College Sports Communicators

CoSIDA's first event in its new Racial & Social Justice Initiative. Learn more at CoSIDA.com/CoSIDAforChangeThe conversation featured:• Jessica Poole – CoSIDA Second Vice President and Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Operations and Revenue Generation, Chicago State• Kenisha Rhone – Director of Digital Media and Social Strategy, Belmont University• Scottie Rodgers – Directo...

Members of CoSIDA's Mentorship Committee - Shawn Medeiros, Hannah Bradley and Lindy Brown - give information on the upcoming 2020-21 mentorship program and share advice on important details to keep in mind when signing up for the program, including preferences for division, experience, gender or location of a mentor or mentee. Program participants Mex Carey and Taylor Garcia share their exper...

Download: Modernizing CoSIDA's Governance Structure https://bit.ly/367biu8As the current framework of CoSIDA’s governance structure looks much the same as it did during its first years of existence (60+ years ago) while CoSIDA has grown exponentially and our profession has changed dramatically, earlier this year a CoSIDA Governance Review Working Group was formed to examine the governance str...

This next installment in our special leadership webinar series saw three high-level athletic administrators (two Director of Athletics, one Deputy Commissioner) offer insights, suggestions and solutions to today’s greatest challenges and opportunities in communications as we navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic and an uncertain college sports future. The presenters talked about the best ways and...

The discussion on the May 12th webinar revolved around changing role of an athletic communications professional amid COVID-19 and how SIDs are adding value to their campuses as a whole. Specifically: - In our current environment, what are some of the content ideas and strategies to meet your administration’s expectations? How best to deal with the pressures to be productive in our current remote s...

Presenters from both the NCAA Media Coordination and Statistics staff and from the NAIA outline the new policies for statistical record-keeping, historical files, listings of team/coaches/championship records and standings with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college sports. They discussed how winter sports championships stats and records, which were disrupted, and spring sports, which were...

Part five of our CoSIDA Listening and Leading webinar series focused on introduction of the 2020 CoSIDA Salary Survey which was conducted in February, before the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. Presenters included Mary Beth Challoner (University of Toronto) and E.J. Borghetti (University of Pittsburgh) of the CoSIDA advocacy committee, and Mike and Jennifer Cross of survey partner...

How did your institution handle COVID-19 communication and how we can better prepare for the future? The COVID-19 situation has become a worldwide pandemic and communication failures have made headline news. How did your campus handle the COVID-19 situation with communication to students, faculty, staff and the public? What are creative ideas we can use to get the word out? How can we work with un...

In this webinar, we heard from the four presenters below - from large and small schools - on strategies, techniques and examples of content they are using and doing during the COVID-19 crisis. Hundreds of you joined the webinar, and we appreciate all the questions, too! The presenters focused on what this pandemic and crisis is teaching us about our content creation and marketing and how we can be...

Part 3 of CoSIDA's Listening and Leading webinar series presented by Capital One, featured Continuing Education Committee Chair Nick Guerriero (George Washington University) posing questions to the CoSIDA national staff on strategies for effectively working from home. Featuring• Doug Vance, CoSIDA Executive Director• Will Roleson, CoSIDA Associate Executive Director• Barb Kowal, CoSIDA Direct...

In part 2 of CoSIDA's Listening and Leading webinar series presented by Capital One, we're joined by sports psychologist (and 2019 CoSIDA Convention presenter) Dr. Jarrod Spencer as he discussed dealing with anxiety and uncertainly in our COVID-19 environment and how you can manage your anxieties and concerns. The webinar was hosted by Trip Durham of 2DConsulting, LLC. Numerous questions...

In part 1 of CoSIDA's Listening and Leading webinar series presented by Capital One, President Herb Vincent (SEC) and Executive Director Doug Vance updated the membership on where the organization is on a variety of topics. The latest updates on the #CoSIDA2020 Convention and all of CoSIDA's other planning can be found at CoSIDA.com/covid19.They were joined moderator Nick Guerriero – Geo...

Aaron Morse of Bates College and the CoSIDA New Media Committee hosted a conversation with SIDs to talk through reactions and courses of action in the time of COVID-19. He was joined by Emily McMillan, University of Evansville Assistant Director of Media Relations, Don Vieth, Northeastern State University Assistant Athletics Director, Strategic Communications, and Gregor Walz, University of Puget...

Chris Plonsky has worked in college athletics since 1976 and is completing her 30th year at The University of Texas. She is executive senior associate athletics director/chief of staff and for conference and NCAA governance, and also serves as UT's senior woman administrator (SWA). During her career, she has managed the areas of sponsorship, communications, marketing, licensing and TV. She ha...

Presenters• Jordyn Ballard – West Texas A&M University • A.J. Forbes – The Trust (Powered by the NFL's Player Association) • Andrew Mindeman – Covenant College• Laurie Bollig, CoSIDA Director of Membership EngagementModerator• Clark Teuscher, North Central College Calling all athletic communications/sports information student assistants, undergraduate and graduate, and all other students...

Cassie Kelley of Abilene Christian and Rob Cunningham of Thomas Jefferson join Katie Mucci and Katie Gwinn Hewitt as the group talks about the challenges of multitasking and delegating duties on game days.

Panelists:• Rebecca Gaona – Old Dominion University• Carolayne Henry – Mountain West Conference• Andy Seeley – Florida Atlantic University• Krystal Warren – Dayton UniversityModeratorShawn Medeiros – Endicott CollegeIn honor of January being National Mentorship Month, CoSIDA will presented this webinar on Tuesday, Jan. 28.Mentorship is a critical component of career and professional growth, but ma...

For the past 16 years, Jim Abbott has served as Assistant Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics, Director of Athletics at Oklahoma City University. OCU is a member of the NAIA and has captured back-to-back Directors' Cup titles the past two years. During each of Abbott’s 16 years at OCU, the department has placed in the top 15 of the Learfield Sports Director’s Cup rankings, which measu...

Omar Banks (Campbell Director of Athletics), Sara Braun (Rogers State SWA/Associate AD) and Kristene Kelly, Ed. D. (Dartmouth Sr. Associate AD/SWA/Deputy Title IX Coord.), discuss the value and role of athletic communications on their campuses, strategies on elevating and distinguishing yourself and your your role, and what they look for in leaders. All three have a background in athletic communic...

Mary-Beth A. Cooper, PhD, DM, became the 13th President of Springfield College in August 2013. Under her leadership, Springfield, aNCAA Division III institution in Western Massachusetts, re-dedicated itself to the Humanics philosophy (spirit/mind/boy) and mission of leadership and service. Dr. Cooper is an advocate of the athletics communications profession, with a deep understanding of the import...

John Currie, Director of Athletics at Wake Forest, talks about how he, from an internship in the Wake Forest athletic development office, became a leader in college sports and how he always attempted to “manage up”; how he’s lived in 10 different houses and his children have attended four different schools as he built his career; keys to building relationships; the importance of collaborating and...

With David Aldrich, Leah Secondo and Patrick Stevens

Hosts Katie Mucci and Katie Gwinn Hewitt are joined by guests Shawn Medeiros of Endicott and Brian Savard of Plattsburgh State in part 2 of this podcast.

Hosts Katie Mucci and Katie Gwinn Hewitt are joined by guests Shawn Medeiros of Endicott and Brian Savard of Plattsburgh State.

Aaron Morse of Bates and Paul Grua of Weber State of the CoSIDA New Media Committee discuss podcasting.