Any plan to take this show on the road? I live in Indiana. Not real easy for me to make it to Fla.
I got started with Griots Garage because they had some tech sessions in my area. I get emails from them where they are taking it Cinn, Chi, etc. I would readily travel to those areas for your classes.
Great question and as someone that started the Roadshow classes coordinated through forum back in
2006, and having some background experience in what it takes to put on an
off-site class, let me share...
First, if everyone wants to see and use
first-hand all the tools in this picture,
And that includes
10 electric polishers, not to mention all the
pads and
backing plates to go with them, then all this has to be shipped to the location and then shipped back home.
If you want to see a Pad Washer or two and how to use them, then these have to be shipped to the location and then shipped back home.
Any chemicals, compounds, polishes, waxes, sealants, have to be shipped to the location and then shipped back home or given away, either way there's a cost involved.
Plenty of microfiber polishing towels will be needed so these have to be shipped and either given away or shipped back to use in the next class whether it's at our new Training Room or at anther off-site location, either way, there's a cost involved.
If a power point presentation is used, a Projector will need to be shipped and then shipped back home as well as a laptop, and all the cords, mouse, etc.
Chairs usually have to be rented for the classroom portion. I've been teaching classes since 1988, that's 22 years and I know all you guys want to just show up and grab a buffer and start buffing but experience shows, (and TONS of experience from teaching
hundreds of car clubs and
thousands of guys and a few girls), that getting
Head-Knowledge FIRST and then putting what you learn into practice is a time-proven system for learning both idea and skills and retaining the information and the skills past a day or two.
Coffee and donuts in the morning, this is an expense.
Pizza and soda pop in the afternoon, this is an expense.
Round-trip Airline Tickets to the off-site location, this is an expense.
Hotel reservations for usually at least 2 nights for a one day class, 3 nights for two classes
Rental car to get from the airport to the class location, 2-3 days
Meals for 2-3 days
Incidentals (There's always incidentals)
I've done at least a dozen roadshow classes, some were 1 day classes some were 2 day classes and one time I did 3 classes in a row, fly in on a Thursday, hold classes Friday, Saturday and Sunday and then fly out on Monday.
It's a lot more complicated than a local GTG where a bunch of guys converge on someone's garage and bring their personal collection of stuff and share like a potluck. The average cost of a one day class ranges from $1000.00 to $1500.00 depending upon airline tickets, and that's just to cover expenses.
One time I tried to organize one of these
on my own with no company backing, I posted a sign-up thread with a fee of $75.00 to cover my costs and within minutes a forum member complained about the cost.
To be practical, it's not good business for a venture like this to only cover costs, in
America, being successful also means making a profit. If you don't make a profit you go out of business and that's called
doing bad business.
Don't know if the above means anything to anyone as I would love to do Roadshows, it's just a matter of,
- Coordinating them
- Paying for them
- Making a profit
- Making everyone happy
I learned a long time ago the
only good deals in life are
win/win deals, that is where
everyone wins. Getting 2 of these 4 listed times is pretty easy, it's the last 2 things that are a challenge.
Make sense?
And oh yeah...
Max just built a brand new, state of the art classroom which already has all of the above and more...
