Please join the Amelia Island CVB and the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association Northeast Chapter  for our annual Qualities of a Leader discussion.

This informative discussion will be moderated by Bradley Bean, Fernandina Beach City Commissioner. Commissioner Bean will be talking with

Greg Cook, General Manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island and Chair of VISIT FLORIDA

AND 

Olivia Hoblit, Regional Manager at Courtyard & SpringHill Suites by Marriott Amelia Island and Chair of FRLA

About their experience leading VISIT FLORIDA and FRLA, how their careers began and developed to their leadership roles. They will discuss business and personal values that have evolved over their career.

Please join us for this intimate discussion with Greg and Olivia to learn their steps to success and have the chance to ask questions of your own.

Event Pricing:

FREE

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Transform front line managers into positive leaders who drive growth and positive change throughout your organization.

Driver of Positive Change is an interactive program that gives your team members the necessary tools and teachings to change from being task-driven managers to growth-driven people leaders.

Bring your team members for a motivational morning to build trust, generate buy-in and transform “Energy Vampires” into positive contributors.

FRLA Northeast chapter is excited to host this event with Jade Gordon, daughter of Jon Gordon. Her passion and mission is to develop positive leaders and build great teams. She has joined The Jon Gordon Companies as a keynote speaker and certified trainer. She is currently working on a book with her father.

We highly recommend purchasing The Energy Bus book and reading it with your team prior to this event. The Energy Bus is available through Amazon or other online distributors.

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Event Pricing

$25 per person

POSTPONED

We are postponing the FRLA Northeast Restaurant Trends meeting that is scheduled for Tuesday, September 26 to allow businesses and individuals to prepare for the potential impacts of the storm.

Join FRLA Northeast Chapter to dive into current Restaurant Trends. During this jam-packed morning we will share details on a few hot topics and then allow networking time to meet with each presenter to learn more and allow Q&A on how to implement different ideas into your restaurant.

Technology– The hottest topic- robots! Meet “Booey”, Blue Bamboo’s food delivery robot, hear from Dennis Chan on why these choose to use Booey, benefits to staff and guest experience.  Hear from Martin B with Legacy Restaurant Group on how they plan to add a robot to their concepts.

POS vendors FRLA members, will be present in room, visit them to view the newest technology offerings.

Employee Benefits– Hear from two members on innovative ideas that lead to employee retention.  Cool Moose Café will share their new compensation model and Salt Life restaurant will share about an employee reward program.

Food Service Best Practices: JEA requires all food service facilities in its service territory to follow the mandatory Best Management Practices to protect our community’s wastewater system. (aka FOG – Fats Oils and Grease). Also, learn how you can get rebates for upgrading to water- and energy-efficient equipment.  Rebates will help you save now. Conserving water and energy will provide ongoing savings. JEA Helps Restaurants Save.

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