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Fitness Facilities Control User Data with Remote Asset Management
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Emily Attwood,
November 2012
We’re living in the era of the “quantified self,” the idea that everything we do can be tracked using technology, recorded, integrated, analyzed and applied to our daily lives.
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For Every Problem, There’s an Obvious Solution
By
Rob Bishop and Barry Klein,
September 2012
As an exercise intended to help improve our health club business, we regularly ask ourselves this question: "What would a consultant say?"
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Time to Rethink How Pool Operators Protect Swimmers?
By
Michael Popke,
July 2012
The pool of excuses for not knowing how to swim shrinks every year. Last month, the third annual World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™, held at more than 100 aquatic facilities across the United States, attempted to teach an estimated 20,000 people to swim — for free.
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School Districts Embrace Monolithic Domes as Gymnasiums
By
Michael Popke,
April 2012
Ninety minutes before tipoff of the first basketball games scheduled in the Archie (Mo.) R-V School District’s new gymnasium on Jan. 20, staff members were still cleaning up from its seven-month construction.
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College Coaches on the Front Lines of Crisis Management
By
Paul Steinbach,
February 2012
Penn State replaced Joe Paterno, but Jerry Sandusky has been harder to shake. His name seems to appear whenever the university makes news lately.
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Selling Alcohol to Fight Alcohol Abuse
By
Paul Steinbach,
June 2011
Oliver Luck says he wasn't particularly cognizant of the drinking culture surrounding West Virginia University football games 30 years ago when he quarterbacked the Mountaineers.
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Campus Rec Centers Serve as Incubators for Professional Development
By
Andrew Cohen,
April 2011
Nick Davidson came to Davenport University five and a half years ago as a part-time assistant men’s basketball coach and was soon put in charge of recreation and intramurals.
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How to Provide Raises in a Challenging Economy
By
Jim Thomas,
February 7, 2011
Don’t use the economy as an excuse not to reward your most talented employees.
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What All Fitness Businesses Have In Common
By
Rob Bishop and Barry Klein,
February 2011
While attending another fabulous Athletic Business Conference and Expo in December, we finally put our finger on why we enjoy the show so much. We certainly appreciate the privilege of presenting seminars, but the real fun and education comes from talking with people who run fitness facilities that aren't exactly like ours.
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Club-Owner Strategies for Finding, Saving, Managing Cash
By
Rob Bishop and Barry Klein,
January 2011
This is for all of you who were stumped over the holidays when a relative asked, "So, how's business?" — given that you have no access to capital and your product is considered a discretionary expense by most consumers.
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