 2010
8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Social Media Seminar: Is it for you? Is it in you?" Free seminar on social media for members, employees of members, and prospective members. For this session, you are encouraged to attend and/or send next-tier management in areas such as Marketing/ Communications and IT.

Thursday
May 13, 2010
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Good Governance: Impacting the Bottom Line" Presented by William H. Alexander, Senior Associate, The Telos Group and Professor of Family Business Studies at the Wharton School of Business. RSVP requested.

Wednesday
April 14, 2010
8:00am - 10:00am

Elizabethtown College

"Joint Affinity Group Meeting on "Social Media""

Thursday
March 25, 2010
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Real Estate: Your Other Asset for Wealth Creation" Presented by Peter Linneman, principal of Linneman Associates and the Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate, Public Policy, and Finance at the Wharton School of Business. RSVP requested.

Thursday
January 28, 2010
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Discovering your Family's Competitive Advantage" Presented by Michael N. McGrann, Executive Director of the S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown College.. RSVP requested.

Thursday
November 12, 2009
8:15 to 11:30 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"The Power of Participatory Leadership: Tools for Each Generation" Presented by Stephen R. Treat, DMin, LMFT, Senior Therapist, Director and CEO of The Council for Relationships which is Philadelphia's preeminent non-profit counseling, education and research center, and the nation's oldest, founded in 1932. RSVP requested.

Thursday
September 17, 2009
8:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Elizabethtown College

"Escaping a Culture of Entitlement: Six Generations of Family-Based Entrepreneurship in the Wolf Family" Presented by Tom Wolf, Chairman and CEO of the Wolf Organization, a family-owned building materials business based in York, PA, that was founded in 1843. RSVP requested.