Game on Nation
{{Short description|American business consultancy}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = game on Nation
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| type = Private Raaz MP3
| industry = Communication Training
Business Consulting
Leadership Development
| foundation = 1997
| founder = Steve Shenbaum
| location_city = Bradenton, Florida
| key_people = Steve Shenbaum, CEO
Blair Bloomston
| services = Communication Training Leadership Development, Media Training
| homepage = {{URL|gameonnation.com}}
}}
game on Nation is a communication, leadership, teambuilding and business consultancy, which is best known for its work with corporations, professional and collegiate athletes and athletic teams.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/35899/nba-today-podcast-steve-shenbaum|title=NBA Today podcast: Steve Shenbaum|author=Henry Abbott|publisher=ESPN TrueHoop|access-date=2013-12-31}}{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/grant_wahl/07/27/womens.soccer/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731104148/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/grant_wahl/07/27/womens.soccer/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2012|title=Team-building guru Shenbaum helped U.S. women gear up for gold|author=Grant Wahl|publisher=SI.com|accessdate=2013-12-31}}{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/07/10/steve-shenbaum-recruits-media-trainings/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712171637/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/07/10/steve-shenbaum-recruits-media-trainings/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2012|title=Meet the man who will save us from the boring athlete interview|author=Andy Staples|publisher=SI.com|accessdate=2013-12-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2012/03/yankees_come_together_at_tampa.html|title=Yankees come together at Tampa Improv outing|author=Marc Carig|publisher=NJ.com|accessdate=2013-12-31}}{{cite web|url=http://kentucky.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1426593|title=Communication expert gives assist to UK basketball|author=Aaron Smith|publisher=Cats Illustrated|accessdate=2013-12-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101140123/http://kentucky.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1426593|archivedate=2014-01-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ucfknights.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/032912aac.html|title=Special Visitor Teaches Women's Soccer Valuable Lessons|author=|publisher=UFC Knights|accessdate=2013-12-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.amherst.edu/athletics/amherst_leads/guests/game_on_nation|title=Game On Nation, Leadership and Communication Consulting Company|author=|publisher=Amherst College|accessdate=2013-12-31}} game on Nation clients include the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, University of Alabama football, Kentucky Wildcats, the United States women's national soccer team, Pete Sampras, Alex Smith, Greg Oden the Air Force Special Operations Command and the United Services Organization (USO).{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1107787/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101201852/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1107787/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2014|title=Laughing All The Way To The Bank|author=Chris Ballard|publisher=SI Vault|accessdate=2013-12-31}}{{cite web|url=https://www.afsoc.af.mil/News/story/id/123356031/|title=Former NFL player shows Airmen to get their 'game on'|author=Joe McFadden|publisher=Air Force|access-date=2013-12-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.towsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21300&ATCLID=205386027|title=Tigers Learn To Communicate From Steve Shenbaum|author=|publisher=Towson Tigers|accessdate=2013-12-31}} game on Nation was founded in 1997 by Steve Shenbaum.{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticmanagement.com/2012/10/18/meet_the_press_1/index.php|title=Meet the Press|author=Blair Bloomston|publisher=Athletic Management|accessdate=2013-12-31}} Shenbaum serves as game on Nation’s CEO.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessobserverfl.com/section/detail/game-of-coins/|title=Game of Coins|author=Mark Gordon|publisher=Business Observer|accessdate=2013-12-31}}
game on Nation was also featured in Two Days in April and ESPN’s Outside the Lines.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970965/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|title=Two Days in April|author=|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=2013-12-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.courant.com/topic/wgnam-steve-shenbaum-img-performance-institute-president-jay-cutler-greg-012711,0,1186689.story|title=Director, game on at IMG Academies, Steve Shenbaum, discusses Jay Cutler and how he can avoid criticism|author=|publisher=Courant|accessdate=2013-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101031500/http://www.courant.com/topic/wgnam-steve-shenbaum-img-performance-institute-president-jay-cutler-greg-012711,0,1186689.story|archive-date=2014-01-01|url-status=dead}}
History
game on Nation was founded in 1997 as game on Media. game on’s first client was Pete Sampras, who game on co-founder Steve Shenbaum met through a former Northwestern University classmate. Shenbaum originally came up with the idea of a communication consultancy firm focused on media training for athletes in 1992, when he worked with Chicago, Illinois-based athletes such as Jim Harbaugh and Scottie Pippen on the set of WGN-TV show Energy Express.
In 2003, game on Nation partnered with IMG Academy and moved its headquarters to IMG’s Bradenton, Florida campus.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessobserverfl.com/section/detail/game-gurus/|title=Game Gurus|author=Mark Gordon|publisher=Business Observer|accessdate=2013-12-31}} During their partnership with IMG, game on Nation trained the academy’s students while continuing to work with corporations, athletes and teams outside of IMG Academy. game on Nation left the IMG Academy in 2012 and expanded its client base to include more corporations and businesses and the United States Armed Forces.
Curriculum
game on Nation uses a proprietary curriculum of interactive drills and improvisation-based games and exercises.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/the_bonus/10/23/bb.camp/1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027223556/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/the_bonus/10/23/bb.camp/1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2008|title=A grueling four days at NBA boot camp (cont.)|author=|publisher=SI.com|accessdate=2013-12-31}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gameonnation.com Official website]