A comprehensive list of University affiliated family business centers using social media and their links.
Also featured are other family business organizations or consultants with a social presence.
Finally, seven family businesses that have embraced social media and using it effectively for their business are included.
1. University affiliated family business centers using social media
http://twitter.com/FamBiz2point0/fambiz-orgs-edu-consults
Center Center website Facebook or Linked In Group Twitter
Vermont Family Business
http://uvm.edu/familybusiness http://www.facebook.com/vermontfamilybusiness http://twitter.com/fambiz2point0
Initiative
http://business.louisville.edu/content http://www.facebook.com/pages/Louisville-KY/Family-Business-Center-U-of-L-
University of Louisville http://twitter.com/ULFamilyBizCtr
/view/465/890/ College-of-Business/44460316937?ref=sgm
St. Thomas Family Business
http://familybusiness.stthomas.edu/ http://twitter.com/USTFamilyBiz
Center
Pacific University Institute
For Family Business
http://web.pacific.edu/x6494.xml http://www.facebook.com/eberhardtschoolofbusiness http://twitter.com/familybizinfo
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-NJ/The-Rothman-Institute-of-
Rothman Institute of
http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id= Entrepreneurial-Studies-at-Fairleigh-Dickinson-FDU/23166172272?ref=sgm -
Entrepreneurial Studies At
932 !/pages/Madison-NJ/The-Rothman-Institute-of-Entrepreneurial-Studies-at-
Fairleigh Dickinson FDU
Fairleigh-Dickinson-FDU/23166172272?v=info&ref=sgm
Conway Family Business http://www.familybusinesscenter.co http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Conway-Center-for-Family- http://twitter.com/ConwayFamilyB
Center of Central Ohio m/ Business/328506581858?ref=ts iz
Alberta Business Family
Institute http://www.business.ualberta.ca/Cen
http://twitter.com/UofAABFI
tres/ABFI.aspx
Walsh College Business
http://www.walshcollege.edu/bli http://www.facebook.com/WalshCollegeFanPage http://twitter.com/hubbardjj
Leadership Institute
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Camden-NJ/Rutgers-Family-Business-
Rutgers Family Business http://familybusiness.rutgers.edu/
Institute/369251040707?ref=search&sid=715112095.957500269..1
Institute
http://www.empresasfamiliares-
Family Business School - http://twitter.com/iefb
sc.com.br/
Instituto de Empresas
Familiares do Brasi
Daniel Van Der Vliet | Vermont Family Business Initiative at the University of Vermont | office: (802) 656-5897 | email: daniel.vdv@uvm.edu | ecard: http://card.ly/DannVDV
2. Other family business organizations or consultants:
Center Center website Facebook or Linked In Group Twitter
http://www.familybusinessplace.com
Family Business Place http://twitter.com/FBPlace
/
International Family http://www.facebook.com/pages/IFERA-The-International-Family-Enterprise-
Enterprise Research http://www.ifera.org/index.php Research- http://twitter.com/IFERA_news
Academy Academy/332998520977?ref=search&sid=715112095.890976709..1&v=wall
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Family-Business-Chamber-of-
Family Business Chamber Of http://familybusinesscc.com/ http://twitter.com/FBCCcom
Commerce/336959939901?ref=search&sid=715112095.347220058..1
Commerce
Transition Consulting Group http://www.fortcg.com/ http://twitter.com/FamBizTweeter
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=175204582677&ref=search&sid=7
Café Canada http://www.cafecanada.ca/ http://twitter.com/CAFECanada
15112095.1744919933..1
Family Business Group http://twitter.com/familybizgr
Campden FB http://www.campdenfb.com/ http://twitter.com/CampdenFB
http://www.familybusinessbattlegrou http://twitter.com/FamilyBusiness
Family Business U
nd.com/ U
http://www.familybusinessinstitute.c http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Family-Business-Institute-
Family Business Institute http://twitter.com/FamBizDoctor
om/ Inc/95394576158?ref=sgm
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2041570&trk=anetsrch_name&goback=.g
Dc Family Business Alliance http://www.dcfamilybusiness.com/ http://twitter.com/DCFBA
dr_1245366150776_1
Family Business Wiki http://www.familybusinesswiki.org/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Family-Business-Wiki/94773230897?ref=ts http://twitter.com/fambuswiki
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/jo
Journal Of Family Business http://www.facebook.com/pages/Journal-of-Family-Business-
urnaldescription.cws_home/719791/
Strategy Strategy/89126063286?ref=sgm
description
David Bork http://twitter.com/FamilyBizWiz
Family businesses- just a few that I think do it well. This Twitter list has over 500 known family businesses on Twitter: http://twitter.com/fambiz2fambiz
Center Website Facebook or Linked In Group Twitter
Leonardo’s Pizza http://www.leonardosonline.com http://www.facebook.com/leonardospizza http://twitter.com/leonardospizza
Trapp Family Lodge http://www.trappfamily.com/ http://www.facebook.com/TrappFamilyLodge http://twitter.com/trappfamily
White Castle http://www.whitecastle.com/ http://www.facebook.com/WhiteCastle http://twitter.com/OfficialWC
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carved-
Carved Solutions http://www.carvedsolutions.com/ http://twitter.com/CarvedSolutions
Solutions/54425371211?ref=ts&v=wall
Biltmore Estate http://www.biltmore.com/ http://www.facebook.com/Biltmore http://twitter.com/biltmoreestate
http://www.zildjian.com/EN- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zildjian/35523026468?ref=search&sid=71511
Zildijian http://twitter.com/ZildjianCompany
US/home.ad2 2095.1763694220..1
Boloco http://www.boloco.com/ http://www.facebook.com/Boloco http://www.twitter.com/boloco