PDGA Europe Talks

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community.

In this sixth presentation, Matthias Vutt - EDGF Staff member but also Kristin Tattar's Manager - presents:

- Vision
- Sponsors: Positioning with Porsche. Proactivity in the search.
- Rebranding Kristin Tattar personal brand: values, symbols, Neway agency, explanatory video, e-shop.
- When and how to look for sponsorship.
- Players' self-brand building strategies
- Economic terms
- Player's personality and "loudness"
- Sponsorship and sport growth: Paul McBeth Foundation case

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community.

In this fifth presentation, PDGA International Director, Brian Hoeniger, gives an overview of the disc golf situation in the five continents:

• Introduction
• - Exporting the European Disc Golf Festival model to other countries
• - Growth in Europe and PDGA globalization
• - Africa
• - Latin America
• - Asia

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community.

In this fourth presentation, European Disc Golf Festival Operations Director, Silver Kütt explains in detail “EVENTHOS”, the online event management tool used to coordinate the work of those big events at all levels: personnel, supplies, documentation, communication, etc. 

It is a very scalable solution to adapt to the needs of different events, like this European Disc Golf Festival with around 200 people working up to much larger events like the Estonian WRC Rally which they also manage and in which more than 3,000 people participate!

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community.

In this third presentation, PDGA Europe Staff members Juuso Nieminen (General Manager), Matej Verl (Tour Manager) and Calixto Garcia (Marketing & Media Manager) answer all questions proposed by the audience, like:

• Contacting PDGA Europe
• Country Coordinators
• Doubles competitions
• National and International competitions
• Pro and Amateur status in Junior players
• Coaching reconnaissance

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/Diskgolfslovenija

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community.

In this second presentation, European Disc Golf Festival Staff members talk about the organization of the event, its evolution from EDGF European Championships in 2023 to DGPT Elite in 2024 and PDGA Major in 2025:

- Silver Leetma (Marketing): Vision, masterplan, team organization, benchmarking, explanatory video, 
- Kristi Prik (Marketing): Growth strategy, event advertisement, mass media.
- Silver Kütt (Operations): Questions & Answers. Non-disc golf sponsors, spectator-friendly events, target audience, players self-promotion, comparisons with other sports, logistics, partners strategies, carbon-neutrality, event impact report, premium venue renting, broadcasting time zones, parallel amateur events, Järva X Tyyni case.

On the occasion of the DGPT Elite - European Disc Golf Festival 2024 in Estonia, we celebrate in the Tallinn Festival Grounds the Open Forum “PDGA Europe Talks” in which speakers from different organizations present topics of interest to the Disc Golf community.

In this first presentation, PDGA Europe Staff members talk about:

• Matej Verl (Tour Manager): Tournament Directors' support and Competition Program.
• Calixto Garcia (Marketing & Media Manager): National Associations & YouTube channels support plans.
• Juuso Nieminen (General Manager): Presentation and upcoming projects.

In a future episode, we'll present you the "Ask Me Anything" session.

Hristo Neiland, of the Estonian Disc Golf Association EDGL and newly elected member of the PDGA Europe Board of Directors, explains what the Snäp! Program: a magnificent annual program of regional school events topped off with a spectacular final in Tartu.

It involved the collaboration of entities at all levels: PDGA Europe - through the Development Grant Fund, EDGL, national and local entities, schools, teachers and elite Estonian players.

As an example, one of the winners, Taaniel Mehine, was crowned MJ12 World Champion shortly afterwards! It seems to be working and they announce to come back in 2025...

More information (Estonian)
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Two candidates will be vying for two open positions on the PDGA Europe Board of Directors during all July  ( full info: https://www.pdga.com/news/get-informed ). These two self-nominated candidates share a passion for disc golf. They have diverse backgrounds and a wide range of skillsets, both in their professional lives and within the sport.

Sofia Pereira #128365 is co-founder of the Portuguese Flying Disc Association (www.APUDD.pt) and the Beach Ultimate Lovers Association (BULA - http://beachultimate.org). From 2022 she is actively organizing frequent PDGA-sanctioned events and making big efforts to grow the sport in Portugal. Full profile: https://www.pdga.com/news/get-know-candidates-pdga-europe-board-directors

Two candidates will be vying for two open positions on the PDGA Europe Board of Directors during all July  ( full info: https://www.pdga.com/news/get-informed ). These two self-nominated candidates share a passion for disc golf. They have diverse backgrounds and a wide range of skillsets, both in their professional lives and within the sport.

Hristo Neiland - #70759 is Secretary General of the Estonian Discgolf Association, specialist in start-ups and with a special interest in showing Disc Golf to young people and explains in this video the main aspects of his candidature. Full profile: https://www.pdga.com/news/get-know-candidates-pdga-europe-board-directors