2024 Conference Seminars
These included seminars are available to all attendees on Wed, Thurs, and Friday. Seminars are taught by either industry leaders or select outside experts.
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Topics will cover one these learning tracks. Scroll down for descriptions.
Operations Track
Management Track
Sales Track
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Session # |
Room - Avalon 17 |
Room - Avalon 18 |
Room - Avalon 19 |
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Wed, Feb 21 11:15a-12:45p |
Tips for Hiring Field Staff |
DEI 1 (Customer focused topic TBD) |
Grow your club with a custom "Scorecard" |
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Wed, Feb 21 1:45-2:45p |
Being Efficient - using Asana & other tools |
DEI 2 (Staff focused topic TBD) |
Marketing Tips |
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Thurs, Feb 22 11a-12:30p |
League Lab best practices & examples |
SSIA Legend - Case study w/ Q&A of a large club & its history |
Sponsorship 1 (Topic TBD) |
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Thurs, Feb 22 1:30-3p |
AI - tools to use in our industry |
Employee incentives, benefits, and work/life balance |
Sponsorship 2 (Topic TBD) |
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Thurs, Feb 22 3:15-3:45p |
Dealing with weather events (heat, smoke, etc) |
Evaluating revenue numbers (blind survey required) |
Text Marketing - pros, cons, tips |
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Fri, Feb 23 10:15-11:15a |
Idea roundtable for non-sport games for Field Days, Corp events... |
Alternative revenue streams outside of sports |
Tools to make social media marketing easier for everyone |
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Breakouts Fri, Feb 23 11:20a-12:20p |
Tier 2 & 3 breakout - Owners & management issues |
Tier 2 & 3 breakout - Staff & working in the industry |
Tier 1 breakout - How to make the most of what you have |
Seminar Descriptions
- Wed, Feb 21 (11:15am-12:45pm)
- Tips for Hiring Field Staff - Nick Ferate (Underdog Sports)
- Summary tbd
- DEI 1 (Customer Focused) - tbd
- Summary tbd
- Grow your club with a custom "Scorecard" - Sal Farruggia (LI-Kick)
- The 'Scorecard' is a tool used to track and measure the key performance indicators which are crucial for the success of your club. It is a one page document that presents a snapshot of your league's most important metrics. When reviewed weekly, the scorecard drives growth, directs attention, and solves issues before they become problems. In this seminar you'll discuss industry specific metrics and make a custom Scorecard for your club. You'll return to your club with a tool to systematically strengthen the metrics that matter most to you.
- Tips for Hiring Field Staff - Nick Ferate (Underdog Sports)
- Wed, Feb 21 (1:45-2:45pm)
- Being Efficient, using Asana & other tools - Delaney Lafond Entrop & Nick Ferate (Underdog Sports)
- Summary tbd
- DEI 2 (Staff/Internal Focused) - tbd
- Summary tbd
- Marketing Tips - Monique Jacobs (EssenceMedia.com)
- Summary tbd
- Being Efficient, using Asana & other tools - Delaney Lafond Entrop & Nick Ferate (Underdog Sports)
- Thurs, Feb 22 (11:00am-12:30pm)
- League Lab best practices & examples - Bradley Lach (Club Sport)
- Calling all League Lab users! Ever wonder if you are missing any tips and hints when using LL in your every day operations. Attendees will be called on to come up and share some workarounds, hints, or procedures that they use in the hopes of hitting on something new for the rest of the participants. User participation is required!
- SSIA Legend Focus - Chris Hastings (Chicago Sport & Social Club)
- The first of hopefully many in a series where we have a "legend" of the industry open up about their history, growth, and path they took. Q&A is encouraged from the audience. Learn what it takes to make it in the industry. This year's presenter is Chris Hastings, President of the Chicago Sport & Social Club.
- Sponsorship Topic 1 - tbd
- Summary tbd
- League Lab best practices & examples - Bradley Lach (Club Sport)
- Thurs, Feb 22 (1:30-3:00pm)
- AI - tools to use in our industry - tbd
- Summary tbd
- Employee incentives, benefits & work/life balance - tbd
- Summary tbd
- Sponsorship Topic 2 - tbd
- Summary tbd
- AI - tools to use in our industry - tbd
- Thurs, Feb 22 (3:15-3:45pm)
- Dealing with weather events (heat, smoke, etc) - tbd
- Summary tbd
- Evaluating revenue numbers - Chris Giebner (Club Sport)
- Ever wonder how your income distribution stacks up versus others in the industry? This seminar will explore this breakdown. All attendees will be required to submit an anonymous survey of the percentage breakdown of their income across several categories. This will be summarized and discussed in aggregate. A similar seminar was held at the 2017 conference to great fanfare!
- Text Marketing - pros, cons, tips - tbd
- Summary tbd
- Dealing with weather events (heat, smoke, etc) - tbd
- Fri, Feb 23 (10:15-11:15am)
- Idea roundtable for non-sport games for field days, events, etc - tbd
- Summary tbd
- Alternative revenue streams outside of sports - tbd
- Summary tbd
- Tools to make social media marketing easier for everyone - tbd
- Summary tbd
- Idea roundtable for non-sport games for field days, events, etc - tbd
- Fri, Feb 23 (11:20am-12:20pm)
- Tier 1 breakout - How to make the most of what you have - Louis Hodgetts (Game On VT)
- This will be a moderated free form breakout discussions. Attendees should be owners and employees from Tier 1 clubs (income less than $500,000). We'll discuss the pitfall and challenges of small clubs and how they are going about making it to the next level.
- Tier 2 & 3 breakout - Staff & working in the industry - Pedro Garcia (Houston Sports & Social Club)
- This will be a moderated free form breakout discussions. Attendees should be employees and staff from Tier 2 and 3 clubs (income greater than $500,000). We will discuss the challenges and balances of working for larger clubs but not being the owner or final decision maker.
- Tier 2 & 3 breakout - Owners and management issues - Christian Crute (SportsLink)
- This will be a moderated free form breakout discussions. Attendees should be owners or general managers from Tier 2 and 3 clubs (income greater than $500,000). This discussion could focus on the stress and pitfall of being where the buck finally stops, exit plans, and how to continue growth.
- Tier 1 breakout - How to make the most of what you have - Louis Hodgetts (Game On VT)