BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190710T210000Z DTEND:20190710T213000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Ribbon Cutting with FastSigns Stafford DESCRIPTION:Join us for a ribbon cutting as we celebrate FASTSIGNS Stafford with their President and CEO\, Catherine Monson - the star of Undercover Boss! \n\n\n\nLet us know you're coming!\n\nRegistering for the event helps us plan for the celebration. Please remember to register!\n\n\n\nWATCH LIVE:\n\nIf you can't be there in person\, RSVP to the event and watch for the Facebook Live broadcasting to the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber page at the time of the event.\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/FXBGChamber\n\n\n\nIf you have a question you want them to answer when we go live\, leave it in the comments section on the event page on Facebook!\n\n\n\nGET TO KNOW THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FASTSIGNS INTERNATIONAL: CATHERINE MONSON\, CFE\n\n Catherine became CEO of FASTSIGNS International\, Inc. in 2009\, bringing over 30 years of franchising and management experience. In 2009\, she received the International Franchise Association (IFA) Bonny LeVine Award in recognition of her contributions to the growth of the franchising industry and in 2010\, the Dallas Business Journal named her a top Women Industry Leader in the Dallas Metroplex. In 2012\, Catherine appeared on the Emmy Award-winning series Undercover Boss to learn new ways to advance the FASTSIGNS brand. In 2015\, she received the International Franchise Association's first Franchise Action Network "FAN of the Year" award for her advocacy work in the franchising community. In 2016\, she was selected as a Soderstrom Society Inductee for her contributions to the printing and graphic communications industry and was also honored with the 2016 Leadership Award from the Women That Soar organization. In 2018\, she was honored by the Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI) with their Ambassador of Free Enterprise Award. Catherine has served on the Board of Directors of the IFA since 2008 and is currently in the role of Vice Chair. Additionally\, she serves on the Board of Directors of Brain Balance\, a franchise company with a non-drug alternative for children with behavioral challenges\, and serves on the Board of Directors of the franchisor Big Blue Swim School\, one of the nation's fastest growing swim schools. She is a keynote speaker at many franchise industry events\, as well at many sign and visual graphics industry events.\n\n\n\nABOUT FASTSIGNS \n\nFASTSIGNS is a signage\, graphics and visual communications franchise that provide comprehensive sign and visual graphic solutions to help companies of all sizes and across all industries attract more attention\, communicate their message\, sell more products\, help visitors find their way and extend their branding across all of their customer touch points including d cor\, events\, wearables and marketing materials. Their recent accolades include:\n\n Global Franchise Magazine's "Supreme Champion" in Global Franchise Awards 2019\n #1 Franchise Opportunity in its Category\, 95 overall on Entrepreneur magazine's 2019/40th annual Franchise 500 \n #2 on 2019 Franchise Gator Top 100 list\, ranking the best franchises for 2019 \n Ranked by Franchise Business Review as a "Best of the Best" for franchisee satisfaction for the last 10 years\n 2019 Franchisees' Choice Designation by Canadian Franchise Association.\n World Class Franchise by the Franchise Research Institute for five consecutive years \n Military Times Best of 2018 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for a ribbon cutting as we celebrate FASTSIGNS Stafford with their President and CEO\, Catherine Monson - the star of Undercover Boss! \;
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\nLet us know you'\;re coming!
\nRegistering for the event helps us plan for the celebration. Please remember to register!
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\nWATCH LIVE:
\nIf you can'\;t be there in person\, RSVP to the event and watch for the Facebook Live broadcasting to the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber page at the time of the event.
\nhttps://www.facebook.com/FXBGChamber
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\nIf you have a question you want them to answer when we go live\, leave it in the comments section on the event page on Facebook!
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\nGET TO KNOW THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FASTSIGNS INTERNATIONAL: \;CATHERINE MONSON\, CFE
\n​\;Catherine became CEO of FASTSIGNS International\, Inc. in 2009\, bringing over 30 years of franchising and management experience. In 2009\, she received the International Franchise Association (IFA) Bonny LeVine Award in recognition of her contributions to the growth of the franchising industry and in 2010\, the \;Dallas Business Journal \;named her a top Women Industry Leader in the Dallas Metroplex. In 2012\, Catherine appeared on the Emmy Award-winning series \;Undercover Boss \;to learn new ways to advance the \;FASTSIGNS®\; \;brand. In 2015\, she received the International Franchise Association&rsquo\;s first Franchise Action Network &ldquo\;FAN of the Year&rdquo\; award for her advocacy work in the franchising community. In 2016\, she was selected as a Soderstrom Society Inductee for her contributions to the printing and graphic communications industry and was also honored with the 2016 Leadership Award from the Women That Soar organization. In 2018\, she was honored by the Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI) with their Ambassador of Free Enterprise Award. Catherine \;has \;served \;on the Board of Directors of the IFA since 2008 and \;is currently in the role of \;Vice Chair. Additionally\, she serves on the Board of Directors of Brain Balance\, a franchise company with a non-drug alternative for children with behavioral challenges\, and serves on the Board of Directors of the franchisor Big Blue Swim School\, one of the nation&rsquo\;s fastest growing swim schools. \;She is a keynote speaker at many franchise industry events\, as well at many sign and visual graphics industry events.
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\nABOUT FASTSIGNS®\;
\nFASTSIGNS is a signage\, graphics and visual communications franchise that provide comprehensive sign and visual graphic solutions to help companies of all sizes and across all industries attract more attention\, communicate their message\, sell more products\, help visitors find their way and extend their branding across all of their customer touch points including dé\;cor\, events\, wearables and marketing materials. Their recent accolades include:\n\n LOCATION:FASTSIGNS Stafford 2769 Jefferson Davis Hwy\, Suite 111 Stafford\, Virginia 22554 UID:e.492.9313 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260502T160431Z URL:https://members.fredericksburgchamber.org/events/details/ribbon-cutting-with-fastsigns-stafford-9313 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR