Social Networking Sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter are increasingly implemented in voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) as channels for organizational communication. By using SNSs, the sports clubs are, in fact, building virtual, online communities as an extra ‘communication …

Background: Health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) promotion programs are implemented in sports clubs. The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of the insufficiently active participants that benefit from these programs. Methods: Data of three sporting programs, developed for insufficiently …

Sportverenigingen staan momenteel voor grote uitdagingen zoals bijvoorbeeld vermeend consumentgedrag van leden (Van der Roest, 2015), steeds meer eisen vanuit de overheid om bij te dragen aan maatschappelijke vraagstukken (Waardenburg, 2016) en teruglopende ledenaantal in krimpregio’s. Enkele honderden …

Presentatie over de eerste bevindingen in het RAAK-onderzoek 'Vitalisering van de sportvereniging' aan leden van het VSG-noord netwerk.

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Aim of this study is to understand which approach (expert or process orientated) sport club consultants use in succesfully raising the organizational capacity of voluntary sport clubs in the northern part of the Netherlands. Around 130 professional sport club consultants are active in the northern part …

Oral presentation at the European Association of Sport Management conference in Bern Switzerland

Conference abstract and presentation of research to voluntary sports clubs and virtual community building through social networking sites.

Dutch voluntary sport clubs (VSCs) are facing several challenges in perceived consumerist behavior by members (Van der Roest, 2015), demands by the government to attribute to the social policy agenda (Waardenburg, 2016; Coalter, 2007) and declining number of members in complex contexts (Wollebæk, 2009). …

Presentatie bij overleg van sportambtenaren in Drenthe (VDG PHO)