Connected Business Communities

business history conference

Franchoice Encourages Philanthropy by Incorporating Charitable Aspects Into Conferences

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN (October 23, 2008) – Despite tough economic times, companies continue to find ways to give back and support the community. At their recent national conference, FranChoice, the nation’s premier network of franchise referral consultants, partnered with Gleaners, the largest community food bank in Michigan, to fill backpacks with groceries for Detroit area kids. FranChoice donated more than $15,000 in groceries and supplies to feed local children in need.

Detroit was chosen as the location for this year’s conference because it is the hometown of Lori Kiser-Block, President of FranChoice, who was thrilled to show off her favorite city. “Most of our conferences are held in vacation cities but Detroit is rich with history and has produced a number of famous citizens,” said Lori. “Holding our semi-annual conference in Detroit has been a goal for me since joining FranChoice and I enjoyed bringing our group to middle America for a change.”

Additionally, the conference theme, “Dreams to Reality,” seemed an apt goal not only for conference attendees but also for the greater community. “We are all aware,” said Lori, “that the country is facing difficult economic times and this is certainly true in Detroit, where there has been a significant loss of jobs. When we heard about the number of school children who were going hungry, we knew immediately that we wanted to help.”  

Part of each FranChoice conference involves team building events to help attendees from around the country develop closer working relationships.  The company frequently incorporates a charitable aspect into these activities. In Detroit, 165 conference attendees were divided into teams to shop for food at local Kroger stores, then the teams filled 500 backpacks with nutritious, kid-friendly food items. Gleaners will then distribute the filled backpacks to charities who will give them to teachers. When a teacher dismisses the class for the weekend or a holiday, a backpack will be discretely given to any child who would otherwise go without food until the next free school meal. 

“The mission of the event was to create a meaningful, memorable and heartwarming experience for each attendee and develop a team building activity built around an altruistic goal,” said Lori. “The franchise industry is at a great advantage when it comes to uniting for a common cause because of the success of franchising in general, and the desire of the individuals to give back to the communities they serve,” Lori added. This year FranChoice had 150 representatives from about 50 of the country’s top franchise companies, including a number of companies headquartered in Michigan.  

The charity-focused team building events are always well-received by conference participants. Comments from the Detroit meeting included these: “I personally loved this. I made some new friends and felt good in the process.” “This was incredible. I have NEVER attended a conference where we did something like this. I loved it!” “The best team building event ever. This was a 10!”

The backpack program follows FranChoice charitable team building events from two previous conferences.  The 2007 effort benefited Denver-area soldiers deploying for Iraq.  500 soldiers received packs filled personal care items, snacks, music, movies, magazines and hand made cards.  In 2006, the FranChoice team built and donated 50 bicycles to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale.

“One of the most exciting parts of being a franchise consultant,” said Lori “is that we get to help people realize their dreams of business ownership. We love seeing the success business ownership brings to franchisees. We also realize that success is better when shared with those less fortunate and that’s why we all feel good when we do something for others. Annual meetings are perfect opportunities to build strong relationships with one another while contributing to a local charitable organization.” 

About FranChoice

FranChoice is a national network of consultants dedicated to helping consumers find their ideal match in a franchise business. Since 2000, FranChoice consultants have helped over 40,000 people identify and investigate the perfect franchise for them through their free service. For more information, go to www.franchoice.com.

###

About the Author

What are my chances at ROSS Business school (UMICH), Duke, or Wharton?

What are my chances at ROSS Business school (UMICH), Duke, or Wharton?
junior in new york
33 on act
3.85 gpa (Unweighted) 4.11 weighted
Math level 1- 730
(will take chem and math 2)

1 AP SOPH
3 AP Junior
(will take 3-4 more senior year)

NHS
PAC- Principal advisory council
FBLA
Intel Research participant
Math fair research participant
national history day participant
sadd secretary
varsity soccer 11-12
8 years club soccer
jv9 soccer mvp
jv9 basketball most improved
Long island leadership conference

conducted fundraiser for terminally ill children

going to London this summer for internship in stock brokerage firm

Shitty

Historic Print (L): National Conference of Business Paper Editors with Hoover, 9/20/29 $57.00 This is a museum quality, reproduction print on premium paper with archival/UV resistant inks. [19]29 September 20.National Photo Company1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smallerSOURCE: Library of Congress…

Historic Print (M): National Conference of Business Paper Editors with Hoover, 9/20/29 $47.00 This is a museum quality, reproduction print on premium paper with archival/UV resistant inks. [19]29 September 20.National Photo Company1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smallerSOURCE: Library of Congress…

Historic Print (S): National Conference of Business Paper Editors with Hoover, 9/20/29 $24.95 This is a museum quality, reproduction print on premium paper with archival/UV resistant inks. [19]29 September 20.National Photo Company1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smallerSOURCE: Library of Congress…

2008 Global Conference: Israel at 60: A Work in Progress $29.95 The years since Israel’s founding have witnessed huge historical changes, growing cultural and demographic diversity and the advent of scientific and technological revolutions incubated within Israel. This panel at the 2008 Milken Institute Global Conference explores the nation’s approaches to its specific problems in information and communications technology, water, energy and health care . . . a…

2008 Global Conference: The Importance of Teaching History in Our Schools $29.95 Survey after survey shows that American students are illiterate when it comes to history, and many think the subject is just plain boring. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) History Report Card gave U.S. students exceptionally poor marks; in no other subject did a majority of students register so little knowledge of a subject they’re taught in school. What are the perils of not…

Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods $13.00 In Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods, Barry Eichengreen takes issue with the argument that today’s international financial system is largely analogous to the Bretton Woods System of the period 1958 to 1973. Then, as now, it has been argued, the United States ran balance of payment deficits, provided international reserves to other countries, and acted as export market of last reso…

A History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Managers (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report) $39.81 For many Americans, capitalism is a dynamic engine of prosperity that rewards the bold, the daring, and the hardworking. But to many outside the United States, capitalism seems like an initiative that serves only to concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few hereditary oligarchies. In A History of Corporate Governance around the World, some of the brightest minds in the field of economics …

Bernard Baruch: Lone Wolf of Wall Street $1.49 Biogrphical profile of one of America’s most intriguing financiers, a man who made a fortune on Wall Street as a speculator. As to his chosen path, he said: “I am a speculator; and I make no apologies for it. The word comes from the Latin speculari — to observe. I observe.” Dispensing advice from his “office” at Lafayette Park across from the White House or at Central Park in New York, Baruch bec…

History of Havana: Havana Conference $14.14 History of Havana: Havana Conference

Conference on Commercial Education and Business Progress $20 Conference on Commercial Education and Business Progress

Business History $240 Business History

The Imperial Conference; A History and Study $31.45 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1911 Original Publisher: Longmans, Green and co. Subjects: Colonial Conference/ 1911 Imperial federation Great Britain Colonial conference Colonial Conference History / Europe / Great Britain Technology

The Imperial Conference V2: A History and Study (1911) $33.88 The Imperial Conference V2: A History and Study (1911)

The History of the General Conference of the Mennonites of North America (1898) $26.14 The History of the General Conference of the Mennonites of North America (1898)

Business History: Concepts and Measurement $240 Business History: Concepts and Measurement

The History of Black Business in America $22.44 The History of Black Business in America

The Oxford Handbook of Business History $49.95 The Oxford Handbook of Business History

The History of Family Business, 1850-2000 $22.97 The History of Family Business, 1850-2000

Essays in British Business History $71.77 Essays in British Business History

A Concise History of Business in Canada $56.33 A Concise History of Business in Canada

Rugby League Conference: History of the Rugby League Conference, London League, Rugby League Conference National Division $14.14 Rugby League Conference: History of the Rugby League Conference, London League, Rugby League Conference National Division

A History of the Origin and Development of the Governing Conference in Methodism and Especially of the General Conference of the Methodist $30.99 Title: A History of the Origin and Development of the Governing Conference in Methodism and Especially of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Publisher: Cincinnati: Jennings

A History of the Peace Conference at the Hague $20 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1899 Original Publisher: International arbitration association Subjects: International Peace Conference/ 1899/ Hague, Netherlands International Peace Conference/ 1899/ Hague, Netherlands) Hague (Netherlands)/ 1899) History / Europe / General Political Science / Peace Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

The Methodist Conference in America: A History $21.74 In the Methodist lexicon, ‘conference’ refers to a body of preachers (and later, of laity as well) that exercises legislative, judicial and (to some extent) executive functions for the church or some portion thereof. But ‘conference, ‘ Richey argues here, defined the Methodist movement in more than political ways: On conference hinged religious time, religious space, religious belonging, religious structure, even religiosity itself. Methodist histories uniformly recognize, typically even feature, conference’s centrality, but describe that in primarily constitutional and political terms. The purpose of this volume is to present conference as a distinctively American Methodist manner of being the church, a multifaceted mode of spirituality, unity, mission, governance, and fraternity that American Methodists have lived and operated better than they have interpreted.

The Washington Conference $35.26 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1922 Original Publisher: D.Appleton and company Subjects: Eastern question (Far East) Disarmament Conference on the Limitation of Armament/ 1921-1922 Conference on Limitation of Armament/ (1921-1922 Conference on the Limitation of Armament/ (1921-1922 Washington, D.C. Conference on limitation of armament/ (1921-1922) Washington, D.C./ (1921-1922) History / Asia / General History / Military / General Political Science / International Relations / Arms Control Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Political Freedom

Proceedings of State History Conference $20 Publisher: Indiana Historical Commission Publication date: 1920 Subjects: Indiana History / United States / State

The Conference Board Challenge to Business $5 This book is in Used condition

Business History Around the World $90 Offers a comprehensive international survey of contemporary research and debates in business history.

A History of the Origin and Development of the Governing Conference in Methodism, and Especially of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopa $24.22 A History of the Origin and Development of the Governing Conference in Methodism, and Especially of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopa

History of the Old Baltimore Conference from the Planting of Methodism in 1773 to the Division of the Conference in 1857 $37.58 History of the Old Baltimore Conference from the Planting of Methodism in 1773 to the Division of the Conference in 1857

History of Erie Conference $59.31 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: Derick publishing company Subjects: Methodism Ohio Pennsylvania New York (State) History / United States / State

The History of the Primitive Methodist Connection: From Its Origin to the Conference of 1859 (1860) $24.22 The History of the Primitive Methodist Connection: From Its Origin to the Conference of 1859 (1860)