Podcasts about naatso

This month on the NAATSO podcast, a deep dive in to the intersecting worlds of data and ticketing. Our guests Leigh Wojtkiewicz, Associate AD for Data, Analytics, and Strategic Initiatives at Notre Dame, and Matt Cline, Director of Ticket Operations at North Texas, join host Andrew Schoepfer, Associate AD at Providence College, to dissect how data is transforming the ticketing space.

With the NAATSO Convention one month away, Mark, Chris & Hunter break down the three NAATSO coordinated sessions during the Convention. They give an overview of who is speaking and what to expect on July 27 and 28, 2021.

Listen in to this month's NAATSO podcast for insights and a conversation with Brian Piper, Director of Ticket Operations with the United Shore Professional Baseball League. Andrew & Colin catchup with Brian to talk through how he and the USPBL have navigated the minor league baseball world during COVID-19 and how they are preparing for their second season during COVID-19.

Catch up with the 2020 NAATSO President, Joe Rixon on the state of athletics ticketing and operations industry. Joe provides insight on leading the Association the last 6 months and provides his thoughts on what's to come in 2021.

The first NAATSO podcast features Jonathan Marks, CEO of Dynamic Pricing Partners located in Long Island City, NY. Jonathan touches on the benefits of working with a secondary partner as well as doing mobile/digital the right way.

This episode is brought to you by Booking Protect. The global leaders in refund protection.  Any booking! Any sector! Anywhere! Booking Protect has you covered.  To find out how you and your organization can provide your customers a better buying experience, more peace of mind, and you can create a new revenue stream for your organization, visit www.bookingprotect.com My guest today is Joe Rixon, Assistant AD of Tickets at Seton Hall.  I wanted to have Joe on to talk about his experience on the board of NAATSO and how he is working to ensure that ticket sales progresses and creates more opportunities for young professionals.  We also covered using sports as a tool to keep alumni connected to the university.  You can follow Joe on Twitter.  I'm hosting a webinar on differentiation on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 at 12 PM. To sign up send me an email at dave@davewakeman.com with the subject line "newsletter." I'll get you added to the webinar and signed up for the accompanying newsletter.   

It's the 5th Anniversary of the original recording the Tao of Sports Podcast, with Ep. 1 guest Matt Harper, who returns for the third time to the show. Harper discusses his transition from college ticket sales to minor league baseball, as well as the founding of the college ticket association (NAATSO) and the first Sports Sales Boot Camp. Harper provides his thoughts on why he had originally agreed to be on the podcast in the first place, and some of the opportunities for connections that it gave him since that time. Twitter: @mattharper_tix

Blood, sweat and association equity are part of Jimmy Smith's gameplan to push the social media digital side of college athletic administrators into the forefront of professional development. Smith talks about his lobbying efforts with his fellow digital collegiate professionals into building an affiliate association under NACDA of their own, as well as some of intangibles of why its necessary. Smith discusses how far digital marketing has come in the last few years for athletic departments, and where it is headed. Twitter: @TheJimmySmith

NAATSO Co-Founder and UC-Davis Director of Ticket Operations, Troy Kirby, continues in his second of two D1.ticker interviews, by comparing industry conferences he regularly attends, sharing insights on how to sell tickets as fan experiences, and discusses the importance of listening.   

In today's 1.Q, NAATSO Co-Founder and current Director of Ticket Operations at UC-Davis, Troy Kirby, takes us down memory lane to share insights on the creation of the National Association of Athletic Ticket Sales and Operations.     

Eric LaPointe hugs the small difference between the primary and secondary, working in both arenas. First with the Miami Heat, Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers in the primary side, and then transitioning over to ScoreBig and Ticket Galaxy, where he cultivates business partnerships on the secondary. A lot of it comes down to a small delineation in LaPointe's mind, as he explains that many of the apprehension against secondary use has less to do with fraud, and more from a misunderstanding of distribution channels. LaPointe discusses various options available on how a true partnership between a primary and secondary partner can work. Twitter: @EricWLaPointe   Note: This episode is "brought to you" by DreamSeat, who let us sit in their chairs during the podcast interview at ALSD in Pittsburgh. Please e-mail Adam at DreamSeat to thank him for doing so at.

Chris Thompson returns for a third appearance on the podcast, bewildered that it has taken him two years to grace the audience with his presence. Thompson discusses the idea of NAATSO (National Association of Athletic Ticket Sales & Operations) as an outsider, from the original inception in 2014, to the second year of the association at the NACDA conference. Thompson shares his thoughts on how learning about tickets relates to sports information, what he has learned from the growth of the association overall. Thompson also talks about the psychology of sports information directors, mental health and wellness, and what he has learned in his time as an SID. Twitter: @CPT1982

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) is the premiere event for college athletic department professionals, with a 12,000+ membership base and an annual 9-day conference that stretches out over 6,000+ attendees for 15 affiliate associations. Chris Green oversees the corporate sponsorship portion of NACDA, as well as its 15 associations, including the newest, the National Association of Athletic Ticket Sales & Operations (NAATSO). Green talks about sponsorship components which matter to both the vendor and the attendee, as well as the new principle of transforming a conference sponsorship into a year-round branding tool for the corporate partner. Green shares his thoughts on the lifespan of conference trade shows or booths in general, as well as helping discover what translates to R.O.I. for the vendor when sponsoring a segmentation of the industry. Green presents the overall challenge that's a "good problem to have" where NACDA and its affiliate associations have started to swell and cause overflow issues for their hotels, creating the issue of whether to move more toward a convention center model for future conference sites. Twitter: @ChrisGreen_3737

Dr. Bernie Mullin has helped push the envelope in terms of sports business for over 40 years. He helped start one of the hallmarks of sports business education at the University of Massachusetts in the late-1970s, served as vice president for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies, was president of a minor league hockey team, SVP of the NBA's Team Marketing & Business Operations  (TMBO), president of a WNBA franchise, and even Vice Chancellor/Athletic Director of the University of Denver. If that wasn't enough, Mullin launched the third-party ticket sales revolution in college athletics in 2007, creating the Aspire Group which has expanded to over 30 properties across the nation. Mullin shares his vision for where ticket sales, as well as marketing, in the college and sports space has to grow, especially on the mentality of young professionals working today. Mullin's short hand working with college administrators, as well as the Aspire Group's professional growth of its employees, has culminated in a wider development of revenue for athletic departments across the board.

Nels Popp is already pioneering his academic studies to improve sports business, especially after releasing a widely read industry report in NACDA about ticket sales, outbound sales and third party initiatives to produce revenue generation. Popp shares his criticisms of the sports administration field, where improvements can be had across the board, as well as what students can do to increase their chances of becoming better industry stewards down the road. Popp also chats about the founding of NAATSO, the first college ticketing association, and whether college athletics is finally accepting ticket sales as a front porch solution to revenue generation. Twitter: @NelsPopp