James Moore

Blogger FTP (no more)

2010-02-02T13:46:00.002-06:00

Blogger has an announcement for those of you using the Blogger FTP service (where you create a blog on Blogger, and then FTP/SSH this to your own domain): Blogger is announcing that they will no longer support FTP publishing in Blogger after March 26, 2010.

GOMC: Student Guide now available

2010-01-28T15:16:00.004-06:00

Google has just posted the Students Guide for the Google Online Marketing Challenge. The GOMC is a major part of MKT 595 (taught in the Spring Quarter), and is a fantastic learning opportunity. In 2009, 2187 student teams from 57 countries competed in the Google Online Marketing Challenge. The global winner was from Deakin University, Australia. The team of Andrew Kidd, Richard Blakely, Kevin Fung, Clinton Hinze, Katalin Kish and Howard Lien was taught by Chia Yao Lee and Bardo Fraunholz, and worked with a local indoor play centre, www.littletigrrs.com.au. The 2009 Americas winner came from James Madison University, and was taught by Theresa Flaherty. The team of Rachel Bruton, Meredith Rauh and Brandon Sockwell, worked with a local tour operator, www.mobiletours.org. In 2008, over 1600 student teams competed in the GOMC. The global winner was from University of Western Australia and was taught Dr. Fang Liu. The team of Aaron Balm, Lauren Bobridge, Amy Smith, Victor Tsen and Arina Usikov worked with a local rock-climbing centre, www.thehangout.com.au. The 2008 Americas winner came from Pennsylvania State University and was taught by Jim Jansen. The team of Caroline Furey, Joe Lewis, Matthew Maisel, Daehee Park and Tonya Podkuiko worked with a local tourism and information site, www.happyvalley.com. DePaul has competed in the GOMC every year, with several teams in each MKT 595 class: The MKT595 2009 ranking was:

2731472472: Good Campaign
8491639672: Fair Campaign
9725648323: Good Campaign
9831632978: Good Campaign

The MKT 595 2008 ranking was:

1931930990: Campaign Ineligible
5442838437: Americas Semi-Finalist
5915469286: Americas Semi-Finalist
7359031935: Good Campaign
7916983884: Fair Campaign

Blackboard Down: February 6 - 7

2010-01-26T10:17:00.001-06:00

Information Services will be conducting necessary maintenance work in the main data center which will require downtime beginning the evening of Saturday, February 6th at 10 p.m. and ending the morning of Sunday, February 7th at 8 a.m. During this time frame most major technology systems within the University will not be available including the following:

Campus Connection
All systems requiring your Campus Connection credentials
DePaul e-mail systems
Library Systems
Blackboard
All DePaul websites
Network file and print services
Access to Wireless network on all campuses
PeopleSoft

Problems with Entourage (where is my e-mail?)

2010-01-22T10:12:00.002-06:00

Encountering a wacky problem with Microsoft Entourage this week.... I don't see any new e-mail in my inbox. Anything that arrived after Tuesday 19th January is hidden from me. The weird thing is that I can access these recent messages through webmail (or by logging on to a Windows PC and using Outlook). Have applied Microsoft and Apple updates, cleared directories, checked settings, etc. All to no avail. Hoping to find a solution soon. Having to use webmail is particularly irksome.

Technology Tuesday: Lecture Capture and Podcasting with Podcast Producer 2

2010-01-21T16:09:00.005-06:00

The next Technology Tuesday will cover Lecture Capture and Podcasting with Podcast Producer 2: Podcasting is quickly gaining acceptance in higher education as a way to deliver new and supplemental academic content, research results and marketing/sports content. Podcasting is also being included with and playing a key role in many institution's pandemic planning. In this presentation we will cover the basics of how institutions are using podcasting today, as well as demonstrate some of the options available for content creation and delivery from any type of computer and smart podia. Mac OS X Server includes a service for automating the capture, encode and delivery process - Podcast Producer 2. With Podcast Producer you create workflows to automate the entire process making this solution very cost effective and easy on the support staff. Keith Mountin is the Higher Education System Engineer for Apple in Wisconsin. He lives in Juneau, WI. He has been with Apple, Inc. for 15 years. He has extensive experience working with educational institutions in the midwest. As the Education Systems Engineer for the upper midwest, he is responsible for developing and implementing technical solutions for Universities. Keith is a Certified Apple System Administrator and a Certified Apple Trainer.

Time: 2 - 3 p.m.
Location: DPC 7406 (7th floor of the DePaul Center, 1 East Jackson Blvd. Chicago)

Please RSVP here

MKT 595: Syllabus

2010-01-13T09:25:00.004-06:00

I have posted a temporary version of the syllabus for the Spring 2010 (March 29 - June 7). I will be making some minor changes over the week and will post version 6.2 shortly. Registration is available through Campus Connection. More information about the course can be found on the MKT 595 webpage.

MKT 595: Google Online Marketing Challenge

2009-12-14T11:14:00.002-06:00

MKT 595 (Internet and Interactive Marketing) will be taught again in the Spring quarter. The class project will be to compete in the Google Online Marketing Challenge. I will post more information in the syllabus and the class. In the meantime, I highly suggest you investigate these resources:

This Journal of Interactive Advertising article provides hints on how to be competitive in the Challenge.
Google's pages explain more about the GOMC.
Facebook has a GOMC Fan Page.

DePaul Does Social Media

2009-12-07T14:26:00.000-06:00

DePaul University has been using Social Media for quite some time, but sometimes the message does not reach everyone. There are two pieces of information I want to share with anyone who works at DePaul:

DePaul's Social Media Guidelines can be found at: http://brandresources.depaul.edu/vendor_guidelines/g_socialmedia.aspx
Each month a there is an open group of DePaul staff and faculty who discuss how best to use Social Media. If you would like to join, contact Dara Crowfoot.

Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series

2009-11-18T13:46:00.004-06:00

The Business Source Complete database now contains a business video collection with 55 videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series. DePaul students, faculty and staff (with Campus Connection accounts) can watch all videos. Many thanks to Brian DeHart for pointing this out.

Many of the videos contain a transcript. You can access the videos by clicking on this link, and then entering your Campus Connection username and password.

To watch a video, just click on the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series Video link.

Titles include:

Business at the Base of the Pyramid Full Text Available Lecturers: Rangan, V. Kasturi. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2009. (AN: 1486c)
Billions of Entrepreneurs: The Yin and Yang of China and India Full Text Available Lecturers: Khanna, Tarun. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2008. (AN: 1480c)
Can Complex Organizations Learn? Full Text Available Lecturers: Edmondson, Amy C.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2008. (AN: 1485c)
Jumpstarting Entrepreneurial Innovation Full Text Available Lecturers: Applegate, Lynda M.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2008. (AN: 1841c)
Authentic Leadership Full Text Available Lecturers: George, William W.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2007. (AN: 1483c)
How Countries Compete: National Strategies for Globalization Full Text Available Lecturers: Vietor, Richard. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2007. (AN: 1478c)
Strategy, Leadership, and Performance Management in the Social Enterprise Sector Full Text Available Lecturers: Leonard, Herman B.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2007. (AN: 3714c)
The Baby Business Full Text Available Lecturers: Spar, Debora L.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2007. (AN: 1484c)
Brand Positioning Full Text Available Lecturers: Moon, Youngme E.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2006. (AN: 2289c)
Crafting Business Strategy and Environmental Scanning Full Text Available Lecturers: Anand, Bharat N.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2006. (AN: 8282c)
Experimentation Matters: New Opportunities for Innovation Full Text Available Lecturers: Thomke, Stefan. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2006. (AN: 3706c)
How Does IT Matter? Full Text Available Lecturers: McAfee, Andrew. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2006. (AN: 2262c)
The Ethics of Professionalism Full Text Available Lecturers: Nanda, Ashish. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2006. (AN: 5860c)
Creating Customer-Centric Cultures: Lessons From High-Performance Organizations Full Text Available Lecturers: Deshpandé, Rohit. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 107xc)
Irrational Succession: The Role of the Board in CEO Selection Full Text Available Lecturers: Khurana, Rakesh. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 7553c)
Just Enough: Defining Lifelong Success Full Text Available Lecturers: Stevenson, Howard. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 9300c)
Leadership is a Choice: The General Manager in the Middle Full Text Available Lecturers: Bower, Joseph L.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 8827c)
Managing Markets, Segments, and Customers Full Text Available Lecturers: Narayandas, Das. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 8266c)
Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats Full Text Available Lecturers: Edmondson, Amy C.; Roberto, Michael A.; Bohmer, Richard M.J.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 9297c)
Resources and Corporate Strategy Full Text Available Lecturers: Montgomery, Cynthia A.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 1568c)
Scope and Global Strategy Full Text Available Lecturers: Khanna, Tarun. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 1576c)
Strategic Agility: Managing Continuous Change Full Text Available Lecturers: Wells, John R.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 8274c)
Sustaining Competitive Advantage Full Text Available Lecturers: Ghemawat, Pankaj. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 9718c)
The Power of Supporting Players in High-Performance Organizations Full Text Available Lecturers: DeLong, Thomas J.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 8258c)
The Revolution in Retailing Full Text Available Lecturers: Bell, David E.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 1037c)
Where Do Great Strategies Come From? Full Text Available Lecturers: Rivkin, Jan W.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2005. (AN: 7544c)
Boom and Bust in Private Equity Full Text Available Lecturers: Lerner, Josh. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 7561c)
Capitalizing on the Power of the Customer Full Text Available Lecturers: Frei, Frances X.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 824xc)
Capturing the Value: Competitive Strategies that Work Full Text Available Lecturers: Bradley, Stephen P.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 7529c)
Consumer-Driven Health Care: A Revolution for Employers, Consumers, and Providers Full Text Available Lecturers: Herzlinger, Regina E.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 5992c)
Corporate Governance in the U.S.: Scandals, Reforms, and the Future Full Text Available Lecturers: Lorsch, Jay W.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 5844c)
Getting Globalization Right Full Text Available Lecturers: Ghemawat, Pankaj. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 5623c)
International Entrepreneurial Finance Full Text Available Lecturers: Kuemmerle, Walter. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 581xc)
Know Your Worth: Critical Valuation Errors to Avoid Full Text Available Lecturers: Ruback, Richard S.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 6433c)
Strategic Alliances: The Power of Partnering Between Nonprofits and Businesses Full Text Available Lecturers: Austin, James. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 8304c)
The Case Method in Professional Education Full Text Available Lecturers: Garvin, David A.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 418xc)
The Case Method in Professional Education Full Text Available
What Really Matters Full Text Available Lecturers: Nohria, Nitin. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2004. (AN: 5984c)
A Framework for Successful Leadership Transitions Full Text Available Lecturers: Watkins, Michael. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 4392c)
Building Strategy-Focused Organizations with the Balanced Scorecard Full Text Available Lecturers: Kaplan, Robert S.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 5356c)
Entrepreneurial Marketing Citation Only Available Lecturers: Lassiter III, Joseph B.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 4473c)
Fatal Ascent: Leadership Lessons From the 1996 Everest Tragedy Full Text Available Lecturers: Roberto, Michael A.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 497xc)
Managing People for Competitive Advantage Full Text Available Lecturers: Bartlett, Christopher A.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 4198c)
Renewing Markets for Better Governance Full Text Available Lecturers: Palepu, Krishna G.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 4465c)
Return on Management Citation Only Available Lecturers: Simons, Robert. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 385xc)
The Danger of Silencing Conflict at Work Full Text Available Lecturers: Perlow, Leslie A.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 5615c)
The Life Sciences Revolution: Changing the Language of Business Full Text Available Lecturers: Enriquez, Juan. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 3523c)
The New Strategic Weapon: Information Technology Full Text Available Lecturers: McFarlan, F. Warren. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 5321c)
The Politics of Innovation Full Text Available Lecturers: Spar, Debora L.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2003. (AN: 2268c)
Defining Moments: A Framework for Moral Decisions Full Text Available Lecturers: Badaracco Jr., Joseph L.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2002. (AN: 2861c)
Judo Strategy: Turning Your Competitors' Strength to Your Advantage Citation Only Available Lecturers: Yoffie, David B.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2002. (AN: 1512c)
Leading Quietly Full Text Available Lecturers: Badaracco Jr., Joseph L.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2002. (AN: 2853c)
Sprint Selling & Turbo-Charged Market Development Citation Only Available Lecturers: Shapiro, Benson P.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2002. (AN: 1504c)
The Opportunity & Threat of Disruptive Technologies Citation Only Available Lecturers: Christensen, Clayton M.. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2002. (AN: 1482c)
Why Customers Matter Full Text Available Lecturers: Sasser Jr., W. Earl. Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series; 01/01/2002. (AN: 1490c)

DeBlogs - DePaul Blogs

2009-11-12T14:27:00.001-06:00

DePaul University has started a new collective blog – DeBlogs. DeBlogs is a collection of students, faculty and staff blogging about their experience as part of the DePaul community. Each blogger has their own page – you can follow individual blogs, or all the blogs. You will see this site grow, with new features and guest bloggers.

Learning Never Ends: Honoring David Justice

2009-11-12T13:01:00.002-06:00

David O. Justice died in September of 2008. The world is improved by his questions and humor. He knew what to ask for, and how to ask it. For some years he was my boss. He continued to be a friend. CAEL (Council for Adult and Experiential Learning) has just published a series of essays on adult learning, inspired by the life and work of David. Some of my comments appear in a collaborative essay, expertly facilitated by Morry Fiddler. I think the series of essays work well in reminding us all of who David was. I hope they introduce him to a new audience. Learning never ends.

Technology Tuesday: Google Wave

2009-11-11T10:25:00.002-06:00

The next Technology Tuesday presentation will cover Google Wave - more information (and RSVP) can be found here.

Blackboard Video Tutorials

2009-11-11T10:06:00.001-06:00

Jim Janossy has created a series of 15 video tutorials for Blackboard. Each video is accompanied by a study-guide in PDF format.

Topics include:

Getting started quick! Basic web site organization and cleanups
Logging in, labeling courses with academic year and term in your MyCourses box
Announcements page banner, course and menu button organization
Announcements pro and con, and how to post Announcements
The course roster, and how to add students to your Blackboard course
Menu button readability and how to maximize it
Changing menu button names, hiding menu buttons, and removing menu buttons
Adding Content Area (folder) menu buttons
Adding Tool Link and External Link (web link) menu buttons
Graphic Page Banners and how to use them to improve visual interest
Embedding video segments into Announcements and content pages
Installing CutePDF and posting .pdf documents
Content and External Link (web link) changes
Using folders in content menu buttons, changing item sequence
E-mailing students using Blackboard
Making courses available to students, copying a course to a new term

You can view the videos on Jim’s website at DePaul.

Livescribe Pulse Pens for Education

2009-11-10T08:51:00.003-06:00

I will be giving a guest presentation to DePaul University’s School of Education on Thursday, December 3, between 3-4pm at the Lincoln Park Campus. During the presentation I will demonstrate how the Livescribe Pulse Pens can be used in education. The presentation will contain some content that has been repurposed from my Technology Tuesday presentation on the Pulse, and from my Barefoot Vodcasting workshop. If you want to attend, please get in touch with Maria Avgerinou. I will be providing materials and video on this website after the event.

Blackboard Blackberry App

2009-11-09T13:10:00.007-06:00

I mentioned D2L last week, so it is only fair to talk about Blackboard this week. Blackboard just released the Blackberry Blackboard App, which provides similar functionality to the iPhone app that was released earlier in the year.

Faculty Development in Distance Education

2009-11-09T09:01:00.002-06:00

A colleague of mine here at DePaul (Kelly Richmond Pope) alerted me to a Faculty Focus special report - “Faculty Development in Distance Education: Issues, Trends and Tips.” The 21-page guide is freely published by Magnapubs and can be downloaded here.

CADM Luncheon: Cloud Computing and CRM

2009-11-08T13:25:00.001-06:00

CADM has an upcoming luncheon that may be of interest to you:

Cloud Computing and CRM: The Effect on Sales & Marketing of On-Demand CRM and Salesforce.com

What is "cloud computing" and "on-demand CRM"? What role do they play with sales and marketing? What effect is Salesforce.com having in the marketplace, and why is it transforming so many businesses?

Join us on Wednesday, November 11th, as we explore cloud computing and its effect on the current practice of CRM. We'll explain how on-demand CRM - and better distribution of customer information - is changing the practice of sales and marketing as we know it. Finally, we'll probe Sales 2.0, show how on-demand CRM supports the integration of sales and marketing, and then pull it all together with a case study demonstrating the impact of Salesforce.com.

Speakers:

Dan Strunk, Managing Director, Center for Sales Leadership, DePaul University
Kevin Turner, Principal, Model Metrics (one of the nation's leading Salesforce.com partners).

Click here for more information and to register

Day: Wednesday, November 11th
Time: 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Petterino's Restaurant (entrance at 50 West Randolph)
Cost: $44/CADM members, $59/non-members.

Intelligent Agents in D2L

2009-11-05T10:24:00.001-06:00

I have been teaching a class in Desire2Learn (MKT 595: Internet Marketing) as part of long-term study and comparison of Learning Management Systems (teaching in Blackboard, D2L and Moodle to explore the respective advantages and disadvantages of each system). My colleagues in SNL, SoE and SPS are doing the same. I had not posted about my experiments here, but have decided that I should.

This week I decided to see how well Intelligent Agents could be put to use. Intelligent Agents are scriptable events that send out e-mails based upon a set of criteria. You could use them to send a gentle nudge to students who had not logged into the course for several days, or who had not completed an assignment before the deadline.

This is a great feature, but I did not want to send students automated e-mails until I had tested things for myself. What I did instead was to create an intelligent agent that sent me e-mail as each of students completed milestone tasks. This highlighted some issues that I would have to work through:

I received some spurious messages with this text:

{term not found: IntelligentAgents.Shared.emailConfirmationBody}

I am assuming that this is a mis-configuration on my part. I will investigate further…..
My spam/junk filter quarantined some of the e-mail messages. This happened at two stages; externally from our Postini service, internally from Entourage/Outlook. I had to manually recover the messages.

Based upon this information, I would use this procedure with Intelligent Agents:

Create agents from a tested template.
Ask students to add the Intelligent Agent e-mail address to their whitelist or address book (so that the e-mails would not be stopped by spam filtering).
CC myself on the student e-mail.

Overall, I am impressed with the feature. I just need to experiment with it more.

Engaging International Students in the Classroom

2009-11-03T12:55:00.001-06:00

The Teaching Commons is offering an event that should be of interest to all faculty who teach internationally, or who have international students in their classes:

Engaging International Students in the Classroom

Garrett Grenz from the Office of International Students and Scholars is organizing a panel of faculty, staff, and students to discuss problems and strategies. This will be an interactive and informative session.

The event is free and food will be provided; you can register online here:

http://olmiisprd.is.depaul.edu:8080//DCS/mcp?p=8003RM803RM80000000

Day: Friday, November 13th
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Location: Lincoln Park Student Center 380

Now on Google Wave

2009-10-30T08:27:00.004-05:00

Have started using Google Wave this morning. Will be messing about with Blogger integration later properly later. In the meantime, here is an embedded wave (hoping this works): You will need to be logged into Google Wave to see the embedded wave.

IPhone and Outlook/Exchange

2009-10-09T09:53:00.002-05:00

Good news for iPhone (and iPod Touch) owners. DePaul University has instructions (and an automated configuration utility) that will setup Exchange/Outlook e-mail on your device.

Instructions and the configuration utility can be found at http://iphone.depaul.edu

I highly recommend that you backup your both your iPhone/iPod Touch beforehand along with your Address Book and iCal Calendar. The default settings assume that you want to synchronize Outlook with your address book and calendar – you may not want to do this.

Teaching Commons Workshops

2009-09-14T14:38:00.000-05:00

DePaul's Teaching Commons is offering a series of Workshops. I think several of these may be of interest to Commerce faculty. Notable workshops include Darsie Bowden on helping students read effectively, and Garrett Grenz on engaging international students in the classroom.

Workshops are free to DePaul faculty. More information and registration can be found on the website:

http://teachingcommons.depaul.edu/events.html

MKT 595 - Online Class Started Wednesday

2009-09-10T14:08:00.001-05:00

The online version of MKT 595 started on Wednesday. If you have been unable to login to the course, please get in touch with me immediately.

Twitter in Higher Education: Usage Habits and Trends of Today’s College Faculty

2009-08-28T12:34:00.001-05:00

Faculty Focus has published a free report that provides some perspective on Twitter use in Higher Education. The PDF can be downloaded here:

http://www.facultyfocus.com/free-report/twitter-in-higher-education-usage-habits-and-trends-of-todays-college-faculty/

The 20-page report used survey data conducted between July and August of this year. About 2,000 respondents completed they survey. The majority of the faculty who responded do not use Twitter in Higher Education (for varying reasons.). The report is well worth a look.

Technology Tuesday: Blackboard Makeover

2009-08-27T14:08:00.002-05:00

On Tuesday I gave a short presentation on how to spruce up your Blackboard site with a simple makeover.

A video and PDF handout is now available. You can watch the video in a streaming format, or download to iPods, iPhones and iTunes and watch at your leisure. The video is about 25 minutes long. The PDF handout has some quick Blackboard tips and suggestions.

Feel free to share with your colleagues.