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SPORTS PUBLICITY, MARKETING & BRAND BUILDING IN A NEW AGE: WITH JOE FAVORITO
In sports the idea of “being there” when “it” happened has kind of been lost in the past year. I was reminded of that this week when I saw the Drexel Men’s Basketball team make March Madness for the first time in 25 years. The game was played in an empty gym at James Madison …
There is a scene in the TV show “The Odd Couple” where Felix and Oscar are trying to fly to Houston together to help eliminate Felix’s fear of flying. It was optimal as Oscar was going to cover a Houston vs. San Diego NFL game and they could travel together. The problem was the plane …
This past week we got to talk to classes at Misericordia University and St. Bonaventure University about storytelling and best practices around our business, especially the lessons we have learned and will continue to push forward on the other side of The Pandemic. We always keep going back to some pretty simple ideas to move …
“Welcome to history.” Those were the first words I ever heard someone say to me as we entered the Palestra in Philadelphia. It was January 27, 1984, and as Manager of the Fordham University men’s basketball team I had walked into the hallowed halls at The University of Pennsylvania as we came in to practice …
A few weeks before Christmas, Jordan Teicher had a New York Times story with several former athletes, including ex New York Jet and Columbia grad Josh Martin, talking about the great value LinkedIn had brought to them in terms of connecting and storytelling as they figured out what is next in the post playing careers. …
It is 2020 and we all know how traditions have been reinvented or thrown out the window, only to be restarted in the future, and that’s OK. As we have heard from health officials so many times, the Virus does not have our timeline. However, I did realize this morning, here in the gap between …
As we head toward the re-start of the restarts of the NBA and the NHL, deeper into the chasm of college basketball and look ahead to MLB and MLS and so many other sports keep on keeping on in the first half of 2021, the question of dollar flow, especially with few or limited fans …
Did you know where the term “Touchpoints” came from? Bet you didn’t know it came from fencing. Read on, and listen as well, you are in for a business, storytelling and entrepreneurial treat. Michael Aufrichtig, Head Coach of Columbia University Fencing, joins us to discuss the state of the sport in 2020 (listen here) and …
One of the early segments in our book goes through some of the pioneers in sports communications and how they set the tone for the future. One of those is the legendary Joey Goldstein, whose time in New York involved some of the biggest events and stunts we have ever seen. Joey was always pitching. …
Myself, Scott Rosner and Carla Varriale-Barker are “The three,” the three members of our Columbia faculty teaching in what’s called a Hy Flex Environment this semester. One thing that has been stunning is not balancing those in the room with those following remotely, of adjusting to wearing a mask or having a camera all the …