We are back for 2019! On our first episode for the year, Sean Callanan chats with Ron Seaver President of the National Sports Forum about his career in the sports industry that spans for over 25 years and the history of the National Sports Forum.
On this podcast you'll learn about:
- Ron Seaver on working on ticket promotions and sponsorship at the San Diego Padres
- How working in the agency side brought a lot of new opportunities
- How the National Sports Forum started
- The challenges on putting up the forum and how it became a sought-after sports conference
- What to expect in the National Sports Forum for first time attendees
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Our fave quote from Ron Seaver interview
“I'm like one of those teenage kids if you want me to do something then tell me I can't do it? You bet I can and I'll show you.”
Ron Seaver on pushing the National Sports Forum
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About Ron Seaver
Ron Seaver has established his name in the sports industry with over 25 years of experience. He began his sports career with selling tickets for the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball and worked his way up to get involved on sponsorship and promotions. His experience with Major League Baseball enabled him to explore better opportunities this time on the agency side.
After leaving the Padres, Ron took the role as the Vice President of Fantastic Sports Promotions establishing and managing their merchandise division and working with different corporate sponsors along the way. This experience gave him an opportunity to start his own company Seaver Marketing Group which owns and manages the National Sports Forum.
The National Sports Forum aims to invite sports professionals from different kinds of sports into one event to share ideas that each attendee can learn from.
The 24th National Sports Forum will be held on February 10-12, 2019 in Las Vegas. For more info visit the National Sports Forum website.
Resources from the podcast
- Connect with Ron Seaver on Twitter @ronseaver, Instagram and LinkedIn
- Follow National Sports Forum on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube
- Some related articles you might want to read more about National Sports Forum
- Some Sports Geek episodes you might be interested in:
- Steve DeLay on understanding the ticketing game
- Sponsorship and Sports Business with J.W. Cannon
Highlights from podcast with Ron Seaver
1:57 Ron Seaver on starting his career in sports with the San Diego Padres
6:39 Ron on finding success with sponsorship sales
8:26 How working in the agency side opened more opportunities for Ron
11:34 How the National Sports Forum started
13:03 The challenges in putting up the National Sports Forum together and how his persistence worked to make it a successful global event
18:41 Taking the National Sports Forum to Las Vegas in 2019
19:54 The possibility of talking about sports betting at the forum
25:20 Some of the top speakers to look forward to in the forum
29:39 Why esports will be one of the focus topics in the forum
30:20 What the attendees can learn from the National Sports Forum
33:19 Sean on bringing the Digital to Dollars workshop to the National Sports Forum
40:42 Ron’s advice for the first time attendees of the forum
45:03 Sports Geek Closing Five
2019 National Sports Forum in Las Vegas Preview
Some tweets you may have missed:
Nice take on Facebook's 10 year challenge
Thought we'd join in on the #10YearChallenge
A NSF 2008 #GeneralSession in Memphis and NSF 2018 in Frisco! Who is going to be with us for #SportsForum19 in Vegas? pic.twitter.com/q24PpbWL3q
— National Sports Forum (@NatlSportsForum) January 15, 2019
This LA Stadium Premiere Center looks pretty cool
Our LA Meet Up has kicked off! Attendees starting off with an awesome tour of the LA Stadium Premiere Center! pic.twitter.com/SXnHEp4QqQ
— National Sports Forum (@NatlSportsForum) November 9, 2018
Cool way to prepare for the NSF 2019
A few of our NSF staff members had a blast attending the Vegas Golden Knights game last night!! It's only a couple short months until we will back at the T-Mobile Arena with our 2019 NSF attendees for the Budweiser Gala! We can't wait to see you all there! pic.twitter.com/4wslt9qLe8
— National Sports Forum (@NatlSportsForum) December 10, 2018
Good luck to all the finalists
We are thrilled to announce our 6 finalists for the 2019 SAMMY Award! You won't want to miss the SAMMY breakout session at the 2019 NSF when these organizations present their successful campaign and the audience will vote to crown the 2019 SAMMY Award winner! pic.twitter.com/EpzqQtVNVs
— National Sports Forum (@NatlSportsForum) January 2, 2019
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