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It’s a good week to talk about content creators. We had Dylan Sadiq, “The College Cuber,” and we recently caught up with “The King of NBA twitter,” Josiah Johnson on our podcast at Columbia (which we have just wrapped up six years doing by the way). Johnson, who ironically told us he had the unique …
In our class we often talk about how you distinguish yourself from those around you, what resonates when people close their eyes and see you as a person…how you stood out ever so subtly from the crowd. It doesn’t have to be loud, it doesn’t have to be brash, but identifying and then expanding the …
Tossing Teddy’s are back across North America, and that’s a good thing. From The Maritimes to California, a hockey holiday rite of charity has returned in full force the past few weekends…The Teddy Bear Toss. (Great summary of all the sites and the numbers tossed to date here). Now it used to be only in …
“He wasn’t there because his publicist told him to be there, and to be nice. He was there because he wanted to be.” There were so many amazing tributes wrote about the late Stephen Sondheim in the past few weeks, but Laura Collins-Hughes’ piece in the New York Times told yet another story that showed …
“You’re the guy, but you got to give a lot. You can’t go in there pounding your fist. You’ll never make it.” This line from Michael Rosenberg’s recent SI.com story about Penny Hardaway coaching at his alma mater, The University of Memphis gave some great insight into adaptive leadership, and how much brand value coaches …
As we had toward 2022 the issues and opportunities with regard to engagement in social continues to ebb and flow. While TikTok and its pushes more engagement amongst a growing using audience than ever before, all based around a complicated algorithm of shares and engagement. This speaks to the ongoing issue with social media and …
There it was again this Thanksgiving, in tis cherished end zone spot in the home of the Cowboys, the familiar red kettles of The Salvation Army. It is a partnership that dates back decades, but remains one of the most unique in the NFL. Why? Try finding another singular cause, or even a team-specific brand, …
A few weeks ago I was walking on a beautiful Thursday through Central Park to where our Columbia class is this semester, in the tower of Riverside Church. I had spent about 45 minutes on the phone while traversing the beauty of the park talking to a longtime friend and colleague, Mandy Antoniacci, who almost …
Penned this for the North American Society For Sports Management (NASSM) in 2018, all holds true three years later… Much is made about how to navigate the complicated and very fluid professional waters we are in today. As someone who has been at this for over 35 years and has spent the last 13 years …
It turns out that Professional Bull Riders’ (PBR) comeback from COVID-19 — as the first sport to resume competition while the pandemic surged in 2020 and first to host fans back inside indoor arenas safely — will have a greater impact than providing the safety protocols influencing all other sports’ eventual return to competition. Two …
