Posts Tagged ‘Diamond Sports’

Learn from the Best

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

This Saturday Diamond Sports will be presenting “The PreGame Show”, a sports career and education seminar, at the Bobby Valentine’s Sports Academy in Stamford, CT. Bobby Valentine, who will be the headline speaker, is one of the smartest most respected men in the world of sports. Aside from his many coaching accolades and successes in both the United States and Japan, Bobby Valentine has navigated the business world just as successfully. Bobby Valentine opened his first sports bar in 1980 in his hometown of Stamford. He also hold an immensely successful charity fund raiser in Fairfield Connecticut known as the “Bobby Valentine Celebrity Wine & Food Experience”.Valentine aside from being a successful manager in Japan also became one of the countries most popular and polarizing figures. He worked with several charities and was instrumental in aiding the education of young Japanese children.

At the seminar you can expect Bobby to share some of his insights on forward thinking that have made him so successful over the years. All attendees will be given the opportunity to ask questions to the panel and the best two questions will be awarded with a free lunch to Bobby Valentine’s Restaurant. For more information on registration please click here.

Get an Edge on the Competition

Monday, March 8th, 2010

We have discussed numerous times in the past how competitive the job market is in the sports business field. The name of the game is separating your resume from the other stacks of resumes that a potential employer receives. A step in the right direction to this separation would be to learn a little something about one of the hottest technological trends in the industry. This Saturday Diamond Sports will be presenting a on Sports Media Production and even demonstrating some of their capabilities. Mark Jeffers will be presenting and he has an extensive background NBC and CBS, two networks which host such sporting events as the Olympics, NFL football and the NCAA March Madness tournament. In this presentation you will learn about technological trends, as well as demonstrations of live streaming technology. Live streaming technology made a splash with NBC during the 08 Olympics and has become a major part of sports business. In the next few months, CBS and ESPN will both make a major push by live streaming the NCAA tournament and the World Cup respectively. The internet with it’s live streaming capability allows you to reach any part of the world that has internet capabilities. This has major implications to aspects of the sports business world which will be discussed in the presentation. This information packed presentation will take a small amount of your time but could make a lasting impact on your abilities in your current job or to separate you in a positive light for future endeavors.