The Signarama franchise group recently held their national conference in the Dinokeng area, north east of Gauteng. The conference took place over three days, covered training and team building events, and culminated in the Signarama Gala Awards Dinner, where the top achievers in the Signarama franchise network were recognised.
The conference forms a major part of the support that the Signarama franchise offers to their franchisees. It gives franchisees the opportunity to break away from their businesses and aside from the training and updates provided by the franchise office support team, gives franchisees the opportunity to benefit from peer-to-peer learning. Kurt Tyack, franchisor for Signarama, believes that one of the strongest resources that any franchisor can offer to their network is other franchisees. According to Tyack, this was particularly evident at the conference, where some of the highest rated sessions were franchisee lead discussions.
The event was also used to introduce the marketing plan until the group’s 20th anniversary in 2020, and the launch of a new look showroom.
The event was not ‘all work and no play’. The franchisees were tasked with cooking their own dinner on the Friday evening of the event. This involved a number of challenges, including starting their own fire, building it to a large flame and cooking a potjie, followed by a game drive and sundowners.
Top achievers in the Signarama group were recognised at the Signarama Gala Awards Dinner. ‘We believe that all of our franchisees deserve an award in some shape or form, but this event highlighted those franchisees who truly do go above and beyond and deserve some special recognition’, explained Tyack.
The award winners were:
• Sign of the Year – Judi Rabe, Signarama Overberg.
• Sign of the Year first runner-up – Gavin Mann, Signarama West Rand.
• Sign of the Year second runner-up – Francois Schoeman, Signarama Pretoria North.
• Rookie of the Year – Judi Rabe, Signarama Overberg.
• Team Player Award – Herman Van Dalen, Signarama Welkom.
• Marketing Award – Jacques Nortje, Signarama Somerset West.
• Rising Star Award – Heiko Lucks, Signarama Windhoek.
• Rising Star Award – Herman Van Dalen, Signarama Welkom.
• Customer Service Award – Barry Vermeulen, Signarama Midrand.
• Sales Achievement Award – Francois Schoeman, Signarama Pretoria North.
• Sales Achievement Award – Jacques Nortje, Signarama Somerset West.
• Franchisee of the Year Finalist – Gavin Mann, Signarama West Rand.
• Franchisee of the Year Finalist – Francois Schoeman, Signarama Pretoria North.
• Franchisee of the Year Finalist – Jonty Myburgh, Signarama Middelburg.
• Franchisee of the Year Finalist – Jacques Nortje, Signarama Somerset West.
• Franchisee of the Year – Francois Schoeman, Signarama Pretoria North.
SIGNARAMA 012 285 0412 kurt@sign-a-rama.co.za www.signarama.co.za
