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It is one thing to talk about wearables and their potential, it’s another to actually see the technology implemented in a game or a match and follow, albeit from a distance, in actual game play. On Saturday at Red Bull Arena, while so many colleagues were hearing from experts about the future at the trio …
My grandfather always told me you have two ears and one mouth, so you listen twice more than you speak. He would be very happy with the continued rise of audio as a medium. From radio to podcasting, audio has not been this popular since the 1950’s, and the rise of podcasting in and around …
This week at an event at The Paley Center in Manhattan on sports media hosted by the School of Communications and Media at Montclair State University, longtime New York Times writer Harvey Araton talked about three very important points in the ever-changing world of media. First is that those members of the media who do …
Guest post; Rick Liebling is an independent marketing consultant with more than 15 years of sports marketing experience. You can follow him on Twitter: @RickLiebling After many successful years in professional soccer, most recently as the Senior Vice President, Global Sponsorship for MLS / Soccer United Marketing, David Wright has traded his shin pads for …
Fashion Week is quickly coming upon us, so why not talk wearable tech and fashion in athletic apparel? University of Denver business school alum Jake Waxenberg is the Director of Brand Strategy for Athos, the next generation of smart clothing. The Del Mar, California native trained at IMG Soccer Academy and the Athletes Performance Institute …
For as long as there has been college sports, the group that does all the communications, in many cases still mislabeled as Sports Information Directors, have been undervalued at a majority of intercollegiate institutions big and small. However as the role of storytelling has changed in a more digital and tech friendly era where Universities …
Last fall, cricket legends Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar brought a group of elite former cricket players from around the globe to the United States for a Cricket All-Stars tour. They played in three massive baseball stadia (CitiField, Minute Maid Park and Dodgers Stadium) largely to crowds made up of passionate followers of the game …
Several years ago at The Ivy Sports Symposium, several marketers were asked to look into the future and describe what would be the ultimate in fan engagement. It was just after the launch of X Box Live, which was just beginning to change the way immersive gaming and fan interaction was being conducted, but limited …
Some of the greatest success stories in sport in the past few years have come when an organization has embraced the community and is a key part of the fabric of their city or town, and also turn that success into excellence on the field. We saw it last year, and again this year, with …
Millions hear Adam Schefter almost every day on ESPN and follow him on twitter as he talks and tweets all things NFL, but few times do fans ever get to hear the Long Island native talk about his thoughts not on the NFL, but on media in general, and his amazing growth in using the …
