Greg Nathan: 176 Tips for Improving Franchise Communications and Group Meetings
I’m sure some of you saw Greg Nathan’s, 176 Tips for Improving Franchise Communications and Group Meetings, but it’s SO valuable, I wanted to send it out to our franchisor friends just to make sure! It’s really more of an ongoing reference tool, than simply tips—and something that should definitely be passed along! Here’s what […]
Seth Mattison: Where Does Your Leader Sit?
“In the new world of work, the leader no longer sits on the top of the chart. The leader sits in the middle of the network—and what a powerful place to be. The leader can connect with everyone—and more importantly, everyone can connect with them.” Looking for a fresh keynoter that rocks your next franchisee convention? […]
Gerry O’Brion: Find & Keep ‘A-Players’!
SPEAK! has had the pleasure of working with nationally recognized speaker and branding expert, Gerry O’Brion for a few years now and he continues to exceed franchisor and franchisee expectation, each and every time—more and more—hitting homerun after homerun! Gerry works with lots of franchises—MANY within the foodservice sector. And listening to franchise teams, he […]
Colette Carlson: The Transformation of Connection
New to our official roster (but she’s worked with one of our favorite franchise clients, garnering wildly wonderful reviews), Colette Carlson is the Connection Catalyst! We all know relationships are critical, throughout the franchise system—within the franchisor team, franchisor/franchisee, field staff/franchisee, franchisee/employee, employee/customer. Colette says… “Many Communicate. Few Connect.” In a recent article entitled, The […]
Franchise Execs Delivering Presentations That ROCK Their Franchise Conventions!
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 (and sometimes in lieu of), franchise execs are front and center, on stage presenting to their franchise teams. The opportunity is great, the stakes are high […]
Let’s Turn Valentine’s Day on its Head!
I get it, Valentine’s Day is traditionally about “significant others”—which is a wonderful thing to celebrate. But I’d like to take the liberty to broaden and twist it a bit. 🙂 So, after a quick exercise in “what do YOU love?” we came up with the… Top 20 Things We LOVE! We love to laugh […]
February Feature: Speakers Who Build Incredible Teams – Robyn Benincasa
One of our most requested keynote topics in 2016 most requested keynote topics in 2016 was Teamwork/Teambuilding. And we are hearing this theme over and over and over as we talk to clients about their 2017 events. Is it any surprise within the diverse and ever changing world of a franchise system?!? When talking teams, we […]
Why a Gen Y’s Average Time On Job Is 3 Years and What To Do About It
Cheryl Cran (a new addition to our SPEAK! roster and an expert on the future of work), recently wrote down a few thoughts and tips regarding retaining Millenials. I found it useful and thought you might as well, so I’m passing it along. Feel free to forward it to your franchisees if you find it […]
Are You Mindful or Mind-Full? – Greg’s Healthy Franchise Relationships 2-Minute Tip
Are You Mindful or Mind-Full? I love this topic and Greg does a wonderful job both illustrating the difference (because sometimes we struggle to see it in ourselves) and providing tips to expand mindfulness each day. Read on… “I recently sat in a workshop on Mindfulness led by a psychology colleague. Later, while chatting about […]
The Brave New World…of Work – with Seth Mattison
In this new world of work, how does wisdom, knowledge and perspective fuse with a fresh, tech-savvy view for maximum impact?Because, let’s face it, youth influence trends and then they spread. Seth’s enthusiasm and total relatability engages and inspires audiences to shift their thinking about relationships—how to create meaningful ones across generational differences within the franchise team, […]
