Franchise Tools

How was your last Awards Celebration? Is there room for improvement? Or was it so fantastic that you’re looking for ideas to top it?!?! Through the years, we’ve placed emcees […]

With 2017 approaching a halfway point (did I just say that?!?!?), many of you have your 2017 events in the rearview mirror or will very soon. So over here at […]

Event dollars are precious…whether you’re investing in an outside speaker for the first time or utilizing outside talent throughout your agenda! Of course, finding the perfect speaker fit is [...]

At IFA in January, I again had the wonderful opportunity to co-facilitate (with Marcus Johnson, Reno/Tahoe Visitors Bureau) a Business Solutions Roundtable and listened to some of the most [...]

A dear friend sent me this smart and thought-provoking article found on Quartz a couple weeks back and it has stayed with me—leaving me to ponder….what is MY greatest export? […]

Being in the business of speaking, I KNOW the incredible value of delivering targeted content that ROCKS an audience. And at franchise conventions, in addition to outside, professional speakers [...]

Looking for ways to support your internal team and your franchisees in building healthy franchise relationships? Whether Greg Nathan’s pivotal book Profitable Partnerships is part of your regular [...]

Last week I ran across this calendar website and my first thought was it’s helpful, which it is…but THEN I found the Fun, Wacky & Trivial Holidays page (Enter delightful […]

…pouring through profile after profile, sorting and sorting to narrow down the search, watching videos, reading auto-biographic words about background, strengths and passions, trying to read [...]

Can I see a show of hands…how many of your franchise organizations are in the process of planning their 2017 conventions or conferences? (Pause and look around…) I thought so!  […]