Over the weekend, Demosphere had the opportunity to attend a workshop in Georgia for the first time in many years. Held in conjunction with the Georgia Soccer AGM, the Southeast Soccer Expo drew over 1,500 attendees to the Cobb Galeria on Saturday.

During the day, we had a chance to connect with many potential new customers (see picture at right w/ Account Representative Dannelle Lewandowski) and existing Demosphere clients. It was terrific to be able to meet representatives from Atlanta Fire United, Central Georgia Soccer, Concorde Fire, Decatur-DeKalb YMCA Soccer,  Near Post Soccer Training, Roswell Soccer Club, and many more!

I recently came across a neat little widget called Quipol. In short, it allows you to ask a quick yes or no question on your site and allows comments (validated by Facebook and Twitter login) as well. After creating the question on their website, it's quite easy to embed the poll anywhere on your WebWriter website. I've posted an example below.

Quipol's quick, elegant interface is tough to beat - definitely give it a shot if you're looking to poll your members!

For the second year, Demosphere attended the World Baseball Coaches' Convention held at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. The event brings thousands of both baseball and softball coaches together for nearly three days of clinics, seminars, demos, and more.

The Demosphere team was excited to see such enthusiasm for both sports for the entire duration of the event. Whether it was listening to a seminar from Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine or seeing the latest gloves and bats, everyone was excited for spring and not thinking much about the 4" of snow that fell on Saturday morning!

Last weekend, a couple members of the Demosphere team traveled to Philadelphia to attend the 2012 US Lacrosse National Convention and were delighted to find the sport to be thriving and growing fast!

Traffic and interest at the Demosphere booth was noticeably higher this year than in the past. The energy and enthusiasm for lacrosse was palpable throughout the weekend as the downtown convention center swelled with families, players, coaches, assignors and officials throughout the two day event. It was wonderful listening as people shared their many plans and activities in forming new clubs, camps and travel leagues.

Last week, the Demosphere team traveled to Kansas City for the annual NSCAA Convention. The convention is billed as the largest annual gathering of soccer coaches and traditionally attracts between 5,000 and 10,000 coaches for workshops, exhibits, awards events, and more.

From Thursday to Saturday, the team exhibited in the Exhibit Hall and met with many partners plus current and potential new customers such as XL Soccer Tours, US Club Soccer, Elite Clubs National League, GameOfficials.net, iSoccer, InterSoccer, and many more.