Everyone knows of the politics involved in official party invitations. There are office parties for "EVERYONE". And there are the really "GOOD" parties for the "INS". Nobody likes class politics at work, but it happens. Bosses have their favorite employees, football fans have their friends, party animals don't like silent bar gawkers, young sexy crowd does not like old fogies... when you put a bunch of people together, they are going to bunch up no matter what you do. So what do you do with that special game? Even if you want to be democratic and egalitarian, someone is going to have their own party. What do you do?
If you want to make a special party on that special game, you need to be diplomatic about it. Even if your plans are leaked to the ones not invited, you can still spin the plan as a "strategic customer event", or a special benefit to show
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Skipping School and Work for Games?
Do you skip a meeting to watch a game? Do you bring the meeting to the game? Do you skip school and work for games? Is your teacher a fan too, just can't get away so you go and she says GO GO GO? Is your boss making sure you are there for the big game so he sets up a meeting? Some say, when the economy is in the tank, we got to do our best and work hard, no time off. Some say, watching a game and having a beer with a few screaming fans is the best benefit a company give these days.
Hard core fans will watch no matter what happens. They will get text messages, Twitter updates and even ask their secretary to bring in scores on little posted notes. Imagine the following exchange:
Joe: Is this crazy? Do we stop the world from working for a silly game?
Tom: Silly game you say, this is World Cup! MONDIAL! For heavens sake, in Brazil they install public screens for the poor to watch on street corners.
2010 World Cup on the 'Net: information, media, blogs, official sites
• Let's face it, the 'net is our biggest source of football information. • This blog is about going to bars, drinking, eating and watching a great game. So let's get ready for that game. • First task: get info on games, players, coaches, who is playing? who they are? what are people saying about the players and the coach? It's all out there, but we want it FAST, right now! •
If you are following the teams themselves, the official FIFA site has a page for each team. On top click teams, go to the map and click your team. For example, for Greece the FIFA page is more up to date than the official Helenic Football Federation English page. Maybe the Greek page is better, but I don't read Greek (as they say "it's all Greek to me" / yes pun intended.) You can also get good background info on Wikipedia [Greece national football team]. For daily action go to the newspapers, blogs and social sites (Facebook, Twitter.) The English love football, The Times Sports page is a good place to click. BBC's football page is mostly English focused but should be a good source as world cup comes closer.
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