Board Orientation: 3 Steps to Ensuring a Smooth Transition
THOROUGH AND THOUGHTFUL board orientation ensures the effectiveness of private club boards in transition. Club leaders often struggle to sustain key strategic initiatives due to the lack of continuity from one board to the next. Board orientation is an important step to ensure the continuity and
Facilities Management: The Facility Master Plan
Club membership, at its core, has long been about exclusive access to premier facilities. When perceived value is a distinguishing characteristic for clubs and activity preferences are changing dramatically, it is arguable that a club’s physical facilities are more important to their success than ever
A New Approach to Safety Issues: Learning From Others’ Experiences
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin Addressing all the safety issues impacting your club is virtually impossible, yet having your staff add to your collective safety knowledge is a great benefit to you,
Natural Disasters: Preparing For the Unthinkable
As summer wears on, clubs continue to face the serious threat of extreme weather and natural disasters. Across the U.S. wildfires rage, including 17 in California alone, and hurricane season is about to hit its peak. Last year, The Fountaingrove Club in Santa Rosa, Calif,
What is one way a private club can update its image and member experience?
CLUBS OFTEN ASSUME that family programming is the only way for your club to stay relevant, as if families are the only type of membership available at your club. The hyper focus on—and abundance of—programming targeted to families for the typical 30 to 40-year-old heterosexual married
Pure Hollywood Magic: 2018 National Club Conference Recap
The 2018 National Club Conference (NCC) was held in Los Angeles from April 16–18 and due to the caliber of presenters, exciting social events, our incredible sponsors and the dedicated NCA staff, it was an extraordinary success. Conference attendees were able to connect with NCA’s
Variety is the Spice of [Club] Life
IN THE LAST ISSUE of Club Director, I focused on how the average member profile is changing. As of 2015, there are now more young adults (born approximately 1980–2000) than there are baby boomers (born approximately 1945–1965). While clubs as a whole likely won’t be threatened by this
Understanding Your Club’s Water Supply: Trends Affecting Availability Cost and Regulatory Compliance
Water is essential to club operations, and a reliable supply is often taken for granted by clubs and their members. According to the United States Golf Association, on average, 80 percent of maintained turf grass is irrigated in the United States—for most golf and country