Strategic Sports Event Management

This book provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and types, from international mega-events to community sport. Introducing key theory and best practice, it offers a practical, step-by-step guide to planning, organizing, managing and evaluating events. 
Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, the book explains the importance of adopting a strategic approach, showing how to implement strategies that lead to successful outcomes over the short and the long term. It uses international case studies in every chapter, from the NBA and NFL to Formula 1 and the English Premier League, offering real-world insight into both larger and smaller events. In addition, woven throughout the book are a series of in-depth studies of several Olympic Games, the ultimate sporting event and an important point of reference for all practising and aspiring event managers. The book covers every key aspect of the sports event management process, including: sports organizations, such as the IOC, FIFA and World Athletics, and their interactions with event partners, the media and promoters short-term and long-term benefits of the planning process event impact and legacy operational functions, including finance, ticketing, transport, venues, IT, human resources and security marketing and communications, including social networking and new media the bidding process research and evaluation 
This new edition includes expanded coverage of digital and social media, the social impact of events, sustainability, security, entrepreneurship, employability and much more. It is an essential text for any sports event course and invaluable reading for any student or practitioner working in sport business, sport management, sport development or event management. 
The textbook is supported by useful online resources, including additional case studies and exam questions for each chapter.

Business & Money

Masterman, Guy

Industries

Routledge

Product Description 
This book provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and types, from international mega-events to community sport. Introducing key theory and best practice, it offers a practical, step-by-step guide to planning, organizing, managing and evaluating events. 
Now in a fully revised and updated fourth edition, the book explains the importance of adopting a strategic approach, showing how to implement strategies that lead to successful outcomes over the short and the long term. It uses international case studies in every chapter, from the NBA and NFL to Formula 1 and the English Premier League, offering real-world insight into both larger and smaller events. In addition, woven throughout the book are a series of in-depth studies of several Olympic Games, the ultimate sporting event and an important point of reference for all practising and aspiring event managers. The book covers every key aspect of the sports event management process, including:\nsports organizations, such as the IOC, FIFA and World Athletics, and their interactions with event partners, the media and promoters 
short-term and long-term benefits of the planning process 
event impact and legacy 
operational functions, including finance, ticketing, transport, venues, IT, human resources and security 
marketing and communications, including social networking and new media 
the bidding process 
research and evaluation\nThis new edition includes expanded coverage of digital and social media, the social impact of events, sustainability, security, entrepreneurship, employability and much more. It is an essential text for any sports event course and invaluable reading for any student or practitioner working in sport business, sport management, sport development or event management. 
The textbook is supported by useful online resources, including additional case studies and exam questions for each chapter. 
 About the Author 
Guy Masterman is a former international racquetball player and has worked in the sports and events industries for over 45 years. He has worked with several UK universities, New York University, Shanghai University of Sport and the Russian International Olympic University. His consultancy clients have included Coca-Cola, Chelsea FC, Team Scotland and international bodies such as the ATP Tour and the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation. He has been Sport England partnership chair and a director of the governing bodies for English boxing, baseball and softball and the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, and he sat on the 1985 World Games Organizing Board. His event work extends across all sectors and includes Euro ’96, Nabisco Masters Doubles and the promotion of concerts for Ray Charles, B. B. King and James Brown. His research work focuses on strategic event planning and legacies as well as marketing communications and, in particular, sports sponsorship.

Strategic Sports Event Management: Third edition

The hosting of sports events – whether large international events, or smaller niche events – can have a significant and long-lasting impact on the local environment, economy and society. Strategic Sports Event Management provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and types, from international mega-events to school sports. Combining a unique conceptual framework with a practical, step-by-step guide to planning, organising, managing and evaluating events, the book explains the importance of adopting a strategic approach, showing how to implement strategies that lead to successful outcomes over the short and long-term. This fully revised and updated third edition uses international case studies in every chapter, from the NBA and NFL to Formula One and the English Premier League, offering real-world insight into both larger and smaller events. In addition, woven throughout the book are a series of in-depth studies of the London Olympic Games, the ultimate sporting event and an important point of reference for all practising and aspiring event managers. The book covers every key aspect of the sports event management process, including <ul>
<li>sports organizations, such as the IOC, FIFA and IAAF, and their interactions with event partners, the media and promoters</li> <li>short-term and long-term benefits of the planning process</li> <li>event impact and legacy </li> <li>operational functions including finance, ticketing, transport, venues, IT, human resources, and security</li> <li>marketing and communications, including social networking and new media</li> <li>the bidding process </li> <li>research and evaluation.</li> </ul>
Strategic Sports Event Management is the leading sports event management textbook and is now accompanied by a companion website containing a range of additional teaching and learning features. The book is important reading for all students of sport management or event management, and all practising event managers looking to develop their professional skills..

The hosting of sports events, be they large international events or smaller niche interest events, has huge and long-lasting impacts on the local environment, economy and industry. Strategic Sports Event Management: An international approach provides students and event managers in the industry with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and nature. The framework offers a planning process that can be used to firstly understand the importance of a strategic approach, and secondly how to implement strategies that can achieve successful sports events over the short and long-term. Using international case studies such as the Sydney olympics 2000, Boardsurfing events in the UK, US and Australia, Manchester Commonwealth Games 2002, Salt Lake City Winter Olympics 2002 and Athen Olympics 2004, this text looks at: * The organisations involved such as the IOC, FIFA and IAAF, and their interactions with charities, teh media and promoters. * The planning process; short term and long term benefits, and evaluations. * Operational strategies including IT, communications, equipments and personnel. * The importance of long-term as well as short term strategic plans and the impact of hosting sports events. * Builds a conceptual framework for the planning, organising, managing and evaluating of sports events. * International cases and examples, of both large and small sports events, from first-hand experience and research.

Strategic Sports Event Management: An International Approach

Economics

Butterworth-Heinemann

Innovative Marketing Communications: Strategies for the Events Industry (Events Management)

Innovative Marketing Communications for Events Management provides students and event managers with a complete insight into the strategic and innovative marketing of events of all scales and nature. The book builds a conceptual framework for the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of innovative communication strategies for the marketing of events, and the effective use of events as an innovative communications method in general organizational marketing. With a strong practical underpinning, Innovative Marketing Communications for Events Management emphasises to event managers the importance of effectively integrating a range of tools and techniques to communicate the event and provides them with a better understanding of how a variety of private and public sector organisations can use events within their communication strategies. * How to effectively integrate the range of marketing tools and techniques to communicate and promote events * How organisations can use events within their communication strategies in order to improve their organisational marketing * How and why communications strategies need to be included in the overall plan for effective and successful long term planning

Innovative Marketing Communications (Events Management)

Sponsorship is both a critical communications tool for sponsors as well as a fundamental revenue stream for rights owners. Market leaders use sponsorship widely and arguably more successfully than any other communications tool to achieve competitive advantage whilst events of all sizes depend on sponsorship just to exist. As the importance of sponsorship has increased the demands of it have risen too. Now sponsors seek measurable return on their investment.Sponsorship: For a Return on Investment provides a unique insight on the use of sponsorship for a return on investment and will appeal to practitioners and undergraduate and postgraduate students alike. It builds a conceptual framework for the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of strategies for sport, arts, music and community sponsorship, and from two perspectives: . For rights owners, the importance of effectively acquiring and then developing a bespoke approach for the recruitment of sponsors for effective sponsorship programmes. . For sponsors, a better understanding of how sponsorship can be used for successful integrated marketing communications. A broad selection of examples and case studies from around the world are provided in order to demonstrate the importance of sponsorship on an international basis. * The first text to cover in-depth, sponsorship in the sports and leisure industries.* Builds a conceptual framework for the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of sponsorship strategies for both sponsors and rights owners in the sports and leisure industries.* Essential reading for both students and practitioners across the sports and leisure sectors, who need to realise the potential of sponsorship as a critical marketing communications tool.

Sponsorship: for a Return on Investment

Investing

Sponsorship is both a critical communications tool for sponsors as well as a fundamental revenue stream for rights owners. Market leaders use sponsorship widely and arguably more successfully than any other communications tool to achieve competitive advantage whilst events of all sizes depend on sponsorship just to exist. As the importance of sponsorship has increased the demands of it have risen too. Now sponsors seek measurable return on their investment. Sponsorship: For a Return on Investment provides a unique insight on the use of sponsorship for a return on investment and will appeal to practitioners and undergraduate and postgraduate students alike. It builds a conceptual framework for the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of strategies for sport, arts, music and community sponsorship, and from two perspectives: * For rights owners, the importance of effectively acquiring and then developing a bespoke approach for the recruitment of sponsors for effective sponsorship programmes. * For sponsors, a better understanding of how sponsorship can be used for successful integrated marketing communications. A broad selection of examples and case studies from around the world are provided in order to demonstrate the importance of sponsorship on an international basis. * The first text to cover in-depth, sponsorship in the sports and leisure industries. * Builds a conceptual framework for the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of sponsorship strategies for both sponsors and rights owners in the sports and leisure industries. * Essential reading for both students and practitioners across the sports and leisure sectors, who need to realise the potential of sponsorship as a critical marketing communications tool.

Sponsorship: For a Return on Investment: For a Return on Investment

Sports & Outdoors

Innovative Marketing Communications for Events Management provides students and event managers with a complete insight into the strategic and innovative marketing of events of all scales and nature. The book builds a conceptual framework for the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of innovative communication strategies for the marketing of events, and the effective use of events as an innovative communications method in general organizational marketing.With a strong practical underpinning, Innovative Marketing Communications for Events Management emphasises to event managers the importance of effectively integrating a range of tools and techniques to communicate the event and provides them with a better understanding of how a variety of private and public sector organisations can use events within their communication strategies.

Wood,Emma

The hosting of sports events - whether large international events, or smaller niche interest events - has huge and long-lasting impacts on the local environment, economy and industry. Strategic Sports Event Management: Olympic edition provides students and event managers with an insight into the strategic management of sports events of all scales and nature. The framework offers a planning process that can be used to understand the importance of a strategic approach, and shows how to implement strategies that can achieve successful sports events over the short and long-term. The text uses new international case studies throughout to offer real-world insight in both larger and smaller events. Plus, in this new Olympic edition, we see the introduction of a Beijing Olympiad case study in each chapter. Through this topical and timely addition to the text, we can understand the lessons to be learned by events mangers of events of all sizes. Written by an experienced author and using first-hand research the text looks at: * The organisations involved such as the IOC, FIFA and IAAF, and their interactions with charities, the media and promoters. * The short-term and long-term benefits of the planning process * Evaluating the event, its impacts and legacies * Operational strategies including finance, ticketing, transport, venues, IT, communications, equipment and personnel * The bidding process and what is required for a successful bid Strategic Sports Event Management: Olympic edition builds on the substantial success of the first edition and is vital reading for students and practitioners alike. * Provides an established conceptual framework for planning, organizing, managing, and evaluating sports events * Includes a range of new international case studies, with new first-hand research from the Beijing Olympiad including an Olympic case in each chapter * Comprehensive coverage, from start to finish, of the event planning process for sports events of all scales, from smaller events to mega-events

Taylor&Francis

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Strategic Sports Event Management

Strategic Sports Event Management

Strategic Sports Event Management: Third edition

Strategic Sports Event Management: Third edition

Strategic Sports Event Management: An International Approach

Innovative Marketing Communications (Events Management)

Sponsorship: for a Return on Investment

Sponsorship: For a Return on Investment: For a Return on Investment

Innovative Marketing Communications: Strategies for the Events Industry (Events Management)

Strategic Sports Event Management