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One more brief digression from best practices of others for a moment. Earlier this summer we did a summer high school class for The School of the NY Times who want to learn about sports business. This year we copied a policy that the Columbia B School and some of our grad classes have; no …
There are an endless number of apps and services that will help you refine and bookmark reading for whatever topic or genre you want. Columbia University Director of Athletics Peter Piling just showed me Instapaper as a bookmarking tool, and many, myself included, feel that Twitter used right is really a great resource to track …
I was honored to have written this piece as the cover story for CoSIDA Magazine this month. The link is here… We’re the diggers, the storytellers, the listeners, the notetakers, the partners, the fixers; yet for all the work we do in a people business, the pressures we take on to help other people can …
For a good part of America, college football owns Saturdays in the fall. So as we have done with other leadership groups, we decided to take a look at how engaged college football coaches at the top 131 programs are on social. Our colleague Tanner Simkins of the Complete SET Agency did the digging, and …
“We are all in the storytelling business – whether we are creating a compelling story or pitching it… we all have platforms now, the athletes have platforms, and that first person perspective is very powerful.” –NBA Executive Vice President of Communications Mike Bass So it was on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Times Square, with …
Over the years I have become less of a saver of things, thanks, to my wife Laura. Going through and jettisoning “stuff,” physical and mental, is not just a way to create areas for new “stuff,” it serves as a thought starter for what’s important, and who and what you meet and experience along the …
Anyone who is around sports or entertainment knows at least a little about the star power of the Golden State Warriors. Whether Steve Kerr’s team wins the NBA title again this year or not, the household names not just on the court but in the front office, have transcended every area of popular culture, entrepreneurship, …
By now the praise not just the University of Maryland Baltimore County men’s hoops team but their social media work has been well documented, and has certainly cemented the Retrievers as one of the feel good stories of March Madness both on and off the court. Some great takeaways from how UMBC engaged should be …
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 …
It’s back to school season, and that means for many a renewed interest in the business of college sports. One that many will be watching, albeit still quizzically, is the rise of esports and gaming on college campuses, not as much as recreation (where it has been for decades) but as an intercollegiate activity of …