User talk:PhillipaDickens/Gymnastics, a sport once every four years?

Good topic. I hope you will also talk about the role business plays, and cover the intersection of business and politics around the sport, from the local (what you have already) through to the international (what you haven't mentioned yet). Perhaps you might talk to someone who has experience of the sport in another country, and make comparisons? You could do this by first coming to understand the ACT experience, then formulating a list of questions to ask someone from another country, and either ask them in person, or conduct the interview online by email. Leighblackall 04:38, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

I think this is an excellent choice of topic and like the idea of a case study. Postillion 23:17, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. I have decided to do some research and send out some questions to various organizations across the A.C.T, Australia and the U.S.A. I am currently compiling a list of questions to send out and will hopefully get sent and returned soon. PhillipaDickens 23:02, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

This is the list of questions I have sent out to various organizations in Australia and America. I had different questions for clubs and organizations.

CLUBS ORGANIZATIONS PhillipaDickens 00:50, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) What is the size of your organization? Small, medium or large?
 * 2) What level of competition do you participate in?
 * 3) How does the local governing body affect the way you run your business?
 * 4) How does the national governing body affect the way you run your business?
 * 5) Are members of your club on the governing board, either local or national?
 * 6) How does this affect the way the club runs?
 * 7) Any other comments on how you feel business and politics interact with gymnastics?
 * 1) What area do you govern, local (state) or national?
 * 2) Is your association more concerned with a recreational, national or international level of gymnastics?
 * 3) What sort of decisions does your association make?
 * 4) How do they affect clubs in the area you govern?
 * 5) Are members also members of clubs?
 * 6) How do you find this affects the decisions made by the organization?
 * 7) Any other comments on how you feel business and politics interact with gymnastics?

I realize it is very close to the due date, but due to a lack of responses to my questions, I have decided to change the topic of my essay. I will now be looking at why gymnastics is only seen every 4 years (in the Olympic year) through the media, despite its popularity during this time. This will involve looking at the popularity of the sport through number of participants in comparison to other sports, as well as other factors. PhillipaDickens 22:49, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

I will be handing in the presentation a week after the due date (as decided through email correspondence with Leigh) PhillipaDickens 22:44, 1 November 2011 (UTC)