The Sports Event Playbook: Managing and Marketing Winning Events

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The Sports Event Management and Marketing Playbook is a step-by-step guide for the real world, offering expert advice on how to properly build sports events into successful and financially viable properties. Authored by a successful professional who's in the trenches every day, this helpful resource offers both first-time planners and seasoned organizers with the expertise and framework for staging top-quality sports events at any level - from the community to the global stage.

Along with practical checklists, tables, figures, and forms, The Sports Event Management and Marketing Playbook features:

"Sideline Stories" presenting real-life examples of the development, management, and execution of sports events
"Coach's Clipboard" featuring questions and thought-provoking intellectual exercises that enable readers to apply the lessons of every chapter to hypothetical situations

This book is part of The Wiley Event Management Series.

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This guide to policy and program options is a major contribution to the successful implementation of the work initiated by two milestone conferences in 1995--the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing) and the World Summit on Social Development (Copenhagen). Lim outlines the significance of women's employment and the critical concerns and objectives of integrated and comprehensive strategies for action. She describes the main types of action for improving women's economic position, and offers advice on how to enhance the quality of female human resources, increase investment in education and training for women, improve women's access to employment and income-earning opportunities, ensure better terms and conditions of work, and provide social protection for women.

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Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting. It includes practical advice on how to conduct different groups (choral, opera, symphony, early music) and a history of conducting presented as a study of national traditions. Designed for the lay reader who wants an inside look at the world of conducting as well as for potential students, it is a revealing study about a secretive industry. Managers, artistic directors, soloists, players and conductors openly discuss their different perspectives in this comprehensive work.

Customer Reviews:

Couldn't put it down.......2004-04-18

Full disclosure: I wrote one of the chapters (see the TOC below for detail -I can't figure out how to put my name in the "public nickname" slot at Amazon). But I don't get paid royalties as far as I know, and I don't mind if you skip my chapter when you get the book - I did! (Haven't had the courage to read it yet.) I mention all this to be upfront, and not use a pseudonym on Amazon - a common practice by authors, I've heard.

I'm writing because I read the book (the parts by everyone else) and feel too enthusiastic to keep quiet about it. I literally couldn't put the book down. When I received my copy, I stayed up way past my bedtime reading it, ignoring sleepiness and the fact that I had to go to work the next morning. If you are at all interested in the topic, I don't know of anything of its type that's richer or more engaging. Don't assume that it's another collection of academic papers; instead it has insights not only from scholars but also from conductors (e.g., Mackerras), orchestral players, record producers, and managers. To give you an idea and help you determine if this book would interest you, here's the table of contents, with my short notes on a few chapters - ande they all deserve comment, but I will leave that to others:

Part I. Practice:
1. The technique of conducting - Raymond Holden
2. Conductors in rehearsal - Charles Barber [conductor, archivist of conducting films, so this has details on historical greats like Furtwaengler]
3. Studio conducting - Michael Haas [producer of Solti and Abbado recordings- fascinating information about their recordings and why conducting in the studio, which is what most of us hear in our CD collections, is so different from conducting in concert]
4. The conductor and the soloist - Joseph Silverstein [he's outstanding both as a conductor and a soloist, and former concertmaster at Boston so he played with many greats; again, a lot of interesting stuff]
5. Choral conducting - Vance George [SF chorus master, great choral conductor, very useful]
6. Opera conducting - Sir Charles Mackerras [need I say more?]
7. The orchestra speaks - Robert L. Ripley [played in Cleveland and Boston SOs for many years. Great chapter! A lot of detail about famous conductors and what they did well or badly in working with orchestras.]

Part II. History: [as good a history as I've seen. It really clarifies the context out of which such apparently unique figures as, say, Toscanini arose.]
8. The rise of conductors - José Antonio Bowen
9. The central European tradition - José Antonio Bowen and Raymond Holden
10. The French tradition - David Cairns
11. The Italian tradition - Michael Rose
12. The American tradition - José Antonio Bowen and David Mermelstein
13. The English tradition - Stephen Johnson
14. The Russian tradition - David Nice

Part III. Issues:
15. The conductor as Artistic Director - Bramwell Tovey [if you're aware of his work you will need no further encouragement]
16. Women on the podium - Michelle Edwards
17. Conducting early music - Bernard Sherman [that's me]
18. Training conductors - Harold Faberman [Perhaps America's leading teacher of conductors; his own book on conducting technique is outstanding]
19. The composer/conductor and modern music - Martyn Brabbins
20. Managers and the business of conduction - Stephen Wright
21. The future of conducting - Leon Botstein.[Again - need I say more? Fascinating chapter by this extraordinary conductor/scholar/university president.]

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The Cambridge Companion to Sibelius (Cambridge Companions to Music)

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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This Companion provides an up-to-date introduction to the life and music of Finland's greatest composer, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Divided into four sections, it explores Sibelius's early career, his major musical achievements, historical reception and influence, and the performance and interpretation of his work. Sibelius emerges as one of the most striking figures in twentieth-century music. The book will be of interest to performers and the general public as well as serious scholars.

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Cambridge Companion to Conducting

Manufacturer: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GXWO0U

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Everyday life back then.......2007-01-01

Like the author of this book the Forties fascinate me but there seems very few photobooks about the decade. Nick Freeth looks back on those years from a rather personal perspective so don't expect a comprehensive analyses, for that I would suggest Harold Evans American Century, The: People, Power and Politics - An Illustrated History with good images and text.

The decade is not easy to cover in a general sense because the Second World War mostly overshadows the post-war years. Freeth, probably rightly, devotes eight pages to the military and then gets into the domestic and social life in America. Some of the chapter heads might give you an idea of the contents: On Main Street, A Place of Our Own, At Work and School, It's the Weekend or That's Entertainment. All the chapters have a mix of text and photos though the book is really visual. Someone has done some excellent picture research because I thought the choice of photos and graphics was rather good but unfortunately, in many cases, an interesting image (a colorful ad from a consumer weekly for example) is really too small to benefit the reader. Most of the photos are black and white with color provided by printed graphic material.

The book's design is rather basic and in a way it looks a little like a forties publication (I wonder if this was deliberate?) and it does invite comparison with another book covering the same decade, Time-Life Books Decade of Triumph: The 40s (Our American Century). The choice of photos and production is fine but at least half the pages are war oriented.

Both books though reveal how interesting the decade was but I especially like Nick Freeth's book because of the unusual photo selection.

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•Detailed advice from a veteran of reality TV shows

•How to develop an "alter ego" who will get cast

•Practical tips for getting on TV

There are more than two hundred reality TV shows planned for this year alone. Millions of people have applied to be on these shows; only a handful have been chosen to compete and win big money. One of those chosen few is Jack Benza, and in So You Wannabe on Reality TV he lifts the veil of secrecy to reveal exactly what the experience is like—how to get cast, how to stay on top, how to win. First, the author tells exactly how to pass the audition—perhaps by creating a marketable "alter ego," as he did. Once on the show, readers will need the amazing information on how producers rig shows, how cameras turn into confessionals, and how sex and alcohol are used as rewards. This one-of-a-kind book shows the real world of reality TV.

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Msnbc.......2006-04-22

I saw Jack Benza on MSNBC and he intrigued me to read his book. He gave an accurate portrayal of what it is like to be a contestant on these shows. After checking his website out at Realityicon.com I understood what he meant by playing a character.

A must read for Reality TV want to be contestants!.......2005-10-10

I'm going to admit it all up front. I love reality TV. At least some of it. I watch each and every episode of Survivor and The Amazing Race. I've tuned into portions of The Bachlorette, The Mole and Big Brother (I didn't like that one at all). So when the book, So You Wannabe On Reality TV by Jack Benza hit my desk, I picked it up and began reading it immediately.

Whew! This is the book to read if you want to be on TV. I've decided that it is definitely not for me because I'm just too high maintenance and I don't want all of my flaws to be aired on national television. I can't take the humiliation! And I enjoy anonymity far too much. Oh, and my mother really, really loves me and I'd like to keep it that way.

Benza has experience with "reality" TV and shares his experience of participating in over thirty reality, dating, and game shows. He's also produced audition tapes for other "wannabe contestants." He discusses the application traps, audition tapes, personal interviews, physical and mental tests and everything else connected to reality TV in a clear and straight-forward, no-holds-barred manner. And it's not always pretty.

If you want, really want, to break into reality TV, this just might be the book for you. It might also deter you from following that path, and even Benza would say, don't do it unless you're willing to play a part, be humiliated and suffer other "things" at the hands of the producers.

Armchair Interviews says: This book is not only helpful in navigating the reality TV path, but it is both a funny and scary look at this new phenomenon.

Come back To Reality.......2005-08-01

I thought Jack Benza's portrayal of the Reality World was concise. Never did I know, until now, what it took to be on a Reality show and how I could get on one. Jack broke it down from the audition to getting on TV. Now I'm going to do what it takes to get on Millionaire. Thanks Jack. People read this book!
Nadea Soul

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Introducing Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 - reference book - CD

Customer Reviews:

WHY and BECAUSE this is a useless book, .......2005-02-28

In absolute agreement to Steamboat Willy.

This is the only book on InfoPath that has been translated into Italian. A non-programmer colleague has read this book from cover to cover to try and work with infopath. However, even though he has followed each example, the lack of any explaination as to WHY he was performing the various tasks given within the book, or what aim the author has in mind both of the task or explaining the task means that today he is none the wiser. The step-by-step approach to each task without explaining the outcomes, what to do when it doesn't go as you suggest, or giving the user any idea where the writer is going with an example makes problem-solving nigh on impossible, and the work seem useless.

Further, the examples are all based on ready-made forms, that quickly become too complex to deconstruct, even after reading this book, he is unable to project a form from the beginning, or to realise how to overcome diffculties in a project.

This book is not an instructive manual for a beginner on how to use Infopath, possibly useful as a "how do I..." reference for specific activities however, you will find the same things on Google that you have written in this book.

Personally, I would return the book asking for my money back.

Only How-To's and nothing about why something is done.......2005-01-25

This book was ok in some respects but the author went into the "NorthWind Trader" pieces too much and didnt explain how to get from point A-G only from point D-G which really frustrated me. Also the author rarely explains WHY you would ever use a feature or anything he talks about and just explains how to. Which is useless for someone like me who needs to have a WHY WHEN and HOW to understand the processes that are explained.

First book that describes the VERY important SP1 features!.......2004-08-29

I was delighted when I saw that this book was written by my favorite technical author, Roger Jennings. Maybe it's just me but I'm often disappointed by other tech authors. I'm sure they know their stuff but I find them devoting most of their writing to describing issues and details that, for some reason, don't relate to my problems in trying to leverage the subject's technology. Not so with Roger! He ably describes the details I need to quickly become successful. One key word describes his superiority - Relevance!

Save your money and DO NOT buy any InfoPath book that is not based upon the SP1 version! It's MUCH more than just a service pack, it's really like "InfoPath 2004" instead, adding a whole host of vitally important features including full Tablet PC support, integration with Visual Studio for developers, Email forms deployment, Security enhancements, and more. MAJOR stuff!

While this is the first book that covers the SP1 version, I bet it will remain among the very best even after all the other authors catch up!

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an extraordinary military leader and one of the most controversial figures in American history. An enormous amout of literature has accumulated about his career, which spanned most of the 20th century. General MacArthur is the subject of this first comprehensive assessment and survey of all of the writings by ad about him. Publication coincides and reflects the formal commemoration of the 50th anniversary of World War II. A short biographical essay and chronology set the stage for the historiographical critique, which is organized topically and into different time periods. This extensive historiographical narrative is cross-referenced to the annotated bibliography of 759 published and unpublished sources, both academic and popular, including film and fiction. Author and subject indexes complete the volume. This guide to the literature on MacArthur describes archival collections and research facilities; points to conflicting interpretations about the role of General MacArthur as Chief of Staff of the Army, in World War II, in the occupation of Japan, in the Korean War, and in the sensational recall from his position as Far Eastern Commander in 1951; and suggests areas for further research. The historiographical narrative and annotated bibliography cover the career of the general from his earliest years to his death in 1964. This easy-to-use research tool is designed for students, scholars, and readers at all levels; for use by all those concerned with recent U.S. and world history; and for special commemorations of World War II.

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Modern organizations must constantly adapt to survive in today's rapidly changing environment. A stagnant organization that cannot innovate to meet evolving conditions will eventually find itself no longer competitive in an increasingly complex and technologically sophisticated economy. Innovation and Knowledge Management focuses on three issues critical to success: knowledge management, innovation, and consortia. The author examines the interplay of these factors during a critical four-year period in the operation of the Cancer Information Service (CIS) - a knowledge management organization charged with delivering up-to-date, authoritative information to the public. The forerunner of many other knowledge delivery organizations, CIS was under pressure not only to distribute knowledge but to generate it. A consortium was formed between practitioners within CIS and researchers outside it to explore various innovative intervention strategies. The intersection of knowledge management, innovation and consortial arrangements at CIS provides a unique opportunity to examine no less than the future of organizations. This distinctive study will be of great interest to scholars, students, practitioners and policymakers in the fields of health, communications, knowledge management, information science and management.

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This digital document is an article from Planning, published by American Planning Association on February 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1324 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Tug of war over Rock Creek Park.
Author: Phyllis Myers
Publication: Planning (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2004
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: 70 Issue: 2 Page: 16(2)

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