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 – April 2016 Values-driven What values drive your organization? What values drive you, personally? If you had to choose one word–one value–to describe what is most important to you, what would it be? Integrity–doing the right thing–is the most important value of the San Antonio Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) organization. You can’t…Continue Reading Floor or Front Office: It’s all the same at Spurs Sports & Entertainment
by Drew Mitchell – January 2016 Who are you? What separates you from everyone else in your business? How is your brand perceived by others? “Branding you” was the topic of our panel discussion held at the new Foster Campus for Business and Innovation at Baylor University. The audience consisted of students from the Sports Sponsorship &…Continue Reading Branding You in the Business of Sports
by Wade Graf – February 2013 Hundreds, even thousands, apply for any ticket sales position opening, flooding LinkedIn, PBEO and Teamwork Online with resumes and contacts trying anything to break in. Some fly to the Baseball Winter Meetings or various sports sales combines in hopes of speaking to any hiring manager willing to listen. If fortunate enough…Continue Reading Is integrity in sports sales a problem?
by Kirk Wakefield – October 2012 Thanks to Chevrolet and S3 Board Members Dave Nottoli, Steve Flynn, and Jeff Busch, the 2012 S3 Board Meeting marked the first year of the S3 Awards for Outstanding Board Members (Corporate & Team), Outstanding S3 Alum, and Outstanding S3 Writer. Selections were based on those who exemplify the…Continue Reading The Chevrolet S3 2012 Awards