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2010 Program of Events Flyer
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24th annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference, "Going Forward With a Vision",
Thursday-Friday, April 29-30, Akron/Fairlawn Hilton, 3180 West Market St., Akron, OH 44333
List of Conference Co-Sponsors
Agenda/Sessions/Keynote Presenters
Company Registration Form
Pre-Conference Events:
CEO-Peer Forum, April 29, 3-6 PM
CFO Roundtable, April 29, 3-6 PM
HR/ESOP Communication Roundtable, April 29, 3-6 PM
Company Showcase Reception, Thursday, April 29
Hotel Information & Directions
"Employee Ownership Basics" Certificate Program
Companies need informed employee owners who care about making the business successful. Employee owners want to make a difference and help the company succeed. See schedule of these programs:
EOB 101: ABCs of ESOPs:
Provides an overview of how ESOPs work, history and vision of employee ownership, eligibility, allocation, vesting, diversification, distribution, and valuation. Participants' learning is reinforced through The ESOP Game
EOB 102: How Can I Affect the Bottom Line?:
Every decision you make has a financial impact on your future. Explore basic business concepts, dynamics, and issues which help everyone connect their work to the bigger picture of growth in company value.
EOB 103: ESOP Communication & Teamwork:
Skills, tools and processes for effective ESOP communication and team decision-making; facilitating group discussion and giving group presentations.
"Employee Owner Leadership" Certificate Program
EOL 201: Building an Ownership Culture
This session will explore what it means to lead in culture change, a 5-stage model for culture transformation and specific leadership activities to be initiated throughout the organization in order to build an environment of leadership, ownership and responsibility.
EOL 202 Open-Book Management for Fun and Profit
How to work together so everyone sees and understands the numbers that are critical for tracking performance and focuses on helping the business make money and the rewards of teamwork. Principles and concepts to help everyone in your company measure it, monitor it, and improve it.
EOL 203: Put your Ownership Culture to Work in Tough Times
Explore how to define employee ownership responsibilities in tough times and how an ownership culture can be drawn on in difficult times; how to communicate frankly and still maintain a positive attitude; and making tough decisions for the wellbeing of the team.
How do the Certificate Programs work?
Participants may enroll in the program, participate in the seminars and receive a Certificate of Completion.
ESOP Board of Directors Forum
What's different about governance in an employee-owned firm? Discuss best practices of effective boards in ESOPs; evaluation of a board: when, how and why; roles of corporate vs. ESOP fiduciaries; and participants' concerns. This forum brings Directors, officers, and in-house ESOP trustees together to share experience toward evolving effective governance in ESOPs.
ESOP Administration Forum:
Managing ESOP repurchase obligations in turbulent times; redemption, recycling, releveraging and reshuffling; the role of an ESOP Administration Committee and trustee.
ESOP Administration & Fiduciary Workshop:
ESOP fiduciary and administrative roles, requirements, issues and updates of concern for ESOPs.
ESOP Fiduciary Workshop
ESOP trustee roles and issues; directed vs discretionary, internal vs external, and multiple trustees. An update on DOL investigations, audits and compliance issues.
ESOP Governance, Fiduciary, and Administration Forums
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