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Next Generation-NOW Sets Online "Huddle"
August 15,
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By Home Furnishings Business in Business Strategy on August 16, 2012
The Next Generation-NOW home furnishings networking group has will host its first online "NGN Huddle" on August 22 at 11 a.m. PDT.
The first NGN Huddle, "Generation2Generation," will offer advice from two successful retail stores on how they are handling the generational transition. The skills and knowledge passed from generation to generation can help businesses grow, succeed and thrivebut the transition between generations isn't always a simple one. Family-business owners from Gates Home Furnishings, Grants Pass, Ore.; and Coconis Furniture, South Zanesville, Ohio, will be on hand to answer questions provided by the Next Generation-NOW membership. Both stores currently have two generations working side-by-side.
There is always so much you can learn from talking to others, and this first NGN Huddle will focus on an issue that many of us are dealing with in the industry, said Nick Gates. Succession of a business isnt easy. I am excited to share our businesses success when it comes to transitioning from generation to generation. My dad transitioned into the business in 1977, and has built a successful business for me to continue. I know that Coconis Furniture has also had great success at surviving multiple successions over the last 85 years. I have already learned so much from the Coconis family, and I know attendees will too.
Utilizing the next generations tech-savviness, the NGN Huddle will be conducted through Google Hangouts and social media. To attend, members simply create a profile on the Next Generation-NOW social site, log-in and then they can start watching the panel discussion live. To ask questions, members simply post to the Social pages wall, or Tweet @ngnow on Twitter.
Next Generation-NOW, an incubator for those new to the industry, is a hosted community of the National Furnishings Association and Western Home Furnishings Association. To sign-up for Next Generation-NOW Social page, visit social.ngnow.org. For more information, visit ngnow.org.