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So what do you do exactly? In a world where consulting and multitasking is becoming more and more the norm as businesses struggle to find ROI and keep up with changing demands, that question for anyone in the workforce has become more and more fluid, and is even more important when you think of how …
There has been so much talk, and a good amount of initial activity, connecting the growing world of gaming…not just esports as many still say, but casual and competitive gaming, that it has sometimes become white noise. What’s real business, what’s buzz, and what’s a real way to judge ROI. Along with that conversation is …
“We have to move at the speed of culture.” There were lots of buzzwords, phrases and clichés thrown around the miles of floor and exhibition space during CES in Las Vegas last week, but that one line from Activision Blizzard’s Daniel Cherry during the CES SportsZone track was as good a summary, or a …
We are all very busy, there is no doubt, and sometimes it’s really easy to question why we should show up for something without a distinct purpose. Is it something we can just do with a call, or get an email or watch a video about passively later on. Time is so precious, and the …
Last week an article appeared that the University of Akron was dropping almost 80 degree programs and would be adding “esports” to the curriculum as both a competitive endeavor and as a general student activity. That announcement was followed by the grand finale of the first NBA 2K season, and sadly, with the tragedy …
The following originally appeared in Portada by colleague Jerry Milani… While in the States much is being made about professional teams investing in esports franchises, or the creative advances the NBA (@NBA) is making with the NBA 2K League (@NBA2K) which concludes this weekend, the work global soccer brands have made, and are still making in the …
Every team, and most brands, are on the eternal quest to get younger, more engaged fans. Get ‘em early, and maybe you convert them for life. It’s why there has been a fascination with MMA and an ever-growing obsession with esports and gaming amongst influential people, teams, media outlets and brands, and why it will …
I’m not sure if the mainstreaming of gaming, or esports, can get any more of a “traditional” boost than it is getting from the NBA 2K launch. From virtual fans on the opening night stream to now a much needed season long reality show (the first, not the last) on MSG Network hosted by Knicks …
The following appeared earlier this week on Portada… While most of the sports business world is focused on the goings on around two of the business hottest topics in the United States, the growing gaming and eSports world and the world of legalized sports gambling, a key group of executives at Portada Miami last week …
When the initial talk of VR and sports first arose a few years ago, the real buzz was what could be done around games for fans thousands of miles away who could never get to a game. Putting fans in China or India courtside to see LeBron James, or ringside for a Triple G fight, …