31.07.13 - CAFE Canada Webinar - Maximizing Value from Your PAG
While this session is primarily aimed at existing PAG members, CAFE members who are considering joining a PAG will also gain a deeper insight into the makeup of a successful PAG and the immense benefits to be derived from active participation in a group.
CAFE offers two types of memberships, Family Business and Advisor memberships, each with unique benefits focusing on CAFE’s underlying mandate to provide forums to facilitate “shared experience”.
Family Business Members: Benefit from Shared Experience
To help you navigate the unique and sometimes problematic dynamics of family business CAFE offers:
Involvement in a Personal Advisory Group (PAG): Your own dedicated "board of advisors" - Probably the most common challenge family business members face is isolation – it is often difficult to discuss problems with other family members, and those outside family business often don’t understand the nuances of family enterprise. Participation in a Personal Advisory Group (PAG) helps resolve this problem by linking you with a group of 8-12 CAFE members from different non-competing family businesses who meet monthly to support each other by sharing both personal and business experiences in a confidential and supportive environment. Learn more about how a PAG can help you.
Ongoing Educational Programming - Another challenge those in business families face is gaining access to education, information and resources specific to family enterprise. CAFE and its chapters regularly facilitate and host workshops, seminars and webinars featuring the industry’s foremost family business experts and advisors. Through engaging presentations and interactive discussions, a wide range of complicated topics are covered such as succession planning and implementation, taxation issues and financing, family law and estate planning, ownership transition, selling the firm outside the family, family conflict and rivalry, and conflict resolution and mediation. Visit your chapter website and refer to our Training & Education webpage for additional information on training and educational opportunties.
Opportunities to network, share and learn at CAFE events - Be sure to attend CAFE Symposium, a biennial conference consisting of two jam-packed days of presentations and interactive workshops delivered by industry and family business experts. CAFE Symposium is the ultimate forum for business families and advisors from across Canada to learn, network and share ideas. Join us each year to help recognize and celebrate the vital contribution family business makes to the Canadian and local economies at the Family Enterprise of the Year Award (FEYA) gala.
Reach out and stay connected to CAFE members through the online Membership Directory
Find a trusted Family Business Advisor with recognized accreditation and experience working with business families.
Learn and share experiences by participating in our online social media community.
In addition to these benefits, each CAFE chapter offers unique programming and events.
Membership in a national organization dedicated to helping you succeed - you are not alone!
Advisor Members: Join the Conversation
Professionals and professional firms who provide advice, support and services to family business are encouraged to join the conversation and benefit from:
“Over the past 10 years, CAFE has consistently provided my family with the information, knowledge and resources that helped us avoid difficult situations, overcome challenges as they arose, and empowered us to have the confidence to make tough decisions going forward. The time we have committed to attending CAFE events as a family has paid for itself time and time again. We are passionate supporters of the organization.”
Doug Nelson Nelson Financial Consultants Manitoba Chapter, Family Member
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Membership fees vary by Chapter. For more information go to Join CAFE.
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