The complete guide to build & fund an esports organization
Learn how esports teams, organizations, and sports clubs can create solid and profitable revenue streams and secure the operation and development of their esports activities.
From Classroom to Console: How Gaming Can Enhance Learning Experience for Students.
From Classroom to Console: How Gaming Can Enhance Learning Experience for Students Want to learn how to fund esports activities? Learn how esports teams, organizations and sports clubs can create solid and profitable revenue streams and secure the operation and development of their esports activities. Get the latest book: "Esport Funding Guide" - right here! In the traditional classroom setting, students are expected to sit still for hours on end, listen to [...]
The Positive Impact of Gaming on Cognitive Skills in Students: A Research-Based Analysis
The Positive Impact of Gaming on Cognitive Skills in Students: A Research-Based Analysis Want to learn how to fund esports activities? Learn how esports teams, organizations and sports clubs can create solid and profitable revenue streams and secure the operation and development of their esports activities. Get the latest book: "Esport Funding Guide" - right here! In recent years, video games have increasingly become a part of modern education. While gaming was [...]
Guide to developing safe gaming and online communities for children and teens
Guide to developing safe gaming and online communities for children and teens Introduction The increase in Internet access globally has provided numerous opportunities to learn, share and communicate, and even more so with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has driven many commercial and social activities online. The Internet has increased access to information, offering children and young people the ability to research almost any subject of interest and access worldwide media and platforms. [...]
Esports, the educational way
Esports in Denmark In Denmark, we are seeing more and more primary and secondary schools, as well as higher educational institutions, offering esports classes and courses. This puts esports directly in the educational curriculum. Esports courses are currently considered a sport or an extra-curricular subject. Different schools offer different esports courses, some of which have 200+ students and major classrooms with state-of-the-art-gaming setups specific for esports. Others offer advanced esports courses in gaming [...]
Esports Funding Guide – guide to fundraising and grants
Esports Funding Guide - guide to fundraising and grants There are a number of different funds that provide subsidies to organizations and to promote, among other things, sporting, and popular cultural initiatives. All approved organizations have the option to apply for various forms of financial support for new activities, projects and equipment purchases. Use Google to find funds and grants at the local, regional, national and international levels, and start applying for the [...]
Esports Funding Guide – 25 ideas for generating revenue in esports
Esport funding guide - 25 ideas for generating revenue in esports Want to learn how to fund esports activities? Learn how esports teams, organizations and sports clubs can create solid and profitable revenue streams and secure the operation and development of their esports activities. Get the latest book: "Esport Funding Guide" - right here! Get 25 new ideas for generating revenue for your esports organization, and why this is important in order [...]
Esports Funding Guide – DNA – budget
The complete guide to build & fund an esports organization Learn how esports teams, organizations, and sports clubs can create solid and profitable revenue streams and secure the operation and development of their esports activities. Get the latest online course - right here! Esports Funding Guide - DNA - budget You are going to need to make a budget of all your expected expenses and income. The biggest mistake esports organizations make [...]
Esports: A Profitable and Transformative Industry
Esports: A Profitable and Transformative Industry Want to learn how to fund esports activities? Learn how esports teams, organizations and sports clubs can create solid and profitable revenue streams and secure the operation and development of their esports activities. Get the latest book: "Esport Funding Guide" - right here! Esports, or competitive video gaming, has rapidly grown in popularity and become a billion-dollar industry. With the increasing interest in esports, many schools, [...]
How Teaching Gaming & Esports will Boost Student’s STEM & 21st Century Learning Skills
How Gaming & Esports will Boost Student's STEM & 21st Century Learning Skills There are three ways schools and universities can work with gaming and esports to increase the students’ STEM and 21st-century learning skills. The 3 Foci 1) Focus on learning As a teacher: when teaching students, focus on developing their skills, paying specific attention to certain ones they need to learn. Set objectives for every student to achieve. Then, create tailor-made assignments [...]
Esports Funding Guide – presales and preparations in partnership sales
Esports Funding Guide - presales and preparations in partnership sales Before you start contacting any potential partners, make sure that you have a strong suite of services and products you can sell to a partner and make sure your presentation is strong and properly sells your brand. We just went over this, I am sure you did great! Now it is time for you to conduct research. What kind of partners will fit [...]
A little about gambling
Gambling Gambling, skin betting, casinos, betting, money, wins, losses – are all words we see as a part of our esports world. In Denmark we (at DGI) work closely with The Danish Gambling Authority and the National Center for Gambling Addiction to ensure that we provide a large amount of information, education, training and courses to esports clubs, parents, managers, coaches, schools – and of course, the players themselves. Our intention is to create [...]
What about money and huge prize pools in grassroots esports?
What about money and huge prize pools in grassroots esports? Personally, I do not like money or huge prize pools in grassroots esports for the simple reason that I have seen how players can enjoy playing just for the fun of it—the friendships, the experiences and the pride of winning. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s fine to have prizes for the winners, best teams, best players, and all that. And prizes [...]
Esports, the commercial way
Esports in Denmark Esports, the commercial way In Denmark, we have three ways of doing esports. I’ll walk you through each one – it might be of inspiration to you and others.. This kind of esports is the “easy” kind; venture capitalists (VCs), businesses, brands and/or individual founders and business owners, join competencies, experience and capital, and create an esports organization. It typically contains at least one esports team, sometimes more. They form [...]
Should we be afraid of computer games and grassroots esports?
Should we be afraid of computer games and grassroots esports? The answer is simple, no. I believe in “everything in moderation”. It’s natural to fear new things, especially new technology. I have collected four anecdotes about new technology through the years and the skepticism around each one. The printed book In the 1500s a German goldsmith named Johnn Gutenberg invented a machine that changed the world: the printing press. The books and materials [...]
Reaching those who are marginalized in society
Reaching those who are marginalized in society I want to share a short story about a boy who is fictional but is based on real life experience. Meet Ali, he is 10 years old and lives in a big city in Denmark — in an area that most people would call a ghetto. Ali’s parents are from Pakistan. Ali likes to compete. He is a fast runner and hard hitter. He steals bikes and [...]
Esports, the sports club way
Esports in Denmark Esports, the sports club way Right now, esports are tapping into traditional sports clubs across Denmark. Nearly two million Danes are members of the 61 national federations that are a part of the Sports Confederation of Denmark. Football is the most popular sport with almost 350,000 members followed by golf and swimming. Gymnastics, handball, badminton, horseback riding, tennis and sailing are among other popular sports. Approximately 800,000 adult Danes and [...]
Self-Esteem & Esports
Self-Esteem & Esports All over the world, we have boys and girls - men and women who love esports. All types of people love to play games on their computer, console, tablet or phone – some in groups and some alone. This fact, in its self, is a dilemma, because many of the people closest to the gamer, like friends and colleagues, do not get it – the love for the sports. Even [...]
Esports & Labor Skills
Esports & Labor Skills I have also analyzed some research and data on the effect of gaming on labor skills. I have always suspected a positive relationship between gaming skills and skills that could be applicable in other professional industries so I wanted to look more into it. I discovered that the research does suggest that video gaming can improve labor skills, however, the evidence on the effects on cognitive and motivational skills [...]
Esports, the community way
Esports in Denmark Esports, the community way So you must think I can’t count, but actually, there’s a fourth way to esports – bootstrapping, the old-school-way of doing esports. This is more gaming-related and takes place when gamers in clans, guilds, or other gaming and esports communities (typically online – through a game client) join forces, create teams, and start entering tournaments and competitions together and/or with friends. You can easily create an [...]
My personal favorite way of esports
Esports in Denmark My personal favorite way of esport I love that esports are becoming more and more a part of sports clubs and the educational system. Why? Because my heart beats passionately for “little Michael” or “little Sarah” (all children growing up) who love to play games on their computer, phone or tablet. I, especially, feel for those who have not been given the proper respect, or recognition for their personal growth [...]
9 Steps to start an esports club
Esports in Denmark Now I want to share my personal experiences from building a grassroots esports club. Let´s go! This guide is based on my experiences from founding and being chairman of the board at an esport association in Denmark. The esports association is one of the biggest esports club in Denmark, with 250+ paying members and 70+ volunteer trainers and managers, as of January 2018. Why start an esports club or association? I [...]
Esport Funding Guide – typical mistakes when talking to investors
Esports Funding Guide - typical mistakes when talking to investors Talking to angel investors and trying to land a seed investment could be the way you want to fund your goals. Based on interviews with IPO Capital and a few other investors, here are the main mistakes esports teams and organizations made when talking to investors that led them to fail. IPO Capital invest capital as well as provide access to strategic human [...]
Q&A about esport with Martin Fritzen
Esports in Denmark Should grassroots sports organizations enter the esports field? And if so, what approach (including the types of activities) should be used? Yes, indeed. Esports fit really well with other sports clubs and grassroots sports organizations. What I have learned is that, it is all about relevancy. If you are a grassroots sports club, and you want to include esports, you’ll want to ask your local community for their input. Facilitate [...]
Step 1: Start with the “why?”
9 Steps to start an esports club The first thing you should do is ask yourself the following question, “Why do I want to start an esports club?” Next, go somewhere where you can find inspiration and think of ideas (Note, you do not have to find the “right” answer, just brainstorm so you get an idea of what you will build – and how to do it). Ask yourself again, “Why start [...]
Esports Funding Guide – case study: Bredballe Esport
Self-Esteem & Esports What is ‘foreningsliv’? In Denmark, we have a unique history of playing sports together in clubs – we call them foreninger. In our foreninger, we meet in our spare time and play sports as a team or as a community of athletes in individual sports . To participate, one must be a paying member of the club. In a Danish sports club, you might meet your colleague or neighbor on [...]