Friday, May 14, 2010
The CoSIDA Convention - San Antonio, Texas
Bill's blog from June 24, 2009:
Last June, I traveled to Tampa to meet the unsung heroes of college sports, the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The backbone of college sports, CoSIDA members are the vital link in communications between each team and the fanz, the media, and the general public. Their work is behind-the-scenes, getting the schedules, scores, and stories out to the world, running the press boxes and press row at games around the country, and ensuring that their college or university has their best stories told to a wide range of audiences.
In the year since that meeting, College Fanz has become a partner with CoSIDA in reaching their fanz through their athletic website, and through College Fanz. We are a partner website for each college's athletic website - a place where their fanz can interact with other fanz, a place where each college’s fanz can check out the competition for next week's game and next month's game - all in one place. We introduced America’s College Scoreboard with their contributions, through their personal Virtual Pressbox, and we’ve created additional enhancements to College Fanz that are exclusive member benefits for CoSIDA.
This week, we have again joined CoSIDA at their annual convention, this year in San Antonio. While some of us are visiting the Alamo and other historic sites, our focus as always is in providing CoSIDA members a social media platform to engage their fanz. As their “team owner,” it is critical that they use College Fanz to reach the fanz who will never attend a game but follow a particular student-athlete or team. We’re pleased that College Fanz provides CoSIDA with the platform to reach their fanz.
For all fanz, we’ll be introducing some major enhancements to College Fanz this month and throughout the summer, including live video-streaming webcasts of selected college games, a cross-country tour visiting college campuses around the U.S.A.
College Fanz has grown tremendously over the past year, and we are gearing up for the start of our third year with a new look to the web site and even more enhancements. It has been my dream to enhance the fanz experience, to include the fanz -- allow them to show their passion for their favorite team, show their school colors, and take on their greatest rival. With the College Fanz Sports Network, we have been able to do what no school has dared to do - allow the fanz to have their say!
Last June, I traveled to Tampa to meet the unsung heroes of college sports, the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The backbone of college sports, CoSIDA members are the vital link in communications between each team and the fanz, the media, and the general public. Their work is behind-the-scenes, getting the schedules, scores, and stories out to the world, running the press boxes and press row at games around the country, and ensuring that their college or university has their best stories told to a wide range of audiences.
In the year since that meeting, College Fanz has become a partner with CoSIDA in reaching their fanz through their athletic website, and through College Fanz. We are a partner website for each college's athletic website - a place where their fanz can interact with other fanz, a place where each college’s fanz can check out the competition for next week's game and next month's game - all in one place. We introduced America’s College Scoreboard with their contributions, through their personal Virtual Pressbox, and we’ve created additional enhancements to College Fanz that are exclusive member benefits for CoSIDA.
This week, we have again joined CoSIDA at their annual convention, this year in San Antonio. While some of us are visiting the Alamo and other historic sites, our focus as always is in providing CoSIDA members a social media platform to engage their fanz. As their “team owner,” it is critical that they use College Fanz to reach the fanz who will never attend a game but follow a particular student-athlete or team. We’re pleased that College Fanz provides CoSIDA with the platform to reach their fanz.
For all fanz, we’ll be introducing some major enhancements to College Fanz this month and throughout the summer, including live video-streaming webcasts of selected college games, a cross-country tour visiting college campuses around the U.S.A.
College Fanz has grown tremendously over the past year, and we are gearing up for the start of our third year with a new look to the web site and even more enhancements. It has been my dream to enhance the fanz experience, to include the fanz -- allow them to show their passion for their favorite team, show their school colors, and take on their greatest rival. With the College Fanz Sports Network, we have been able to do what no school has dared to do - allow the fanz to have their say!
Labels: cosida, san_antonio, texas
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