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Sean Callanan aka @seancallanan
Sean Callanan (@seancallanan) from @SportsGeek brings you the best practices from the sports business and sports digital marketing world each week. Interviews with people behind the scenes with teams and leagues in the USA, Australia and Europe. Technology and digital take a strong focus as Sean looks how sports teams can better connect with fans and deliver results for sponsors. If you work in sports or would like to or are simply a marketing professional who loves sports then this podcast is for you.
Understanding the importance of data with Neda Tabatabaie from San Jose Sharks
Sean Callanan chats with San Jose Sharks Vice President, Business Analytics & Technology Neda Tabatabaie about her career in sports and how important data is to sports business. Full show notes available at https://sportsgeekhq.com/253
53:1814/10/2019
Building the Football narrative with Peter Filopoulos CEO Football Victoria
Sean Callanan chats with Football Victoria CEO Peter Filopoulos about his career in sports and why Football needs to change it's narrative to grow. For more go to https://sportsgeekhq.com/252
47:2401/10/2019
FC Copenhagen & Digital with Casper Heiselberg
Sean Callanan chats with Casper Heiselberg about his long history in web development and sports that led him to his Head of Digital role at FC Copenhagen - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/casper-heiselberg-fck_dk/
59:2022/09/2019
Collingwood CEO Mark Anderson on building out a bigger club
Collingwood CEO Mark Anderson on building out a bigger club more - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/mark-anderson-collingwood/
01:12:0817/09/2019
Western Bulldogs CEO Ameet Bains on community & connection out west
Sean Callanan chats with Ameet Bains about his journey to AFL club CEO at the Western Bulldogs and how the Bulldogs stay connected with the growing region west of Melbourne.
51:1609/09/2019
Ben Clink on Rabbitohs digital & driving success on and off the field
Sean Callanan chats with Ben Clink from South Sydney Rabbitohs about the journey of driving commercial outcomes from digital. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/ben-clink-rabbitohs/
48:4103/09/2019
Money in Esports #5 - Broadcasting Esports
Money In Esports - A Sports Geek mini-series - Broadcasting Esports Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/broadcast-in-esports/
01:01:2330/08/2019
Money in Esport #4 - Dharpan Rhandawa - McLaren Shadow Project
Money In Esports - A Sports Geek mini-series - Dharpan Rhandawa - McLaren Shadow Project Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/dharpan-randhawa/
24:3229/08/2019
Money in Esports #3 - Rob O'Gorman - Tennis Australia & Fortnite Summer Smash
Money In Esports - A Sports Geek mini-series - Rob O'Gorman - Tennis Australia & Fortnite Summer Smash Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/fortnite-summer-smash/
36:4328/08/2019
Money in Esports #2 - Esports in Australia
Money In Esports - A Sports Geek mini-series - Esports in Australia - panel discussion with Riot Games, Legacy Esports & Chiefs Esports Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/esports-in-australia/
35:2627/08/2019
Money in Esports #1 - Esports for Brands
Money In Esports - A Sports Geek mini-series - Sean Callanan on Esports For Brands Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/esports-for-brands/
30:3226/08/2019
Simon Kemp breaks down the latest global trends in digital & social
Sean Callanan chats with Simon Kemp from Kepios about trends & statistics in digital, social, voice & esports. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/simon-kemp-kepios/
01:03:0920/08/2019
Lawrence West on sponsorship trends and taking NBL to next level
Sean Callanan chats with Lawrence West from NBL about Hockey, Olympics, museums, sponsorship & taking NBL to next level. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/lawrence-west-nbl/
57:5813/08/2019
Gemba's Rob Mills about fan research, broadcast and sports sponsorship valuation
Sean Callanan chats with Rob Mills from Gemba about fan research, broadcast and sports sponsorship valuation using Turnstile. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/rob-mills-gemba/
01:00:1402/07/2019
Tim Hayden from Stadia Ventures on startups, sports and innovation
Sean Callanan chats with Tim Hayden from Stadia Ventures about startups, sports and innovation. Learn more about the world of startups and how sports teams & leagues can help the sports technologfy industry grow. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/tim-hayden-stadia-ventures/
50:2125/06/2019
Zack Klima on how Wait Time improves fan experience with less waiting
Sean Callanan chats with Zack Klima from Wait Time on how his business grew from the idea to miss hockey action to roll out in stadiums around the world. Learn how the Wait Time business grew and the important steps to ensure they could keep up with demand while growing. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/zack-klima-waittime
43:4518/06/2019
Debs Majumdar on how Fox Sports grew audience and revenue one tweet at a time
Sean Callanan chats with Debs Majumdar from Fox Sports about his role developing digital commercial outcomes around key sports like cricket, football and more. Debs chats about the rollout of new Fox Cricket channel and the how they used Twitter Amplify to extend social assets for partners while growing audience for Fox Sports. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/debs-majumdar-fox-sports/
49:1204/06/2019
Rosterfy's Shannan Gove on managing staff at the world's biggest sports events
Sean Callanan chats with Shannan Gove about his sports career building a business helping solve the problem of managing staff paid & volunteer for major sports events. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/shannan-gove-rosterfy/
51:2921/05/2019
Cassandra Heilbronn on sports law and what you need to know about sponsorship agreements
Sean Callanan chats with Cassandra Heilbronn about her career in sports law and what sponsorship executives need to know about sponsorship agreements. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/cassandra-heilbronn-minter-ellison/
55:0614/05/2019
John Durbin from Pegula Sports on planning content around the unpredictable NFL Draft
Sean Callanan chats with John Durbin from Pegula Sports about planning the unpredictable NFL Draft and how to get fans to use apps and why loyalty has evolved. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/john-durbin-pegula-sports/
01:07:2307/05/2019
Startup Series - Luke McCoy - Live Graphic Systems
Sean Callanan chats with Live Graphic Systems founder Luke McCoy about his startup and how it is opening up broadcast and commercialisation options for sports at all levels.
01:00:4030/04/2019
Josh Barney on tech, stadiums & gaming at Utah Jazz
Josh Barney on tech, stadiums & gaming at Utah Jazz on Sports Geek, for more go to - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/joshua-barney-jazz-gaming/
01:06:2523/04/2019
Vincent Ircandia on understanding your fans, data & putting SOLD OUT sign out
Sean Callanan chats with Vincent Ircandia from StellarAlgo about his entry into sports diving into the business analytics to see where teams can maximise revenue. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/vincent-ircandia-stellaralgo/
59:4016/04/2019
Learning esports and building teams - Gravitas just getting started
Sean sits down with Brandon Defina GM of Gravitas to discuss our entry into esports and what we have learned after our very first season in OPL. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/gravitas-just-getting-started/
55:2809/04/2019
Steve Pastorino on the sports transformation of Las Vegas
Steve Pastorino chats with Sean Callanan about building a sports team in America's hottest sports city Las Vegas with the Las Vegas Lights Football Club. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/steve-pastorino-las-vegas-lights-fc
49:4601/04/2019
Jesper Søegaard engaging Danish grassroots football via technology
Jesper Søegaard from the Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU) chats with Sean Callanan about the digital transformation at the DBU and how they have engaged grassroots football community via Driblr app. Full show notes
45:0126/03/2019
Anna Hu on re-inventing group memories with Brizi
Anna Hu co-founder of Brizi chats with Sean Callanan about the growth of Brizi across multiple sports and how they help fans share memories at major sporting events and iconic venues. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/anna-hu-brizi/
50:0119/03/2019
LAFC - Colin Kelly - Block by Block - How to build a fan base from scratch
Sean Callanan chats with Colin Kelly from the Los Angeles Football Club about digital and building a fan base that now fills the Banc of California Stadium. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/colin-kelly-lafc/
58:2427/02/2019
Golf, technology & The Open - Kevin Bain
Sean Callanan chats with Kevin Bain from The R&A about challenges of providing technology on links courses and the amount of testing required to prepare for the traffic that TheOpen.com each year when the world tunes in to see the best golfers in action each July. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/kevin-bain-randa/
50:4705/02/2019
Inside the Tennis Lab with Gus Balbontin - how you'll pick your next racquet
Sean Callanan chats with Gus Balbontin in the Tennis Lab Racquet Room to find out how they are applying high performance analysis extending Hawk-eye technology to help elite tennis players match their racquet to their game. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/gus-balbontin-tennis-lab/
35:1829/01/2019
Ron Seaver on growth of National Sports Forum
Sean Callanan chats with National Sports Forum President Ron Seaver about breaking into the sports industry and the history of National Sports Forum. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/ron-seaver-nsf/
57:0722/01/2019
Looking back at 2018 at Sports Geek
Sean Callanan looks back at a big year at Sports Geek at some of the highlights and key projects from 2018. Learn what happens at Sports Geek when the microphone is off. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/looking-back-at-2018-at-sports-geek
46:2218/12/2018
How data powers Orlando Magic success - Jay Riola
Jay Riola lives and breathes data. In his role at Orlando Magic he is always looking for ways on how data can help make better decisions for ticketing returns as well as improve the fan experience so they come back for more. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/jay-riola-orlando-magic/
01:02:1304/12/2018
Sports & Australia - long history, bright future - Kate Palmer - CEO Series
Sean Callanan chats with Sport Australia CEO Kate Palmer about her long career in Netball and how Sport Australia is helping Australians be more active and continue high levels of success on world stage. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/kate-palmer-sport-australia
47:4326/11/2018
How major events drive visitors to Victoria - Damien de Bohun
Sean Callanan chats with Visit Victoria‘s Damien de Bohun on bringing major sports and arts events to Victoria. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/damien-de-bohun-visit-victoria/
44:4219/11/2018
Sports Geek OPL story
Sean Callanan chats with Andrew Walton from MPower MSL about getting into the esports space with a new OPL team. Sean also answers the esports questions from Sports Geek friends and followers. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sports-geek-opl-story/
44:1212/11/2018
Developing fans in motorsport - Nick Ryan, Nissan Motorsport
Sean Callanan chats with Nick Ryan from Nissan Motorsport on his many years in the sport, connecting with motorsport fans and how esports is both a fan development and driver development avenue Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/nick-ryan-nissan-motorsport/
01:03:1105/11/2018
Esports and the power of live events - Nick Vanzetti
Sean Callanan chats with ESL's Nick Vanzetti at PAX about his career in esports and especially building out events for esports fans live including IEM and Melbourne Esports Open. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/nick-vanzetti-esl/
41:5829/10/2018
Podcasting is just the start...How to market yourself & your podcast
Sean Callanan shares his insights from over 5 years in podcasting as well as latest trends from podcasting conferences Podcast Movement and Oz Pod. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sean-callanan-podcasting-insights/
01:02:4522/10/2018
Making success sustainable - Dave Donaghy - Melbourne Storm
57:4415/10/2018
Understanding the psychology of your digital fans - Andi Perelman - Pittsburgh Penguins
Andi Perelman is fascinated by fans, what they want, why they want it and what they do online. It helps drive the tone, content and engagement for Pittsburgh Penguins online. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/andi-perelman-pittsburgh-penguins/
01:01:2308/10/2018
Baden Stephenson on leading through change - Melbourne Rebels - Sports Geek CEO Series
Baden Stephenson CEO of Melbourne Rebels chats about his sports business career spanning coaching and administration as well as guiding the Melbourne Rebels through a period of uncertainty in 2017 to a bright future ahead embracing grass roots support. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/baden-stephenson-melbourne-rebels/
51:2901/10/2018
Craig Neeb on how technology & digital is deepening ties with NASCAR fans
Craig Neeb chat about his dual role in the International Speedway Corporation and NASCAR and how technology changed the motor racing sports landscape. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/craig-neeb-nascar/
57:0724/09/2018
Understanding the ticketing game - Steve DeLay
Steve DeLay from TheUltimateToolkit.com chats with Sean Callanan about his experience in sales & ticketing and how to fill every seat in the stadium. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/steve-delay-the-ultimate-toolkit/
53:2817/09/2018
Making sporting travel easy - Matt Scully, Sports Where I Am
Matt Scully discusses his sports startup story with Sports Where I Am that solves the problems sports tourists face when planning trips to and around their favourite sports team and events. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/matt-scully-sportswhereiam/
01:14:0710/09/2018
Changing the sports commentary game - Ben Reynolds, Spalk
Ben Reynolds' Spalk platform synchronises live sports streams with alternate commentary from fans, influencers and athletes. Sean caught up with Ben in NYC to discuss his startup story. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/ben-reynolds-spalk/
57:0627/08/2018
Tinus Le Roux on knowing your fans in the stands
Tinus Le Roux knows fans via Fancam he knows when they attend and how often they attend. On this podcast Sean & Tinus discuss the differences of computer vision and facial recognition and why it is important to sports business. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/tinus-leroux-fancam/
01:00:1320/08/2018
NBA 2K League season one - Brendan Donohue
Sean catches up with NBA 2K League's Brendan Donohue at the NBA headquarters in New York to discuss season one and the impact of esports on NBA teams, fans and sponsors. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/brendan-donohue-nba-2kleague/
36:5613/08/2018
Global broadcast & digital trends with Nielsen Sports' Glenn Lovett
Sean catches up with Glenn Lovett at the Nielsen Sports headquarters in the financial district of New York to discuss global trends in digital and broadcasting. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/glenn-lovett-nielsen-sports/
52:2003/08/2018
Quick Sports Geek Trip Update
A quick update from Dallas Texas before kicking off his Sports Geek Trip, find out where Sean will be and how you can meet up with him. Full show notes - https://sportsgeekhq.com/podcast/sports-geek-trip-update/
10:5923/07/2018