April 17, 2009

Weekly Top 10 of Sport Twitterers – 17th April

 This week, the top 10 of Sport Twitterers has a few changes. Shaq extends the difference from Lance. Again PAUL PIERCE has the best performance of the week with more than 47.000 new followers, moving him to 4th place. Impressive! Levi Leipheimer slows the rhythm and moves down to 9th place. 

1. Shaquille O’Neal (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ - 657,183 (last week - 585,657) followers

2. Lance Armstrong (Cycling)- http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong -  606,191 (last week - 546,183) followers

3.  Tony Hawk (Skateboarder) - http://twitter.com/tonyhawk -  401,555 (last week – 349,749) followers

4. Paul Pierce (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/paulpierce34 - 105,252 (last week 57,301) followers

5. Michael Phelps (Swimming) - http://twitter.com/Michael_Phelps – 77,276 (last week 60,894) followers

6. Steve Nash (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/the_real_nash - 21,668 (last week 19,298) followers

7. Charlie Villanueva (Basketball)- http://twitter.com/cv31 - 20,183 (last week 18,392) followers

8.  George Hincapie (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ghincapie - 20,142 (last week 17,170) followers 

9.Levi Leipheimer (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/Levi_Leipheimer - 19,686 (last week 18,637) followers

10. Andy Murray (Tennis) - http://twitter.com/andy_murray – 17,673 (last week 16,654) followers

11. Ivan Basso (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ivanbasso - 10,130 (last week 9,581) followers

For a complete list of athletes and teams on Twitter, visit http://www.sportsin140.com


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April 16, 2009

World Voice Day – 16th of April

Today we the World’s Voice Day and believe it or not, i was speechless all day. Incredible!

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Probably, my situation has cleared in my mind the importance of the voice to our daily lives. As a teacher and trainer, i was incapable of delivering lectures to my students. 

Every year since 2002 on April 16, otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons and other voice health professionals worldwide join together to recognize World Voice Day.
World Voice Day encourages men and women, young and old, to assess their vocal health and take action to improve or maintain good voice habits. 
Read more in: http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/worldVoiceDay.cfm?CFID=8571489&CFTOKEN=76516715
Tips for a powerful voice:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/marketing/publicrelations/publicspeaking/article183472.html

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April 12, 2009

NFL-style draft of experienced corporate leaders and MBAs

Have you ever seen anything like this before? 

corporate-draftThe Corporate Draft is an event for Fortune 500 companies,  to draft (recruit) the very best leaders and managers in America. We must bring this concept to Europe!  The Corporate Draft is an economic stimulus opportunity, using recruitment as its platform, with attending companies marketing their corporate strategies and economic responses to consumer, investor and labor markets.

Each corporate participante pays 30,000 USD for all Corporate Draft services include, very cost effective for the recruitment of any executive. 

Check the Corporate Draft Gameday Program. 

Another idea that brings the Sports expressions to the business world. Got to be an amazing experience!

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April 9, 2009

Weekly Top 10 of Sport Twitterers

This week, the top 10 of Sport Twitterers has a few changes. Shaq extends the difference from Lance. PAUL PIERCE has the best performance of the week with 42 thousand new followers, moving him to 5th place. Incredible! Steve Nash moves up to 6th place. New athletes are beginning to twit, so we will see a lot of action on upcoming weeks. 

1. Shaquille O’Neal (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ - 585,657 followers

2. Lance Armstrong (Cycling)- http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong -  546,183 followers

3.  Tony Hawk (Skateboarder) - http://twitter.com/tonyhawk -  349,749 followers

4. Michael Phelps (Swimming) - http://twitter.com/Michael_Phelps - 60,894 followers

5. Paul Pierce (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/paulpierce34 - 57,301 followers

6. Steve Nash (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/the_real_nash - 19,298 followers

7. Levi Leipheimer (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/Levi_Leipheimer - 18,637 followers

8. Charlie Villanueva (Basketball)- http://twitter.com/cv31 - 18,392 followers

9. George Hincapie (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ghincapie - 17,170 followers 

10. Andy Murray (Tennis) - http://twitter.com/andy_murray - 16,654 followers

11. Ivan Basso (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ivanbasso - 9,581 followers

12. Tyson Chandler (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/tysonchandler – 5,075 followers

 

Follow me @pedrocaramez

Update (thanks to @valerotti)

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April 7, 2009

Dan Schawbel’s official launch – Me 2.0

coverlarge-me20It is official! 

 

The book has hit the world and it’s now possible to buy at any major store - Amazon.

Dan brings some fresh air to the way we must see ourselves in this tough and competitive market. This is definately a must read and will go on to be a bestseller. All the best for you Dan. Visit this amazing webiste - http://personalbrandingblog.com/

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April 3, 2009

Top 5 Sportsman @ Twitter

After a few requests, i present you the top 5 sportsman on Twitter. I have found a place to make this hall of fame. Please, give me more names to add to this list.  The list has been updated with the comments of the readers.

1. Shaquille O’Neal (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ - 521,988 followers

2. Lance Armstrong (Cycling)- http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong - 495,245 followers

3. Michael Phelps (Swimming) - http://twitter.com/Michael_Phelps - 54,822 followers

4. Levi Leipheimer (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/Levi_Leipheimer – 17,914 followers

5. George Hincapie (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ghincapie - 16,489 followers

6.  Charlie Villanueva (Basketball)- http://twitter.com/cv31 - 16,373 followers

7. Steve Nash (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/the_real_nash - 15,875 followers

8. Paul Pierce (Basketball) - http://twitter.com/paulpierce34 - 15,744 followers

9. Andy Murray (Tennis) - http://twitter.com/andy_murray - 15,624 followers

10. Ivan Basso (Cycling) - http://twitter.com/ivanbasso - 9,134 followers

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March 31, 2009

Stattweets – reference of the month

 

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As my twitter mania comes stronger, i have become more and more interested in the Twitter application to sport organizations.

Most sports-related media i have seen, have a Twitter account but they will make massive overload tweets to your dashboard.  This week, i found StatTweets! You can follow just the US teams from many sports, and can interact with each account to retrieve team and player stats dynamically. Let’s give Robbie (@StatSheet) some feedback about this project.

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March 29, 2009

Pocket Projectors on the palm of you hand…

For all speakers, lecturers and overall people dedicated to training, coaching, sales among others, there are amazing new technology mini-projectors or Pocket Projectors that will create an enormous impact on your presentations.

 

AIPTEK V10 Cinema  

 

3M Micro Projector

 

 

OPTOMA PICO POCKET PROJECTOR  

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March 29, 2009

Twitter for dummies…

Nowadays, my addicted activitiy on the web is Twitter. It’s so fantastic how a small thing can have such a huge impact on your daily lives. What i really like about it, is the possibility to hear and read relevant information provided by a group of fantastic people. But we must follow a few rules so we won’t have a Twitter overdose. 

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Problogger gave me a few ideas.  

 

  • improve the quality of my blog – by adding new content every day. The last twitter application for wordpress despite being a bit poor, give you an open window for all your tweets
  • network with other bloggers – this is definately, a powerful way to exchange ideas and projects with others
  • widen my readership – it allows me to read fanstastic posts and news written or read by other on my network. 
  • grow my profile – it’s a good way to show up
  • drive traffic to my blog – still working on these incoming visitors

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    Glen Murray discussed the quality over quantity effect on Twitter. Personally, i have different groups and for those i would enjoy relevant twitterers that give me gold info about everithing. The best source in the world! This weekend, i have tried to follow a conference through the eyes of others by twittering us all data about it. Excellent!
     Jen Genuine also provided some thoughts on a step by step process to undersantd the potential of this tool. 
    I must also credit the efforts of Dan Schawbel with his blog http://personalbrandingblog.com/ by adding so many information about the positive twitter effects on business, personal development, among others. 
    Another post from this topic specially for sport organizations. 

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    March 27, 2009

    Sports Marketing 09 Edition – a great success!!!

    This week, i have participated in the IPAM event – Sports Marketing 2009 featuring a great world class reference in sports marketing – Dr. Bill Sutton. I had the chance to meet him and he was very happy for this opportunity to come to Portugal.

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    The event was very well organized with a very professional staff who provided the best environment possible. The speakers delivered interesting speeches on issues related with the general topic. Daniel Sá & Carlos Sá presented their brand new book, showing a new Sport Marketing Game – with 3 important parts: fan, show and the sponsor.
    Later on, a member of a company presented the preliminary findings of a survey on football fans in Portugal. Football Insights Study as APEME called it, was based on more than 3000 interviews made during the 2008/09 season. What do football fans expect of Brands in Soccer? Do Brands correspond to its consumers expectations? What can be expected from investment besides notoriety? How can sponsoring in football change brands image? These answers were obtained in a study that combines focus group, ethnographic incursions and online inquiry in the strongest Sports Marketing research made in Portugal.

    Robert Fernandez from Brazil brought us his thoughts on Sports Marketing from the Brazilian point of view. There were many touching points about the vision of sport as a means of communication.
    At the start and at the end of this impressive conference, Bill Sutton delivered an enthusiastic speech with a lot of calls for action for the Portuguese sport marketeers. The climax for the presentation happened during the demonstration of the Phoenix Suns Virtual Locker Room. This strategy seemed unreal just a few years ago and now it is a real multi-million dollar service.

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    March 17, 2009

    The Good Life

    After a long day of work, Albion’s 3-minute animated movie Based on Mark’s book, More Than Money.

    “The Good Life” takes you to a chance meeting between an MBA and a fisherman on a small island. As the MBA tries to teach the fisherman about business, the fisherman teaches him about life.  Take a moment of your time to listen. 

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    March 12, 2009

    Twitter thing… for sport organizations

    Today, i started my twitter thing… after so many comments.
    In fact, it’s quite easy and brings a lot of curiosity on who is going to follow you.
    I am choosing some interesting people from the world of public speakers among others. Let’s see if i will become a Twitter fan.

    As a sports fan, twitter will be the next big thing for sport organizations. Brian Gaynor has published recently a list of 25 ways to twitter for sport organizations (read here).
    1. Create exclusive event offers – “tweet up events”
    2. Alert fans about special game day vip experiences
    3. Distribute community initiative alerts
    4. Drive awareness for sponsor promotions
    5. Provide behind-the-scenes access to athletes and team Personnel
    6. Offer team news and information
    7. Implement flash mob marketing tactics
    8. Provide up-to-the-minute injury updates
    9. Offer updates on ticket specials and new ticket packages
    10. Enhance online fan engagement tactics
    11. Promote viral marketing efforts
    12. Provide game alerts, previews, and recaps
    13. Release positive, controlled public relations messaging
    14. Leverage arena personalities
    15. Provide play-by-play game coverage
    16. Offer trash talk / team challenges
    17. Provide unique team facts
    18. Develop an avid, online fanbase
    19. Reward fan engagement
    20. Provide away game discounts and information for fans
    21. Use as an online forum for fan feedback
    22. Support in-game entertainment features
    23. Announce new personnel hires
    24. Promote text messaging initiatives
    25. Link team social media extensions

    As European Sport organizations are concerned, Twitter is becoming a tool to consider. In a glance, i show you a couple of organizations:

    AC MILAN – http://twitter.com/ACMilan

    FC BARCELONA – http://twitter.com/f_c_barcelona

    HOFFENHEIM – http://twitter.com/Hoffenheim

    LIVERPOOL FC – http://twitter.com/LFCTV

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    March 3, 2009

    IPAM – Sports Marketing 2009

    Organized by IPAM Matosinhos, the Sports Marketing International Conference – Sports Marketing 09 – will be held on March 25th in Oporto Alfândega Building, at Oporto. Its aim is to become a noteworthy event for the development, opinion and debate of sports marketing.sm_logo

    In the conference there will be national and international field experts that will present us some studies about sports marketing and its new tendencies which will infer the thoughts, the knowledge and the exchange of different experiences. For the 1st time in Portugal, William Sutton (check his biography) delivers an excellent lecture about the world of sports marketing.

    Please, this is a must attend Conference! I will be there!

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    February 28, 2009

    Laughing out loud….

    These last friday, i had an amazing experience! Can you imagine laughing for 90 minutes in a one of a kind workshop on Laughter Therapy conducted by Jorg Helms.

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    Actually, that’s me and Jorg at the end of an hilarious workshop. The session was fabulous, awesome!!! The energy after the event lasted till today! indeed, i can still feel it in the air… so nice.

    If you have never tried it, please do … very quickly.

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    February 16, 2009

    Visits in France

    Last week, i made visits in two different Universities in France.

    The University of Marc Bloch – Strasbourg was my first stop. I have the pleasure to speak for the students in Master og Marketing and Management of Sport. The feedback was excellent and i really enjoyed the moment.

    A visit to the beautiful city and the desire to comeback with more time in the future. The conference was made in the University Palace – a lot of history in that city monument.

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    February 4, 2009

    Truth or delusion?

    This week, i finished reading the amazing book of Ivan Misner, Mike Macedonio and Mike Garrison. As a recent regional assistant for BNI in Portugal, i wanted to read a few books from Dr. Misner.

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    Ivan Misner puts in a very simple writing the fantastic way to do business .  The ordinary stories of normal people and the way business networking have changed their professional lives with just a few concepts is simply captivating. The book covers 49 questions or misconcepts that are truth or delusion.
    You will start to wonder… is that simple?
     

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    February 2, 2009

    Laughter activities…

    Today, i have booked myself on a Laughter Ioga Workshop. It will be an amazing experience!!! Jorg Helms is the president of a Portuguese Laughter club. I am already laughing out loud…

    According to Wikipedia, Laughter Yoga (Hasya Yoga) is a physically oriented technique that uses a blend of playful, empowering and otherwise “tension-releasing” simple laughter exercises. With gentle yoga-breathing and -stretching exercises, rhythmic clapping and chanting of Ho Ho Ha Ha Ha in unison a simulated laughter turns into real laughter.

    Laughter Yoga is done as a way to improve health, increase well-being and promote peace in the world through personal transformation.

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    The Laughter Yoga method is the brainchild of Dr. Madan Kataria, who started the first laughter club in 1995. He has been the catalyst for the creation of over 5,000 Laughter Clubs in 40 countries, mostly free and public. Do it and find a club in your country!

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    January 13, 2009

    Seminar at Birkbeck – London University

    Today, I was formally invited to give a seminar at Birkbeck College - London University in October on the theme of:

     

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    * The Governance & Regulation of Portuguese Football: A Recent History.

     

    You can find details of the Sports Business Seminar programme at:

     

    http://www.sportbusinesscentre.com/news/

     

    and

     

    http://www.bbk.ac.uk/manop/management/mscmres/sbseminars.shtml

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    January 13, 2009

    First readings of the year

    2009 kicked off in great style: reading good books.

    My first book of the year was from Marc Levy - french author. 

    Cam you imagine having 7 days after death to come again and speak for your beloved. With this setting, we read this marvelous book about Julia and her “dead” father.  Marc’s writting absorves you to the limit. Great story with remarkable moments. BASE_RAISIN

    Another good book came on very quickly – The Adventures of Johnny Bunko – David Pink. I will write a few more lines tomorrow.

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    January 10, 2009

    My rules for 2009

    At the beginning of every year, new ideas and new resolutions area created. I try to make it better all the time, and to identify at first in orderto evaluate later. 
    2009 is no different. With so many things to do, i have develop a short list of issues to take in consideration: 
    1. Create a new habit in January. Create a new habit in February. Keep this list of habits short every month.  
    2. Starting off with no paper and no hard issues to cover at the beggining of the year. My virtual desk at the notebook is clean.
    3. Setting one major goal for this year and i will make it happen.
    4. I have started Yesterday to make it happen. it is going to be a marathon run.
    5. Scheduling time for myself. Every day if possible! Reading, blogging, pratice different types of sport,  
    6. Effective focus. Clearing distractions and do one taks at a time.
    7. No stress in tough moments. Everything is possible!
    8. Email Management – Checking email just twice a day if possible. This is the tough part.

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