印第安纳家族企业论坛每年举办8次研讨会。下一个研讨会“仿佛金钱很重要——金融问题”将于8月30日举行。它将由Greenwalt Sponsel & Company Incorporated公司主办，并将在他们的办公室举办。现会员及准会员均获邀出席。\ nAt the end of this summer, the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovations, a part of the Kelly School of Business, held a forum for Indiana family businesses. The purpose of the forum was to offer educational programs and networking opportunities to meet the specific needs of family owned businesses. Such issues included how a business is impacted by marriage, divorce, birth or death, the benefits of pre- and post-nuptial agreements, how to use wills and trusts to anticipate and avoid problems and how buy-sell agreements work.\nThe Indiana Family Business Forum actually began in 1997. It grew from a family business conference that was sponsored by the Johnson Center. With the issues that were at hand, the Johnson Center saw a need to create something that would help to promote Indiana family businesses. Thus the IFBF was created and now is one of three networks administered by the Johnson Center. \nThe actual mission of the Indiana Family Business Forum is "to help family-owned businesses develop solutions to their unique business challenges by providing educational programs, access to professional expertise and resources and opportunities for networking and sharing of experiences." \nTheir goal is for family businesses "to achieve growth, prosperity and perpetuation." \nThese businesses are not your typical "ma & pa" organizations. To become a member of the forum, the businesses must have an annual revenue of at least $3 million. They also have to pay yearly membership dues. \nThis forum was also geared primarily towards businesses in central Indiana since the northern and eastern areas of the state have their own respective organizations. The forum is sponsored by Monument Advisors, the Lowe Foundation, Leadership Horizons, Greenwalt Sponsel and Company and Barnes and Thornburg. \nThis forum was held in Indianapolis at the Barnes and Thornburg Law offices and covered many issues that affect family businesses. Of the 30 people who attended the event, most found it to be helpful.\nKimberly Ruff, a representative from the Johson Center, said, "The workshop was extremely well-received with members staying long after the official ending period to share experiences with other network members and ask detailed questions of the presenters, the people who attended evaluated the event as extremely beneficial." \n欲了解更多信息，请联系Ruffkruff@indiana.edu或访问印第安纳州家族企业论坛网站www.bus.indiana.edu/jcei．
