Past Programs:
2012
Keynote Speaker: Larry Merkel, Round House Sport Center
Topic: "Learning From Experience: Successful Business Strategies"
KBZK coverage featuring the event and winners Kagy Korner Store (1:46 min marker)
Family Business Day On the Road:
Keynote Speaker: Mike Gold, CEO of Flying Horse Communications
Topic: "Social Media for the Family Business"
2011
Keynote Speaker: Gerald Carisch, Carisch, Inc.
Topic: "The Successes and Failures of a Family Business"
2010
Keynote Speaker:Kathy Stark, Starky's Authentic Americana
Topic: "Back from the Blast: Comeback Strategies for Success"
2009
Keynote Speaker: Dean Folkvord, CEO of Wheat Montana Farms & Bakery
Topic: "The Wheat Montana Story"
Family Business Day On the Road:
Keynote Speaker: Craig Ehlert, Adjunct Instructor of Management
Topic: "Building Excellence Into Your Business"
2008
Keynote Speaker: Phil Rogers, Adjunct Instructor of Marketing
Topic: "Thrive in Tough Times: How Your Focus is Your Future"
Family Business Day On the Road:
Keynote Speaker: Gary Bishop, Adjunct Instructor of Management
Topic: "The Business of Customer Service"
2007
Keynote Speaker: Gary Bishop, Adjunct Instructor of Management
Topic: "Customer Service and Your Family Business"
Family Business Day On the Road:
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Kroff, Professor of Marketing
Topic: "Finding and Reaching Your Target Market"
2006
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Omar Shehryar, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Topic: "Market Research for Your Family Business"
2005
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Richard Semenik, Dean of the College of Business
Topic: "Using Branding Strategies in Your Family Business"
2004
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Deidre Combs, National Speaker and Author
Topic: "Transforming Conflict into Creativity in the Family Business"
2003
Keynote Speaker: Doug Osborne, CLU,ChFC, CPA, PFS. MassMutual
Financial Group
Topic: "Avoiding the BIG Mistakes Family Businesses Make"
2002
Keynote Speaker: Richard Semenik, Dean, College of Business,
Montana State University, Bozeman.
Topic: "Branding Your Family Business"
2001
Keynote Speaker: Dan Moshavi, Assistant Professor of
Management, College of Business, Montana State University, Bozeman.
Topic: "Managing for Peak Performance: A Human Resources
Perspective"
2000
Keynote Speaker: Bill Brown, Professor of Management, College of Business, Montana State University, Bozeman.
Topic: "Navigating the Whitewater of Family Business"
1999
Keynote Speaker: Former Lt. Governor and Governor of Montana, Judy Martz, small business owner and entrepreneur.
1998
Keynote Speakers: Bonnie Brown, President of Transition Dynamics,
Inc.; Mark DeGroot, Certified Business Appraiser with Certified Business
Intermediary; and Elizabeth Harris, co-owner of financial services
firm of Harris and Weiel Associates.
Topic: "Celebrating the Past and Preparing for the Future"
1997
Keynote Speakers: Stan Mandel, Director of Family Business Initiative,
University of South Dakota; C. Bruce Combs, J.D., C.P.A., principal
with law firm of Kasting, Combs & Kauffman, PLLC; and Christopher
Manos, author, experienced mediator and partner in legal practice
of Biglen and Manos.
Topic:" Creating Effective and Healthy Family Businesses"
1996
Keynote Speakers: Edwin Hoover, Ph.D. and Colette Hoover, M.S.
Topic: "The Principles and Practices of Family Business Leadership"
1995
Keynote Speaker: Mike Cohn
Topic: "Transitions and Turning Points in the Family Business"
1994
Keynote Speaker: Patricia Frischkoff of Oregon State University
Topic: "Senior and Junior Family Business Members"
The program is coordinated by Craig Ehlert, M.A.,teaching professor of management. For more information, please contact Phyllis Johnson, program assistant, at:
Phone: (406) 994-6796
Fax: (406) 994-6206
E-mail: familybusiness@montana.edu
