Dinner Meeting
Sept 14, 2010: 5:30
pm – 9:00 pm
Four Points Sheraton, Norwood, MA
Past Meetings and Speakers
Tuesday Mar 9,
2010: 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm: "Positioning Your Franchise For Growth in the Coming Decade" Lynette McKee, CFE, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
Tuesday Jan 12,
2010: 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm: "How to Network with Impact" Jim Ayraud, Next Level, Inc.
Tuesday Nov 17,
2009: 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm: "Negotiation Skills for the Franchised Business" Stephen Frenkel, Mediation Works, Inc.
Tuesday Sep 15,
2009: 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm: "Search Engine Optimization: The new marketing frontier for franchise organizations" Roland Lacey, MediaRight Technologies
Tuesday May 12,
2009: 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm Dick
Rennick, Team Rennick, Palm
Springs, CA
March 10, 2009: Mary
Jo Larson, Publisher,
Franchise Times,
Minneapolis, MN
January 13, 2009:
"Best Practices for
a Successful Franchise
System" Presented by Joe
Mathews,
Franchise Performance Group
January 15, 2008:
"Ideas, Tactics, and Tips to
Grow your Company"
Peter Birkeland, Ph.D.
Peter Birkeland Consulting
Chicago,
Illinois
March 18, 2008:
Leonard Swartz,
iFranchise Group
Homeward, IL
Sponsored by:
CIT Small Business Lending
May 20, 2008:
Darrell Johnson,
President & CEO,
FRANdata
Arlington,
VA
Sponsored by:
Bankers One Capital
Sept 16, 2008: NEFA
Presents: “Identifying and
Selecting High Performance
Franchisees”, a panel
discussion on awarding your
franchise to the best
candidates.
Panelist: Fred Berni,
Dynamic Performance Systems
Ontario,
Canada
Craig Slavin,
Franchise Navigator
Chicago, Illinois
Moderated by: Jim Coen
Sponsored by:
IRA Rollover Solutions
Nov 18, 2008: NEFA
Presents: Franchise
Financing: Keys to Success
in the Current Economic
Climate
Panelist: Anne Rice Hunt,
Finance Chief,
U.S Small Business
Administration;
Barbara Arena,
CIT Small Business Lending,
Senior Regional Account
Manager;
Tom McDonald,
IRA Rollover Solutions;
Moderated by: Constantine
(Dean) Fournaris, Partner,
Wiggin and Dana,
Sponsored by:
Wiggin and Dana
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November 13, 2007: Good News, Bad News Expert Media Panel Sponsored by: Law Offices of Suzanne C. Cummings & Associates, P.C.
A positive headline can drive new customers to your franchise. A negative story can be tragic to your bottom line.
NEFA explored this important topic with a panel of media experts:
Panelists:
Moderated by: Steve Dubin is President of PR Works
September 18, 2007: Mark Kiekenapp, Franchise Outsource, Sponsored by National Franchise Show Boston
Mark is a managing partner of Franchise Outsource, a national Franchise Development Company assisting franchisors in building effective sales processes, franchise development strategies, and franchise recruitment advertising. In addition Marc is the President of Marc A. Kiekenapp & Associates.
May 15, 2007: George
Naddaff, CEO
Know
Fat
Lifestyle
Grill, Sponsored by
WhizSpark
George Naddaff, CEO, Know
Fat, considered by many to
be the Guru of Franchising
in America, specializes in
the development and
marketing of franchise
concepts. As a man
frequently featured in
leading business
publications like Forbes,
Inc., Success, Entrepreneur,
The Wall Street Journal, and
in numerous trade
publications, he is a
recognized franchise
visionary.
March 13, 2007: Eric
Stites, President,
Franchise Business Review
, Sponsored by
Constant Contact
“Satisfaction
is Everything! How
Franchisee Satisfaction
Drives the Bottom Line” Eric
believes, franchisee
satisfaction, or what he
calls “The Happy Factor” is
the most important thing to
consider before buying any
franchise. Franchise
Business Review is a
national franchise market
research firm that performs
independent surveys of
franchisee satisfaction and
franchise buyer experiences.
January 23,2007:
Kevin Brough, Chairman,
North
American Association of
Subway Franchisees
(NAASF) Sponsored by
CIT
Small Business Lending
November 2006: Mary
Tomzack President,
FranchiseHelp, Inc.
Mary
E. Tomzack is
the President
and Founder of
FranchiseHelp,
Inc.
FranchiseHelp is
unique in
franchising
because it
services the
entire franchise
marketplace:
potential and
current
franchisees and
franchisors,
suppliers to
franchises, and
investors. Mary
is a noted
franchise expert
and the author
of Tips & Traps
When Buying a
Franchise, first
published in
1994, revised in
1999, Source
Book
Publications.
Everyone
attending the
NEFA Meeting
will receive a
complimentary
copy of her
book. Ms.
Tomzack is often
interviewed for
franchise
articles in
publications
such as The New
York Times,
"Franchise
World" and
"Entrepreneur
Magazine." In
addition, she
was a part-owner
in two
franchised
businesses.
September 2006: Panel
Discussion on Mediation &
Arbitration, Panelist
Featured:
Nancy Connelly;
Mediation Works Incorporated
Susan Hanmer Farina;
Mediator-Arbitrator
Arthur
Pressman; Nixon
Peabody LLP
Sponsored by:
National Franchise &
Business Opportunities Show
Boston
Susan
H. Farina, Esq.
mediates and
arbitrates
franchise and
commercial
disputes and
formerly represented
franchisors and
franchisees in
litigation,
arbitration and
mediation.
May 2006: Nancy
Weingartner Managing Editor,
Franchise Times,
Sponsored by
PR
Works
Franchise
Times is a
highly regarded,
business-trade
publication
known for its
extensive
editorial
coverage of both
franchisor and
franchisee
issues.
Franchise Times
Corp. inherited
Nancy in 1998
when it bought
Franchise Times
from Crain
Communications
and Continental
Franchise
Review, a
Denver-based
newsletter Nancy
edited. She
became Franchise
Times’ managing
editor in
2002.In addition
to the 10-times
a year magazine,
the company
produces
Franchise Times
Online, geared
exclusively for
the potential
franchise buyer
to become better
informed about
the process of
purchasing a
franchise and
what it takes to
successfully run
a small
business. Nancy
will talk about
what’s hot in
franchising,
what the future
holds and
lessons learned
from
franchising’s
past. She’ll
also address
ways companies
and individuals
can tap into the
media’s
short-little
attention span,
and how to
generate
positive press
and handle
negative press.
March 2006: Joe
Matthews President,
Franchise Performance Group
The Franchise
Performance
Group (formerly
the Franchise
Coaching
Company) is a
cutting-edge
franchise
consulting firm
dedicated to
helping
franchisors win
by improving the
performance
levels of both
franchisors and
franchisees. Joe
Mathews, founder
of the Franchise
Performance
Group, is a
highly rated
speaker on
topics relating
to franchising
and performance.
The topic will
be: “Building
Peak Performing
Franchisees”
January 2006: Robert
L. Purvin, Jr.
AAFD
Chairman/CEO
The AAFD is a
national
non-profit trade
association
representing the
rights and
interests of
franchisees and
independent
dealers
throughout the
United States.
The AAFD was
formed by
Declaration of
Trust in May of
1992 with the
original mission
of "Bringing
Fairness to
Franchising." As
the AAFD has
expanded and
evolved, and as
many fine
franchising
companies have
stepped forward
to contractually
embrace the
promise of
Win-Win
Franchising, the
AAFD's mission
has expanded,
but can be
succinctly
stated as
follows: To
define, identify
and to use
marketplace
solutions to
promote Total
Quality
Franchising. |