Does your club operate in a silo? By silo I mean an attitude found in some organisations that occurs when several departments or groups do not want to share information or knowledge with other individuals in the same organisation. A…
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How does your club share best experience with others?
Tagged with: best practice, club, management
Posted in management, members, officals, Sports Clubs, Uncategorized
Posted in management, members, officals, Sports Clubs, Uncategorized
Social events, keeping the club alive…
As I see it there are a number of reasons for organising social events as part of club life. Ice breaker for new members at the beginning of a season Fund raiser for a specific item or just generally for…
Managing Spectator Behaviour
I’m sure that at some stage in your playing or coaching career you have witnessed inappropriate behaviour from spectators. Regardless of the size of club or your crowd, it only takes one bad apple to spoil the cart. We need…
Tagged with: behaviour, code, conduct, managing, spectator
Posted in Events, management, members, Sports Clubs, Uncategorized
Posted in Events, management, members, Sports Clubs, Uncategorized
The importance of budget preparation
It goes without saying that all clubs should have a budget as we need to match our incomings with our outgoings to stay afloat. The two key reasons are for cash flow planning (essential given the seasonality of sport) and…
Health and Safety – who’s in control?
Now whilst I don’t pretend to be an expert in health and safety, I have been around clubs for long enough to know the importance of paying heed to our responsibilities in terms of health and safety*. So today’s post…
Fundraising some hints and tips
Surely we all face the same battle each year; with costs of facility hire, transport and kit going up, how can we balance the books without having to charge extortionate fees to our members? Fundraising can be the most rewarding…
Helping to develop your club officials.
We all rely on the generous time given to us by our volunteers, not least those who take up the post of official, whether it be umpire, referee, scorer, timekeeper or assistant. What can we do to help develop their…
Tagged with: assessment, officials, sports, sports club
Posted in management, members, officals, Sports Clubs
Posted in management, members, officals, Sports Clubs
Creating a great first impression
Yesterday I took my friend to the gym. She was terrified! What to me was an everyday occurrence that I enjoyed, became for her a scary experience that took her right out of her comfort zone. On discussing this further…
Tagged with: clubs, joining, members, retention, Sports Clubs
Posted in management, members, Sports Clubs
Posted in management, members, Sports Clubs
What’s in a newsletter?
Newsletters are a great way of keeping your members up to date with club life. There are great newsletters but unfortunately there are often not so great newsletters which fail to fulfil their role. I have outlined below some hints…
Tagged with: committee, management, newsletters, sports club
Posted in management, members, Sports Clubs, Websites
Posted in management, members, Sports Clubs, Websites
Situation Vacant…. filling your committee positions
Every year the same thing; people resign from the committee and you are left with some gaping holes in your management structure. For some this can be a short term issue but for others, finding new committee members can be…
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