Future CoSIDA Conventions
2011: June 26-29, Marco Island, Fla. - Marriott (NEW DATES; please note date changes as of Aug. 13; previously dates listed were June 27-June 30)
2012: June 23-26, St. Louis, Mo.
2013: June 12-15, Orlando, Fla.
UPDATED July 15, 2010
CONVENTION IN REVIEW:
The 2010 CoSIDA Convention in San Francisco (July 4-7) was filled with innovative workshop programming and multiple opportunities to network with colleagues and corporate partners in one of the finest cities in the world!
The 2010 Convention took place Sunday, July 4 - Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco.
July 3:
San Francisco Convention workshop is here!
July 4:
CoSIDA Convention Day 1 Recap: Sunday, July 4
July 5:
CoSIDA Convention Day 2 Recap: Best Practices & Solutions Day (July 5)
July 6:
CoSIDA Convention Day 3 Recap: Strategic Communications Day (July 6)
July 7: CoSIDA Convention Day 4 Digital Summit Day Resource Guide: Finding digital solutions for your size shop (July 7)
July 8:
CoSIDA Convention Presentation: Putting together an effective social media policy (by Chris Syme, Montana State, and CoSIDA Chair of New Media/Technology Commitee)
July 9:
CoSIDA Convention: DII SIDs becoming strategic about communication
July 14:
In Review: Ari Fleischer, CoSIDA Convention Keynote Speaker (July 5, YouTube Video)
also at this link: Transcript of Keynote Address provided by ASAP Sports, CoSIDA's Official Instant Transcripts Provider
July 14:
CoSIDA Elects News Officers and Board of Directors members; Temple University's Larry Dougherty assumes presidency for 2010-11
July 15:
From Best Practices & Solutions Day: What’s new, what’s different, what’s up with NCAA Statistics for 2010-2011
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Visitor’s Guide: San Francisco
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Only in San Francisco: Official Visitors Site for San Francisco
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San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
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San Francisco Guide: Where to Go and What to Do
Special thanks to 2010 CoSIDA Convention Sponsors
2010 CoSIDA Convention Sponsor Directory (.doc)
2010 CoSIDA Convention Sponsor Directory (PDF)
Convention Hotel Registration & Rates
June 14: The CoSIDA hotel room rates of $129.00 per night are no longer available. That $129.00 room rate per night has ended, based on total Hotel Occupancy. That $129.00 per night rate was guaranteed through the CoSIDA pre-registration period (March 1-June 11, 2010). Based on availability, the Marriott Marquis currently has standard rooms at the rate of $169.00+tax between the dates of July 1-8.
2) If you wish to reserve a room after June 14, call:
1-800-266-9432 (U.S.) or
1-506-474-2009 (International calls)
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San Francisco Marriott Marquis website
Convention Workshop Registration
Online Preregistration CLOSED on June 11, 2010.
Individuals who wish to register after Friday, June 11 will pay at the workshop only with these on-site registration rates: $325 for non-CoSIDA members, $225 for CoSIDA members and $225 each for spouses, friends and children. This registration fee is only payable on-site at the Marriott Marquis (see registration times listed below in the schedule).
Convention Program/Workshop Schedule
• Sunday, July 4: Divisional & Committee Meetings Day and Welcome Reception
9-10 am CoSIDA Chapel Service
9:30-11:30 am NAIA SIDs Meeting
10 am-3 pm Convention Registration
10 am-Noon Academic All-America Committee Meeting
Noon-1:30 pm Welcome Reception (Exhibitor Hall- noon)
Headline Sponsor: NFL
Premier Sponsors: Collegiate Images/XOS, Orange Bowl, USA Hockey, The Sporting News, Rivals/Yahoo! Sports
Contributing Sponsors: Wuerffel Trophy, USA Basketball, Disney Sports, Football Bowl Association, Pursuant Sports, AOL Fanhouse, Eclaro International, Football Writers Association of America, Big 12 Conference, National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, American Football Coaches Association, Big East Conference, Pac-10 Conference, Big Ten Conference, Southeastern Conference, Good Karma Broadcasting, Florida Citrus Sports, College PressBox.com, United States Basketball Writers Association, American Baseball Coaches Association, ARA Sportsmanship Award, NCAA Football, Cotton Bowl, Music City Bowl, Learfield Communications, Licensing Resource Group, Lindy's Publications, NABC, Conference USA, MyTEAMBOOK.net, Paul Hornung Award, ACC
1-2:00 p.m. Southeastern Conference SIDs Meeting
Job Seekers Committee Meeting
1:30-3:30 p.m. NCAA Statistics and Records Advisory Board Meeting
1:30-2:30 p.m. Junior College SIDs Meeting
2:00-5:00 p.m. Job Seekers Meeting
Coordinator: Lawrence Fan, San Jose State
2- 3:00 p.m. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) SIDs Meeting
Goodwill Committee Meeting
New Media/Technology Committee Meeting
3-4:30 p.m. Division II SIDs Meeting
Division III SIDs Meeting
5-6:30 p.m. Black College Sports Information Directors Meeting
• Monday, July 5: Best Practices & Solutions Day
8-11 am Registration
10 am- 4 pm Exhibit Hall Open (except during luncheon from 12-2 pm)
8-9 am Personal Balance & Family (Gary Pine, Azusa Pacific, Blake Timm, Pacific-Ore., TBA)
Communicating with family and working together to achieve work-life balance.
8-9 am CoSIDA 101 (Dan Drutz, St. Peter's, April Emory (Elizabeth City State), Sarah Meier (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference; Kevin Ruple, Baldwin-Wallace)
To be discussed: For newer members in the profession: Working in the college and university divisions, dealing with major city media, getting involved with CoSIDA, and administrative opportunities beyond the nuts-and-bolts SID duties.
9-11:50 am Writing for the Web Seminar (Dr. Don Ranly, Univ. of Missouri; moderator: Dennis O'Donnnell, Univ. of Rochester)
Don Ranly, Ph.D., professor emeritus of the Missouri School of Journalism where he taught for 32 years and headed the magazine program for 28 years, has conducted more than 1,000 writing, editing and publishing seminars. Author of books and articles in these areas, Dr. Ranly is internationally sought as a writing, editing and publication expert and a popular presenter at previous CoSIDA Conventions.
Noon-2 pm CoSIDA Awards Luncheon
(Luncheon Sponsors: SIDEARM Sports, Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award, Sports Systems, TRZ Sports)
2-2:50 pm Credentialing Issues in a New Media Environment (Panelists: Latonya Sadler, Big Ten Conference Associate Director of Communications; Leonard Reich, Mount Union; moderator TBA)
3-3:50 pm NCAA Statistics (J.D. Hamilton, NCAA Assistant Director of Statistics; Bonnie Senappe, NCAA Assistant Director of Statistics; Jeff Williams, NCAA Assistant Director of Statistics; Jim Wright, NCAA Director of Statistics; moderator: Eric McDowell, Union)
3-3:50 Senior Communicators Meeting
4-5:15 pm Table Topics (TBA)
5:30-7:30 pm ESPN Welcome Reception
• Tuesday, July 6: Strategic Communications Day
panels/presenters to date:
8-9:00 am Dealing with Sudden Success and Difficult Seasons (Rob Knox, Kutztown; Jim Seavey, Massachusetts Maritime)
9-10:00 am The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and You - (Ari Fleischer; Bill Hancock, BCS Executive Director; moderator: Charles Bloom, SEC)
9:00-10 am Image and Enhancement (Cindy Fotti, Columbia College; Rich Hermann, Clarion; Dave Wrath, Augustana)
Defining a leadership style for the sports communicator. To be discussed: Strategies to enhance the person and the position on and off campus.
10 am-4 pm Exhibit Hall Open (except during luncheon from 12-2 pm)
10-11:00 am When It Comes to Reputation, What's Your Win-Loss Record? (Bonnie Caver, Caver Public Relations)
Former SID Bonnie Caver, now President of Caver Public Relations based in Austin, Texas, will talk about reputation management. Social media monitoring, strategic communications, crisis management, media relations, athletes, coaches, fans, athletic directors, presidents, publications, NCAA, Web sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and the list of what you do on a daily basis seems to go on and on. Have you ever stopped to think about what ultimately results from your work? Reputation! How are you helping your institution guide reputation - are you winning or are you losing?
Communicators are being tasked with reputation management in corporations and universities alike. In this session, we'll discuss the changing environment, the basic elements of reputation and how your to-do list has impact.
11-11:50 am Crisis Communications (Ben Porritt, Outside Eyes; moderator: Christopher Lakos, Georgia)
Ben Porritt is a partner and Senior Strategist of Outside Eyes. He is a strategy team leader for major corporate clients and lead Strategist for crisis projects. Prior to joining Outside Eyes, Porritt served as the Press Secretary for Majority Leader in the House of Representatives. Before that, Porritt served as Deputy Communication Director for Department of Justice and Deputy Press Secretary for the 55th Presidential inaugural Committee. Porritt also served as a Spokesman during the 2004 presidential campaign after working in the White House Communications Office. Porritt has worked with the media on national and regional scale and has been interviewed on television and radio outlets across the country.
Noon-2 pm CoSIDA Awards Luncheon (Keynote Speaker: Ari Fleischer)
(Luncheon Sponsors: ASAP Sports, CBS College Sports Network, Lowe's Senior CLASS Award)
2-2:50 pm Strategic Messaging Panel – Ari Fleischer (moderator: CoSIDA 1st VP Larry Dougherty, Temple)
As former White House press secretary, Ari Fleischer was the primary spokesperson for President Bush. He served as spokesman during the historic presidential recount, September 11th, two wars and the anthrax attack. His best-selling book, Taking Heat, details his years in the White House and reached #7 on The New York Times best-seller list. Since leaving the White House, Fleischer has worked extensively in the world of sports. He has helped Major League Baseball deal with its controversies, as well as its opportunities, and he has worked for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. He also helps advise several major corporations about their communications issues.
3-3:50 pm NCAA Strategic Planning Panel - Erik Christianson (NCAA Director of Public and Media Relations
It's the hot PR buzz term of the moment: strategic communications. But what does it really mean? And how do you really do it? In this presentation, the NCAA's Erik Christianson will describe how the NCAA retooled its Public and Media Relations group from a reactive, just-answer-the-phones office to a unit focused on strategic communications and issues management. And he will unveil the NCAA's strategic communications roadmap, how it was developed, and how that model of communications planning and strategy can be utilized at campuses and conferences regardless of size or resources.
Following the presentation, CoSIDA members will move into breakout sessions by NCAA division for further discussion of strategic communications. In particular, NCAA Vice Presidents Mike Racy of Division II and Dan Dutcher of Division III will help lead the conversations in those breakout sessions focused on their respective divisional strategic positioning initiatives.
4-4:50 pm Division I Breakout: Erik Christianson, NCAA Director of Public and Media Relations; Charles Bloom, SEC; Larry Dougherty, Temple)
4-4:50 pm Division II Breakout: Mike Racy, NCAA Vice President for Division II; Bob Fortosis (Eckerd), Division II Management Council; Julie Ruppert, Commissioner, Northeast 10 Conference; Eric Schoh (Wayne State), Vice President for Div. II Athletic Directors Association; moderator: Rich Hermann, Clarion)
4-4:50 pm Division III Breakout: Dan Dutcher, NCAA Vice President for Division III ; Jo Jo Rinebold, NCAA Managing Director of Brand Strategy and Events; Jennifer Royer, NCAA Associate Director of Public and Media Relations; moderator: Bill Wagner, DePauw)
6-8 pm CoSIDA Hall of Fame Gala
(Gala Sponsors: ESPN, NCAA)
This new event will combine the Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the CoSIDA Hall of Fame induction ceremonies into one gala event.
• Wednesday, July 7: Digital Summit Day
panels/presenters to date:
8-8:50 am CoSIDA Business Meeting
9 am-Noon Exhibit Hall Open
9-9:50 am The Changing Face of Television (Mike Jaquet, Vice President of Advertising, CBS College Sports; Ilan Ben-Hanan, ESPN Senior Director, West Coast Programming; Bill Rasmussen, ESPN Founder & TV visionary; moderator TBA)
Where the business is going and how it affects SIDs.
10-10:50 am Being Your Own Media (Joe Hornstein, Central Florida; Bill Smith, Arkansas; Ronnie Ramos, NCAA; moderator TBA)
With media shrinking day by day due to financial times, colleges must find other ways to get the word out. Options, opportunities and software/hardware at different price points for generating your own online PR will be discussed.
11-12:50 am Social Networking Trends & Topics (Andres Acosta, Social Media Director, David Perry & Associates; Pam Truswell, founder of "Actionscape" online sports social media; Chris Syme, Montana State (TBA-moderator)
David Perry & Associates is a full service strategic communications, marketing, public and media relations firm based in San Francisco. This panel will focus on social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and how SID offices are using the technology or could use it if they are not involved with it right now.
Noon Lunch (on your own), and CoSIDA's Community Service Project (TBA)
2:30-3:30 pm You CAN do Video (Bob Lowe, Greensboro College; Mark Fratto, St. John's)
3:30-5:15 pm Best Practices for YOUR size shop (mini-panels/breakout session)
· video production & editing
· Photoshop/desktop publishing for the web
· online audio/live streaming
· Twitter
· Facebook
· what's NEXT?
4:15-5 pm Publications Awards Ceremony
5-7 pm CoSIDA Farewell Happy Hour (5:30-7:30 p.m.)
(Sponsors: Rose Bowl Game, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Heisman Memorial Trophy)
7 pm Oakland A's-New York Yankees game
(reserve your CoSIDA tickets by contacting Rob Knox, CoSIDA Board of Directors representative, at this email address: kubears@gmail.com)
- Tickets are $26 and must be paid for on site in San Francisco during the annual convention.
- Each CoSIDA member registered for the conference is limited to purchase a maximum of four tickets.
- Specific information will be sent out closer to the convention about where to pay for and pick up tickets.
- TRANSPORTATION TO THE GAME: There is public transportation available from San Francisco to Oakland via BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority). It is about a 25-minute trip from the hotel to the game. You must take the Fremont-bound train, get off at the Coliseum station and use the walkway to the stadium. Round trip fare from the Montgomery or Powell Street stations to the Coliseum is $7.60.
Exhibitor Information
(DEADLINE TO REGISTER was JUNE 1, 2010)
EXHIBITOR'S RECEPTION
To kick off the Convention activities, an Exhibitor's Reception will take place Sunday, July 4 from noon-1:30 p.m. for all Convention attendees in the Exhibitor's area.
EXHIBITS HOURS
Sun., July 4: set-up 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Sun., July 4: Exhibitors Reception (Noon-1:30 p.m.)
Mon., July 5: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.*
Tue., July 6: 10:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.*
Wed., July 7: 9:00 a.m. - Noon.
*Closed from noon-2:00 p.m. during luncheons
For questions on being an Exhibitor at the 2010 Convention, contact:
Paul Allan, CoSIDA Convention Exhibitors Chair
Office: (507) 389-2625
Fax: (507) 389-1923
paul.allan@mnsu.edu
View Complete Exhibitor Information, Pricing and Contract
Please Note: deadline to register is June 1, 2010
Public Transportation In & Around San Francisco, Oakland Airports
Public Transportation In and Around San Francisco, Oakland Airports
- One-way subway/train fare via the Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority (BART) from San Francisco International Airport to the Powell Street station (closest to Marriott Marquis) is $8.10.
- Cab fare from San Francisco airport to Marriott Marquis is approximately $50.00 with tip. The Blue Super Shuttle service - with no discounts - is $17.00.
- One also can use BART from the Oakland International Airport/Coliseum station to Powell Street for $3.80 each way. There is a bus bridge that gets you from Oakland International to the Coliseum station.
- For more information on public ground transportation from the airports, see http://www.sftravel.com/shutl.html .
Convention News
Oct. 20, 2009- Noted PR communications leader Ari Fleischer will serve as keynote speaker at the 2010 CoSIDA Convention in San Francisco
Meeting Space/Committee Rooms
All CoSIDA Committee chairs, conference PR directors and Presidents of CoSIDA affiliated groups wishing to request meeting space during the Convention were asked to contact CoSIDA 1st VP Larry Dougherty and Barb Kowal, CoSIDA Director of External Affairs, to request appropriate space. That deadline has passed, but if you still require a meeting space, please contact them immediately with the date (July 4 or 5) and the maximum number of people expected to attend. Dougherty and Kowal will work with CoSIDA's master meeting room space schedule and try to accommodate your request.
These requests should be provided to:
Larry Dougherty: larrydoc@temple.edu
Barb Kowal: barbkowal@cosida.com