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Franchise Development
This highly interactive franchise education and training program provides many practical benefits for franchisors. You will participate in senior-level franchisor training. Get on the Fast Track in this program, a part of the popular Franchise Mini MBA™ series. Franchise Development is a dynamic three-day program that allows you to implement methods to position your system for growth in the domestic and international marketplace, be aware of the current legal hot topics you need to know, and identify and optimize important strategic opportunities.
The Franchise Development program provides many practical benefits for your franchise system. After attending you will be able to develop, communicate, and enforce systems standards and, moreover, think globally as you identify and optimize important strategic opportunities and discover the most effective practices and theories necessary to combat serious problems. This program will help you stay on top of some of the toughest legal and adversarial issues faced by franchise systems.
Audience
- VPs and directors of franchise development
- CEOs and COOs
- Senior franchise executives
- In-house legal staff
- Franchise attorneys
Program Dates and Location  top
May 19-21, 2008
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
NSU Main Campus, Fort Lauderdale-Davie Campus
October 23-25, 2008
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
NSU Main Campus, Fort Lauderdale-Davie Campus
Fee top
Fee of $1,525.00 for a single program in the series, $2,535.00 if you register and pay together for any two programs in the series, and $3,745.00 if you register and pay for all three programs together in the Franchise Mini MBA™ series includes tuition, a comprehensive manual and instructional materials, and continental breakfast, breaks and lunch daily. Multiple registrations from the same company qualify for IIFE Value Pricing. $150.00 of your registration fee for each stand-alone program is remitted to the Institute of Certified Franchise Executives (ICFE).
Programs can be custom-delivered, in-house at your company. Contact Cheryl Babcock, CFE, by phone at 800.672.7223, ext. 25071, or through email at babcockc@nsu.nova.edu for details.
Registration
You may register by phone, fax, mail or email. Click here ( ) to download a registration form.
What You Will Learn top
In this program you will learn to:
- Implement methods to position your system for growth in the domestic and international marketplace
- Explore the franchisee/franchisor relationship
- Craft a plan for recruiting better franchisees
- Develop benchmarks for your franchise sales team
- Utilize tips on what makes franchisees more fundable
- Identify challenges you may encounter in franchise financing
- Develop strategies to move your system forward
- Discover a five-step process for going international
- Understand the latest legal, regulatory, and legislative developments that affect your franchise system
- Become aware of the current legal hot topics you need to know
- Deal with encroachment issues
Comments from Prior Participants
"Excellent program! There is something here for everyone involved in franchising."
~ Karen Powell, CEO, Décor & You, Inc.
"In order to be a leader in your organization or industry you need to take the courses at IIFE. The information is invaluable, and the interaction with other franchisors is priceless."
~ Edgar Schaked, President, Schakolad Chocolate Factory
"The program combines real world people and experiences with the classroom to verify and validate best practices."
~ Rich Guckel, Senior Director of Operations, New World Restaurant Group
Accommodations
Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida, programs take place in the Carl DeSantis Building at Nova Southeastern University, H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship. Information will be provided to you prior to the start of the program pertaining to the appropriate room number, parking information, directions, etc.
Hotel information will be provided to participants when they register for a course. When making your hotel accommodations, you must identify yourself as a NSU IIFE program participant and reserve your room 30 days before the program starts to assure special rates and available space.
Cancellation and Refund Policy
We realize that occasionally you need to cancel your registration. You can substitute another individual in your place at any time prior to the first day of a program. If you wish to receive a refund or credit toward a future IIFE program, the following applies: Cancellations received 30 days before a program begins will be issued a refund, less a $150.00 processing fee. Cancellations received six to 29 days prior to the start of a program will get 50 percent of the registration fee refunded.
We are sorry that we cannot provide a refund or credit if we receive your written cancellation in five or fewer business days before the start of the program.
CFE Credits
The Institute for Certified Franchise Executives has approved each individual program in the Franchise Mini MBA™ series for 450 core/elective CFE credits. You earn 450 CFE credits at the completion of each program. $150.00 of the registration fee for each program goes to the Institute for Certified Franchise Executives.
The Franchise Development program has been awarded 450 CFE Core/Elective credits by the Institute for Certified Franchise Executives. We notify the ICFE after the program and tell them who attended. If you want to earn your CFE and have not applied to the program, please link to http://www.franchise.org/content.asp?parid=373&contentid=536 for further information and application materials for the Certified Franchise Executive Program.
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