After the first round of the Baylor S3 Pro Day of virtual recruiting with 30 interviewers, 54 of the students rated each of the interviewers, selected their favorite two interviewers, and commented on one that didn’t go as well as hoped. After the second round of S3 Pro Days on March 5 (click here for…Continue Reading The students POV on interviews for internships & careers
by Will Evans – November 2018 S3 Alumni Spotlight Vishal Nagarajan (S3 2018), KORE Software, Junior Associate Tell us about your experience at Data Strategy Day? “S3’s Data Strategy Day was a great experience. For the students there, being exposed to the information the various speakers provided is invaluable and will go a long way…Continue Reading November Newsletter
by Ian Young – October 2018 S3 Alumni Spotlight Blake Pallansch (S3 2015), Phoenix Suns, New Business Team Manager How did S3 prepare you for a sales management position? “S3 did a great job of preparing me for a management role. I felt very knowledgeable about the structure of an organization and the amount of time and…Continue Reading S3 September-October Newsletter
by Kirk Wakefield – January 2018 People. Purpose. Performance. (Pictures.) S3 2018 Board Meeting Paul Epstein challenged the room of executives, managers and students to truly put people first. With over a decade of managerial experience in pro sports, most recently as Director of Sales at the San Francisco 49ers, Paul shared how their sales organization…Continue Reading Do you have your P’s in order?
by Brad Sherrill – October 2017 With Apple’s headquarters right down the street, you would expect the teams in Silicon Valley to be digitally-savvy and data-driven. We were not disappointed, as the teams from San Jose demonstrated how they employ business intelligence to generate revenue. Sharks Leadership Analytics-Driven Flavil Hampsten, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing…Continue Reading Are Silicon Valley Teams as Data-Driven as You’d Expect?
by Brad Sherrill – September 2017 StubHub and Baylor S3 StubHub and Baylor S3 created a partnership to reward motivated, analytically-talented S3 students with an expenses paid trip to the Bay area. The inaugural S3 StubHub Analytics All-Stars group visited San Francisco for three days, gaining valuable interaction time with representatives from some of the Bay’s…Continue Reading How far will analytics take You? S3 majors meet with partners at StubHub, Giants, 49ers, Sharks, & Warriors to Find Out
by Brad Sherrill – September 2017 What can we learn from the Spurs organization? The Spurs were the first organization contacted before the S3 program launched in 2004. We often say that the Spurs organization is “Baylor South,” because so many of the 250+ S3 graduates started careers in San Antonio. Nine members of Spurs Sports…Continue Reading Spurs Share Values & Insights with Baylor Sports Sponsorship & Sales (S3)
by Kirk Wakefield – June 2017 What is Grit? Angela Duckworth made an industry out of her own passion and perseverance toward a long-term goal–her definition of grit–and measuring it in others. Controlling for other factors (SAT scores, IQ, self-control, and the Big 5 personality traits), she and her colleague’s research[ref]Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews & Kelly…Continue Reading Does Grit Lead to High Performance in Sales?
by Kirk Wakefield – May 2017 S3 Newsletter May marked the relaunch of the S3 Newsletter–and the next issue could be starring you! Sign-up here to receive each issue via email, as well as to share news, such as: Moving: From one sports/entertainment related position to another Shaking: Promotions, Awards, or Other stupendous feats of possible…Continue Reading Sports Sponsorship & Sales (S3) Newsletter: The Relaunch
by Kirk Wakefield – January 2017 After arranging & supervising hundreds of sports internships for the last dozen or so years, Dr. Darryl Lehnus and I devised a system that works well for us. Ideally, partners provide the internship with the same objective of developing and evaluating talent in view of future employment there or…Continue Reading An Internship Model for Sports Sales, Marketing, CRM & Analytics