Boston Blazers Sports and Entertainment Career Fair January 28th
Boston Blazers Career Fair
The Boston Blazers are hosting a Sports and Entertainment Career Fair on January 28th, 2011 from 10 a.m-12 p.m at the TD Garden in Boston, MA. Tickets are $15 and include a ticket to the Boston Blazers vs. Philadelphia Wings game that evening. These tickets must be purchased before January 27th at 5:00 p.m.
More than 20 professional teams and entertainment companies will be in attendance including:
- Boston Blazers
- New England Patriots
- New England Revolution
- Radio 850 WEEI
- New England Riptide
- Wilbur Theater
- New Hampshire Fishercats
- Connecticut Sun (of the WNBA)
- Mohegan Sun
- Lowell Spinners
- Major League Lacrosse
- Boston Cannons
- and many more major and minor league teams, along with collegiate organizations
Organizations are looking to hire from all different educational backgrounds including Sport Management, Marketing, Communications and more. Interviews for jobs and internships will be given on the spot!
For more information, please contact the Boston Blazers at 617-904-0600, Ext. 140 or see the Blazers Career Fair website or find this event on LinkedIn.
Boston Sports Blogapalooza II
What an event Boston Sports Blogapalooza is turning into. This past Saturday (11/6/10) the Baseball Tavern in Boston, MA hosted the second Boston Sports Blogapalooza. Joe Gill of Boston Sports Then and Now put on another great event, sponsored by Comcast Sports Net New England (CSNNE).
Some notables in attendance were CSNNE’s Joe Haggerty, Damon Amendolara (of the D.A. show on 98.5 The Sports Hub), Carolyn Manno of CSSNE, Paul ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald (of TownieNews), and countless others. There were a total of 113 people in attendance, an increase of 33 since the last event in May.
There is already talk of another Palooza and if you want to stay up to date, you can follow the Facebook page of Boston Sports Blogapalooza.
I have to say I really benefitted from attending. I met some great connections including one who works in the same organization as I do, the Boston Blazers. I worked the registration table for much of the event, but I was able to make some connections nonetheless.
This Palooza did something new in that there was a panel discussion related to several different topics. There were five experts brought in from various sports sites, radio stations and television stations in the area (i.e. 98.5, WEEI and CSN). Topics discussed included Baseball, Hockey, Football, Basketball and Social Media. Comcast Sports Net covered the panel discussion and you can find the footage here:
Blogapalooza II CSNNE Coverage
There was a raffle with tons of great prizes including a Cam Neely Bruins Jersey, multiple great books (one of which I won – Inbound Marketing), tons of T-shirts donated from sponsors, Patriots/Jets tickets, Boston Blazers tickets, giant posters, flags, and way too many other things to name.
This has to be one of the best free networking events I have been a part of. The people are all extremely friendly and the the environment is great, and the price is right (FREE!). Next Palooza already has the Providence Bruins expressing interest amongst others. Looking forward to the next one. Anyone who is in the Boston area I would recommend looking into this event.
Also, just a note: My favorite prize I took home from the event was a Milan Lucic Bruins print from The Boston Sports Company (probably about 7 feet by 5 feet). Here it is:
A call for abstract submissions and scholarship applications: 2010 International Sports Management Conference (Lausanne, Switzerland)
I wrote a previous post related to the 2010 International Sports Management Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. You can read that here. Again, to reiterate, that event is taking place November 4-6, 2010. Heres it the website of the 2010 International Sports Management Conference
I got in touch with some of the organizers of the conference and they informed me that they are looking for abstract submissions. Not only that, but they are also looking for people to apply for scholarships that they are offering. Below is the information related to both the abstracts and the scholarships.
Participants who wish to become part of the program, may submit an abstract which will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Results of this review will be communicated via email, to each applicant. Please note that ONLY THE ABSTRACTS OF THE REGISTERED PRESENTERS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM – no exceptions will be made.
- Please review the proposed modules and themes.
- Authors of accepted abstracts for presentations are required to submit a full paper via the website.
- All submitted papers will be published on the conference website (post conference. PPT may also be submitted yet not be substituted for the full paper.
- The Work-in-Progress abstracts are to be submitted directly on our Interactive Site.
- If your abstract is selected, oral presentations are not required in a given format. You should allow 20 minutes for your presentation followed by five minutes for questions.
Abstracts of all presentations accepted for inclusion in the Conference Program will be published as part of the conference program booklet to be issued at the commencement of the conference.
- Application deadline is July 9, 2010. Notification of Authors is July 16, 2010.
Please use the form below to submit your application..
All abstracts should reflect unpublished material and should be written in English.
There is no limit to the number of abstracts each author may submit.
If you are interested in submitting an abstract, you can find the link and submission information here: Abstracts.
For those who are interested in scholarships, there will be ten awarded at the conference. Here is the information related to the scholarships:
2010 ISMC OUTSTANDING AWARD
One 2010 ISMC Oustanding Award will be presented. This will provide:
A single registration to attend the 2010 International Sports Management Conference
The Award recipient is expected to attend the 2010 International Sports Management Conference to receive the award. The award does not include any other conference costs or fees or travel expenses.
The Awardee is expected to write a comprehensive conference report to be published on the conference website. This will be accompanied by the author’s picture and bio.
2010 ISMC YOUNG INVESTIGATOR SCHOLARSHIPSTen 2010 ISMC Scholarships will be presented. Each of these scholarships provides:
The Scholarship recipient is expected to attend the 2010 International Sports Management Conference. The scholarship does not include any other conference costs or fees or travel expenses.
The Scholars will be expected to generate a report on a session, panel discussion or groups of talks by topic. Each such report will be accompanied by the author’s picture and bio.
DEADLINEAll applications must be submitted by July 9, 2010. Winners will be announced by July 16, 2010 via email.
You can find the requirement for scholarship and award applications here: Awards and scholarships. Make sure you hurry if you are interested because the deadline is quickly approaching (less than a month)! 
Sports Video Group (SVG)
People who are interested in sports content and video usage in sports should look into the Sports Video Group (SVG). The organization is geared towards professionals who are interested in video and its relationship with sports. They were started in 2006 and host events regularly. Some upcoming events are Sports Asset Management, Sport Technology Reception, and D-Sports Conference. Their community of members provides a great place to exchange ideas and practices with other professionals.
Events that are hosted by the SVG are member-only, so anyone interested in attending must have a membership. Anyone who is interested in acquiring a membership should contact “events@sportsvideo.org”. Others who are interested in sponsoring some type of SVG event should contact “rob@sportsvideo.org”.
The Asian Association for Sports Management Conference 2010: Kuala Lumpur
The 6th annual Asian Association for Sports Management Conference (2010) is being held October 14-16, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
According to their website, the theme for the conference is: “Best Practice in Asian Sport Industry: Managing Changes, Embracing Differences, Forging Alliances.”
The conference is looking for the follow abstracts (they are still accepting submissions if you have any).
- a. Managing Changes in Sport Industry: Lessons for and from Asia
- b. Unity in Diversity: Best Practice in Global Sport Management
- c. Forging Alliances: Bridging Asian and Global Sport Best Practice
- d. Training for Trainers in Sport Management Education and Sport Performance (Mass and Elite Sports)
- e. Sport Participation Programs : Promotional and Sustainability Factors
- f. Community Sport and Social Cohesion Experiences in Enhancing Sporting Culture
- g. Issues and Challenges in Asian Sport Business
The format of submitted abstracts can be oral (25 minute presentation, including a 5 minute discussion) or a poster presentation (90 cm x 120 cm). They may cover either completed research or on-going research.
For more information on the abstracts, you can refer to this: Abstracts Explanation . For more information, including registration information, here is the MASMA website.
Doc Rivers: Home or the Hardwood?
I had my second post published on Boston Sports Then and Now. Click there to read it. Basically this article is about the decision that is quickly approaching Doc Rivers. He has to choose between continuing to coach in the NBA, or be with his family (three of his children will be seniors in the next year-all of them athletes). This is a difficult decision, one that will not come easy for Doc. Check it out!
A personal networking success story: Round 2
A few months back, I published a post about how I was able to secure a job with Kraft Sports Group through networking. You can read that post here. Well I have used social media to my advantage again and have a new networking success story.
As we began to chat about the event on Facebook, I started to speak to him about my site. After a few months, the event rolled around and I attended. I was able to speak briefly with Joe at the event and we kept in touch afterwards. We continued to speak via Twitter and Facebook, then eventually LinkedIn.
One day, I asked Joe if he could give me some advice on my site. He was more than happy to help me out and which I was very appreciative of. Joe liked what he saw on my site and soon thereafter, he asked me if I wanted to write him a sports business column for his site. I jumped at the opportunity and I am now a contributing writer at Boston Sports Then and Now.
My first post was published yesterday (on the national site: Sports then and Now). You can read my article: “USA Starts Well at the FIFA World Cup.”
The bottom line here is that networking is so easy to do. It is as easy as engaging in conversation with people through various means of social networking. Just start some conversations and see where they will lead!
2010 Lausanne International Sports Management Conference: Bridging Research and Practice
Lausanne, Switzerland is hosting the 2010 International Sport Management Conference. The event will take place between November 4-6 and is featuring a long list of prominent speakers.
The conference will have panel discussions, lectures, slideshow presentations, and product demonstrations according to the website (worldeventsforum.com).
Check out the Facebook Fan page.
UKSN Sport Networking Event (Manchester, England)
There is a Sport Networking Event hosted by the UK Sports Network. It will take place on Thursday July 8, 2010 in Manchester, England.
The location is:
Manchester Metropoliton University Business School
Aytoun Building
Aytoun Street
M1 3GH Manchester
United Kingdom
It’s not too expensive either, so for anyone who is in the Manchester area, I would recommend looking into it.
For more information, click here: Sports Networking Event Manchester.
Sport and Technology Conference 2010 (London)
The Sport and Technology Conference 2010 will take place in London, England on July 16th at the BT Centre. If you want to register or gain more information, you can visit the site: sportandtechnology.com
The following is taken directly off the sport and technology website for this event. These are some of the topics to be discussed:
“- Where next for broadcast technologies?
Television sport has come a long way, but does anyone know where it’s going? The broadcast industry is ever changing with a recent number of new technologies aiming to improve the broadcast delivery and viewer experience: 3D, High-Definition, interactive scheduling, TV on demand amongst many others. The production and delivery of sport is also changing. This conference will analyse these latest developments, the potential and pitfalls of these technologies and assess how they will impact on the public at large and not just early adopters.
– Better activation of sponsorship through technology.
Sponsorship activation techniques have developed significantly through the adoption of new technology. Few campaigns can now be successful without. Internet and mobile platforms have become a fantastically valuable resource for sponsors. The growth of video file sharing sites have ensured sponsors a new platform to distribute content and merchandise. Whilst even a traditional sponsorship tool – perimeter signage has seen technology improve it. Sport and Technology: The Conference 2010 will take a look at these technological strides and how they can be harnessed to offer greater value and return for sponsors.
– The booming area of Fantasy Sports
Fantasy sports are a maturing area in the sports industry with an estimated 100 million players around the world. Whether free or paid these games offer a fantastic opportunity for brands and sponsors to reach out to a targeted core of fans and supporters. Several media companies are creating their own games, which are free to enter and draw more traffic and hence, more advertising revenue. Which partnerships can best take advantage of the co-marketing, advertising and sponsorship opportunities? Soccer is still the dominant sport but others sports are rapidly developing their own games. On July 16th we will take a serious look at this vibrant, and growing area of the sport’s industry.
– The stadia in 2020 – developing the next generation of sports arenas and facilities.
Panel Focus: Sports fans are changing and so are the sports arenas they visit. Vision, creativity and leadership are key in the building of the latest generation of stadiums. From access control and smartcard technology, through to synthetic turf, security, HD screens seating solutions and temperature control and carbon free solutions. This conference will analyse these developments and look to what the stadiums of the next decade will deliver.”
Speakers include representatives from: IMG Media, BBC Sport, Mastercard Worldwide, and UEFA Events to name a few.
Again – the above information about the conference was taken directly from the sport and technology website.
If you are already sold on this and want to register, you can do so here: Register for the Sport and Technology Conference 2010.
Digital Sports Marketing Seminar 2010: Barcelona
The Digital Sports Marketing Seminar 2010 will take place on October 27th and 28th in Barcelona, Spain. The major topics included will be using Social Media to generate revenue in the sports industry.
You can find more information here: Digital Sports Marketing Seminar 2010. This is a two day event and should be very interesting.
According to the website above (these are the topics – again, taken directly from the above site – that will be covered at the seminar):
- The Future of Digital Sports Media & Media Presence of the Future
- Case Studies on successful use of Social Media & Digital Marketing
- Mobile Apps: The Next Frontier for The Sports Industry?
- Sports Consumption in the Digital Age: Consumers Take Control
- Digital Sponsorship 2.0
- Sports Consumption In the Digital Age: Why Social Media Is Crucial For Sports Teams: Focus on Football
Some of the panelists listed are: Manchester United, Coca Cola, Xbox, Adidas, Nokia, Sky Sports, ESPN Mobile (TBC), Volvo, and T-Mobile.
Again, this information was taken directly from the Sports Marketing and New Media site, which is listed above. Check it out for more information on the event!
The Second Coming of Boston Sports Blogapalooza
As you may recall, I wrote a recap of a networking event geared towards Boston Sports Writers and Bloggers back in May. If you forgot, you can read it here: Blogapalooza Recap. Well, good news is here. It’s coming back. Blogapalooza was such a hit the first time, scoring sponsors like NESN and Dirty Water TV, that it couldn’t be just a one time thing.
Saturday, November 6th, Blogapalooza is coming back. It will take place at the Baseball Tavern in Boston. Definitely something you want to attend if you are in the Boston area, or even New England. It’s free, you get to meet tons of people, and you get to talk sports and blogging.
If you are interested, feel free to join the Facebook fan page here: Boston Sports Blogapalooza. Definitely check that out. More information with constant updates are available on the Facebook fan page.
Just a teaser, according to our Producer Joe Gill, it is rumored that some major New England media outlets are interested in covering Blogapalooza. Stay tuned for more information.
On a site note: I will now be a contributing writer at Boston.SportsThenAndNow.com. I will be doing a sports business column and will alert my readers at DSportManagement.com anytime I make a new post on Boston Sports Then and Now.
International Sport Law and Business Conference 2010
The International Sport Law and Business Conference 2010 is happening between September 6-7, 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey. This event is a combination of the following organizations: “Istanbul University Law Faculty Centre of Comparative Law, Moroglu-Arseven Istanbul Law Firm, Nomos LLC, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Sport Management Graduate Program, and the International Association of Sports Law (IASL)” (http://istanbul2010.islbc.org/).
According to the website above, these are some of the suggested topics to be discussed (again, these are taken directly from the Istanbul 2010 website):
- International sport governance and policy, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, and legal challenges/conflicts
- Self-regulation of sport v governmental intervention
- Political science, economy, and international relations in the context of sport and international governing bodies
- Change management and organisational decision-making in sport institutions and governing bodies
- Human rights and sport, discrimination and classification, age, colour, disability, gender identification, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status issues
- Athletes’ migration, transfers, restrictions, and governing bodies’ regulatory frameworks’ legal/policy challenges
- Foreign policy, immigration law, citizenship, naturalisation, “home-grown” rules, and foreign players’ limits in sport leagues
- Players’ agents, licensing systems, legal and ethical challenges
- Players’ and coaches’ contracts, trends and contemporary problems
- Sport labour and unionisation
- Intellectual Property in the digital age, public domain extensions, entertainers’ and athletes’ rights of publicity
- Gaming and Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games
- Gambling, sport betting, liberalisation v state monopolies, and licensing systems’ legal/policy challenges
- Tax and Real Estate law, sport facility financing, state subsidisation, and debt management
- Bankruptcy Law, special liquidation mechanisms for insolvent sport clubs, and state intervention
- Competition-Antitrust Law, exemptions, and specificity of sport
- Interscholastic and intercollegiate sport and education policy issues
- Torts, negligence and institutional liability, safety v privacy, defamation, assault and battery in sport
- Criminal Law and sport culture, hooliganism, violence, and legal/policy interventions
- Doping, performance-enhancing substances, genetic manipulation, new science, and drug-testing systems’ legal/policy challenges
- Risk Management, insurance, and economics
- Sport Communications, Broadcasting, New Media, and legal, policy, marketing, management, and financial challenges
- Entrepreneurship in the sport industry
- Strategic Management, human resource management, and competition in the sport industry
- Sport Marketing innovation, ambush marketing, and sponsorship
- Sport economics and forecasting
- Sport analytics, statistics, and research methods’ applications in sport
- Litigation and procedural strategies in sport.
See the above link for more information. Should be a great event.
Again, to reiterate, all this information is taken from the event website, these are not my own words.
NBA Referees and the state of the NBA: What to do?
Throughout the playoffs this season, the NBA referees have been consistently horrible. I have previously written about this issue, and just wanted to follow up. Some games, the referees are all over any kind of contact, calling a foul on seemingly every play. Other games, they let them play. Last night’s game between the Celtics and Lakers was a game in which, for the most part, it seemed the players were allowed to play.
Being at the game, I noticed there were fewer horrible calls than in the previous games. It would be foolish to say that the NBA ref’s are completely impacting the outcome of the games, but they do have the ability to have some effect. By slowing momentum of one team, they can stop scoring runs and reverse the flow of the game. Although they aren’t putting the ball in the hoop personally, they are having an impact on the game.
I hear a lot of people saying, “let them play.” I completely agree. When the game is stopping every two seconds, it completely takes away from my enjoyment (I don’t know about you). I like fast paced, hard-nosed games with lots of excitement. Not games that stop every two seconds so teams can’t get a real good flow going. 
I know this is a drastic idea, but I don’t see any other solution. I feel that David Stern needs to assess the referee situation and do some type of overhaul. In my ideal world, it would be a complete overhaul, replacing all the referee’s. The bottom line is the ref’s are just not good at their jobs and it’s impacting the games. It also have an effect on the fans, who are tired of this.
Another thing is that the ref’s are buying into this new type of play with flops and screams, in an attempt to get calls. As a Boston fan, I can’t say we don’t do it, but there are certain players who are known for doing such. Being at the game last night, watching Pau Gasol was the most frustrating thing I have seen in a while. He complains on every call, flops, and screams to try to get foul calls. The worst part is the ref’s buy into it at times.
I don’t want to say it’s a European thing, but it kinda seems like a European thing. Don’t get me wrong, I love soccer and I have nothing against Europe. I’ve traveled there multiple times in my life and love the different areas. That doesn’t negate the fact, however, that they play a different style of basketball.
The game needs to be cleaned up to make it more enjoyable to watch. Half the time it isn’t who plays better, it’s who can act better. By flopping and getting fouls called against the other team gives an opponent the ability to remove certain players from the games by getting them in foul trouble.
What do you think? How should David Stern address the referee issue?
Changes: DSportmanagement.com
Dan Sullivan Sport Management can now be reached by typing in DSportmanagement.com . I think this will make things easier, removing the need to type such a long domain name. Trying to make things easier for my readers. Hope you find this useful. Thanks for the support!
Webinar: Career Opportunities in Sport Management
This free webinar will be aired by American Public University. They will be discussing the various opportunities for careers in the sport management field. This will be useful for anyone interested in sports or sport management who is looking to either change career paths, or who wants to further themselves in the industry. Check it out and see for yourself. Hey, it can’t hurt, after all it is free. It will take place on Wednesday, June 30th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. If you can’t make that time, you should still sign up, as they will provide you with a link to watch a recording of the webinar after it has aired.
Here is the link:
Career Opportunities in Sport Management
Note: You don’t have to be affiliated or even enrolled at the school to take part in the webinar. You simply have to fill out a bit about yourself (i.e. name, email, state) and when asked, select that you are not enrolled at the school (if that is the case).
Studying Sports: How to maximize your status as a sport management student
This post is geared towards the sport management students who are reading this blog. Here is a great resource, written by a professor of mine, Dr. Chrystal Porter. The book needs to be bought but I would definitely recommend it. After reading this, I was able to reshape my opinions of what I need to do in my college experience, along with helping to direct me towards my goals. Any student who is studying sport management or sports business, I would definitely recommend this book. If you want to get in touch with Dr. Porter, you can find her website at Dr. Chrystal.
Here is the link to purchase her book:
Studying Sports: How to maximize your status as a sport management student
If you want to find out more about Dr. Porter, as I will be posting more of her material in the future, you can find her website above, or her Facebook page here: Dr. Chrystal.
Do you have a valuable sport management or sport business resource? Feel free to share it with me by commenting below, or sending me a message. Thanks!
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