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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
‘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 …
We are always looking for tangible ways to convey curiosity and anecdotal learning, especially given how time challenged we are. Maybe it’s a little easier for older people…let’s say 40 and older…but for those we encounter in classrooms from seventh grade through grad school, the challenge of cutting through distractions, bombardment of messages, visual stimuli, …
“Bask not in the glow of all you have accomplished; Enjoy the light just beginning to rise around you as well.” – me ? I was sitting on this early Saturday morning looking at our beautiful tree and thinking how lucky we are to have what we have here in our little spot in New …
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 …
Sometimes it seems like the changes come first up north. In 2003 the Toronto Maple Leafs shocked the sports and media world by breaking news on their website first about the firing of a coach. The amount of coverage the team received by bypassing the traditional set off alarms across the media landscape. Alarms for …
When we were lucky enough to be asked to update our text “Sports Publicity” in 2013, we called on several of those in the media industry who have been around the evolving world of communications for a while, and asked them what they have seen in terms of changes and how they have been able …
Last week Sean Dennison Director of Corporate Communications at Major League Soccer had a wonderful behind the scenes look at Clint Dempsey’s media tour as he returned to the U.S. to play for the Seattle Sounders. While fans saw Dempsey in a wide variety of media outlets, Dennison was able to provide an even better …
