Family Land Conversations: Communication Strategies for Estate Planning and Inheritance Decisions with Olivia Boyce-Abel

What would you like to see happen to your land in the future? What are the goals of your family, or your heirs, for your land? Having an early conversation with your family about your land is critical to ensure your future goals for your land are realized. However, these
conversations can at times be difficult. All families have their own unique circumstances and dynamics. Good family communication skills are the key to navigating these sometimes difficult conversations to ensure that the planning for the future of your family's land can move forward.

At this seminar, you will learn valuable strategies for how to encourage healthy communication and trust in making decisions about your land, as well as:

This seminar will be a rare opportunity to learn from one of the leading experts in the field about how to manage family communication issues in estate planning and land conservation conversations. Olivia Boyce-Abel has over 25 years of experience working with individuals and families across the country on issues of estate planning and land transfer. Olivia has in-depth experience dealing with property stewardship, multiparty ownership and dispute resolution, and excels in working with family dynamics to foster creative solutions.

This seminar will also be helpful for foresters, land trust members, and municipal officials who work with families making decisions about their land.
  

Details:
$20.00 per person, $50.00 per family
Pre-registration required. Registration includes morning refreshments and buffet lunch. For more information or to download a brochure and registration form, visit  www.masswoods.net (under "Important Updates.")

Sponsors include UMass Extension, The Trustees of Reservations' Highland Communities Initiative, the MA Chapter of the Nature  Conservancy, MA DCR, and the North Quabbin Regional Landscape Partnership