Drum Café: More than a Franchise Keynote – It’s a True Keynote EXPERIENCE
Looking for a whole new level of interactive keynote at your next franchise event? Then Drum Café is exactly what you need. Think exploding color drums, thunder sticks and your franchisees making the music all while having your message woven in seamlessly. Natalie Spiro’s Drum Café presents a unique, literally hands-on approach to team-building, learning, and motivation that draws parallels between […]
Speakers for Every Franchise Life Stage
Choosing the right speaker for your franchise’s life stage is crucial to the tone and success of your conference. Having been a franchisee twice, a franchisor once, and a consultant to 300+ franchise brands in 16 different countries, Troy Hazard is in a unique position to understand the importance of hiring the right speaker based on the size […]
Stressed? Franchise Meeting Planners to the Rescue

There are some unique challenges to being a franchisor and over time, those challenges can take a toll causing stress and burnout. Popular keynoter, Evan Hackel, knows meeting planners have a major impact on helping franchises structure their conferences and events to focus on reducing burnout and stress for both the ‘zors and ‘zees, so they […]
Mike Abrashoff: Looking to Take Your Franchise to the Next Level?
One might not think there are a lot of similarities between a franchise organization and a naval ship, but Mike Abrashoff, Commander of the naval ship USS Benfold and top-tier keynote speaker, begs to differ. His experience turning his ship around in record time can help you take your franchise to the next level also in record time. At the […]
Father’s DAY, but what about Father’s EVE?
Being in the franchise industry and likely knowing John Francis (aka Johnny Franchise 😊) you may be aware of this growing event/movement for Father’s Day weekend…Father’s Eve. Born five years ago in his garage, John invited over fellow dads over for beer and pizza the night before Father’s Day to connect, share and celebrate being dads. […]
Scott Greenberg: Cause Marketing-Do Good, Do Well
Dear friend, exceptional human being, fantastic keynote speaker and cancer survivor, Scott Greenberg, sat down with me last week, just ahead of Cancer Survivor Week. We talked about many things, one of which I thought our franchise friends may be interested in…why cause marketing is particularly critical for your franchisees in today’s environment AND some ideas for how […]
Greg Nathan’s Healthy Franchise Relationships 2-Minute Tip

As we’ve been reflecting on mother’s during the past week, I wanted to share Greg Nathan’s article he sent out late last week about the mums in his life. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did…Lessons from Wise Mums “In 2012 we decided not to renew the lease on our offices in Brisbane, […]
Headline: Game Changing Idea Suffocated by “Busy-ness”
“There will always be more good ideas than there is capacity to execute.” – Chris McChesney Are you living this truth?!!? I know we are over here at SPEAK! 😊 As the lead author of The 4 Disciplines of Execution, Chris McChesney was one of the primary developers of these principles…and they are transforming franchise organizations from leadership teams to […]
3 Factors of Franchisee Success: Scott Greenberg
I sat down with one of our most booked and most loved franchise speakers, Scott Greenberg not long ago to talk about the keys to a successful franchisee. He talked about three factors and #3 may surprise you…Book Scott Greenberg Now! If this message sounds like something that may fit as a game changer for your […]
When Your Keynote Speaker Fits Your Franchise Culture Like a Glove
My title is Chief Match Maker. 😊So for me, it’s more than just suggesting any skilled professional speaker to keynote at our Client’s franchise convention. In addition to: 1) franchise event learning objectives matching speaker content, 2) a speaker being franchise savvy, 3) passing the no-Diva test, and 4) fitting the Client’s investment level, matching […]