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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
We had an amazing day on campus Thursday, and I will detail some nuanced takeaways in a few days...27 speakers, just under 600 attendees, nine hours of amazing content on everything from the NHL to Amazon, the NCAA, sports fashion and pop culture, the business of tennis and the disruptive growth of golf, sports finance …
It was a simple request this week from a student…then two, then ten…to clarify something on an assignment. “You ask us to use ‘the text,’ but what are you referring to because I don’t see it anywhere?” The evolving neuance of references rises again, and it served as a teachable moment. TEXT- to someone thirty …
It’s mid-October, middle of Q4 so let’s draw some inspiration from a list of recent podcast guests, all of whom have ended up in some pretty amazing spots when they chose to take the unconventional path. As always you can listen to all our pods here. From Walkon to Super Bowl Champ: We first learned …
Three schools, five classes, undergrad, high school and grad school in three days this week. A colleague asked me why…why did I feel the need to talk to students from Montclair and my high school in Brooklyn, Xaverian and with my to grad classes at Columbia this week from Tuesday morning through Thursday night, especially …
There is nothing more click worthy these days than a publicly played drama, especially when it involves celebrity, athlete, bold face names. The facts are secondary, the backstory is not a concern, the wreck and the name calling and the drama is what drives interest, for better or worse. From the WNBA to Chapel Hill, …
‘How many times do you reach out to someone before they actually hear you for the first time.” That was the question my longtime colleague Chris LaPlaca posed to our students in our two classes last week, where we were lucky enough to have him come in and speak for a while. The question was …
The NFL, like most of the major leagues, are no stranger to the glitz, the glamor and the buzz of popular culture. We have power couples from the NBA to MLB to NWSL to the WNBA to the NHL to NASCAR. Musicians want to be athletes, athletes want to be rock stars, and they like hanging …
We head into the final quarter of 2025, and a similar question we look at almost yearly continues to come up in discussions as to how to cut through the noise out there. Should we be sharing info, creating dialogue or just making sure we are trying to stay aware. And where do we go …
As the school year gets deeper as the calendar turns from September to October we often are asks for tips on how we can stay in front of the curve or gain ground looking for new opportunities. One thing that we always remind people…anybody…about is how to make your narrative unique so people fully remember and …
We talk so much about the value of showing up and taking a chance by going down a road not usually planned, it may seem overused, but it is a gift that keeps giving, especially when you look for curious teachable moments. The latest occurred on Friday in New York, when my colleague Laura Dixon …
