FFI provides an integrated program of cross-disciplinary education among various professions, focusing within FFI’s core disciplines of behavioral sciences, financial, law and management science. Certificate Programs
Two FFI certificates are offered. They are designed to distinguish those members who have achieved significant professional knowledge. Certificate holders offer expertise of exceptional value to family business owners and family wealth clients. The Certificate in Family Business Advising was established by the FFI board of directors in October 2000 and revised in August 2009. This program benefits family enterprise advisors, consultants and their clients who advise, study or work with family enterprises by establishing knowledge standards.
This certificate is designed for members who advise or study family businesses plus consultants whose practices have begun to involve enterprising families utilizing a family office, new or potential employees at family offices, and members of private client groups for high-net worth families. SeminarsBOK SeminarsFFI's Body of Knowledge Committee has developed and evolved several advanced interdisciplinary educational offerings. These conferences and seminars, held annually or semi-annually around the globe, provide vital interdisciplinary education that enables FFI members to better serve family businesses. In order to ensure the most comprehensive offerings ongoing, FFI provides guidelines for collaborating with institutions with similar educational missions to support innovation and scholarship in the field.
This course provides a broader context for issues in advising and consulting with family enterprises than is typically covered by a single, core discipline. This broader context sensitizes participants to the possible need to involve professionals from other disciplines when working with family enterprise clients. Participants will be come more aware of their own competencies and limitations as they build their practice as a family enterprise professional.
Chicago, IL, USA, April 28, 2010 Bogota, Colombia, May 12 (in Spanish), 2010 Sanctuary Cove, QLD Australia, September 1, 2010 (in collaboration with Family Business Australia-to read brochure, click here) Chicago, IL USA, October 13, 2010 (for more information and to register, click here.) Hong Kong, December 10, 2010 This two-day intensive is all about what family business advisors need to know. The field’s most sophisticated advisors recognize that the complexities of the family firm system require the integration of insights from multiple disciplines of wide-ranging perspectives. Participants in The Essentials™ join a faculty of experienced advisors to identify and integrate insights from behavioral science, financial, law and management science to analyze and solve problems through timely case studies. Chicago, IL, USA, April 29-30, 2010
Bogota, Colombia, May 13-14 (in Spanish), 2010
Sydney, Australia, May 25-26, 2010
Hong Kong, December 11-12, 2010
Creating and sustaining family wealth over generations is a complex task, and family wealth advising requires a unique understanding of family development, psychology, and governance as well as mastery of good communication and conflict resolution skills.
This seminar focuses on working with multi-generational families to govern family wealth, shared assets and human capital. Participants are guided by a faculty of experienced family wealth advisors in a series of experiential sessions and a case study designed to provide both the theoretical frameworks and practical tools for success.
Madrid, Spain, April 14, 2010
Chicago, IL, USA, October 13, 2010 (for more information and to register, click here.) Each year FFI holds one or more seminars focused on regional attendance. In 2009 there are three such events, one sponsored by FFI and two in collaboration with other FFI-related organizations;
Latin America (Bogota, Colombia) May 12-14, 2010
Day 1: Launching Pad (in Spanish)
Days 2 & 3: The Essentials (in Spanish)
Sydney Australia, May 25-26, 2010
The Essentials, presented in collaboration with Family Business Australia Sanctuary Cove, QLD Australia, September 1, 2010
Launching Pad, presented in collaboration with Family Business Australia Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 10-12, 2010
Day 1: Launching Pad
Days 2 & 3: The Essentials
presented in collaboration with the Chinese University of Hong Kong FFI's annual conference is in the fall and is a focal point of organization-wide activity. The rich program comprises interdisciplinary information, research, expertise and experience disseminated by leaders from FFI's four core disciplines of behavioral science, financial, law and management science. Workshops, special lectures and social activities provide attendees with a unique opportunity to further their professional growth, interact with other professionals, develop business connections and expand their intellectual and professional horizons. 2010 Annual ConferenceOctober 13-16, 2010
JW Marriott, an historic Burnham building
Chicago, IL
2011 Annual Conference
October 12-15, 2011
InterContinental Hotel
Boston, MA
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