Running With Your Hair on Fire: Lessons Learned From Transitioning a National University Sales Competition From Face-to-Face to Virtual in 16 Days

Department

Marketing and Professional Sales

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2020

Abstract

© The Author(s) 2020. Since their inception, university sales competitions have been key learning and educational components of university sales education. Over the past two decades, the oldest and one of the largest sales competitions in the United States has been held in a face-to-face format. However, due to the educational environment created from the COVID-19 pandemic, this competition was forced to convert to a virtual format over a 16-day period. This research outlines the steps taken to convert this event to virtual format and presents insights for other universities endeavoring to produce virtual sales competition events. Finally, research implications and direction for future research are presented.

Journal Title

Journal of Marketing Education

Journal ISSN

02734753

Volume

42

Issue

3

First Page

257

Last Page

271

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1177/0273475320950015

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