10 Great reasons to atttend! - CAFE Symposium 2010

CAFE Symposium 2010 - Regina - May 26-28

Top 10...

...Reasons to be part of CAFE Symposium 2010

Information, Inspiration, Innovation - Its ALL about the program!

(CAFE's Top 10 list - all are highlights, not in any order of importance...)

10. Tom Deans - Every Family's Business

Intergenerational Wealth Expert Tom Deans speaks about YOUR business: the beginning, the middle, and the end.

Deans provides business with the tools to educate themselves and their families about succession planning. He outlines the most difficult, yet crucial questions every family business owner MUST ask in order to preserve relationships and generational wealth.

9. Family Business Stories - FEYA Celebration

The 2010 Family Enterprise of the Year awards will be presented at the Regina Gala Dinner at Evraz Place. Hear the stories of three extraordinary Canadian Family Businesses - the finalists chosen from award winners across Canada to recieve this prestigious award. Keynote Speaker - Kyle McLachlan - The Red Paper Clip Guy -discusses Social Media - Making it Work

8. Dr Larry Ohlhauser - The Healthy CEO

The Healthy CEO, will provide executives and CEOs with a unique set of tools and methodologies to manage their wellness.

Learn new strategies to manage your own wellness
Take advantage of proven, practical, well-rounded life balance initiatives
Become accountable for new, life-changing habits

Prepare to become the CEO of your wellness!

7. Award Winning Fare

The Willow on Wascana - WestJet's Up! Magazine honoured The Willow on Wascana as winner of the Best Value Award for dinner service. Micro-regional, seasonal, fresh and fun! Let Chef Moe and the Willow Team take you on a culinary tour of Saskatchewan featuring some of the great farms of our community. Combined with a specialised wine tasting - you will not want to miss this!!

6. Doug Bolger - Communicating Naturally

Communication fuels relationships. With communication anything becomes possible. Without communication, relationships and results wither.

In L(earn)2 Communicate Naturally you discover your communication approach and more importantly others. So that producing results and building relationships becomes guaranteed by choosing to communicate your way and how others need you to communicate. So the experience is about YOU!

5. RCMP Heritage Centre

Regina, the Capital City of Saskatchewan, is located in the southern portion of the province. The city is home to the largest legislative building in Canada and hosts the world renowned Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy and RCMP Heritage Centre. Enjoy an exclusive CAFE tour as the RCMP hosts our Thursday evening social celebration.

4. Rachel Mielke - Oscar Opportunities

Rachel Mielke, at just 29, has taken the fashion and jewellery industry by storm. She was invited to the Pre-Oscar Luxury Gifting Lounge in L.A. Rachel also battled and won, when she faced off on CBC's Dragons' Den. Now partnering with business mogul and philanthropist, W. Brett Wilson her Hillberg and Berk jewellery goes from strength to strength. Rachel delivers a substantial message with a youthful vibrance that will leave you inspired and keen to use your opportunities to take your business from unknown to extraordinary.

3. Toni Newman - C.S.I. - Catalyst for Strategic Innovation

Why? Why Not! re-energize your organization with three simple, essential objectives:

Creating a shift in mindset from "Why?" to "Why not!" thinking.
Demystifying the concept of strategic innovation so that everyone can get engaged and on board; and
Sharing some simple and yet highly effective tools that will enable each participant to tap into their own unique source of strategically innovative ideas.

2. Workshops - The BEST concurrent sessions for Family Business!

Keeping it Entrepreneurial; Trimming the Tree; Six Steps to Growing YOUR business; Tax, Succession and Estate Planning; CSI and the Family Enterprise; Developing the Next Generation of Leaders.