The Conway Center for Family Business provides highly relevant, topical and original programming that helps members learn, stay informed and share experiences with their peers. These family-focused educational programs are unique to the Center and cannot be found anywhere else in Central Ohio.
In addition, we offer enjoyable social interactions that allow members to build strong relationships. We believe that some of the most productive experiences are created in less formal, group settings where relationships can be built, ideas shared and new opportunities hatched.
Just some of these activities include our annual Family Business Awards & Expo, Monthly Educational Programs, numerous group Educational Opportunities, and Networking and Social Events, Please explore our Events Calendar below for topics that will help you solve your family business challenges.
Events Calendar
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Wednesday Sep 10, 2025
Managing, Engaging, and Motivating Your Team - You’re a leader in your family business, but do you know what it takes to foster employee engagement, manage your team effectively, and motivate your employees to work toward the common goal? And what can you learn about management from previous generations? A good leader and a good manager are two different things, as we’ll learn in this session. We’ll discuss what management is all about and set up to go deeper in our October group meeting.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Join industry experts from accounting, banking, sales, IT, HR, and insurance as they share critical year-end considerations for family businesses. Each panelist will provide practical insights and actionable takeaways to help you strengthen your business across key operational areas. Whether you're planning for succession, evaluating technology investments, or optimizing your financial position, this comprehensive session will equip you with the strategic knowledge needed for successful year-end planning.
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Categories: CCFB Roundtable
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
The “New” Emotional Intelligence - Emotional intelligence is a term that is used often and rarely understood fully. Especially as generational dynamics continue to create divides between leaders and their team members in family business. Together, we’ll dive deep into the essence of emotional intelligence with a new lens: empathy. This approach not only empowers leaders but all members of your team to be the best versions of themselves improving quality of work, output, and overall results.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Wednesday Sep 17, 2025
Thursday Sep 18, 2025
Family businesses have something special - a natural ability to create genuine, ''people first'' cultures built on trust, shared values, and a long-term vision. Join us as we dive into how nurturing that culture can spark loyalty, bring in great talent, and give you an edge that others just can’t replicate.
Discover practical ways to put your values to work and hear straight from a panel of family business members sharing their own stories of how strong culture has helped them grow, inspire their teams, and navigate big changes.
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Categories: CCFB Educational Program
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Join Becky Fromkes, Jason Block, and Chad Eddy for a day of learning and networking at our Traction Mastermind event! This in-person gathering will take place at Open Air located at 2571 Neil Ave, where you'll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and gain valuable insights into building traction in your business. Don't miss out on this chance to level up your skills and grow your EOS™ network. See you there!
This mastermind is EXCLUSIVELY for leaders currently running their business on EOS ™ with or without the help of an Implementer, and is designed as a forum to share best practices, learn from your fellow leaders' experiences, and gain more traction in your business.
''If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together!''
Join a room full of like-minded entrepreneurs and EOS™ enthusiasts for a high-energy, interactive session focused on real-world implementation challenges and solutions.
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Categories: Member-Sponsored Event
Tuesday Sep 23, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
The Conway Strong CEO Peer Group is for Presidents and CEOs of family-owned businesses. The group is by invitation only and there is an additional annual fee to attend.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, CEO
Wednesday Oct 1, 2025
Becky Fromkes, Certified EOS Implementer, will discuss hands-on/ practical application of the LMA (Lead+Manage=Accountable) tool and best practices on how to hold Quarterly Conversations. Together, these tools help leaders strengthen team management. It covers how to effectively lead with vision, manage with consistency, and hold employees accountable using EOS principles.
Learn how to conduct Quarterly Conversations—structured, one-on-one meetings to provide feedback, align expectations, and discuss growth opportunities. Whether your company runs on EOS or not, these practical, proven best practices apply to anyone in a leadership role.
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Categories: CCFB Roundtable, CCFB Professional Development Program, Practical Tools for Managers
Thursday Oct 2, 2025
The Rising CEO Peer Group is for next gens who will be taking a greater leadership position in their family business. The group is by invitation only and there is an additional annual fee to attend.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, Rising CEO
Tuesday Oct 7, 2025
For non-family C-suite leaders working in a family business. Peer-to-peer driven, sessions focus on objective and thoughtful insight and advice from those in similar situations. Additional fee to attend. Pre-approval to join and RSVP required.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, C-Suite Non-Family Leaders
Wednesday Oct 8, 2025
What Do Great Managers Do? -
It’s been said that average managers play checkers, while great managers play chess (Marcus Buckingham, Harvard Business Review). So much of that ability is based on knowing your people and having a deep understanding of their gifts and potential. This session is based around that knowledge and will provide tools to help identify employees’ strengths and manage effectively according to the needs of our family business and our employees.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Thursday Oct 9, 2025
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Current State of Cyber Security and AI
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Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
In this session, we will discuss the implications of failing to plan for the exit of a key player in a family business, either through voluntary termination, disability or death. What is the default plan, and what pitfalls can you expect?
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, Women in Family Business
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Thursday Oct 16, 2025
Navigating Redemption Issues
Join us as we discuss strategies for managing buy-outs, valuation disputes, and maintaining business continuity. Hear from our family business panelists on what has worked - and what hasn't!
Key Topics:
Structuring redemption agreements
Business valuation methods
Financing redemption obligations
Tax implications of share transfers
Dispute resolution frameworks
Panelists:
Future PolyTech - Tony Durieux, Founder/President & CEO
New City Homes & CBUS OZ Funds - Chris Knoppe, President
Ohio Power Tool - Jay Amstutz, 2nd Gen President
Facilitated by: John Shockley, PNC Bank
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Categories: CCFB Educational Program
Friday Oct 17, 2025
This group is for EOS Integrators or the equivalent on the leadership team. These facilitated sessions will provide group members the opportunity to get and share advice on EOS best practices as well as implementation challenges and other issues they are facing.
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Categories: EOS Integrator, CCFB Professional Development Program
Tuesday Oct 21, 2025
Creating High Performing Teams -
As your family business grows, so do the needs of your team members. Rather than hiring individuals that we like or who think like we do, we’ll spend time dissecting the best approaches to building high performing teams, retaining talent, and impacting the performance of the organization.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
Thursday Oct 23, 2025
The Conway Strong CEO Peer Group is for Presidents and CEOs of family-owned businesses. The group is by invitation only and there is an additional annual fee to attend.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, CEO
Tuesday Oct 28, 2025
Thursday Oct 30, 2025
Tuesday Nov 4, 2025
For non-family C-suite leaders working in a family business. Peer-to-peer driven, sessions focus on objective and thoughtful insight and advice from those in similar situations. Additional fee to attend. Pre-approval to join and RSVP required.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, C-Suite Non-Family Leaders
Wednesday Nov 5, 2025
Effective Stress Management -
The holidays are coming up! That means fun, family, and STRESS. We spent some time last year learning about how anxiety affects us and how we can overcome it, but stress is different from anxiety. It’s important that we understand the difference so that we can effectively cope with stress as it comes to us in various forms. We’ll gain practical insights into how to manage stress, how to foster a work/life balance when we work with family and explore what our beliefs about stress have to do with how it affects us.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Thursday Nov 6, 2025
The Rising CEO Peer Group is for next gens who will be taking a greater leadership position in their family business. The group is by invitation only and there is an additional annual fee to attend.
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Categories: CCFB Peer Group, Rising CEO
