Future CoSIDA Convention Sites
2011: Sunday-Wednesday, June 26-29: Marco Island, Fla.
2012: June 23-26: St. Louis, Mo.
2013: June 12-15: Orlando, Fla.
2010 CoSIDA Convention In Review
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
Convention Hotel Registration
SPECIAL CoSIDA ROOM RATE of $129.00 ENDED ON JUNE 13, 2010. The Marriott Marquis, based on availability, continues to offer rooms from July 1-7 - on a VERY LIMITED BASIS - for $149.00 per night plus tax. IF YOU NEED A ROOM, DO NOT HESITATE TO BOOK IT NOW!
To get the $149.00 per night rate, based on availability, click on one of these links (you will use a special CoSIDA group code entered in the field to the right- COSCOSO)
CoSIDA Room Rate ($149.00 - LIMITED AVAILABILITY
or San Francisco Marriott Marquis CoSIDA rooms
2010 Convention Workshop Registration
ONLINE PREREGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE WAS JUNE 11.
Individuals who wish to register after Friday, June 11 will pay ON-SITE at the Convention. Those rates are: $325 for non-CoSIDA members, $225 for CoSIDA members and $225 each for spouses, friends and children.
Convention Program/Workshop Schedule
Dress Code: With the exception of Tuesday’s Hall of Fame Gala (business dress), all receptions, programs and meals are business casual or casual dress attire. Please no tennis shoes, beach sandals, t-shirts or athletic apparel. Your cooperation is expected.
Note: All receptions, luncheons, dinners and panels are for registered attendees only. You must wear your registration badge to all events.
No Exceptions.
• Sunday, July 4 – Exhibitor Welcome Reception & Meetings Day
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. CoSIDA Chapel Service (Laurel Room)
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(CIAA) SIDs Meeting (Pacific C)
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Registration (Golden Gate Hall)
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Special Awards Committee (Sierra H)
10:00 a.m. – Noon NAIA SIDs Meeting (Nob Hill A-B)
Academic All-America Committee Meeting (Nob Hill C-D)
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Welcome Reception in Exhibitor Hall (Golden Gate Salon C)
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Job Seekers Committee Meeting (Sierra J)
1:30 – 3:30 p.m. NCAA Statistics & Records Advisory Board Meeting (Pacific F)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Junior College SIDs Meeting (Sierra I)
2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Job Seekers (Sierra J)
Coordinator: Lawrence Fan, San Jose State
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Goodwill Committee Meeting (Pacific H)
New Media/Technology Committee Meeting (Sierra H)
Membership Services Meeting (Pacific B)
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Division I SIDs Meeting (Nob Hill A-B)
Division II SIDs Meeting (Golden Gate Salon A)
Division III SIDs Meeting (Nob Hill C-D)
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Black College Sports Information Directors Assoc. Meeting
(Sierra H)
• Monday, July 5 – Best Practices & Solutions Day
8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Registration (Golden Gate Hall)
8:00 – 8:50 a.m. Personal Balance and Family (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Anne Abicht, St. Cloud State
PANELISTS: Gary Pine, Azusa Pacific; Blake Timm, Pacific-Ore.; Sandy Fleming, Moravian
Communicating with family and working together to achieve work-life balance.
8:00 – 8:50 a.m. CoSIDA 101 (Nob Hill A-D)
MODERATOR: Kevin Ruple, Baldwin-Wallace
PANELISTS: Dan Drutz, St. Peter’s; April Emory, Elizabeth City State; Sarah Meier, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
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.
9:00 – 11:50 a.m. Writing for the Web Seminar (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Dennis O’Donnell, Rochester
PANELIST: Dr. Don Ranly, Professor Emeritus, Missouri School of Journalism
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.
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall open (Golden Gate Hall Salon C; closed noon-2 pm)
11:00 a.m. – Noon Southeastern Conference SIDs Meeting (Pacific B)
Noon – 2:00 p.m. CoSIDA Awards Luncheon (Golden Gate Hall Salon B)
AWARDS: Lifetime Achievement; Jake Wade, Rising Star; Warren Berg
SPONSORS: SIDEARM Sports; Liberty Mutual Coach of Year Award; Sports Systems; TRZ Sports
2:00 – 2:50 p.m. Credentialing Issues in New Media Environment
(Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: John Painter, Tennessee
PANELISTS: John Paquette, BIG EAST Conference; Leonard Reich, Mount Union; Gregg Brandon, Vice President & General Counsel, Collegiate Images/XOS
2:00 – 2:50 p.m. Division III Conference SIDs Meeting (Pacific H)
3:00 – 3:50 p.m. NCAA Statistics Panel (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Eric McDowell, Union
PANELISTS: Jim Wright, NCAA Director of Statistics, J.D. Hamilton, NCAA Assistant Director of Statistics; Bonnie Senappe, NCAA Assistant Director of Statistics; Jeff Williams, NCAA Assistant Director of Statistics
3:00 – 3:50 p.m. Senior Communicators Meeting (Pacific I)\
3:00 – 3:50 p.m. FAME (Female Athletic Media Relations Executives) Meeting (Pacific J)
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
(CIAA) SIDs Meeting (Pacific B)
4:00 – 4:50 p.m. Publications Contest Committee Meeting (Pacific C)
4:00 – 5:15 p.m. Table Topics (Nob Hill A-D)
MODERATOR: Roy Pickerill, Kentucky Wesleyan
TOPICS: NCAA Statistics (Jim Wright, J.D. Hamilton, Bonnie Senappe, Jeff Williams, NCAA Statistics Staff; FlipCams for Webvideo (Andy Seeley, Minnesota); What media need to broadcast your Olympic sports (Mike Sondheimer, UCLA); NCAA Broadcast Policies/Selection Shows (Jeramy Michaels and Kristen Smith Jacob, NCAA); First Credentialed Tweeter; Budgets (Mark Fratto, St. John's); Hi…I am your SID (Blake Timm, Pacific University); Online Media Guides, ZMags (Diane Nordstrom, Wisconsin); Website Solutions (Tam Flarup, Wisconsin); Parents & Fans (RIcky Hoskin, Union [NY] and Dan Drutz, St. Peter's); Statistics Software Q&A (DakStats/Stat Crew)
Primary Supporters: Collegiate Images/XOS, USA Hockey, Orange Bowl Contributing Supporters: The Sporting News, Rivals/Yahoo! Sports
4:00 – 4:50 p.m. FWAA/USBWA Meeting & Presentation: Defining Today's Sportswriter (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Joe Mitch, USBWA
PANELISTS: Bryan Burwell, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, USBWA President; George Schroeder, Eugene Register-Guard, FWAA Past President; Jake Curtis, former sportswriter for the San Francisco Chronicle.
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. ESPN Reception (Golden Gate Hall Salon B)
7:00- 9:00 p.m. PacWest Conference SID Meeting (Pacific C)
• Tuesday, July 6 – Strategic Communications Day
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Dealing with Sudden Success and Difficult Seasons
(Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Frank Mercogliano, Idaho State
PANELISTS: Rob Knox, Kutztown; Jim Seavey, Massachusetts Maritime
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. The BCS and You (Nob Hill A-B)
MODERATOR: Charles Bloom, Southeastern Conference
PANELISTS: Bill Hancock, BCS Executive Director; Ari Fleischer, Ari Fleischer Sports Communications.
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Image and Enhancement (Nob Hill C-D)
MODERATOR: Chuck Sadowski, Bridgeport
PANELISTS: Cindy Fotti, Columbia College; Jack Neumann, Calgary; 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.
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall open (Golden Gate Salon C- closed noon-2 p.m.)
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. When It Comes to Reputation, What’s Your Win-Loss Record? (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Barb Kowal, CoSIDA
PANELIST: Bonnie Caver, Caver Public Relations
Former SID Bonnie Caver, now President of Caver Public Relations based in Austin, Texas, will talk about reputation management. She asks: 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.
11:00 – 11:50 a.m. Crisis Communications Panel (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Christopher Lakos, Georgia
PANELIST: Ben Porritt, Outside Eyes
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.
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. CoSIDA Awards Luncheon (Golden Gate Hall Salon B)
AWARDS: Arch Ward, Bob Kenworthy, Trailblazer, 25-Year
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ari Fleischer, Ari Fleischer Sports Communications
SPONSORS: ASAP Sports, CBS College Sports Network, Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
2:00 – 2:50 p.m. Strategic Messenging Panel (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Larry Dougherty, Temple
PANELIST: Ari Fleischer, Ari Fleischer Sports Communications
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.
3:00 – 3:50 p.m. NCAA Strategic Communications Panel
(Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Nick Joos, Baylor
PANELIST: 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, respective to their divisional strategic positioning initiatives.
4:00 – 4:50 p.m. Division I Communications Breakout (Golden Gate Salon A)
Erik Christianson, NCAA Director of Public and Media Relations, Charles Bloom, SEC, Larry Dougherty, Temple
Division II Breakout (Nob Hill A-B)
Mike Racy, NCAA Vice President for Division II; Bob Fortosis (Eckerd), Division II Management Council; Jill Willson, Division Governance; Julie Ruppert, Commissioner, Northeast 10 Conference; Eric Schoh (Wayne State), Vice President for Div. II Athletic Directors Association; Rich Hermann, Clarion
Division III Breakout (Nob Hill C-D)
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; Bill Wagner, DePauw
5:45 – 8:00 p.m. CoSIDA Hall of Fame Gala (Golden Gate Hall Salon B)
AWARDS: Academic All-America Hall of Fame; CoSIDA Hall of Fame; Lester Jordan; Dick Enberg
SPONSORS: ESPN and NCAA
• Wednesday, July 7 – Digital Summit Day
8:00 – 8:50 a.m. CoSIDA Business Meeting (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
9:00 a.m. – Noon Exhibit hall open (Golden Gate Hall Salon C, closed noon-2 p.m.)
9:00 – 9:50 a.m. The Changing Face of Television (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Kim Melcher, Mountain West Conference
PANELISTS: Ilan Ben-Hanan, ESPN Senior Director, West Coast Programming; Mike Jaquet, CBS College Sports, Vice President for Advertising, CBS College Sports; Bill Rasmussen, ESPN Founder and television visionary
Where the business is going and how it affects SIDs.
10:00 – 10:50 a.m. Being Your Own Media (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Jamie Weir Baldwin, Michigan State
PANELISTS: Joe Hornstein, Central Florida; Bill Smith, Arkansas; Ronnie Ramos, NCAA Managing Director of New Media Strategies
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.
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Social Networking (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Dan Drutz, St. Peter’s
PANELISTS: Andres Acosta, Social Media Director, David Perry & Associates; Pam Truswell, founder of "Actionscape" online sports social media; Chris Syme, Montana State; Malcolm Moran, Penn State University Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society
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.
12:30 – 2:15 p.m. Lunch on your own / CoSIDA Community Service Project
Goodwill Committee announces San Francisco Convention service project and donation drive with St. Anthony Foundation
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. You CAN Do Video (Golden Gate Hall Salon A)
MODERATOR: Mark Fratto, St. John’s
PANELISTS: Bob Lowe, Greensboro; Mark Fratto, St. John’s; Chris Taylor, Ball State
3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Best practices for YOUR size shop [mini-panels] (Nob Hill A-D)
• Video production and editing utilizing student help (Chris Taylor, Ball State)
• Photoshop/desktop publishing for the web (Aaron DeWall, Nevada)
(creating Twitter graphics, Facebook and posting online media guides)
• Online audio/live streaming (Josh Rattray, Butler)
• Developing your video production budget (TBA)
• Twitter (TBA)
• Facebook (Richard Acosta, UT Permian Basin)
• Don’t forget paper! (Scottie Rodgers, Ivy League)
• Setting up and maximizing your reach of your FTP site (Tammy Wilson, SEC)
• Creating web content from Stat Crew: not just box scores (Dan Drutz, St. Peter's)
• What's Next? – QR Codes, Foursquare & more (Jamie Weir Baldwin, Michigan State)
4:15 – 5:00 p.m. Publications Awards Ceremony (Pacific J)
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. CoSIDA Farewell Party (Golden Gate Hall Salon B)
SPONSORS: Rose Bowl Game, Fiesta Bowl, Allstate Sugar Bowl, Heisman Memorial Trophy
7:00 p.m. Oakland A's-New York Yankees game
CoSIDA Ticket Block is SOLD OUT: Anyone who has reserved tickets through Rob Knox, CoSIDA Board of Directors representative (kubears@gmail.com), read below:
- Tickets are $26 and must be paid for on site in San Francisco during the annual convention. Tickets will be distributed by Rob Knox on Sunday, July 4 (10 am-2:30 pm) and Monday, July 5 (2-3 pm) in the registration area. Checks for $26.00 per ticket can be made out to "CoSIDA".
- Each CoSIDA member registered for the conference is limited to purchase a maximum of four tickets.
- If you want to sit in the same ticket area as some one else, please come together to pay for your tickets or have the money needed for all of the tickets at the time of purchase.
- 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: 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 Exhibitor questions 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 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 .