Your opinions on drones may vary, but it’s safe to say the technology tool is here to stay and will only increasingly become more a part of our lives.
Case in point: The University of Miami foot team is using drones during practices to improve its game.
“With the help of an affordable $500 toy, Miami coaches and players are studying film like never before,” Tim Reynolds wrote. “The Hurricanes are using a drone with a camera attached to capture their practices, now studying footage gleaned from its unusual vantage points along with what’s collected from more traditional places like sidelines and end zones.”
Reynolds reports that Miami isn’t the first school to use drones at practice—there are also UCLA, Tennessee, and Louisville using them. However, for Miami drones can be used for much more than practice.
“Miami isn’t just tinkering,” Reynolds wrote. “The drone is necessary equipment now for the Hurricanes, who are planning to acquire more and better ones soon, and it will soon be part of Miami’s recruiting pitches.”
Please visit Inc. to read the rest of “How UMiami is Using Drones to Improve Its Football Team.”
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Sometimes you hear about a classic theatre performance and you wish you could attend in person. However, due to distance, money, or any number of things, you aren’t able to see the show. That’s when you wish the performance was released on video (or maybe I’m the only one who wishes that?) so you can buy and watch it.
Shakespeare’s Globe understands your pain. Today it launched the Globe Player, which features more than 50 Shakespeare productions from the Globe, along with free interviews with actors such as Sir Ian McKellan, Dame Judi Dench, and James Earl Jones.
It costs US$5-7 to rent a video and $8-13 to buy one. There are also foreign language productions available to rent and buy.
The Globe says, “We are proud to be the first theatre in the world to be able to offer this kind of on-demand platform for digital content.” Will they be the only theatre to do this or do you think others may follow along? I imagine it could be a good revenue stream, yes? Please share your thoughts in the comments. In the meantime, I’ve got some As You Like It to watch.
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Snapchat averages 100 million monthly users who send approximately 400 million snaps per day. Seventy percent of college students use Snapchat, and 58 percent say they would likely purchase something from a brand if a coupon was sent to them through the app.
Those are just some of the interesting facts you can learn via TicketForce‘s recent social media webinar, “How to Use Snapchat to Sell More Tickets.”
“Snapchat helps you create awareness for your organization, the events you host, and the tickets you sell,” the host said during the webinar. “[It also] creates a sense of urgency and excitement among users because content is only available for a short time.”
Check out the video below to learn more about Snapchat, how to set it up for your business, and how you can use it to market and sell tickets to your events. And for even more info about Snapchat, watch “Why Snapchat is the New Gangster in Town (In Terms Even Your Parents Can Understand).”
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There’s a very informative article in the October issue of Buildings magazine that you may be interested in reading. It’s called “Tackle Sustainability,” and it’s about how green sports facilities are setting examples for other sites.
“It’s a huge challenge to make sustainability work at these places. Arenas aren’t occupied like an office or multifamily complex. They get a massive influx of people in a short period of time, and then they sit vacant for days,” said Steve D’Iorio, senior vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle, a firm that offers third-party property management. “Sports sites start with what’s feasible.”
One way to begin any sustainable effort is to start small, said IAVM member Scott Jenkins, general manager of the upcoming Atlanta Falcons stadium and chairman of the Green Sports Alliance.
“Easily achieved items include better discipline about turning things off when they’re not being used and implementing low-cost solutions like aerators on faucets and weather stripping on doors,” Jenkins said. “Start with a base knowledge of how you performed in the past and what’s business as usual. Then think about what you can accomplish with a new way of doing things.”
You can read the rest of the article—which features several IAVM member venues—at the Buildings website (story starts about halfway down).