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Matt Haller, CEO of the International Franchise Association brings it to the table to update us on the latest in business... What are the leading trends in 2023 in franchising?  How is regulation impacting small business and consumers?  How is tech and AI impacting business?  And, what should we do as business leaders to work in today's environment?
 
Matt Haller is President and CEO of the International Franchise Association (IFA), the world’s oldest and largest trade association representing franchising worldwide. IFA represents thousands of franchisors, franchisees, and suppliers and works in Washington DC, across the country, and around the world to protect, enhance, and promote franchising. 
 
Matt has been with the IFA for over 12 years. In 2021, Haller moved into the role of President & CEO from his previous position as head of government relations and public affairs. Under his leadership, the IFA continues to grow, expanding educational, event and promotional offerings across all of franchising while leading the charge to protect the business model in new and innovative ways.
 
Bio 
Matthew Haller is President & CEO for the International Franchise Association.
 
Matt has been a key member of the IFA team for 10 years, building extensive relationships with all three segments of the IFA membership: franchisors, franchisees & suppliers. During that time, he has held a number of roles including Communications Director, Vice President of Public Affairs, Chief of Staff to the CEO and Senior Vice President, Public Affairs. In 2017, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Public Affairs: the leadership role he has held until today.
 
During his tenure leading IFA’s advocacy strategy, Matt expanded the association’s lobbying, coalition building, grassroots, research and communications capabilities and took on some of our more difficult challenges, including defending the business model against the joint employer threat and significant legislative and regulatory issues at the federal, state & local levels. During the pandemic, he led the team’s focus on helping the franchise business model survive, ensuring the Paycheck Protection Program and other relief efforts included eligibility for franchise businesses, while working with the internal team to innovate how to provide IFA members real value for their membership in the association.
 
Prior to joining IFA in October 2010, Matthew was director of industry relations at the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, where he developed PCMA’s member and affiliate initiatives surrounding key industry issues. Previously, he served as manager of political affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he managed the Chamber’s $20 million budget for political and issue advocacy campaigns during the 2004 and 2006 election cycles. Matthew has also held positions as legislative assistant for UPS Corporate Public Affairs and as a director of public affairs at Levick Strategic Communications, LLC.   
 
Matthew received a bachelors degree in Political Science from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. He resides in Washington, D.C.
 
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Main Topics

01:57 Insights into the current state (2023) of the franchise industry
04:47 Disconnect of franchise development (regulations)
07:52 Trends in franchising
09:20 Tech/AI innovation in the industry
12:10 What is Franchise Development?
13:00 How will AI interact with business and personnel?
16:16 The future of franchising!
18:28 The Talent – Franchisor & Franchisee

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When is the last time you were active in your industry trade association? How about the International Franchise Association?  Robert Cresanti joins us today as our guest and talks about what the IFA has done for its members and why being involved makes such a difference for your organization.

By the way, it's not too late to participate in the IFA Annual Convention. CLICK HERE to register for week two of the convention running February 22-25, 2021.

Robert Cresanti serves as the President & CEO of the International Franchise Association, the world's oldest and largest organization representing the franchising industry.

Cresanti joined the IFA in April of 2014 from SAP America, Inc., where he served as vice president of Corporate Affairs & Government Relations since 2009. In his public service, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2006 as Under Secretary for Technology for the Department of Commerce, the highest ranking U.S. official charged specifically with representing and advocating for the United States high tech industry globally. He chaired multiple bilateral technology trade missions for the U.S. government in the European Union, Asia and Russia and served as co-chair for the White House PCAST, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. In his nearly decade-long service on Capitol Hill, ranging from Committee Chief of Staff in the Senate, to Legislative Counsel in the House, he handled legislation before the Banking, Judiciary, Commerce, Government Affairs and Finance Committees.

As a trade association executive, he served as vice president of Global Public Policy for the Business Software Alliance from 2001 to 2006, representing the technology industry in international negotiations and complex regulatory, legislative and commercial legal matters on a global level. He also served as senior vice president and general counsel of ITAA (now TechAmerica). Immediately prior to joining SAP, he served as the CEO of the IPXI, the Intellectual Property Exchange.

Cresanti received a law degree from Baylor University School of Law, a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from Austin College. He also received a certificate of EC Law from the University of Glasgow Law School and completed master’s courses in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS.

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