Today more than ever, fund-raising is a crucial necessity for sport and athletics at all levels. Fund-raising for Sport and Athletics presents a dynamic blend of fund-raising theory and practice that will take the reader from the administrative aspects of conceptualising, developing, and implementing athletic program fund-raising to the actual operation of an assortment of straightforward and complex fund-raisers. Written for administrators, coaches, and sport management students, this book will provide insights into how to evaluate a fund-raising environment, assess the organisation's capabilities, and plan successful public events. Section I of the textbook details how to plan, design, and execute a fund-raising program, including the assembly of a fund-raising department, board of directors, and volunteer base. Section II provides a wide-ranging look at the execution of specific fund-raisers, such as golf tournaments, dream auctions, car washes, booster programs, and construction dedications. The section concludes with the step-by-step management and operation of summer instructional sports camp fund-raisers.

Sports Fundraising focuses on the particular challenges of fundraising in intercollegiate and interscholastic sport, as well as youth sport organizations. The book is designed to help students develop the professional skills that they will need for a successful career in sports or education administration. Packed with real-life case studies and scenarios, the book offers a step-by-step guide to the effective planning, communication, implementation and management of sports fundraising projects, and introduces the most important issues in contemporary sports fundraising. This is an essential course text for any athletic or sport fundraising course, and an invaluable reference for all professional fundraisers working in sport or education.

This book examines the complex nature of sport, charity and everyday kindness. It traces the growth in popularity of fitness fundraising and explores the ways in which sports-based charity events have become unparalleled philanthropic endeavours that bring together corporate marketing strategies and the agendas of medical research and social care in order to advance research, education and advocacy for a range of causes. The study examines the experiences and motivations for participants, personal donors and supporters and corporate sponsors of sports-based charity challenges. It considers both the perspectives of participants and donors, including major life events such as serious illness or death in becoming involved in sports-based charity, as well as the motivations of corporate sponsors and sports celebrities in supporting charity foundations and events. The book brings together a range of methodological and theoretical debates that address the relationships between sport, charity and civic life. The approach adopted, and the wide-ranging content included in the book, makes an important new contribution to social science analyses of sport, leisure, health and wellness and civic engagement.

The ideal text for many courses offered within the Sport Management curriculum, Athletic Administration for College, High School, Youth and Club Sport incorporates the analysis of prominent issues that administratiors are challenged to resolve in their specific sport setting. Students looking for careers outside of professional sports will learn from both the content supplied throughout the text, and through the highlighted practical case studies. Topics covered include: Role of Athletic Administrators, Facility Management, Fundraising, Risk Management, Staff Management, and more.

This practical, comprehensive book combines solid theoretical concepts with relevant examples, extensive factual information, and important insider perspectives to help prepare students who are interested in pursuing a career in collegiate athletics management. The authors' in-depth discussions reveal the inner workings of athletic departments and the conferences and governing organizations that impact them. Using examples from institutions of varying sizes and representing numerous conferences, associations, and divisions, Managing Intercollegiate Athletics, second edition, provides an extensive view of management processes such as generating revenue to cover expenses; recruiting and its mechanics and regulations; the role of the conferences and national governing bodies; and academic standards, reform, and fraud. New to the second edition is an increased emphasis on the impact of division, institution, and department missions and goals on decision making. The book also includes new discussions of the application of management functions--including goal setting, decision making, and strategic management--on intercollegiate athletics at various levels. Adding to the practical nature of the book, and providing an important critical-thinking component to each chapter, are "Practitioner Perspectives." These contributions demonstrate how and why administrators make and implement their decisions, and they present creative problem-solving ideas for readers that they can use in their own careers. New Practitioner Perspectives in this edition provide, for example, an insider's view from an NCAA vice president, a conference commissioner, and a Division I athletic director. Chapters also feature one or more Case Studies offering an in-depth look at how institutions grapple with management challenges. In the second edition, new case studies look at the NCAA's leadership role in the Penn State University abuse case, the role of the TRAC model to ensure data-based decision making in terminating the University of Alabama at Birmingham football program, and others. These case studies and accompanying questions can serve as starting points for class discussion.

One area that coaches have never been educated is in the art of fundraising. Most of the time they are not even aware that will become an integral part of the job. The goal for all programs is to provide the best facilities and equipment for the athletes, but where do we start? What do we do?This book will walk through how a small, rural school in a poorer area used a few key concepts to raise over $1.5 million dollars to upgrade the football program. While the examples are football related, the content works for any school program wishing to enhance their fundraising.No more cookie dough or candle sales. No more sharing revenue with a third party that is running fundraisers that do not work. This book gives real examples of how to take your fundraising to the next level and keep it simple.