Conference services – we have the solutions!

Conferences your franchisees will love!!

We know you’re busy, time poor and organising conferences is not your business.

Providing Conference material and topics and venue choices often leave Franchisors scratching their heads.

But there’s an expectation in a franchise organisation that there will be an annual get together where franchisees will network with each other and learn.

Why bother you may ask??

Well, conventions can be a useful forum for franchisors to:

  • Recap on last year’s performance.
  • Reinforce the franchisor’s vision.
  • Introduce new products, services, policies and procedures.
  • Build stronger and more personal relationships between you and your franchisees.
  • Exchange information and discuss challenges and competitors.
  • Reward your top-performing franchisees.
  • Introduce franchisees to one another.
  • Bring relatively new franchisees ‘up-to-speed’.

Make sure that you allow enough time in your conference to adequately cover all the in-house matters and new products and initiatives

But often, you still have time to spare in the conference. Let’s face it, Franchisees always seem to listen better to an “external expert “ than an internal franchisor or part of the franchisor management team. So fill us in as to what you need to be said, and it will be said.

So here’s how we help;

Choose from one day or one and a half days for any package

We will tailor a package to suit your needs and your budget.

All presenters are experts in the subject matter for discussion as well as being knowledgeable in the franchising world.

Here are some of our topics;

  •  Time management
  • Cashflow management
  • Networking in the business community
  • Marketing on a budget
  • Negotiating
  • Goal setting and planning
  • Personality profiling and how to use it in everyday business.
  • Understanding Social Media in Franchising

Where to stay? – We can facilitate a venue to get you started.

General conference tips

  • Talk to your franchisees to try and gauge the sort of day they are after – would they prefer to spend a little more money and have a better standard of accommodation? or is the venue not that important to them?
  • Your reputation as The franchisor can be on the line here. So don’t provide a “tacky” type of conference. There are no winners here.
  • Would franchisees rather cram everything into one day, with few breaks in between? Or spread the event over two-days and have a long lunch and more time to socialise?
  • Are the franchisees really bothered about fancy nightime entertainment, or would they prefer a quiet dinner with franchisees of their choice?
  • How much leisure time do they need/want?
  • These are all important matters to take into consideration to ensure the day is perceived by franchisees as useful and worthwhile, rather than as dull and a time-waster.
  • Try to establish your franchise’s annual convention as something of a tradition. If your franchisees are paying to attend the convention at their own expense, it is important that they perceive the convention as something to look forward to – not as an event to dread!

For more information or to discuss your needs please contact the Franchising Plus office.