This weekly post is a compilation of posts, videos and podcasts selected for athletic communications professionals and creative professionals. This is part of our professional development and continuing education outreaches. The content collection focuses on topics, issues and problem-solving ideas in the areas of leadership, strategic and digital communications, productivity, mental and physical health, and more.
PODCAST
3 Takeaways Podcast: NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum: On the Future of Sports, Sports as Entertainment, Enhancing the Audience Experience
Time: 29:23
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In the "3 Takeaways" podcast with host NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum shares his views on the future of sports, enhancing the audience experience, virtual reality, gaming and e-sports. He shares how entertainment-driven strategies enhance the overall experience while growing the NBA audience. Check out the three key takeaways that Tatum has learned over his career as he ends the podcast.
PODCAST
Inside The Job Podcast: External Validation and the Inside Job
Time: 32:26
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The "Inside the Job" podcast series is hosted by leadership coaches and authors Eric Johnson and Nayla Bahri and they investigate topics at the intersection of your professional life and personal life. In this episode, they talk about external validation and internal validation, and what questions about your career can be answered on the outside, and what questions are answered by you, internally. Some of the questions they explore as these that we often ask ourselves: "Am I working hard enough?" "Does this make sense as a next professional step?" "Should I be asking for more?"
STORY/RESEARCH
5 Strategies For Making Friends As A Working Adult
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Good read, especially for those in college athletics who relocate a lot as part of their career paths. The responsibilities of adulthood can make prioritizing friendship - especially new friendships - hard. During the pandemic, personal and professional worlds have blurred with remote work and isolation. Social ties can make the difference; read on for some simple tips to help you expand your social circle.
VIDEO
How To Write Quickly and With Impact
Time: 7:30
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Writing trainer and coach Clare Lynch
(@DorisandBertie) says the one question she receives the most is: How can I write more quickly and efficiently? In this video, seven strategies and tips are offered to help get your ideas on paper with a minimum of pain and anxiety.
WORK/JOB STRATEGY
Is Email A Source of Stress In Your Life?
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Are you looking to deal with overwhelming email? Many are. Author, CEO, GM and business leader Patty Azzarello writes about thinking differently and more strategically about dealing with email, and also talks (gasp!) about the idea of keeping a zero-inbox.
WORK/JOB STRATEGY
Why Your Website Should Be Optimized For Mobile [Infographic]
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The team from
2Flow has put together this infographic outlining the importance of having a mobile-friendly website, now and in the future.
ESPN.com COLUMN
NCAA President Mark Emmert: Bemoans Trust Issues Between Conferences and a Lack of Federal NIL Policy; Wants CFP Expansion
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ESPN Senior Writer Adam Rittenberg reviews NCAA President Mark Emmert's remarks given at the
Sports Business Journal Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum on December 8. Among other topics, he spoke about trust to be re-established between leaders in education and athletics, across schools and conferences. Emmert noted, "If you can't self-regulate an environment on collegiality and trust and good communications, you've got a big problem."
STORY
4 Ways To Improve Your Strategic Thinking Skills
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If you believe that strategic thinking is only for senior executives, think again. It can, and must, happen at every level of the organization; it's one of those unwritten parts of all job descriptions. Once you realize that it's part of your job, focus on developing four key abilities that demonstrate your strategic prowess. First, routinely explore the internal trends in your daily work, like issues that come up repeatedly. The second ability is asking tough questions: "What does success look like in Year 1? What could impact the outcome in a negative way? What are the early signs of success or failure?" Next, structure your written and verbal communication in a way that helps your audience focus on the core message. Finally, make time in your busy schedule for reflection. Stop going to meetings you don't need to attend, and block out thinking time on your calendar.
COMMENTARY
The Returnship, Part Four: Why It's Time For Leaders To Reinvent The Workplace
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This is the fourth and final part of "the returnship" back into the office after COVID-forced remote working, and the impact this has had - and is having - in the workplace as hybrid work environments, making nurturing cultures and the drive for more diversity, equity and inclusion takes the forefront of issues. In this final series post, author and business marketer Sharon Harris writes on how leaders now must empathize with their workforce, must redefine everything about the workplace as we've known it. What is it that sets successful leaders apart, those who are making positive, lasting changes in their organizations?
STORY
A Way Forward For Working Parents
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From
Harvard Business Review: How to feel more confident, connected and in control - during the pandemic and beyond. This is a series of eight articles for those with families on numerous topics, including: a way forward for working parents; what working parents need from their managers; dads committing to their family at home and at work; building work employee resource groups for parents; and more.
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