The 2016 Gregg and Norm Roadshow coming to Australia and New Zealand

Golf Industry Central is very pleased to announce that Gregg Patterson and Norm Spitzig are bringing their first ever joint presentation, Universal Life Lessons Learned in the Wonderful World of Private Golf Clubs, to Australia and New Zealand the week of May 9–15, 2016.

This “hands on”, highly interactive and very entertaining four-hour workshop, which has already received numerous rave reviews all around the United States, offers practical, useful information that can be immediately implemented in everyone’s professional and personal lives. Gregg and Norm use their lifelong experience in, and love for, the private golf club world as the springboard to ruminate about the deeper, fundamentally important philosophical issues we all face–meaningful, humorous, poignant insights that apply to all walks of life.

Both golf club managers and golf club officers are strongly encouraged to attend, and to bring their fellow members and staff to this presentation. Not only will all attendees thoroughly enjoy themselves, but everyone will gain a deeper appreciation of all that it takes to successfully govern and manage a great private golf club. You are strongly encouraged to confirm your participation as soon as possible because, in the interest of keeping each session small, intimate and productive, space is limited.

In addition to the actual workshop materials (e.g., the “Club Workshop Primer”, featuring many thoughtful “focus questions” designed to maximize participant “take away”), all attendees will receive the following:

· a welcome lunch upon arrival

· Gregg’s recently compiled Club Management Anthology (the “best of the best” of Gregg’s extensive writings),

· a hard copy of Norm’s golf club humor classic Private Clubs in America and around the World,

· the opportunity to sign up, on a first come, first served basis, for a limited number of one-on-one half-hour mentorships with Gregg or Norm, and

· an e-mail summary of all the great ideas that were generated, by both the participants and Gregg and Norm, during the workshop, (There’s no need for you to take notes. Just learn, participate and have fun!).

If there is a better way to spend $99, I surely don’t know what it is!

While the specific locations, details and format for the day will be finalized once sufficient interest is confirmed, we envision, for your planning purposes, a midday arrival with a wrap-up around 5:00 p.m.

Please let me know as soon as you can if you would like to attend what I know will be fantastic day of good camaraderie, useful information and great fun.

If you have any interest in possibly attending one of these events or other feedback, please drop me a line at mike@golfindustrycentral.com.au.

Gregg Patterson became the General Manager of The Beach Club in 1982. Since that time, he has worked with his members, Boards, and committees to enhance the value and reputation of The Beach Club in the Los Angeles community. Prior to becoming the General Manager of the Beach Club, he was the Assistant Manager of the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles and also worked as a Systems Analyst for the U.S. Army Club System.

In addition to his ongoing responsibilities at The Beach Club, Gregg is a Senior Associate with Kapoor and Kapoor Hospitality Consultants, where he teaches certification courses in leadership and marketing for the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA), an organization consisting of owners/franchisees of limited service hotels in the U.S. under such brands as Clarion, Comfort Inn, Holiday Inn, Best Western and others.

Building on his experience as a club manager, Gregg has been a featured presenter at various club management seminars, assistant manager conferences and hospitality forums around the world, including Canada, Ireland, the U.K., Spain, France, Denmark, Hungary, China, Thailand, Singapore, Korea, Sweden, the Netherlands, France and Colombia. He has conducted management development programs on a variety of topics for many organizations, e.g., the Army Club System, Para Los Ninos, the Junior League of Los Angeles, the P.G.A., Lawry’s Corporation, Sea World, the California Restaurant Association, the California Teachers Association, the Professional Club Marketing Association, The European Golf Course Owners Association, the National Golf Course Owners Association (U.S.) and the International Association of Hospitality Accountants.

On the academic front, he served as an Adjunct Professor in the Collins School of Hospitality Management at Cal Poly University, Pomona for fourteen years.  He currently teaches at various Business Management Institute programs and is a Visiting Professor at two universities in Gujarat, India.  He has spoken to club management classes and associations at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Cornell University and the University of Houston.

Gregg also writes a monthly column for Board Room magazine and is the author of Reflections on the Club Experience, an anthology of essays on club cultures and operations. In acknowledgement of his efforts as an educator in both the university and the corporate worlds, he was awarded the 2002 Gary Player Private Club Educator of the Year Award by Board Room magazine.

He serves on the Board of Trustees at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine and has been active in the Southern California Chapter of the Club Managers Association of America.

Gregg earned an M.P.S. degree from Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and a B.A. in British Imperial History from Colgate University. When not involved in his professional responsibilities, you will find Gregg pursuing one of his many “developed passions” — reading, bicycle touring around the world, playing paddle tennis, flying his airplane, or, as a licensed minister, performing wedding and funeral services for family and friends.

Gregg and his wife Elaine have been happily settled in Los Angeles, California for the last thirty-two years.