Three days was all I needed to find a window of opportunity to get to Brazil for World Cup 2014. The 12-hour flight down, and 24-hour trek home, were totally worth it as the experience of attending a World Cup game is just beyond comparison. On my first day, I was a tourist in Curitiba. I met a … [Read more...]
Three Rules to Follow for Social Media Success
It+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s safe to say that the MLS off-season has included a lot of presentations. Not that I mind, in fact anybody that+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s ever worked with me will tell you that I love a good Power Point. But in all this prepping and presenting to our ticket sales professionals, digital leads, internal … [Read more...]
Recapping my experience at the FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in St. Kitts and Nevis
After the course in St. Lucia, I flew to St. Kitts and Nevis, where I had the honor of working as a Communications and Marketing Instructor for another FIFA Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Com-Unity Seminar. My flight out of St. Lucia was really early in the morning, and after a short layover in Antigua, I was on my … [Read more...]
FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in St. Lucia
St. Lucia, a tropical island in the Eastern Caribbean, is an absolutely breathtaking, scenic place with incredibly friendly people. The country has a small population of about 160,000 people, and every single person I passed by +ACY-ndash+ADs whether in the FIFA Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Com-Unity Seminar itself, or … [Read more...]
Women’s Football Instructors Seminar in Zurich
I was invited to the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland, for the Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Football Instructors Seminar, from March 20-23, 2012. My work with FIFA is generally focused on Marketing and Communications for Com-Unity Seminars, so I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-m not really sure how to express my gratitude for this … [Read more...]
The FIFA/CONCACAF Women’s Soccer Conference in Vancouver
I arrived tonight in Vancouver, B.C., for the FIFA/CONCACAF Conference on the FIFA Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s World Cup in Germany 2011. After looking through my brochure, I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-m excited to see that many coaches, instructors and staff from FIFA projects I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ve worked on previously, and many of my fellow … [Read more...]
NSCAA Convention Presentation: 5 Secrets to Successful Soccer Websites
What would the NSCAA Convention be without the added excitement (and pressure) of speaking? For the second year in a row, my good friend and peer Ryan Knapp and I presented together. Ryan and I met in 2009 at Tweet +ACY-ndash+ADs Blowing the Whistle on Social Media and have bantered back and forth on all … [Read more...]
Photos: MLS SuperDraft and NSCAA Convention
The 2012 NSCAA Convention could once again be called: The busiest week of my life. Here+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s the play-by-play, through the camera on my iPhone. I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-ve posted the photos in chronological order, enjoy+ACE Tuesday, January 10 Arrived in Kansas City and made my way over to the Kansas City … [Read more...]
Amanda Vandervort is running for NSCAA Secretary: Check out her answers to the NSCAA Candidate Questions
I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-m currently running for Secretary of the NSCAA. The election winner will be announced at the annual business meeting at the NSCAA Convention in Kansas City on Friday, Jan. 13, so as we+ACY-rsquo+ADs-re getting closer to the event, I thought it would be good to share my answers to the 12 questions … [Read more...]
The FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
42 hours of flight time for 5 days of work, and totally worth it. I+ACY-rsquo+ADs-m honored to have been the Communications and Marketing instructor for the FIFA Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Com-Unity Seminar in Tanzania in October 2011. FIFA conducts these seminars to bring together government officials, community … [Read more...]