Win AD Hangout: Career Advancement Strategies For Minority / Female Administrators
Date: Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Tamica Smith Jones, Athletic Director at the University of California Riverside, shares insights about specific steps she took to prepare herself for leadership opportunities, plus discusses how administrators can engage social challenges to achieve success.
During this discussion we covered:
- Specific strategies minority & female athletic administrators can take to improve their chances of reaching leadership positions
- Steps every administrator can take to empower the next generation of NCAA leaders
- Important considerations when evaluating your next career advancement opportunity
- Why diversifying your experiences and expertise is critical to career growth and how to do it
Win AD Hangout Invitation: How To Improve Fan Engagement, Game Day Experience And Digital Marketing
Date: Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
Our Guest, Michael Thompson, is the Senior Associate Athletics Director at The University of Mississippi and an industry expert in strategic communications and marketing. Michael also heads up the SEC’s Fan Experience Working Group and brings a unique perspective to college athletics, having been President of a private sector marketing & advertising agency. In our conversation with Michael, attendees of this hangout will learn:
- How to gather and apply fan feedback to enhance the fan experience
- How to leverage technology to engage & expand your fan base to drive new revenue
- Leading-edge strategies for fan rewards programs and digital communications
- Trends that are driving attendance at collegiate sporting events
Win AD Hangout: How to Build a Championship Culture
Date: Monday, August 29th, 2016
Watch this hangout to learn how to build championship cultures that lead to broad-based athletic and academic success. In the 2016 Director’s Cup standings, the 2 ‘non-Power-5’ programs who finished with the highest final ranking (excluding independents) were Denver and Princeton. These two programs have systematically built unique cultures of sustainable success, even when competing directly against programs with significantly larger financial resources. We’ll be joined by Peg Bradley-Doppes, Vice Chancellor for Athletics & Recreation at The University of Denver and Mollie Marcoux, Director of Athletics at Princeton University, who will share with us:
- Specific strategies for empowering coaches to succeed
- How their unique organizational structures create accountability and improve communication
- Advice about how to build strong organizational cultures that facilitate success & improve alumni engagement
- Proven strategies for creating and implementing winning strategic plans
Win AD Hangout: New AD Leadership Forum
Date: Thursday, May 19th, 2016
Watch this hangout to learn about achieving career growth and leadership strategies of new ADs. Furman University Athletic Director Mike Buddie and Florida A&M Athletic Director Milton Overton will join us to share insights and experiences, including:
- Considerations for evaluating AD job openings
- Strategies for creating a culture of success and achievement
- Setting and managing expectations on your new campus
- Identifying, retaining and hiring key personnel for organizational success
Win AD Hangout: Sexual Assault on College Campuses – How to Prepare, Prevent and Respond
Date: Thursday, April 14th, 2016
Watch this hangout to learn how university and athletics administrators can prepare for, prevent and respond to sexual assault allegations on your campus.
Attorney John Graff is a former police officer who served as a state certified sexual assault investigator and received advanced training from the FBI in the profiling of serial sexual criminals. John advises colleges and universities across the country on a number of areas unique to higher education, including regulatory compliance, institutional policies and handbooks, campus law enforcement, public safety operations. John also specializes in preparing schools for Title IX & Clery Program compliance reviews and representing them before the U.S. Department of Education. In this hangout, John will share his expertise in several critical areas:
- Identifying schools’ affirmative obligations under the Clery Act & Title IX
- How to create a culture of awareness, compliance and communication
- Where most schools make mistakes in response to sexual assault allegations
- How to prevent mishandling of sexual assault allegations from a process and communications standpoint
- Forward-looking policy considerations and planning steps for athletics & university leaders
