Speaking Events
MAY 2021
CMAA Golden State Reinvention Spring Conference
May 25, 2021
Kirk O. Reese, CCM, Executive Vice President, DENEHY Club Thinking Partners will present a 90 minute session on Governance. Learn more here.
JANUARY 2021
CMAA 2021 VIRTUAL WORLD CONFERENCE
March 8-21, 2021
Expand your skills and knowledge, collaborate with fellow professionals, and explore the latest innovations at the once-in-a-lifetime virtual 2021 World Conference & Club Business Expo. Learn more and register here.
CTP is thrilled to be participating in the following presentations at the CMAA 2021 World Conference:
Title: Budgeting Fundamentals for Club Management
Presenter: Robert C. James, CCM, CCE, CHE – Vice President
Description: It is not your strengths that make you, but your weaknesses that break you. Club boards expect strong financial managerial skills from in their management team and that all starts with the budget. In this session you’ll be introduced to the three main club budgets: Operating, Capital, and Cash Flow and key metrics that substantiate success.
Title: Mind the Gap
Presenters: Dan Denehy, CCM, CHA – President and Kirk O. Reese, CCM – Executive Vice President
Description: This session is for Club Professionals who want to become General Managers. We will share insight and strategic career moves to help fill common gaps in skills and experience on the path to a general manager role.
Title: Three Amigos – A mentoring saga
Presenters: Kirk O. Reese, CCM – Executive Vice President, David Chag CCM, Luke O’ Boyle CCM,
Description: Follow three industry professionals who have mentored each other through their advancement to the top of their professions. With age differences of a generation, these three have served each other as mentors and mentees benefitting greatly from sharing their experiences and knowledge.
DECEMBER 2020
Webinar: Cedar Creek Systems Presents The Evolution & Future of Clubs
December 9, 2020
2:00-3:00 PM
CTP’s Bob James will moderate a panel with the Industry’s most distinguished leaders who will discuss the evolution & future of clubs.
Participants include:
- Bob Jones: Moderator: VP, Denehy | Former Chairman CMAA | Former Chairman NCA | 40+ Yrs Experience
- David Voorhees: General Manager & COO, Big Canyon Country Club | 40 + Yrs Experience
- JJ Wagner: General Manager & COO, Escondido Golf & Lake Club | Former Chairman CMAA | 20+ Yrs Experience
- Marvin Jones: General Manager, San Antonio Country Club | 30+ Yrs Experience
- Nicholas Wilhelm: Founder & CEO, CedarCreek System | 20+ Yrs Industry Experience
NOVEMBER 2020
November 9, 2020
Kirk O. Reese, CCM, Executive Vice President, DENEHY Club Thinking Partners will present information on the relationship with the GM/COO and the Board and a topic related to the election results.
Event will be held at The Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi. For more information visit: https://www.pelicancmaa.com/.
SEPTEMBER 2020
Golf Inc. – Strategies Summit: The Great Rebound
A virtual event focused on golf course and private club strategies. Kirk O. Reese, CCM – Executive Vice President, DENEHY Club Thinking Partners will present “Emerging Trends in Private Clubs.”
JUNE 2020
CTP/MGA Webinar: The Strategic Role of Your Board During the COVID-19 Crisis
As clubs slowly re-open in a fluid environment, the roles and responsibilities of the Board, committees and management are blurred. To successfully navigate through the pandemic, clubs must manage change and be nimble enough to respond quickly. Dan Denehy and Bob James of DENEHY Club Thinking Partners, the leading executive search and consulting firm serving the private club industry will present strategies and tools to help boards successfully evaluate their current status, assign responsibilities, communicate, and make important decisions to lead the Club through and beyond COVID-19.
To view slides from this presentation, please click here.
CTP/NCA Webinar: Getting Members on Board with the New Rules
The rules have changed as clubs are slowly getting to the new normal. The team from Club Thinking Partners, a leading executive search and consulting firm serving the private club industry, will discuss how clubs are adapting and communicating these changes to get buy in from their members.
Experts: Matthew Allnatt, General Manager, Chief Operations Officer, Jonathan Club
Daniel M. Denehy, CCM CHA – President, Club Thinking Partners
Bob James, CCM, CCE, CHE – Executive Vice President, Club Thinking Partners
Nick Sidorakis, General Manager, Chief Operations Officer, Southern Hills Country Club
View presentation here.
MAY 2020
Join Kirk Reese, CCM from DENEHY Club Thinking Partners and other industry professionals for an informative webinar. They will share their advice on what actions a mid-management club professionals should be taking now to help them secure an executive position in the future. Ample opportunity to ask the panel questions will be provided. Listen here.
MARCH 2020
CTP/NCAA Webinar: Coronavirus Response: Staffing Until Labor Day
The velocity at which the Coronavirus pandemic is changing daily makes it increasingly more difficult for club leaders to manage the business and their people. The Team from Club Thinking Partners, a leading executive search and consulting firm for the private club industry, will discuss what we know now and what we need to know to make staffing decisions for the next six months.
FEBRUARY 2020
CMAA’S WORLD CONFERENCE AND CLUB BUSINESS EXPO
February 8-12 2020
The industry’s largest gathering of club management professionals immerses attendees in five days of educational programming specifically engineered for their challenges. Register here.
Please email erin@denehyctp.com to request a meeting with a DENEHY Club Thinking Partner Associate at the show.
Visit us at booth #1104.
Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center
Grapevine, TX
JANUARY 2020
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Orlando, FL
2:15-3:15 (EST)
Kirk Reese will present “How to Ask for a Raise” at the annual retail conference. Click here for more information.