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Are you EASM’s next Student Representative?

Written by Jakob on August 12, 2022. Posted in Student.

About EASM

The European Association for Sport Management (EASM) was established in 1993 as an independent association for people involved or interested in the management of sport in the broadest sense. EASM membership is composed of academics and professionals from the public, voluntary and commercial sectors.

EASM has a wide international network of experts and National Organisations in the fields of sport management and has close European and Intercontinental relations (the International Sport Management Alliance). Members of EASM come from nearly 40 different countries, and from every continent.

About the role

EASM has an exciting opportunity for a passionate sports management student to join the board as student representative. In this role you will represent the student voice within the EASM board. We are looking for a motivated student who wants to gain extracurricular career experience and wants to make a difference in developing sports management in Europe.

What will you be doing?

In this role you will be part of the EASM board. You attend quarterly board meetings both virtually and in-person, and you attend our student events to connect with students. Besides this, your responsibilities include:

Keeping the EASM Instagram page active together with our office manager
Promoting and attending our student events
Proactively connecting with sport management students at events to grow the EASM student community
Be the lead on our student-led programs including:
- EASM Employability Blog
- EASM Mentorship Program
- EASM Membership Campaigns
Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on student-related projects

You will be working alongside other board members to grow our student community and deliver events and projects in the most enriching way.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking to recruit a student representative who is registered as student in a sport-related program at the time of appointment (autumn 2022). We welcome applications from bachelor, master and PhD students. We are looking for an outgoing person that likes to connect with others, and your English communication skills are fluent.

Why should you apply?

The EASM board term is three years. Ideally, you would be registered as a student for the full three years, but this is no prerequisite. We anticipate the weekly commitment will be around 1-2 hours and you are expected to attend our events and board meetings every few months.

While the role will be on a voluntary basis with no salary, EASM will cover all costs for your travels and accommodation when attending our events and board meetings. Additionally, this role is a great opportunity to develop your CV and build a network while studying.

Interested? Send your CV and a one-minute video outlining why you should be the next student representative to christian.overduin@easm.net and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Application deadline: 11th September 2022, 23:59 CET.

Great way to network at the EASM Summer School

The importance of networking events

Written by Jakob on July 2, 2022. Posted in Announcements, Student.

The 12th EASM Summer School took place from 11 – 15 May 2022 in Madrid. 52 students participated and in this post you can learn more about three students experiences. Three key takeaways are how to work in the sports field, Value-Creation through engagement and networking,

EASM Summer School 2022

52 participants from 10 countries were able to benefit from an exciting programme. Presentations, cultural activities and chances to exchange and get to know each other made this event a success. One of the highlights shown in the pictures was the match between Atlético Madrid vs. Sevilla FC.

Here is a more comprehensive list of this year’s activities:

Academic and professional lectures around the city
Participation at a case study
Visit to Microsoft Global Sports Innovation Center
Visit to Territorio Atleti – Wanda Metropilitano Stadium
Tour Bernabéu – Real Madrid Stadium
Tickets for La Liga football match: Atletico de Madrid vs. Sevilla F.C.

We will now share three stories from some of 2022’s participants.

First impressions of how a work field would look like

Thank you to all the participants. Congratulations to the organisers for setting up this brilliant event. We are already looking forward to the next edition of this wonderful event.

Dear fellow sport management students and sport business fanatic readers of this blog!

My Name is Ben Moss, and I am a second year Sports, Business & Law student at the University of Bayreuth in Bavaria, Germany.

Not only have I gotten the great opportunity to attend this year ́s EASM Summer School in Madrid but also write a review about it and – hopefully – increase your willingness to participate at an upcoming summer school.

Along with 14 other participants from my university, I made my way to Madrid on the 10th of May 2022. On the next day – the first proper day of the EASM Summer School – we were to meet the other participants for the first time. Straight from the beginning we connected with each other and started to form an international network with students – who later have become friends – coming from all over the world: Scandinavia, France, Canada, Turkey, Slovenia… just to name a few. You could really feel the bond created by the shared interest in sport and everyone ́s eagerness to increase their knowledge about sport management and internationalize their studies to be best prepared for our time ahead in the world of sport business.

Over the next days, we were able to listen to intriguing lectures by professionals regarding the main topic “International Sport Marketing – Value-Creation through Engagement”. Having learned a lot about value co-creation and engagement at sport events, it was time to apply the learned theory on a practical case study. In an international group of five students each, we were given a few days time to prepare our presentation and work out a strategy on how to enhance the engagement of loyal fans in sports. It was an amazing experience to imitate a sport consultancy with our group and thus get first impressions of how a work field would look like.

Besides the academical time we spent in Madrid, a lot of fun and engaging social activities took place during that week. When you are in the hometown of two major European football clubs, you should not miss the opportunity to attend a football match. Therefore, we visited the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu on Thursday to watch Real Madrid battling UD Levante.

The next day, we visited the Wanda Metropolitano and enjoyed an on-site tour during the morning. It was an amazing experience to walk all the way down to the sideline and have a seat on the bench – the exact same place where the professional players of Atletico Madrid and Sevilla would sit down on Sunday. And if you have not guessed it already, we would be there again to witness an emotional and challenging match with a boiling atmosphere in an astonishing stadium.

Fasting forward to Sunday, the last day of the EASM Summer School, we spent some free time in the city ahead of the game. We had delicious lunch and strolled around to simply absorb the atmosphere of Spain ́s capital. After the game, it was already time for the farewell dinner and we just realized that this defining experience would be over again soon. Despite the sorrow, we spent an unforgettable last evening together to enjoy the time and recap what has been happening during the week.

To sum this week up: Never in my life could I have imagined how much fun, professional expertise and future opportunities the EASM Summer School brought me and my colleagues in such a short time!

A big thanks to everyone involved in creating this unique event! It really was a blast!

Value-Creation through Engagement

Hello! My name is Oneda Reçi and I study MSc in Sport Management at Molde University College. I am happy to share my experience at EASM Summer School 2022 in Madrid

It was such a unique experience participating in the 12th edition of the EASM Summer School in Madrid, together with 52 students from 10 different countries across Europe and Canada. Through a variety of interesting lectures, open discussions, and student-led presentations, we discussed about sport sponsorship, marketing, degrowth, LaLiga strategy, women sports, and sustainable health promotion within sports and fitness industry, through the topic of “Value-Creation through Engagement”. I was honored to have lectures from well-known researchers, whose articles accompanied me since the very beginning of my master’s studies. Very valuable knowledge for us as future sports managers, very engaging case studies and motivating feedback from the lecturers.

It was even more exiting to visit the GSIC powered by Microsoft, as well as to the biggest football stadiums of Madrid, Wanda Metropolitano.

It was definitely an amazing event, where I gained new insights in the field of International Sport Management Industry and got to know so many sports enthusiastic fellows. Networking with other students and practitioners around the world, with whom I keep contacts with and share possible future opportunities is definitely the most precious thing I could gain from this event.

The visit around the beautiful city of Madrid also is something not to leave unmentioned. Although the schedule involved very hectic and busy days, there was enough time to visit Madrid and enjoy the Spanish culture around!

Thank you everyone for the great experience! It was a pleasure meeting such friendly students around the world and I hope to meet them all again in the near future! If anyone has the opportunity to attend the summer school, don’t miss it!!! It will be unforgettable!!! Thank me later ????

Great networking opportunities

Hi!

My name is Ege Tutuncu. I am a Sport Management Student at Istanbul Bilgi University from Turkey. I participated at the EASM Summer School 2022. I found out about the summer school on Instagram and I happy that I saw it because I really enjoyed it. I had the chance to meet students from other countries such as Canada, Austria, Netherlands, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia and Azerbaijan. I am so glad that I could meet them and we had a great networking opportunity ats well as we had cultural exchange with each other.

We had lessons about different topics of sports sector from different lecturers who were capable in their areas. They were great! I specially liked the “LaLiga, Co-Creation in Sport and Sports and Degrowth” lesson.

I had never been to Madrid before but I really liked the city. However if you go to Madrid, you cannot leave the city without watching a football game. Thanks to EASM, who brought to us Wanda Metropolitano Stadium Tour and Atletico Madrid game against Sevilla. The stadium was amazing. The structure, atmosphere, matchday experience were perfect. It would be better, if Luis Suarez scored in his farewell game in Atletico.

To conclude I was so happy to participate at the EASM Summer School. I could suggest it even if it would only mean networking. That was the most important part. Trust me. You will not regret going here next year.

Enjoy Your Summer School

Ege

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MORE INFORMATION?

The European Association for Sport Management Summer School is a great opportunity for students and practitioners to enrich their degree with new insights in the field of International Sport Management Industry, Business and Marketing, among others. Participants have the chance to build up their own international network within the sport business and to work with others from all over the world.

Check out our website: https://eventsgb.com/12easm-summer-school/

Head to our Facebook Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/easmsummerschool/

More about the EASM Summer School here: https://easm.devserv24.de/easm-summer-school/

Sport Management insights

Written by Jakob on March 26, 2022. Posted in Announcements, Student.

What happens when you bring 5 people together with various experiences from the sports industry? Well we got a great diverse group of expertise in order to share the best tips and tricks for students in the sport management field. We share a video from the employability event that was held during the EASM festival 2021 to showcase sport management insights.

In our second session from the employability event hosted late 2021, we had 5 experts from different fields whom shared their best advice working with the practical and academic sports industry.

Jakob Wikenstaal, board member at EASM was the chair and made sure that these panelists shared their best advices to become employable in an area of expertise.

The following lineup shared their experiences:
• Media – Nick Meacham: Managing Director at SportsPro Media
• Phd – Camille Eslan: PHD Student in management Montpellier Institut Agro for the Fédération Française d’Equitation (FFE)
• Community based sport organisation/club – Steph Migchelsen: President of the European Lacrosse Federation
• Events – Rebecca Nau: Partnership Services Manager – Badger Sports Properties at Learfield IMG College
• Innovation – João Pedro Novochadlo: Co-founder of Veever

In the video below you will get to know the experts better, as well as you will gain valuable lessons within 5 different areas of sport management.

If you haven’t seen the session from sport management students to professional, then you should head over here.

Would you like to get involved with EASM? Contact Jakob at jakob.wikenstaal@easm.net

Roadmap from a sports management student to a professional

Written by Jakob on March 25, 2022. Posted in Announcements, Student.

Have you ever wondered what to think about at the beginning of your sport management career at the university? We have during one hour gathered practical examples of what to think about from students that have gone through years of sport management studies. We share some tips of what to keep in mind and what you could expect post university.

This post cover our first session from the Employability event that was held at one of the EASM event during the EASM Sport Management Festival 2021. We hosted two webinars around employability in sport management in 2021 that are still up to date regarding the tips being shared.

The first one focuses on examples from current students and recent graduates from the sport management field. And the second one contains several experts from the sport management field who shared their best tips to become employable in a specific area.

But going back to this post, we are focusing on the student perspective.

Represented in this session were:

Emma Baker, Student Representative at EASM
Chris Overduin, Student Representative at EASM
Jakob Wikenstaal, Board Member at EASM
Nicki Rusch, Ohio University
Karma Armani, Ohio University

In this session one after one shares a brief story about themselves and their careers. Everyone shares three tips for employability in sports).

Once again, we are really thrilled to share this. If you have any questions, let us know.

Employability in sport management

The idea of employability advice and training has been raised by many of our members, especially you that are sport management students, and we have now been developing a model to put this idea into practice. We will be using this space, a student employability blog to publish posts about employability in Sport Management and helping you to progress in your career.

Learn more about our purpose with these posts here.

Get professional insights from the sport management field

Employability in Sport Management – Post 1 – Introduction

Written by Jakob on November 10, 2021. Posted in Student.

Dear students,

Welcome to the ‘’student employability’’ blog! This blog has been put together by the EASM student team, consisting of student representatives Christian Overduin and Emma Baker, and board member Jakob Wikenstaal.

This is our first blog post where we introduce to you why we are setting up a focus on employability in Sport Management and what you can expect from this space as well as our vision and student benefits.

Employability in Sport Management

We have been working with a variety of people, including Steve Osborne, a career and employability expert from Cardiff Metropolitan University and the head of a European-wide ERASMUS project on student employability. Steve, amongst others, will share his knowledge and experience around careers and employability in sports and will offer you unique insights on how to become the best professional version of yourself.

The student employability blog

Blog posts will each have a specific topic and will revolve around your career. This may range from career planning and industry awareness to practical advice on job search and self-presentation skills. We have a variety of topics prepared already and we will regularly be posting a blog post on this page to provide you with new insights into Sport Management.

EASM student benefits

In recent years, we have been working hard to upgrade and expand the services we offer to students in Sport Management. With all of our in-person events being cancelled in the last year-and-a-half due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been looking at the digital space to offer a unique experience for students and a reason to be part of the EASM community. Next to digital events, networking sessions and socials, we have also been looking at additional services of added value that will help you in your Sport Management journey.

Get notified

If you have the EASM app downloaded onto your phone, you will receive a push notification whenever we launch a new blog post.

My EASM (Google play)

My EASM (Apple App Store)

Make sure to stay tuned and use these resources to develop your career!

Contact us

Lastly, if you would like to learn about a specific topic, please do not hesitate to reach out to us! For more information about ourselves and EASM student services, see the student section on our website www.easm.net.

Kind regards,

EASM student team

Christian Overduin – christian.overduin@easm.net

Emma Baker – emma.baker@easm.net

Jakob Wikenstaal – jakob.wikenstaal@easm.net