The Rundown: The Ultimate Podcast for Sports Event Presentation

In this episode, Don interviews Danelle Winfield who shares her career path, event presentation philosophy, and reveals best practices that have helped position the Los Angeles Sparks as a leader in the WNBA. Listen as Danelle speaks passionately about understanding your audience, developing team chemistry with staff, the importance of passing knowledge forward and more!

This episode features Former Head of Innovation and Creativity for The Walt Disney Company, Duncan Wardle. During this interview with Don, Duncan shares his philosophy and some tools from his Design Thinking Innovation Toolkit. He explains what what's wrong with marketing today, identifies the right mindset required for innovation, describes the key barriers to innovation and creativity, highlights several creative behaviors that enhance the collaboration and creativity process, provides suggestions for how to facilitate a successful ideation session, explains how to get your ideas approved and much more!

In this interview, Tracy Allen shares his best audio practices as we discuss our days working together in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs. Listen as Tracy takes us behind-the-scenes of being an audio director for the Spurs and reveals his philosophy and techniques that has made him the best in the business.

Diane Ferranti, VP of programming and production for the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports and Entertainment, is an Emmy-winning producer and IDEA Hall of Famer. She discusses event presentation philosophy, staffing and management approaches, crafting theatrical player introductions, contest design and rehearsal, in-house digital production, and excitement about remote broadcasting and new arena technologies.

April's episode has Don answering questions submitted by listeners. Hear Don's insight on a variety of topics that include: issues switching from NBA to MLB, using activations from one sport to another, what to do if you can't secure a full-time position, can't get "hands-on" producing experience but want to be a producer, ideal skill set for a producer, suggestions for how to ideate in-game elements, finding alignment with team operations, and how to combat negative statements that prevent innovation and more.

Jackie Maldonado, Director of Marketing for the Houston Texans and Latin American Sports Hall of Fame inductee, walks through NFL game production and halftime planning. She discusses event presentation philosophy, tight rehearsal routines, rapid stage changeovers, leadership buy-in for creative risks, and the tools and spreadsheets that keep game day running smoothly.

Scott Cunningham, VP of Fan Experience for the Atlanta Braves, leads promotions, entertainment, A/V and broadcasting with 20+ years in live events. He dives into offseason planning, cross-department collaboration, and managing in-game inventory. He also shares the long creative journey behind developing Blooper the mascot and the logistics of performer selection and appearance strategy.

Hear from one of the best emcees in the business. In this episode, Don interviews Chris Miles and goes in-depth into what it takes to be a successful emcee. Topics discussed include Chris' path to the mic, the preparation required before an event, tips on how to deliver a performance that connects with the audience, what separates a good host from one that is extraordinary, advice to those who oversee emcees, his overall philosophy and much more.

Costante Group is led by Don Costante, an expert specializing in sports and event management. Since 1994, with more than 2,000 events produced Don has been creating authentic experiences for premier sports organizations such as MLB, NBA, WNBA, AHL, NAIA, EPL, NCAA and others. No detail too small, no problem too complex, his meticulous approach and robust experience is what it takes to deliver best-in-class events. The Rundown Podcast is a unique opportunity to hear from some of the best in the sports and event management industry that Don has worked with during his 25-year career. With episodes releasing in January 2020, guests from the NBA, MLB, NFL and many other sports organizations will provide insightful and realistic perspectives for what it takes to create authentic experiences to connect with audiences.