Dennis Ross’ Post

Lots of amazing speakers at the upcoming IFG conference on May 14th - there's good stuff here whether you're a family member, next-gen, or advisor. Check out these sessions 👀: - Navigating Your Family Enterprise When Generational Trusts Own It - What Can Trusted Advisors Do to Help Facilitate Successful Inter-Generational Transitions?—Case Studies - Before the Board Room: Preparing Family Leaders (with Kirby Rosplock, PhD) - How to Achieve Effective Family Communication— Do’s and Don’ts (with me! and Michele Mikeska Jaffe, PsyD) - Why are Inter-Generational Transitions so Difficult?—Case Studies - How to Keep the Trust Premium: Why Family-Owned Businesses Need to Turn Their Good Intentions into Actions Now

Another initiative of new president Roger is revitalising our Club and increasing membership. It's no secret Rotary clubs around the world have struggled to retain members and attract new members. Terms of reference are: - To explore options that will revitalise membership of our Club. - To make recommendations to the RCW Board on the preferred pathway for the Club. - Report to Board by mid-September 2024. The first meeting of the group was yesterday (Tuesday). As part of kicking off the meeting, President Roger asked each member to say in five minutes what they think are the primary causes of declining membership, and what they think are the best opportunities to revitalise membership. A conversation about revitalising our Club also took place at the June 24 lunch meeting. Among the takeaways include: - Spreading good news stories about what our club is doing. - Inviting our club members to be speakers to learn about their expertise. - Instead of fellowship time - create ways to learn more about each other's experience & skills. - Involve other clubs in our project and our social events. It's a big project, but it's good to get the ball rolling. Stay tuned for more - and if you'd like to help, let us know! A great start too is joining our Club if you're not a member already! 😁

I am busy working on exercises for this workshop. At #thefbcg, we deliver an interactive learning environment! The topic of family enterprises interfacing with legacy trusts is fascinating from a sociological, family dynamics, governance, and estate planning perspective. Join us for a creative and collaborative three hours. Also, join Oscar Paez in his presentation the following day. #thefbcg #cepa #arvc #familybusiness #familyenterprise #estateplanning #pda #familyoffice #familygovernance #manufacturing #womeninmanufacturing

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Do you want to improve engagement for all your stakeholders--members, volunteers, new members, sponsors, and exhibitors? Join me next week at the LSAE - Louisiana Society of Association Executives Annual Convention in New Orleans, September 10-12. During the opening session, we will take a deep dive into engagement! Here's a little video to see what is in store for you! #ElevatingEngagement #memberengagement

A must-attend for those in and around land use/planning, development, transport and sustainability in RI, and it only happens every other year:

We are all done with content for this exciting learning opportunity. Come and explore this dynamic topic with me, family business owners, attorneys, family office executives, and board members. This will be an interactive class where we share common practices and shared experiences. #FBCG #cepa #pda #governance #exitplanning

A week today we’ll be hosting the latest in our series of MPs Question Time events sponsored by Woodland Group. In the run-up to a General Election - and with many economic headwinds still prevailing - there's never been a more important time to ensure that Doncaster’s politicians are appraised of the challenges and opportunities facing your business. For those that have attended these events in the past, I’d also note that we will be giving it a bit overhaul, based on your feedback, to emphasise interactivity and be less reliant on pre-submitted questions. Hopefully, this subtle reboot will produce more spontaneous discussions and give you more of a chance to have your say.   On that note, I’ll personally be facilitating this session and will asking the attending politicians one question only before then going to floor for direct input from the business leaders in the room. We’ll also be asking attendees to contribute to a few anonymous polls on the day to ask how delegates are feeling about what they’re hearing and what’s going to influence their voting intentions. Despite the understandable frustrations that we all have with politics from time to time, the more businesses that attend events like these, the louder our collective voice is. If you’ve not yet booked on, get your voice heard by signing up here: https://lnkd.in/ePRVPdpq. Fabian Braithwaite, Andy Morley, Jim Carley, Jade Dyer, Rebecca N., Vicki Brooks, Laura Hemstock, Luke Fermor

Meetings industry associations are at a crossroads, with many facing challenges in innovation, advocacy, and education. Recent consolidations, like the merger of three major associations in Australia, highlight the global push for greater unity and efficiency. The question remains: will this trend of consolidation expand globally? Learn more: https://hubs.li/Q020KKz50

If you're unaware of the work of APSE and the services, advice, good practice and ideas sharing it provides, the full round up of last year's work and brilliant practice of Councils from 4 nations is highlighted in our latest detailed round up below. Please find time to browse, the clear content page makes it very easy to flick through and find something of interest to anyone passionate about the #frontline. To pick just a small extract from one of my priorities for awareness and campaigning on as incoming chair, outlined briefly towards the start: "The way in which we fund our local councils is unfair, unjust and in need of reform. If needs-based funding is good enough for the NHS, then why not us? We should never accept that our services fall below acceptable levels, we need funding that guarantees a basic level of service wherever you are in the UK." Far more detailed nuggets from service delivery across specific service sectors are highlighted through the rest of the magazine. Further links in the main post below. Mo Baines Colin Rowland Abi Ademiluyi Lindsay Airey Robin Porter Laura Church Vicky Hawkes Colin Moone Gary Porter CBE Local Government Association Welsh Local Government Association - Partnership Support Unit Alan Waters Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Shaun Davies Nesil Caliskan Joe Harris Marianne Overton MBE lynne short Richard Wright