Become a Corporate Partner
Volunteer Your Time
Apply for a Student Internship
How to Get Involved with the Central Florida Sports Commission
There are a variety of ways that organizations and individuals can become more involved with the Central Florida sports scene and the sports commission:
Corporate Partnerships
The Central Florida Sports Commission (CFSC) provides opportunities for your organization to become involved in the thriving Central Florida sports market as a corporate partner. CFSC's partners enjoy the benefits of corporate name and logo exposure at all CFSC sponsored events, links on the CFSC web-site, VIP tickets and parking passes to all CFSC sponsored events and invitations to all social programs providing networking outlets. Corporate partners also receive a seat on the CFSC advisory board, as well as the ability to use the CFSC and the Orlando Sports service mark. A partnership investment allows for association with community growth, tangible business opportunities and access to thousands of potential customers.
Current sports commission exclusive business partners include Embarq, the Orlando Magic, Orlando Utilities Commission and Orlando Regional Healthcare.
Additionally, the sports commission has forged mutually beneficial sponsorship arrangements with the law firm of GrayRobinson, Mears Transportation, Cleanevent, Signs Now, Team IP Sports, Xerographics and Patti Caces Catering & Cakes.
Please contact Brent Nelson of the Central Florida Sports Commission at
407-648-4900 Extension 17, or by email at 
to learn more about corporate partnership and sponsorship opportunities
with the Central Florida sports commission.
Volunteer Opportunities
Meet the players! Volunteering your time at Central Florida sports events gives you the chance to meet people, have a great time and become involved with a wide range of exciting sporting issues. When you join the CFSC Volunteer Network, you join a winning team committed to enhancing Central Florida's sporting world. Join our growing roster today!
For more information on volunteer opportunities please contact Jason Maderer
at 407-648-4900 Extension 16, or by email at 
.
On the other hand, if you’re just raring to go, click on the link
below to complete the Sports Commission’s Volunteer Contact Information
Form:
Go to the Volunteer Contact Information Form
Internship Opportunities
The Central Florida Sports Commission (CFSC) employs student interns on a semester basis, as part of our efforts to offer meaningful educational and training experiences for those highly motivated students interested in a career in the sports marketing and event industry. The sports commission also provides students with the opportunity to help extend our organization's sports marketing and event planning efforts by contributing their fresh and creative thinking, keeping sports commission programs and events progressive and cutting edge.
Internship position description. There is no standard day at the sports commission; however, interns can expect to be involved in the following activities:
- Assist the 15-member sports commission staff in day-to-day operations.
- Work with sports commission staff in generating research and background information on various sports organizing committees (e.g. USOC, NCAA, AAU) and the events open for bid internationally and nationally.
- Participate in a variety of meetings and planning sessions that support the sports commission's ongoing programs and upcoming events (event logistics, bid presentation, public relations, sponsor recruitment and fulfillment, financial planning, etc.
Skills required. Practical knowledge and/or experience in one or more of the following areas: advertising, marketing, accounting, communications, sports management, event planning, finance and economics.
You should be able to demonstrate computer literacy in one or more of the following programs: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe PageMaker.
You should also have excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills. In particular, we are always on the lookout for the intangible qualities of motivation, enthusiasm, initiative and dedication.
Time requirements. The Central Florida Sports Commission currently offers semester internships during the Spring, Fall and Summer terms. Starting and finishing dates vary according to time of year. Also, the number of interns employed each semester is based upon the corresponding amount of event activity for that semester, which varies.
While work schedules are flexible for interns, each student must work the number of hours required by his or her educational institution in order to earn the anticipated internship credit hours. Also, keep in mind that students applying for a sports commission internship position need not be currently earning credit at his or her school to be considered as a candidate.
You should also be aware that the sports commission requires a minimum time commitment of 20 hours per week, with additional hours required for those events held on weekends.
How to Apply. If you are interested in applying for an internship, please complete our Internship Preliminary Application Form (accessible through the link below). You will be required to paste a digital text or word processing file of your resumé into a text box in the form, so you may want to open your resumé file in another window before proceeding to the Internship Preliminary Application Form.
Go to the Internship Preliminary Application Form
Please contact Kevin Coulthart at 407-648-4900, Extension 13, or by email at 
if you have any questions about the program or the application process. You can also fax your resume with a cover letter to 407-649-2072.
