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Professional Development and Facilitation
This advisory practice is especially important to DCG clients given our
ongoing educational commitments and assistance to various boards of
directors/industry advisory groups.
Client Profiles
- International, national and state/provincial travel associations
- Hotel, restaurant and related trade associations
- Convention & visitors bureaus
- Convention & visitors bureau trade associations
- Chambers of commerce
- Hospitality and attraction facilities
- Retail merchant associations
- Tourism partnership organizations
- Universities and community colleges
- Other educational institutions
Practice Development
- Over 35 years combined educational instruction and technical
training in USA, Canada and UK
- Assistance to universities/community colleges, tourism and
convention & visitors bureau associations and 20+ convention
& visitors bureau boards/commissions
- Program coordinators/speakers at numerous tourism and convention
& visitors bureau conventions and annual meetings
- Developers and instructors in the Certified Destination Management
Executive (CDME) and Accredited Destination Management Organization
(ADMO) professional
programs including three core and over 25 elective courses, and
various specialized leadership workshops
- Additional program developers of the Fundamentals of Destination
Management (FDM) and A Professional in Destination Management (PDM)
with DMAI
- Authors of various tourism, hospitality and entertainment books
and articles
Client Deliverables
- Professional development needs analysis
- Tourism education business planning
- Tourism/destination management curriculum development
- Convention & visitors bureau association educational surveys
- Travel and foodservice industry certification programming
- Destination marketing/management course development and delivery
- Convention & visitors bureau and hotel association board retreat training
- Tourism/hospitality literature reviews
- Education center/institute formation
- Education conference/workshop/seminar development and coordination
Representative Assignments
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Destination Brand/Service Excellence Training and Education
Curriculum Development,
Santa Monica Convention & Visitors Bureau (California, 2006–2008)
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Northern
Indiana Tourism Development Commission Strategic/Business Planning
Workshops (Indiana, 2004–2008)
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Kokomo Visitors Bureau Board Retreat (Indiana, 2006 and 2008)
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Kokomo Automotive Heritage Museum and Civic Center Strategic
Business Planning Board/Staff Retreat (Indiana, 2006)
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Shreveport-Bossier
Convention & Tourist Bureau Strategic Planning Management
Retreat (Louisiana, 2003–2005)
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Kansas
City Regional Destination Alliance Planning Workshops
(Missouri/Kansas, 2004)
- Hampton Convention & Visitors Bureau Visitor/Lodging Industry
Marketing Session Facilitation (Virginia, 2002)
- Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitors Commission
Retreat (Indiana, 2002, 2007 and 2008)
- Missouri Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus Annual
Meeting, Destination Community Relations and Destination Branding
Presentations (Missouri, 2002)
- Banff/Lake Louise Tourism Bureau Board Planning Session (Alberta,
Canada, 2001)
- International Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus The
Fundamentals of Destination Management Course Development
(Washington, DC, 2001)
- Brown County Convention & Visitors Bureau Board 'Motorcoach'
Retreat (Indiana, 2001)
- Institute of Convention & Visitors Bureau Accreditation
Standards and Best Practices Program (Indiana, 2000)
- Missouri Travel Association Strategic Planning Board Retreat
(Missouri, 2000)
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