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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
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Celebrate the accomplishments of Central Ohio family businesses at our 27th Annual Family Business Awards & Expo! The Awards Luncheon honors recipients in categories consistent with the success and longevity of a family business: leadership, planning, support, and community service.
Arrive early to ensure you have plenty of time to connect and interact with the numerous expo exhibitors! The Expo will be open from 10am until 12noon. If you're interested in becoming an exhibitor or would like additional details about the Expo, please visit our EXPO page to register and learn more.
Opportunities for Awards sponsorship and advertising in the Awards Program distributed to over 450 luncheon attendees are available!
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Categories: CCFB Networking & Social Events, CCFB Annual Awards Program
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
The Family Business Expo is a wonderful business development opportunity available exclusively to Conway Center members. We are thrilled to offer this event, providing you with the occasion to showcase your business, products, or services to the hundreds of family business leaders and advisors who will attend our 27th Annual Awards Program celebrating the accomplishments of family businesses.
All exhibiting companies will be featured in our interactive virtual Expo Directory flipbook to showcase your products and services.
Don't miss this amazing once-a-year opportunity to promote your business! REGISTER NOW. Expo deadline is October 31st.
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Categories: CCFB Networking & Social Events, CCFB Annual Awards Program
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
Tuesday Nov 18, 2025
Gratitude as a Leadership Skill in Family Business - In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we’ll analyze how gratitude can be used as a leadership skill – not just for November, but throughout the year. This interactive program will support new and creative ways to use gratitude in your leadership approach as well as offer time for reflection to support bringing gratitude into your office that day.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
Thursday Nov 20, 2025
Join us for a candid conversation between current leaders and next-generation members of successful family businesses. Learn strategies for effective generational transition and collaboration.
Discussion Topics:
Knowledge transfer between generations
Innovation vs. tradition
Leadership transition strategies
Digital transformation challenges
Maintaining family values
Panelists:
Jorgensen Farms - Val Jorgensen and David Karikomi
The Cleary Company - George & George II
Facilitated by: Darren Cherry, Area President, FocusCFO
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Categories: CCFB Educational Program
Tuesday Nov 25, 2025
Thursday Nov 27, 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 Dec 2, 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 Dec 3, 2025
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Categories: CCFB Professional Development Program, Practical Tools for Managers
Thursday Dec 4, 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
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
How a Growth Mindset Helps our Family Business - Developments in neuroscience over the last decade have accelerated our understanding of the brain’s elasticity and ability to rewire itself. A common theme that has emerged among the research is that those who understand the importance of a growth mindset are the individuals who reach their goals in life and in business, leading to greater fulfillment. Our time this month will be spent learning how a growth mindset can be adapted, how it leads us to the fulfillment we seek, and how it can set a profitable future for our family business.
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Categories: Next Generation Leaders, CCFB Professional Development Program
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
As we approach the close of 2025, it’s more important than ever to ensure your financial and tax strategies are aligned with both current law and future developments. Business tax planning in 2025 comes with unique complexities, especially with the OBBBA’s provisions on business interest expense, bonus depreciation, and pass-through entity rules. This webinar will arm you with the tools you need to minimize liability and maximize opportunity as you prepare for 2026.
Key topics include:
Tax rate updates and expiring provisions
SALT (state and local tax) and nexus considerations
Key OBBBA provisions including:
Bonus depreciation and expensing of capital investments
Section 1202 qualified small business stock changes
Research and experimentation expense deduction changes
Business interest expense limitation changes
Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction changes
Pass-through entity planning (S Corporations, Partnerships, LLCs)
Tax deferral strategies and income shifting opportunities
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Categories: CCFB Webinar
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Celebrating Your Successes - Being a great leader in your family business is a journey, not a destination. As we close out the 2025 calendar year, we will take inventory of your year – celebrating what worked, celebrating what didn’t, and laying the groundwork for a fruitful 2026 to follow.
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Categories: Leadership Development, CCFB Professional Development Program
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Monthly Educational Program: It's (not always) All in the Family: Succession Planning Best Practices
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Our panelists will share their proven succession strategies and transition frameworks as their family businesses have transitioned through the generations.
Panel Focus:
Leadership transition frameworks
Next-gen preparation strategies
Tax and legal considerations
Governance structures
Family dynamics management
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Categories: CCFB Educational Program
Tuesday Dec 23, 2025
