CoursePeer and National Franchise Group partner to launch Franchise University

Signarama Canada first global franchise group to rollout solution

TORONTO, February 10, 2015 /CoursePeer, Inc./ — CoursePeer Inc. and National Franchise Group have partnered to launchFranchise University (www.FranUniversity.com), a service offering global franchise groups a powerful cloud-based training and collaboration solution for their franchisees. Among the first brands to join is Signarama Canada, the global sign industry leader that is ranked 28th on Franchise Direct’s Top 100 Global Franchises list. CoursePeer, a University of Toronto and MaRS Innovation company that provides learning and collaboration solutions for enterprise and government, will begin a full rollout of Franchise University solution for Signarama in the first quarter of 2015. “Training a new hire and retraining existing employees can be a very difficult and time-consuming task for a franchise operator. Cloud-based approved training allows staff to be trained without losing focus on their daily operations,” said Ghassan Barazi, CEO of National Franchise Group. CoursePeer’s platform allows organizations to design and upload advanced training curriculum for the various departments while leveraging its authoring tools. Additionally, off-the-shelf training courses are available in marketing, sales, customer service, and other topics. “Franchise University provides a cloud infrastructure to any franchisee that desires or is required to offer training programs, and it also provides the tools to efficiently collaborate and transfer knowledge among all stakeholders, creating a more productive environment on a global scale,” said Hadi Aladdin, co-founder and CEO of CoursePeer Inc. About CoursePeer CoursePeer provides learning, collaboration and decision-making solutions for enterprise, government and academia. Corporations use CoursePeer’s cloud solutions to offer employee training, certification, intranet, long-term advanced performance assessment and powerful knowledge capture and analysis tools. For more information, please see:www.coursepeer.com About National Franchise Group National Franchise Group owns the Canadian master franchise rights for Signarama and Plan Ahead Events. National Franchise Group provides franchising opportunities along with training, ongoing support and guidance to their Canadian franchisees who offer clients superlative signage services or creative event planning services. About Signarama Signarama is part of a successful system of business-to-business franchise brands and development services under United Franchise Group, the Global Leader for Entrepreneurs. As part of the $49-billion-plus worldwide sign market, Signarama has been at the forefront of the sign industry for more than two decades.
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Media Contacts: Hadi Aladdin Co-founder and CEO CoursePeer Inc. 647-831-5351 h.aladdin@coursepeer.com Ghassan Barazi CEO Signarama Canada