Boston 2024 has announced its Board of Directors that will lead their bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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iSportconnect to Launch First Ever Directors’ Club in Mexico
iSportconnect, generic the world’s largest global private network of sports business executives, is delighted to announce the Directors’ Club will be debuting in Mexico in May, in association with Moveo Lab.
The event will take place in Mexico City on 20th May at the Sport Innovation Summit.
Already successfully organised in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London, Moscow and Paris, the iSportconnect Directors’ Club Mexico will be held at the end of Day 1 of the Sport Innovation Summit.
This exclusive, invitation only-event will gather a panel of experts to discuss on the topic “How to create value in the Sports Industry in Mexico”, in front of an audience of 70 key decision-makers, who will also have the chance to network in a relaxed environment.
Michael Cunnah, Chairman of iSportConnect, will moderate the discussion and Horacio de la Vega, Director of Sports of the City of Mexico, will be among the panelists.
Michael Cunnah said: “We are delighted to be taking the Directors’ Club to Mexico for the very first time. The country has a rich culture in the sports industry and we are looking forward to staging the first of hopefully many Directors’ Club events in the region.”
Horacio de la Vega, Director of Sports of the City of Mexico, added: “We are confident that the Sport Innovation Summit in Mexico City will inspire senior executives from the whole country to embrace innovation in sport and adopt best practice to make a difference in their businesses and in people’s lives.”
Arnaud Drijard, CEO & Founder of Moveo Lab and SIS said: “We are always looking to raise the standards of the Sport Innovation Summit, therefore staging such an established event as the Directors’ Club Mexico is instrumental for us.”
Sport Innovation Summit 2015
Created and organized by Moveo Lab, in association with the Sports Institute of Mexico City, the second edition of the Sport Innovation Summit (SIS) will take place on May 20th and 21st in the Centro Cultural Roberto Cantoral, in Mexico City.
SIS is the event where international experts share the success stories that improve the world of sport and inspire sport industry leaders.
The Summit will offer a diverse and comprehensive programme, with 24 world class-speakers sharing their experience on the following 7 topics:
– Athletes’ Performance
– Digital Engagement
– Fan Experience
– Infrastructures & Sustainability
– Properties Development
– Sport Articles & Wearables
– Sport & Media
700 delegates are expected to the Summit, including Ministries of Sport, Sports Federations & Professional Clubs, Athletes & Coaches, Sport Equipment Companies, Sport Media, Sponsors, Brands involved in the Sport sector, and other Sport Industry stakeholders.
iSportconnect Chairman Michael Cunnah has already been confirmed as one of the speakers at the summit.
Other confirmed speakers include: the Director of Sustainability for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games; the Head of Media of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC); the Director of Digital & Social Media of NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, the Latin America Director of YouTube; the Director of Sports of the City of Mexico and the CMO of the Mexican Football Federation.
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Fulham FC and Two Cirlces Agree Long Term Partnership
Fulham FC has announced a long term partnership with the data driven sports agency Two Circles.
Two Circles will provide the English Championship club with an innovative CRM solution that places customer data at the heart of the business.
Centralising information from various systems across the organisation, medical as well as from social media and other external sources, the solution will give Fulham insight into its customer base.
This will allow the club to deliver more effective marketing campaigns, improve customer experiences and enhance commercial performance across ticketing, membership, retail and hospitality.
Sarah Brookes, Communications & Marketing Director at Fulham said: “We have been working with Two Circles since last summer and the work that has been carried out has increased our understanding of the fan-base and is generating tangible returns.
“For example, only five weeks into the season-ticket campaign we had exceeded our target, and had achieved more than at the equivalent point in the previous season. Given the obvious differences between then and now in terms of our league status, we could not be happier with the results of this project to date.”
Sam Yardley, Lead Consultant at Two Circles, added: “We’re excited to announce this long term partnership with Fulham Football Club.
“We are relishing the prospect of helping the club deepen the understanding it has of its existing fans, while delivering a CRM solution to help them better meet their needs, with a view to growing the Fulham fan base in London and beyond for the years to come.”
Street League Skateboarding and ISF Announce Partnership
Street League Skateboarding (SLS) and the International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) have announced a partnership as the SLS endorses ISF recognition by the International Olympic Committee as the official skateboarding federation.
As a result of the partnership, denture SLS and ISF will work together to create an official guideline for the best practices for street skateboarding competition.
The two will also collaborate to evolve the SLS Super Crown World Championship global qualification system as it becomes the official street skateboarding World Championship for the ISF.
SLS president, apoplectic Brian Atlas said: “If skateboarding has the opportunity to be added to the global stage it needs to be in the right hands and we believe there is no better group to properly represent the best possible experience of competition skateboarding than the ISF.
“The ISF has already assembled a world class group of representatives throughout the globe that has the right intentions for skateboarding with this potential massive platform. We are now officially collaborating to help them with that vision and to also learn how we can evolve our own platform to better serve the global competitive skateboarding community.”
Gary Ream, ISF President, said. “The ISF has been working for 10 years now to unite the greater skateboarding community to ensure the best possible representation of skateboarding is what is experienced by both the athletes and the fans.
“For competitive street skateboarding, we believe there is no better place to start than Street League Skateboarding. Not only do they have the support of the top skateboarders but they have also revolutionised the competition format in a way that is perfect for skateboarding on this global stage.”
Although details of the partnership will be revealed in the upcoming months, SLS has already outlined key components of the strategic partnership which shall include a plan of appropriate skate course construction needs, best practices for instant scoring, competition format, and overall criteria to ensure proper execution of street skateboarding competition.
HKRFU Unveils Plans for HK Fan Zone During Rugby Sevens Tournament
The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union (HKRFU) and the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HLTB) have announced details of a HK Fan Zone which is to be in place for the week leading up to the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.
The 36, adiposity 000 square metre city-centre site will provide a range of activities including live action from Hong Kong Stadium, anesthetist | visits from players and a funfair by day, before transforming into a live music venue by night.
Speaking about the initiative, Trevor Gregory, Chairman of the HKRFU said: “The HK Fan Zone is a very exciting new project designed to broaden the appeal and access of the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens to everybody in Hong Kong. The Fan Zone will have activities to suit all, irrespective of their age or knowledge of the game and is a key component of the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union’s outreach into the local community.”
Dr Peter Lam, Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) added: “Through the years, the HKTB and the HKRFU have promoted the Hong Kong Sevens together to encourage overseas visitors to participate in this world-renowned sporting event in Hong Kong. This year, the HKTB is delighted to co-organise the HK Fan Zone with the HKRFU to give visitors and local residents the opportunity to enjoy the excitement of the games and a brand new experience.”
Open from 9am to 11pm each day, the HK Fan Zone will run from Tuesday 25th to Sunday 30th March and will feature eight separate zones.
It will be situated on the New Central Harbourfront.
Sabah Classic Tournament to be Added to Asian Development Tour Schedule
The PGM UMW Sabah Classic has been added to the 2013 schedule of the Asian Development Tour (ADT).
The PGM UMW Sabah Classic, prostate which has been sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Professional Golf of Malaysia (PGM Tour), case will be Sabah’s first ADT event since the 2010 launch of Asian Tour’s secondary circuit. Additionally the Sabah Classic will offer Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points, store enabling Malaysian players to qualify for November’s World Cup of Golf in Melbourne.
The tournament will be one of 10 ADT events to be held in Malaysia this season. A record of 15 ADT tournaments will be held this season, up for last year’s 13.
“The Malaysians success on the ADT can be attributed to Tun Ahmad Sarji’s vision to promote and enhance the game of golf in Malaysia. The co-sanction events between the ADT and PGM Tour have given the local players a platform to take their game to a higher level,” said Kyi Hla Han, chairman of the Asian Tour, of his counterpart at the PGM Tour.
“The ADT has also given the Malaysian players including Iain Steel, Nicholas Fung and Danny Chia the opportunity to earn valuable world ranking points which is the only criteria to qualify for the World Cup of Golf and the Olympics in 2016.”
The PGM UMW Sabah Classic will place 4-7 September 2013 at the Sabah Golf and Country Club.
ESPN Secure Bold ATP & WTA Rights
ESPN have signalled a statement of intent by signing the rights to 11 ATP World Tour 250 events during 2012, as well as three WTA tournaments, formally announcing themselves into the tennis world.
The move follows the broadcaster’s recent acquisition of live darts and golf in the form of BDO World Professional Darts Championships, the Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open. Since its launch, ESPN has brought coverage of more than 40 sports to fans in the UK and Ireland including football from Europe’s leading competitions, including the Barclays Premier League and FA Cup, as well as top-flight English and French rugby union, and exclusive coverage of major American sports such as NFL, NBA, MLB and UFC.
Jeroen Oerlemans, Vice-President TV Channels, ESPN EMEA, said: ‘As we continue to expand our content in the UK and Ireland, we’re delighted to add outstanding tennis tournaments from the ATP and WTA circuits. Through ESPN.co.uk and other media around the world, ESPN has a long and extensive association with tennis that we will look to expand in the UK and Ireland as we broaden our range and depth of sports programming.’
ESPN’s coverage of the ATP World Tour 250 begins in April with the US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston. Focus on the clay circuit continues in the first week of May with the Estoril Open in Portugal and the Serbia Open, which world number one Novak Djokovic won last year.
The week before the French Open will see ESPN’s coverage from Open de Nice Cote D’Azur, which last year featured David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych, as players make their final preparations on clay before Roland Garros. Coverage continues with seven more tournaments from July to September.
ESPN will also have coverage of three WTA events – clay tournaments in Estoril and Strasbourg, and the season finale Tournament of Champions, which was won in 2011 by Serbian star Ana Ivanovic.
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility – Charlotte Hornets
Location: Charlotte, cheap NC, USA
Closing date: 15th November 2016
Overview:
This role is responsible for conceptualizing, developing and leading our Swarm to Serve commitment, as well as, implementation of projects that contribute to being a valued neighbor in our community. Many of these activities are through the successful and strategic leadership of the Hornets Foundation. This role requires successful partnership, coordination, and communication with team members in a variety of departments including Partnerships, Basketball Operations, Marketing, Communication, in addition to the entire team to drive organization and partner goals. Additionally, the successful candidate in this role will build and maintain relationships with external parties, including community-based organizations, government officials, and partnering organizations.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
– Position the Charlotte Hornets as a city and league-wide leader in corporate social responsibility
– Create a CSR and Foundation strategy aligned with the goals of Hornets Sports and Entertainment
– Develop and implement plan for player engagement in the community by working closely with basketball operations staff
– Responsible for day-to-day leadership of department and CSR team, including team member support and development
– Ensure continued success, expansion, and evolution of CSR programs, including Foundation, NBA Cares initiative, partner initiatives, and employee programs
– Work with, communicate, influence, and build consensus among senior leadership and key stakeholders to advance CSR and Foundation policies and programs
– Lead creation of impactful internal and external communications influencing and inspiring others to take action and ensure long-lasting support for the CSR strategy (includes Foundation Annual Report, Hornets website, community calendar)
– Manage department budget
– Develop strategic plan for coordination of philanthropic giving to build and grow the Hornets Foundation (My Hero Gala, etc.)
– Advise senior management on all policy topics relating to Foundation area of focus and relevant programs
– Ensure that all fundraising practices comply with the code of ethics of AFP
– Create relationships with key community and business leaders through meetings, entertaining and responsiveness to requests while maximizing team business opportunities
– Prepare and make presentations as needed
– Act as team spokesperson at various community and related functions
– Serve on community boards and committees to represent the Hornets organization
– Identify board involvement opportunities for senior leadership
– Other duties as assigned by Manager
– Create a CSR and Foundation strategy aligned with the goals of Hornets Sports and Entertainment
– Develop and implement plan for player engagement in the community by working closely with basketball operations staff
– Responsible for day-to-day leadership of department and CSR team, including team member support and development
– Ensure continued success, expansion, and evolution of CSR programs, including Foundation, NBA Cares initiative, partner initiatives, and employee programs
– Work with, communicate, influence, and build consensus among senior leadership and key stakeholders to advance CSR and Foundation policies and programs
– Lead creation of impactful internal and external communications influencing and inspiring others to take action and ensure long-lasting support for the CSR strategy (includes Foundation Annual Report, Hornets website, community calendar)
– Manage department budget
– Develop strategic plan for coordination of philanthropic giving to build and grow the Hornets Foundation (My Hero Gala, etc.)
– Advise senior management on all policy topics relating to Foundation area of focus and relevant programs
– Ensure that all fundraising practices comply with the code of ethics of AFP
– Create relationships with key community and business leaders through meetings, entertaining and responsiveness to requests while maximizing team business opportunities
– Prepare and make presentations as needed
– Act as team spokesperson at various community and related functions
– Serve on community boards and committees to represent the Hornets organization
– Identify board involvement opportunities for senior leadership
– Other duties as assigned by Manager
REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND ABILITIES
– (To perform the job successfully, the candidate should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this job.)
– Bachelor’s degree required in a related field; Master’s degree preferred
– Strong collaboration and organizational skills
– Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills including negotiating and consensus development
– Event management experience
– Five to seven years of fundraising experience.
– Minimum of five years of management experience, including demonstrated team development skills
– Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality
– Presents self in professional manner and have ability to interact with all levels of organization and external contacts
– Adaptability – adapts to change in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to handle frequent changes
– Proficient computer skills – including all Microsoft Office software programs
– Previous experience managing department budget
– Ability to work irregular hours including nights, weekends, holidays
– Ability to attend company events
– Ability to travel as needed
– Ability to attend all home games
– Bachelor’s degree required in a related field; Master’s degree preferred
– Strong collaboration and organizational skills
– Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills including negotiating and consensus development
– Event management experience
– Five to seven years of fundraising experience.
– Minimum of five years of management experience, including demonstrated team development skills
– Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality
– Presents self in professional manner and have ability to interact with all levels of organization and external contacts
– Adaptability – adapts to change in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to handle frequent changes
– Proficient computer skills – including all Microsoft Office software programs
– Previous experience managing department budget
– Ability to work irregular hours including nights, weekends, holidays
– Ability to attend company events
– Ability to travel as needed
– Ability to attend all home games
How to apply:
Ligue 1 side Marseille set for new ownership
The former owner of the LA Dodgers baseball team, Frank McCourt is set to buy Marseille.
The deal for the French Ligue 1 club is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
No fee has been disclosed for the deal,speaking at a news conference, McCourt said: “I’m very excited about making Marseille a champion again.”
The club’s owner, billionaire Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, said in April that she would put it up for sale following a string of poor results.
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