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Journal Entry #41 |
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The Colorado Springs Business Journal will continue to sponsor golf tournament planning seminars throughout the winter until spring play begins. Sessions will be held at area golf courses beginning on December 7, 2004 and our next one will be at our newest golf course, Antler Creek located at 9650 Antler Creek Drive eight miles east of Powers off Woodman road. The Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce will continue to endorse the program and Advantage Golf of Colorado will be a cosponsor as well as participate in the class.
On September 30, 2004 the first Golf Tournament Planner's Training Seminar was held at the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce. Reviews of the seminar haled it as a success. Respondents surveyed after the event rated it as meeting or exceeding their expectations and left the class with a multitude of information and materials to help them achieve their next year's tournament objectives.
The most important areas covered, according to attendees, were tournament organization, Sponsorships and Marketing their tournaments second, budget & financing tournaments third, Tournament chairperson and vice chair fourth, registration fifth, and tournament programs rounding out covered material.
All attending felt the format of the seminar was effective and presenting information from a committee and subcommittee prospective was well received. Materials handed out were acknowledged to be very helpful for putting on future golf tournaments.
The seminar's length was three hours, but the majority attending felt it should be longer to allow more time for networking and synergism among attendees to share ideas and information. Future seminars will allow for this opportunity by being extended to four hours.
Favorite parts of the seminar were guest presenters, marketing and sponsorship information, comments by others attending, and tournament format overviews.
Suggestions for future seminars included devoting more time to sharing information among attendees and having a package rate for more than one person on golf committees to attend. Information sharing will be addressed by extending the program to four hours and having a group rate for more committee members on committees to attend will be provided.
Registration for the December seminar at Antler Creek Golf Course can be made online www.SeniorFriendlyGolf.com and accessing the TRAINNG SEMINARS link at the top of the home web page. You may also mail in the registration form from seminar advertisements in the Colorado Springs Business Journal. Point of contact for more information is John K. Darling 719-520-5991 or email GolfGuy@SeniorFriendlyGolf.com.