As amateur sport leadership evolves, more and more amateur soccer clubs are looking to their Technical Director to evolve into broader sport business leadership, in the form of an Executive Director or General Manager role. How have these individuals fared when transitioning from pure technical leadership to the broader realm of sport business management, that includes potentially new and untrained areas of specialty such as finance, risk, marketing and communications?

In this episode of The Regista Room, Paul Varian sits down at a virtual table with the Executive Directors - all of whom were previously in technical leadership roles - from four of Canada's top amateur soccer clubs, located across the country from Vancouver on the west coast to Halifax on the east.

Listen to these former coach leaders talk about the challenges they faced in moving from a 'track suit' to 'blue suit' environment and where their technical expertise gave them a significant advantage. If you're a coach or coach leader who is eyeing possibilities for your career in broader sport organizational management, this episode is a 'must listen' for you!

Amateur soccer clubs are always looking for revenue! Especially outside of charging parents more money for program fees. But so few organizations do a good job of raising this 'non-fee based' revenue.

In this episode, Paul dives deep into this important often misunderstood world, speaking with best-in-class sponsorship program at Seacoast United Soccer Club, and talking to experts in the field at KidSpired Media and Relate Social Capital.

In this compelling episode, Paul Varian examines the challenging issue of soccer in the schools system. Why do so many amateur soccer clubs have difficulty forming relationships with their local schools and who is doing this well?

Hear how West Vancouver Field Hockey Club have developed an integration program on Vancouver's north shore that has put field hockey sticks in the hands of over 3,000 elementary school kids! Listen to how Beechwood FC in Dublin, Ireland, have expanded their schools relationships to include important facilities relationships and targeting of local French schools. And explore how Saskatchewan Soccer is launching a provincial-level program that focuses on the in-school soccer playing experience rather than just trying to links schools to their member clubs.

This is an episode filled with great real world case studies and expert commentary from Paul Varian. Listen right now and see how you can unlock the schools question in your soccer club!