Are you or a team member in the midst of planning your 2018 convention or conference? We understand both the significant franchisor investment, as well as the once a year opportunity to enhance franchise unity and to jump-start franchisee growth for your system.

Based on the stakes, would it be helpful to have a bulleted list of ideas/suggestions from your franchise peers, based on their years of experience? From ideas to garner greater attendance to awards ideas to innovative ways deliver value and fun—we thought you may find it useful. Whether to read now and percolate ideas or send over to your meeting planning committee, we are hopeful that you find a couple tidbits that end up making a difference for your event in 2018!

And as always, if you have feedback from your franchise event experience, we’d love to hear it. We’ll add any fresh ideas and have the updated version available on our SPEAK! website.

P.S. And just in case you’re at the “theme” stage of planning, here’s SPEAK!’s Franchise Conference Theme Ideas, for a source of brainstorming.