We continue our Featured Benefit for the month of April with a blog post on Models and Samples. Who has time to re-invent the wheel? Our collection of models and samples, used by real destinations, event organizers, and industry partners, is designed to generate ideas and save you time. Feel free to adapt to your needs or adopt it as is! Below is a list of the models & samples we currently have available.
· Bid Scoresheet Template
· Bylaws
· Event RFPs
· Facility Specification Guide
· Facility Survey Questionnaires
· Internship Descriptions
· Job Descriptions
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Check out our line-up of best practices and event webinars below and reserve your spot today!
Asian Basketball Championships of North America
Event Webinar Sponsored by MGM Resorts International
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Presented by Mike Mon
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Join Mike Mon from Asian Basketball Championships of North America as he shares information on what he looks for in a host city and what it takes to host their events. Asian Basketball Championships of North America is currently accepting bids for 2017, 2018 and 2019. There will be time at the end of the presentation for questions. If you are unable to join us on the 26th, remember you can download the webinar recording from our Webinar Archives (login required).
Ways to Ensure a High Return on your NASC Membership Investment
Best Practices Webinar
Tuesday, April 28, 2016
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Presented by Elizabeth Young
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Elizabeth Young, Director of Me...
What a week it was in Grand Rapids! We want to thank everyone who attended the 24th NASC Sports Event Symposium. We had a blast and we hope you did too, but we also hope you took something (or many somethings) away from your meetings and networking during the week that will help you now that you’re back in the office. We learned lots during our week in Grand Rapids, including:
You love our educational components. We heard time and time again that you appreciate the educational opportunities that NASC offers, not just at meetings (like the CSEE program) but links and contacts that are available 24/7 on the NASC website. We hope more of you can take advantage of any and all of our opportunities to learn from each other.
You recommend NASC to your friends who aren’t members (yet). As NASC membership grows, we’re always looking for ways to reach those who are in the sports tourism business, but who aren’t members of NASC. You told us that you...
If you thought investing in sports (your NCAA bracket notwithstanding) was going away anytime soon, then take a look at this new project headed for Northwest Indiana.
By the end of March, ground is expected to be broken on a 15-acre lake that will be part of a $75 million sports resort project in Portage. The lake will have an island that will feature an adventure climbing tower and a cable wakeboard park.
It’s part of a development triggered by interest from the National Rugby Football League. The complex is being considered, according to the Indianapolis Star, as the league’s NRFL Academy.
But first it has to be built. And when it’s built, according to the report, the complex will have a movie theater, indoor water park and 150-room hotel. Plans also feature a campground for guests to stay.
In addition to the NRFL Academy, the project’s organizer, Catalyst Lifestyles, also is proposing a 17,000 sq...
The idea of crisis plans for your team, event or venue is to try to think of anything and everything that can happen, and make sure you have a correct response to every scenario you can come up with. auction-gavel-2
But too often, no one takes into consideration 1) demanding parents and 2) litigation at the drop of a gavel.
When his 16-year-old son didn't get the most valuable player award, Michel Croteau didn't get mad, he tried to get even. He hired a lawyer and sued his son's youth hockey league to the tune of more than $200,000. Croteau claimed his son Steve should have been the MVP since he had the most goals and assists in the league. When he didn’t win, daddy claimed that Steve was so embarrassed, he wanted to quit hockey.
This isn’t an isolated case. In the year the Croteau lawsuit was filed, 2013, parents filed more than 200 non-injury-related sports lawsuits against coaches, leagues and school districts in the Uni...
National Veterans Golden Age Games - Event Webinar sponsored by MGM Resorts International
Join Jeanene LeSure from National Veterans Golden Age Games as she discusses their RFP for the 2020 Golden Age Games and what they look for in a host destination. If you are unable to join us on the 14th, you can download the webinar recording from our Webinar Archives (login required).
Date: Monday, March 14, 2016
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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Starting Your Own State Games - Best Practices Webinar
Join Eric Engelbarts, National Congress of State Games membership chairman, as he discusses how your CVB or Sports Commission can leverage your existing sport director relationships to build an event that you own and operate that can contribute to your mission of ‘heads in beds’ and act as a potential revenue source for your organization. Engelbarts most recently started the State Games of Michigan as a signature event of the West Michigan Sports Commission. The State Game...
The coach of a California high school girls’ basketball team was suspended two games for a big win.
And we mean, big.
Arroyo Valley High School defeated Bloomington High School, 161-2 last month. And it’s not first time Arroyo Valley had won by large margins. The Hawks had scored more than 100 points twice before, but this 159-point win created enough backlash that the school felt it needed to act and suspended Coach Michael Anderson for the two games.
Not that benching the coach made much of a difference. In the first game without Coach Anderson, Arroyo Valley won, 80-19. The Hawks were coached by Anderson’s 19-year-old son.
For his part, Anderson said he talked with the Bloomington head coach before the game, explaining that this was the Hawks’ last game before league play and that his team was going to play hard. “I wanted to let him know there was no harm intended,” Anderson told the Orange County Register, “and that i...
The National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC) recently graduated 17 members from its Certified Sports Event Executive (CSEE) Program. Graduates included members who completed the certification requirements this past fall in Louisville or at the recent CSEE Spring 2008 Module in Omaha.
The CSEE Program, open only to NASC members, is a continuing education style program where participants are provided with cutting edge knowledge from topics relevant to the sports event industry. Modules cover a variety of topics relevant to the industry that increases participant's efficiency and effectiveness in the workplace.
See the attached press release to read more.