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MLSE looks to revolutionize sports experience with digital R&D lab

CIO

Digital solutions and data analytics are changing the world of sports entertainment at a rapid clip. From how players train, to how teams make strategic decisions during games, to how venues operate and fans engage, sports organizations are turning to software engineers and data scientists to help transform the sport experience.

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Metafy lands $25M to scale its gaming coaching platform

TechCrunch

Metafy , a startup that operates a marketplace for video game coaching, announced this morning that it has closed a $25 million Series A. Since that funding event, Metafy acquired rival games coaching platform GamersRdy, and the company said coaches using its service grossed over $1 million last year. million seed round.

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How 2 Australian sporting brands leverage human-centric digital innovation to drive new fan experiences in and out of the arena

CIO

Creating new revenue streams, identifying untapped audiences and better engaging fans onsite and all year-round are just some of the wins iconic Australian sporting events are chalking up thanks to human-centric digital innovation. Here, we explore two stellar examples in the Australian Grand Prix and Australian Open.

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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

CIO

After leaving Equinix in 2019, he hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain, became a life coach through UC Davis Extension, and in 2020, took a Stanford philosophy course on the meaning of life. Looking back, Lillie realized that as a father of four and 20 years spent coaching youth sports, this purpose statement has been central from early on.

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Parents as Leadership Coaches

Let's Grow Leaders

As I prepared a trust workshop for a group from Nigeria, we shared ideas of what exercises would work best culturally, I wrote content, he made slides and tools pop visually. An aspiring Scuba instructor, it’s clear he’s got more confidence, competence and commitment than me for this sport. I feel safe under his leadership.

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Let’s Strengthen Our Culture of Mentorship: Friends Of The Children Event

Perficient

Although the great coach and I never met, I pretended that he was holding my hand through life. Because of his example, I gave everything I had to my studies, sports, and every other interest and effort. As you can imagine, being a nerd by nature made my struggle that much more challenging.

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Coach Morrison’s Journey

Steve Farber

Coach Scott Morrison’s journey as an educator serves as a great lesson for all of us–no matter our profession or path. I’m deeply gratified to hear that my work has served as a confirmation of Coach Morrison’s natural impulses and instincts. I couldn’t stand the school culture compared the elementary.