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WEBINAR REGISTRATION
Wednesday, September 29 2021 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Speaker: Ashley Joslin – RTOWN
Whether your franchise wants to grow locations, refresh your corporate digital strategy or increase traffic in individual franchises, this webinar will help you cut through the noise around marketing to ask the right questions and find the right tools.
We will tackle unique franchise challenges such as multi-location advertising structure and strategy and the performance tracking hurdles that come along with this.
Any franchise owner will walk away from the webinar a little more digitally savvy.
Wednesday, October 6 2021 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Speaker: Brayden Anderson – Neovation Learning Solutions
Whether you’ve been offering your franchisees online training for a while, or you are new to the world of online training, the equation is the same. Quality In, Quality Out. Your investment in training needs to drive higher sales, deeper client customer satisfaction, increasingly capable franchisees, and ultimate, overall ROI for the entire franchise network. Online training isn’t a set it and forget it proposition – it requires some care, feeding and fertilizer to grow into a mighty mature ecosystem to sustain your business KPIs.
Join Brayden Anderson, Neovation Learning Solutions resident franchise expert, to discover how you can evolve your current or future online training to achieve a more mature training model. Brayden will share deep insights into:
1. The 5 components of training maturity
2. How to create effective training for adult learners
3. How to improve your eLearning Content
4. Why repurposing Instructor-led training content just makes sense
5. Tips and techniques you can use today to achieve eLearning success.
This webinar is perfect for anyone who is currently doing online training, and wants to see better engagement and KPIs, as well those considering online training for the first time, to establish a strong start for their new training initiatives.
If you are interested in or responsible for the state of your team’s training – online, offline, or in-person – you won’t want to miss this webinar. Make sure your online training is delivering on its potential – for engagement, behavior change, and improved ROI.
Wednesday, October 20 2021 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
Speaker: David Hopkins – The Fifteen Group
Succeeding in the restaurant franchise business doesn’t have to be tough. Learn how your operation can thrive in today’s market.
While there are many difficulties associated with running a restaurant franchise – razor-thin margins, intense competition and Franchisor standards – there is a recipe for success. Overcome industry challenges by building or reinventing your operation with tight fiscal controls, seamless systems and procedures in place and strong franchisor relations. Your restaurant franchise can beat the odds by avoiding common missteps of operators and developing a holistically strong concept.
Join David Hopkins, President of The Fifteen Group, on October 20th, 2021, at 2 pm EST as he assesses why some restaurant franchises fail and what you need to know to break into the industry with success or transform your business from a good idea into a thriving, profitable operation.
What You’ll Learn:
- The two fundamental reasons why restaurant franchises aren’t hitting their potential
- How to choose a Franchise and Franchisor that will set you up for success.
- Why a 10/10 guest experience is essential
- How to turn revenue into profit
Wednesday, October 27 2021 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Speaker: Shawn Ostheimer – The Answer Company
When you expand beyond a single franchise location, the complexity of operations begins to increase at a rapid rate. The highest performers know that the best way to manage multiple locations is to view the whole franchise operation from the top down. Centralising not only inventory, financials and payroll/HR, but also all of your organizational data gives you more control and precise insight into how you’re doing.
Tech tools make this management much easier, giving you a bird’s eye view of the whole operation, while retaining the ability to drill down into individual locations and tweak your processes depending on business in each branch. Sage Intacct, an award-winning financial management solution with the ability to integrate with modules that cover every aspect of your organization.
Join The Answer Company’s Founder and President, Shawn Ostheimer to learn more about how this Best-of-Breed solution can take you to the next level with your franchise operation.
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