IF Seminars

How the latest in e-learning can best help you engage with your stakeholders & members

International Federations are responsible for providing support to various stakeholders in their relevant ecosystems. This often comes in the form of knowledge transfer and training directed both towards member associations as well as employees. In a world where technology and standard practices can change at rapid paces, as we have seen with the changes brought about by COVID, it is vital that IFs can both stay up to date with the industry’s latest market trends as well as be able to share that knowledge with the relevant parties in an effective way.

The ability to maintain stakeholders updated with a relevant skillsets and understanding can help IFs achieve their goals and provide a competitive organizational advantage. Better communication and transfer of knowledge can lead to more efficient and optimized processes, a clearer understanding of the organizations strategic direction, and a more engaged and involved work force.

Such capacities, however, can often be expensive and time-consuming for organizations. Facility rentals can be pricey and coordinating sessions through different time zones can get tricky. Here is where e-Learning may provide a viable solution for IFs.

By generating a scalable, accessible, and cost-effective educational platform, e-Learning can help IFs provide the adequate support and training to their member associations and employees. By creating immersive and active e-learning experiences, IFs can build online communities, monitor learners, increase knowledge retention and even generate income, all while creating an accessible and affordable platform that can ease the pains brought about by the mass coordination of training sessions.

In this seminar, our speakers will discuss the benefits that the latest solutions in e-Learning can bring to IFs, and will showcase practical examples from IFs who have recently set up an e-Learning platform in order to generate the best results for their organization

How to create plans to measure and reduce carbon footprints in sport events

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our times, including for the sport community, and sport organizations can play a key role influencing behaviors via the measurement and reduction of their carbon footprint.

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda including Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recognized the unique potential of sport to engage relevant stakeholders in sustainable practices. The SDGs are an urgent call for action for all governments and organisations to alter their present ways into a better, more sustainable and environmentally friendly way of functioning. Following the footsteps of the UN, the IOC made sustainability one of its 3 pillars in the Olympic Agenda 2020, providing a series of guidelines for IFs and NOCs to help them better understand sustainability.

With an increase in awareness, sport organizations and IFs are inching towards integrating sustainability into their own organizations and operations. For example, FIA has become carbon neutral by 2021, Paris 2024 committed to organizing the world’s first Olympic and Paralympic games with a positive contribution to the climate and the IOC aims by 2030 to move beyond carbon neutrality and make the Olympic games carbon negative.

So, how can IFs develop an effective sustainability plan to measure and reduce their carbon footprint? This is the question we will address in this IF seminar by providing best practices and case studies from industry experts and IFs.