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Fundamentals of Good Social Franchise Design

MSA Worldwide

Implementers and funders of social franchising will dramatically improve their bottom lines when they understand the fundamentals of franchising discussed in this article. Unfortunately, most social franchise implementers are not familiar enough with those principles to optimize franchising’s potential.

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Michael Seid Speaks at First Global Conference on Social Franchising in Kenya

MSA Worldwide

Michael Seid, Managing Director of MSA Worldwide, will speak at the First Global Conference on Social Franchising to be held in Mombasa, Kenya on November 9 – 11, 2011. Michael has been asked to speak on the Management Model of Social Franchising. How does a Social Franchise Grow to scale?

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Michael Seid addresses Harvard Business School Graduate Students about Social Franchising

MSA Worldwide

Michael will speak in November at the First Global Conference on Social Franchising in Mombasa, Kenya and the 8th Annual US-Africa Business Summit; and at the Franchise Africa Workshop in Washington, DC in October. The case study is available to download at [link]. Get Strategic Advice

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Fifty Shades of Franchising: Differentiating commercial, micro, social, and hybrid franchise models

MSA Worldwide

This article intends to provoke discussion around ways in which the social and micro franchising communities of practice can organize and compare information and ideas so that the field of practice can advance more rapidly. Franchising has two main forms.

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Social Franchisor Michael Seid Elected to IFA Board of Directors

MSA Worldwide

Social Franchising is a relatively new adaptation of commercial franchising’s methods, and uses the structures, support, and standards of commercial franchising to deliver essential products and services (healthcare, safe drinking water, sanitation, clean energy, education, etc.)

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Social Franchisor Michael Seid Elected to IFA Board of Directors

MSA Worldwide

Social Franchising is a relatively new adaptation of commercial franchising’s methods, and uses the structures, support, and standards of commercial franchising to deliver essential products and services (healthcare, safe drinking water, sanitation, clean energy, education, etc.)

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Franchising For-Benefits: Emergence of the ‘Fourth Sector’

MSA Worldwide

This new model of social franchising will dramatically accelerate the growth of the fourth sector by facilitating the replication of proven for-benefit businesses. MSA Worldwide is also engaged with leaders of economic development initiatives in American cities to advise on the use of franchising to revitalize low-income communities.