Presentations
- Presenter:"The Board School"Prairie Family Business Association, Sioux Falls, SDApril 2021 - April 2022
- Moderator:"Good Governance is Good Practice"University of St. Thomas Family Business Center, Minneapolis, MNMarch 2021
- Moderator:"How a Board Can Add to Your Succession Plan"Private Directors Association, Minneapolis, MNNovember 2020
- Presenter:"How a Board Can Add to Your Succession Plan"Prairie Family Business Association 28th Annual Conference, Sioux Falls, SDSeptember 2020
- Presenter:"Succession Planning vs Exit Planning"Exit Planning Institute - Twin Cities Metro Area, Bloomington, MNMarch 2020
- Presenter:“Business Succession Planning: The Essential Issues & Options as Advisors”MetLife Client Wealth Group of the Upper Midwest, Minneapolis, MNFebruary 2016
- Presenter:“Business Succession Planning: The Essential Issues & Options as Advisors”Twin Cities Financial Services Providers, Roseville, MNOctober 2015
- Presenter to family advisors:“How do we, as advisors, address the “elephant in the room” – The really tough family business challenges”Prairie Family Business Association Annual Conference, Sioux Falls, SDApril 2015
- Presenter:“The Board’s Role in Preparing a Private Company for Change in Ownership”National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Minneapolis, MNNovember 2014
- Presenter:“Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn: How to Minimize and Manage Stressful Dynamics Within Family Businesses”Minnesota CLE Conference, Minneapolis, MNOctober 2014
- Co-Presenter:“Chicken Soup for Minority Shareholders”- A Potpourri of What to Consider Before Making Someone an Owner of Your Family Business"Prairie Family Business Association Annual Conference, Sioux Falls, SDMarch 2014
- Presenter:“Boards for Family Owned Banks”Graduate School of Banking, Madison, WIOctober 2013
- Presenter:“Separating Ownership From Management”Prairie Family Business Association Annual Conference, Sioux Falls, South DakotaAugust 2013
- Presenter:“The Balance Point System”Prairie Family Business Association Affinity Study Group, Sioux Falls, South DakotaMay 2013
- Co-Presenter:“Life Planning Trusts—A process to obtain value fulfillment through creating all you can be with intention”Purposeful Planning Institute, Audio PresentationJuly 2012
- Co-Presenter:“How to Overcome Barriers that Impede Professionals from Working Together Collaboratively to Provide More Effective Service to Clients”Financial Service Providers (FSP) – Twin Cities Chapter, Minneapolis, MinnesotaJune 2012
- Presenter:“Having Your Cake and Eating it Too” How to achieve your personal financial goals without selling your business"Financial Service Providers (FSP) Twin Cities Chapter, Minneapolis, MinnesotaJune 2010
- Presenter:The Essential ProgramSydney, AustraliaMay/June 2010
- Presenter:“Trusting” The Use Of Trusts For Your Family Business”Webinar, Prairie Family Business Association, Sioux Falls, South DakotaFebruary 2010
- Guest:The Peter McClellan Radio Show AM1570, discussing how founders can transition their businessMinneapolis, MinnesotaFebruary, 2010
- Presenter:The Fundamentals of Using TrustsSioux Falls Senior Leadership Affinity Peer Group, Sioux Falls, South DakotaJanuary, 2010
- Guest:The Peter McClellan Radio Show AM1570, discussing the challenges to transitioning the family businessMinneapolis, MinnesotaDecember, 2009
- Presenter:29th Annual Eide Bailly Bankers’ Seminar on Board Self AssessmentsFargo, North DakotaNovember, 2009
- Presenter:29th Annual Eide Bailly Bankers’ Seminar on Board Self AssessmentsFargo, North DakotaOctober, 2009
- Presenter:The Launching Pad, Core Knowledge Regarding Family Businesses,Family Firm Institute, New York, New YorkSeptember, 2009
- Presenter:“Getting Your House in Order” Planning for the Transition of Your Family BusinessMinnesota Bank & Trust, Edina, MinnesotaMay, 2009
- Presenter:FAMILY BUSINESSES & TRUSTEES: How the Two Can Co-Exist EffectivelyAttorneys for Family Held Enterprises, Charleston, South CarolinaApril, 2009
- Presenter:THE BALANCE POINT SYSTEM: A new and practical way to align the interests of managers, owners, and family membersFamily Business Network USA, Chicago, IllinoisApril, 2009
- Presenter:“A Board? No Way!” Is it possible to get a different response when talking to family business owners about boards?New England Chapter of FFI, Boston, MassachusettsMarch, 2009
- Presenter:“The Balance Point: A practical system that makes transitioning your family business easier,”Prairie Family Business CenterJanuary, 2009
- Conference Facilitator:“Making the Board the Balance Point: A New Way to Use Boards to Help Family Businesses in Transition,”Family Firm Institute, London, EnglandOctober, 2008
- Presenter:“The Balancing Board”National School Boards Association 68th Annual ConferenceApril, 2008
- Speaker:“Ideas on how to have a productive relationship with an attorney”Augsburg College School of BusinessMarch, 2008
- Facilitator:Annual RetreatSouth Dakota Family Business AssociationJanuary, 2008
- Presenter:“Making the Board the Balance Point: A new way owners can use boards to help their family businesses transition,”Attorneys for Family-held Enterprises, 2007 Regional ConferenceNovember, 2007
- Presenter:Making Your BoardThe Balance Point: A New Way of Looking at the Board’s Role in a Family Business”Wake Forest Family Business Center, Charlotte and Winston-Salem, North CarolinaNovember, 2007
- Teacher:Launching PadFamily Firm Institute, FFI Annual Conference in Miami, FloridaOctober, 2007
- Presenter:“The Balance Point: A Critical Function in Transitioning a Family Business”Wells Fargo Private Banking GroupOctober, 2007
- Presenter:“Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: How to plan to keep the family business while harvesting what the owners need to meet their financial goals—without selling the business”Merrill LynchMay, 2007
- Presenter:“Making Your Board the Balance Point”South Dakota Family Business AssociationApril, 2007
- Teacher:Launching PadFamily Firm Institute, FFI Annual Conference in Miami, FloridaApril, 2007
- Speaker:“Ideas on how to have a productive relationship with an attorney”Augsburg College School of BusinessMarch, 2007
- Speaker:“Ideas on how to have a productive relationship with an attorney”Augsburg College School of BusinessNovember, 2006
- Presenter:“Making Your Board the Balance Point, a revolutionary (and proven) way of looking at the Board’s role in a family bank,”Minnesota Bank Holding Company Association Fall ConferenceOctober, 2006
- Presenter:“Identifying the Key Characteristics of the Entrepreneur and What is Involved to Transition those Characteristics,”South Dakota Family Business AssociationJune, 2006
- Presenter:“FLPs, a Discussion Among MERISTEM and Fredrikson & Byron, P.A..”MeristemApril, 2006
- Presenter:“How Boards and Owners of a Family Business Can Work Together Effectively and Productively,”University of Minnesota Law School, Advance Estate Planning ClassApril, 2006
- Teacher:Launching PadFamily Firm Institute, FFI Annual Conference in Miami, FloridaApril, 2006
- Presenter:“Taking the Fear out of Boards for the Entrepreneur (How A Board Can Help an Entrepreneur in Transitioning the Family Business)”Minneapolis Estate Planning CouncilMarch, 2006
- Presenter:“Taking the Fear out of Boards for the Entrepreneur (How A Board Can Help an Entrepreneur in Transitioning the Family Business)”St. Paul Estate Planning CouncilMarch, 2006
- Author:“The Essential Elements of a Succession Plan for a Family Business,Journal of Taxation of Investments, Volume 23, Number 2, Winter 2006 , pp. 137-151, published by Civic Research InstituteWinter, 2006
- Presenter:“Case Study for Professionals: Better Late Than Never”South Dakota Family Business AssociationFebruary, 2006
- Presenter:“The Lawyers Guide to Business Valuation, Business Valuations in Estate Planning”Minnesota Continuing Legal EducationDecember, 2005
- Presenter:“UniGroup Module: Developing the Next Generation Legal Section”University of St. Thomas SeminarOctober, 2005
- Conference Facilitator:“How Boards and Owners of a Family Business Can Work Together Effectively and Productively”University of Wisconsin-Madison Family Business CenterSeptember, 2005
- Presenter:“Family Business Succession Planning – Understanding the Most Critical Function in the Transition of Family Businesses”Minnesota Annual Probate & Trust Law Section ConferenceJune, 2005
- Presenter:Launching PadFamily Firm Institute, FFI Annual Conference in Miami, FloridaApril, 2005
- Presenter:“The Characteristics of an Effective Multidisciplinary Team”Minnesota Continuing Legal EducationApril, 2005
- Presenter:“Ideas On How To Have A Productive And Positive Relationship With An Attorney”University of Minnesota, Carlson School of BusinessMarch, 2005
- Presenter:“Family Business Governance”University of Wisconsin-MadisonMarch, 2005
- Presenter:“Family Business Governance”University of Wisconsin-MadisonOctober, 2004
- Presenter:“Identifying the Key Characteristics of the Entrepreneur and What is Involved to Transition those Characteristics,”South Dakota Family Business AssociationFebruary, 2004
- Presenter:“Boards: Basic Questions and What I Can Do”Twin Cities Chamber of Commerce and Hamline UniversityOctober, 2003
- Author:“THE ACTIVE BOARD SYSTEM (TABS): Using Governance to Strengthen Family Businesses in Transition”Family Firm InstituteFall, 2003
- Presenter:“Workshop on Boards in Family Business Transition”Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship, St. CloudMay, 2003
- Presenter:“Succession for Family Businesses, Tax Matters”University of St. Thomas Center for Family EnterprisesNovember, 2002
- Presenter:“Working With Professional Advisers: Family Business Ownership and Management Colloquium”University of Wisconsin-Madison School of BusinessSeptember, 2002
- Presenter:“The Nuts and Bolts of Effective Buy/Sell Arrangements”Center for Family Enterprise Women’s Roundtable,February, 2000
- Presenter:“Family Businesses: Organizational Assessment and Leadership”APA Division 13 Consulting Psychology WorkshopFebruary 2000