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For today's #TeachingTuesday, we turn to one of our favorite leaders in the sports industry, Raven Jemison, and her incredible value-packed book "More Than Representation" for all those looking to level up their game as a business leader in the world of sports. "Jemison, a 2022 Sports Business Journal Game Changers honoree, has worked in all four major North American team sports throughout a 17-year sports industry career focused primarily on business strategy and client service. Prior to serving as the Bucks’ top business executive for three years, Jemison worked in the NBA's Team Marketing & Business Operations unit for nearly six years. Much of her time at TMBO focused on working with WNBA clubs. She's also worked for the 49ers, Pirates and Florida Panthers." (Source: https://lnkd.in/ghpjf8te) Raven's genuine and funny book, a hybrid between memoir and business how-to, focuses on the fact that it is not enough only to have representation at the table for those of us from equity-deserving communities, but that GIVING ACCESS to those following in our footsteps is most critical and essential. Reading Raven's words of incredible heart-felt wisdom and hard lessons learned felt like we were besties having coffee and catching up. (Now, THAT's access!!) The 5 cheat codes Raven shares: 1️⃣ Know yourself to know your worth 2️⃣ Find your people 3️⃣ Pause, reflect, and re-invest 4️⃣ Understand that politics isn't only for politicians 5️⃣ Collect advocates Read the book, add it to your personal growth collection, and SHARE ACCESS with others to grow our tables. ⭐ One of our most favorite quotes is on page 168 - when you get there, hit us up! Learn more here: https://ravenjemison.com/ #SportBusiness #BlackLeadership #WomeninSports #GrowthMindset #LearningforLife #Inspiration #LevelUp #MoreThanRepresentation National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) National Basketball Association (NBA) WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) KC Current Milwaukee Bucks Inc. Shawn Small Lola Tsai Small Suzanne Duncan Justin Senior Ryan A. Stafford Justin Rivera Haspreet Singh Hooda Raffy Fermin

With every headline that comes out on this story, I think about the Michigan Athletics PR team: Counsel is no doubt being given—is it being heeded? The unfortunate reality here is, no matter what, the truth will come out. Leaders: Involve, lean on and listen to your PR team to be on the right side of the narrative from the get-go. #publicrelations #mediarelations #crisiscommunications #reputationmanagement

Marketers That Matter®, a 24 Seven Talent company, was recently joined by Cory B., SVP of Strategy at the United Soccer League (USL). In his interview, he talks about the growing importance of community in sports marketing, new creative outlets to drive fandom, loyalty, and commerce beyond the game, and what leadership muscle is the most important in his industry. Check out the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/eBZ5Tz9Y #mtm #mtminsights #insights #interview #marketing #CMO #marketersthatmatter #leadership

Marketers That Matter®, a 24 Seven Talent company, was recently joined by Cory B., SVP of Strategy at the United Soccer League (USL). In his interview, he talks about the growing importance of community in sports marketing, new creative outlets to drive fandom, loyalty, and commerce beyond the game, and what leadership muscle is the most important in his industry. Check out the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/eBZ5Tz9Y #mtm #mtminsights #insights #interview #marketing #CMO #marketersthatmatter #leadership

I want to recognize an incredible leader in honor of the post and video below! Robert Gerads ☁️, CEO of Fulton Analytics, is an incredible husband and father to 5 young boys. He coaches his kids and leads them to championships. He's an evangelist of Fulton's data capabilities. He worked hard to found Power BI Meetup in Minnesota and organizes events. Rob does all this while managing a dozen different aspects of business operations and CEO responsibilities (including business development, marketing, utilization targets, budgets, and a half a dozen other things). He does the best he can for Fulton's employees, and I know he loves them all. If you're an Executive in the data space, Fulton is building a true solutions-focused data analytics strategy and consulting company. They are an incredible partner, and they deliver. I highly suggest reaching out to Robert or Fulton Analytics if you have needs *now* or *later* in 2024. As an IT Director of a Minnesota-based manufacturer shared, "Fulton Analytics has been great to work with and I see a continued partnership where Fulton Analytics helps us architect the right foundation for our analytics strategy.” Rob is a man of faith and has become a good friend over the years. He once told me he values my mentorship, but it's quite the opposite. I only hope I can be as great of a leader and person as Rob someday. Cheers to you Rob! *** Pretty cool video at the bottom. *** Daron K. Roberts, J.D. Fulton Analytics Saint John's University #datastrategy #dataarchitecture #businessintelligence #advancedanalytics #powerbi #datamanagement #datascience #machinelearning #ai #dataintegration #dataconsulting #azuredatalake #azuresql #azuredatafactory #AzureAnalysisServices #PowerBIPremium #dataflows #powerplatform #snowflake #PowerBIManagedService #PowerBISupportRetainer #microsoftfabric #onelake #azuresynapse

📌 𝐈𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧... Coach Prime isn't without detractors. The transformation he has spearheaded at the University of Colorado (CU football, the campus, community), however, has no precedent in college football. First year applications are up 26.4% International applications are up 38.4% His effectiveness with zero coaching track record quarrels with the **prior experience required** #hiring standard Essential Sanders traits that are key to his impact: ✔️Accountable and requires/drives for player accountability ✔️Is willing to buck the status quo ✔️Has a big Vision he isn't bashful about putting out there 💯He also knows people have to be willing to follow you as a leader, per the following acknowledgment: "You have to have some element of your makeup where players will go all-out for you" That right there! 🔶As a member of your employer's management team, what would you take from his playbook? How do you get people to go all out for you? And what would it take for YOU to go all out for a manager/supervisor? Please share in the comments #LeadershipAndManagement #ManagerialEffectiveness #LeadershipEffectiveness #PeopleAndCulture https://lnkd.in/gQj6ZVS7!

Day 20 #LinkedInSportsChallenge: Create a list of must-follow sports industry leaders & explain why they're noteworthy. I spent some time going through my LinkedIn, IG and Threads and found that I don't follow a lot of sports industry leaders. I follow some athletes and a few journalists who break sports news, but that's it. I'm looking forward to reviewing other sports challenge participants' lists to deepen my insights into the industry! Feel free to comment with suggestions below, too! #sportsbiz #sportsindustry #leaders

Exploring the Intersection of Sports and Technology. Do you work in the #Sports industry? Either at a sports organization, a sports team or a sports and technology company? We hope the below short playbook helps open the conversation about sports organizations being successful on LinkedIn. At Lyndon Consulting, we partner with organizations in the sports industry all over the world in helping them understand how to use LinkedIn and it's product as a powerful asset to success in branding, marketing, recruiting and sales. We've all enjoyed the incredible global sporting events in across the last few months with the Copa America, the Euros, Wimbledon and many more. It's an exciting time for sports on LinkedIn. Let's talk! #sports #leadership #sportsonlinkedin