Corporate Events and Training

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While supporting your Corporate Events we refuse to be a one horse show, or to only have one means of helping you achieve your objective. Granite Springs offers not only a unique setting and outstanding food which can facilitate your goals when holding a event, but also a staff of experienced trainers, speakers, hunting guides and professionally trained dogs as well as a host of support personnel. Set your team up for success by ensuring that you, your message and your goals are shown in the best possible way: the GRANITE SPRINGS way.

Contact Kevin or Larry to start planning your event or for Corporate References.

Located fifteen minutes from Mitchell SD. Granite Springs boasts brand new modern and comfortable facilities combined with breathtaking views of a private 10-acre spring fed lake. The lake itself is over 100ft deep and surrounded by mature trees and walking paths. This and 12000 plus acres of hunting ground are combined with the lodge, which has 13 guest rooms, each with a private bath. There is also a main dining room, 2 lounges, and a beautiful patio. Our facilities are ideal for formal or informal gatherings (i.e. meetings, classes, outdoor sporting events, wedding receptions, baptisms, sunrise services, etc.). For example, a lake setting with gazebo would make the perfect location for a wedding or office picnic.

• Main dinning room can seat 100 people.
• Full commercial kitchen
• Fully stocked bar
• 13 bedrooms each with a private bathroom
• Lounges with fireplace, bar, big screen TV
• Patios over looking lake
• Several suitable locations for outdoor gatherings
• 45 minutes west from Sioux falls on I-90 or 15 minutes east from Mitchell

Our culinary specialist Jeannie Henrichs will not only ensure that the food is delicious, but that it fits your theme and budget. Her years of experience in Alabama, Louisiana and now for the last few years in the Midwest mean that we can create a menu specifically for your event. She has received instruction by a wide range of experts including Thai and Italian chefs, Midwest cooks and dessert artists. She currently enjoys creating new Cajun, Creole or Italian dishes. Her creed is that variety is the essence of an food experience, and that each level of the serving should be building on the last to create a dramatic and unforgettable result. Your choices in creating that special menu will range from Thai noodles, Spring Rolls, Cajun chicken, and French strawberry flam-be' to a western barbeque or a prime steak with a potato on the side.

Support personnel:

In addition to our regular staff of five, we have a large number of bartenders, waitresses, servers, bird boys, drivers, photographers, maids and general help on call. This extended network ensures that we will have the staff in place to make your event run smoothly and worry free.

Examples of some corporate events conducted at Granite Springs.
Which can be modified to suit your goals and audience.

SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Darla Wellendorf, CPT
Darla Wellendorf, Certified Performance Technologist, is a Delivery and Performance Support Manager for Citigroup currently working with their credit cards division. Over the years, Darla has trained employees from entry level staff to the President of Citibank South Dakota. Darla has customized her own training classes as well as delivering vendor programs. She is comfortable conducting sessions ranging from one on one coaching to groups of up to 300+ people. Her project work has included organizing and training the 10,000 Credit Card employees of Citigroup across the United States at seven different regional locations. Darla holds many certifications for training and is considered a Master Trainer for several corporate programs. She is a member of the International Society for Performance Improvement.

Darla Wellendorf
Delivery & Performance Solutions Manager
Learning & Performance Solutions Group
Sioux Falls, SD
Phone: 605-331-1768 Fax: 605-330-6706
Email: darla.wellendorf@citigroup.com

Kevin Yeo,
20 years of leadership, management and operations experience with groups ranging in size from 4 to 1000 people. Primary strength has been proven while serving as a small unit leader, company commander and a battalion operations officer in the conceptualization, planning, coordination, execution and supervision of complex training or maintenance evolutions. Has supervised the daily operations of organizations tasked with the preparation of people and equipment for deployment overseas. Proficient in creating, conducting individual and unit performance evaluations, budgetary plans, physical inventory processes, and security procedures. Has instructed and taught subjects ranging from ethnic diversity to rifle marksmanship to both domestic and foreign audiences during his entire career. Proficient or familiar with the programs of Operations Risk Management, Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS), Automated Performance Evaluation System (APES) and the Microsoft Office Suite.

Hunting Guides: Your clients or audience will be escorted by our guides at a ratio of 1 guide per 4 clients. The guides have been selected based on their knowledge about pheasants, dogs and weapon handling as well as the ability to communicate well with people. After selection, each guide goes through training covering safety, game regulations, dog handling and our various Granite Springs policies. This serves to ensure that each guest receives the same high standard of service that has come to be expected of our establishment.

Speakers: Depending on your audience, objective and budget you may choose to bring in a guest speaker. Listed below are some of the guest speakers who have been retained to appear at Granite Springs. If you'd be interested in arranging for a speaker to cover a specific topic or area or expertise, let us know and we can take care of the details.

Mrs. Molly
Mr. Martin Paul
Mr. Bill Smith
Rev. Mark Paul
Mrs. Patricia DeMartini Williams

Contact:

Primary - Kevin Yeo 605 999 0463
Secondary - Lodge 605 239 4404
Contact us for pricing and scheduling.

Corporate References:

• Rhodes Bake n Serve
• Premier Bank
• Marcos Management
• Maverick Coil & Tubing
• Holcim Inc.