See below from our local BC contact. I have responded that I will be there.
Anyone else interested?
Marco? Sean?
[quote]Pro Active Croydon invites you to a FREE seminar
Grow Your Sports Club
An evening seminar packed with practical information on how to make your sports club………
Vibrant, Visible and Viable
6.00pm - 9.00pm 16th January 2008
Room 3, Leon House, 233 High St, Croydon CR0 9XT
Only 30 Places available so book early to avoid disappointment
To book your place contact James Toone on James.Toone@Croydon.gov.uk
Nearby Transport
Bus: 50, 60, 109, 119, 166, 197, 250, 264, 312, 405, 407, 412, 455, 466, 468, N68
Sports clubs are facing strong challenges in order to survive and grow in an increasingly competitive and demanding market. How to attract new members and retain the existing ones, become a hub of the community, grow sponsorship revenue, increase your attendances improve the social life of the club, increase media coverage, benefit from new technology, introduce new revenue streams…
Now here is a hands-on evening seminar which will provide you with literally dozens and dozens of proven ways your club can become vibrant, visible and viable. No boring theory…just exciting, positive and proven action points drawn from best practice from cricket and other sports clubs at all levels across the UK and abroad.
The presenter will draw from literally hundreds of best practice case studies from community-based, volunteer-run sports clubs from across most sports and leisure organisations. He will cover:
How to Develop a Vibrant Sports Club that people will really want to support
How to Develop a Visible Club which engages with the Community
How to Grow Your Revenue and Become a Viable Club
How to Attract Funding Towards Your Sporting and Community Programme
Bringing it all together—
Producing a marketing and communications plan and budget that really works