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Every mid September one of the treats in this business is attending the Gamechangers Summit, the annual gathering of the sports business community which triumphs the achievements of women leaders in sports business. While this event continues to evolve and grow, and it is a place where we see so many different faces, my hope …
Halfway through September 2019, a few thoughts on best practices past and present… In 1988 as a very young Sports Info Director at Monmouth College (now University) in New Jersey we were tasked with trying to do some different things to get people interested in a new Division 1 athletic program. This was a time …
An interesting question came up in our class at Columbia on Thursday, which has a great mix of students from around the globe in it. If you are working in the communications and marketing offices at the NBA in New York and China and you are following the FIBA World Cup and seeing the U.S. …
Eighteen years later today still remains a very tough day for many. I have written about our experience that day at the USTA, and linked to the story that we played here, with both the positive and the negative. We lost 39 from Fordham and 26 from my high school Xaverian as well as so …
Sometimes good listening can make rainbows out of rain. Case in point last week, as kids headed back to school. A student at Altamonte Elementary School in Florida wanted to represent his school of choice, the University of Tennessee, “College Colors Day,” when kids wore the colors of their favorite college or university. Simple idea. …
The fastest growing demo in the United States is the fifty and over market, a group, unless you are an ED medication largely is still missed by sports properties in the country, all looking to grab the younger demo as the fan for life. The reality is that those over fifty are living longer, have …
This week the NFL announced a wide ranging partnership with TicToc to engage more with a younger demo on the fast growing platform. Great news as we get closer to kickoff weekend. What is disappointing still is that many of the NFL’s most addressable faces and impactful individuals; head coaches, remain a vanishing breed on …
Last week as we did new student orientation at Columbia, we were asked what topics we were watching closely this fall; my answer was, and continues to be STEM and healthy lifestyle and its new nosiness opportunities. In that second category is the fast growing issue of clean water, both in developing countries and in …
Earlier this week ESPN posted a piece on the storytelling behind the scenes of the US Open, a great look see into telling a story behind the story, documented by comms veteran Dave Nagle. It reminded me of the way ESPN tells stories about the stories, which Chris LaPlaca has called 360 degree communications. It …
I got to know Noah Rubin as he rose up the tennis ranks, won Junior Wimbledon, spent time training at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy, had an outstanding year at Wake Forrest University and then turned pro. And while I have followed Noah from a distance, I had forgotten the impact he was having, not …