2017 New Orleans Conference – Agenda
Hey All
The 2017 conference is less than a month away.... February 10-11, 2017.
For a long time now (no I mean it, a long time, because I am an old guy) I have thought of every good convention as having 3 parts…. Education, Celebration and Fun.
Our Annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency French Quarter, in New Orleans, is certainly going to subscribe to that model.
The theme of this year’s conference is “In Full Swing - Implementing for Results”, so you know there will be education.
I think you are hearing about that from other members of the PST.... but I get to send you the agenda, so copy attached.
The fun part, always finds a way to take care of itself.
I didn’t see this at the last Conference but I understand that John Tillger leads a pretty mean “conga line”…. and who knows that could happen again.
There is no scheduled "dance" for Ralph and I this year.... but if Aretha were to show up at the Awards Banquet, that could happen again too.
We will have celebration!
Some of it in the very first general session when we get to know, a little bit better, the Top Performers in our brand.... and see what has happened to their businesses since we last met.
Along with the Franchise Advisory Council (FAC), the Top Performers are the "peer leadership" of our Brand.... it is extremely important that you know who they are.
• They may well have knowledge that you want.
• They may be the voice of experience that you are looking for.
• They may be the ones to hear your concerns.... and pass them on.
Ralph and I are hosting this year's Awards Banquet.... complete with the Partner's Choice Award that we so enjoyed presenting, for the first time, at our last Conference.
We are going to ask that you dress up a bit for this one.... formal or semi-formal, all the way to your feet, this year.... to help make it the special event that it needs to be.
We can't do it right without you being there, so if you still haven't already registered.... get on with it, would you please!
Conference 2017 – Agenda
Theme – In Full Swing…. implementing for results
Thursday 2/9/16
10:00am-5:00pm AFC 0217
- 2017 Lead Generation & Openings
- AF Manual - Updates
- Using the FD Website
- 2017 AF Communication and Meetings
- 2017 Deliverables…. Annual Plans, Quarterly Visits, T12M
- Equipment Configuration Tool (EMB/DTG)
7:30pm Conference Welcome Reception
Friday 2/10/16
8:30am-10:00am General Session
- State of the Brand
- PPM…. and how it will help us all
- Conference Theme
- Agenda Review
- What’s New Now…. and What’s Coming Soon
10:00 – 10:30am Break
10:30-12:00pm Our Top 10 Centers and Their Owners
- Be Known to your Peers
- A Year in Review…. Their Thumbprints
Your FAC
- Be Known to your Peers
12:00-3:30pm Vendor Show + Lunch
3:30-5:00pm FAC Panel Discussion
6:00-8:00pm FAC Dinner
Saturday 2/11/16
8:30 – 10:00am A Fresh Approach to Marketing
- Product and Customer Focus vs Tool Focus
10:00 – 10:30am Break
10:30 – 12:00pm FBR Survey Results
- Top 3 and Bottom 3
- Action Plan…. presented by Mike
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 5:00pm Round Tables
#1 Technology
- Glenn Ellison + Jim Blackburn
- Give an idea or Take an Idea
#2 Marketing
- Joey Herd (Mktg Comm) + Jacqui Antonetti
- Give an idea or Take an Idea
#3 Leadership and Innovation
- Noel Eustace + Mike Boyd
- Give an Idea and/or Take an Idea
#4 Growing Sales
- Iain Scott + Bill Allen
- Bill – Building sales past B/E…. with the basics
- Iain – Thinking Big…. ideas, jobs and customers
- Give an Idea and/or Take an Idea
#5 Growing a Profitable Business
- Brian Drysdale + Shailesh Lal
- Brian – Using T12M to build margin to create positive CF
- Shailesh – Massive Margins (75.7% for T12M thru 9/30/16)
- Give an Idea and/or Take an Idea
5:00-5:45pm iStores…. an On-line Buying Solution
- A Grow Your Business Idea
- For implementation, immediately
5:45-6:15pm General Session
- Next Conference – Dates and Location (Jim)
- Closing Comments and Call to Action (Mike)
- Partners Award Ballots
7:00pm Cocktails
7:30pm Dinner & Awards
Thanks,
Mike Boyd, COO
