On Friday, Feb. 18, the University of Miami will become the first college athletics department to "shut down" its official website for one day. The athletics communications staff will relay on social media to conduct all its business and communications.
CoSIDA.com will follow up with the Miami athletics communications/sports media relations staff, headed by Associate AD for Communications Chris Freet, after its Social Media Day experience.
article and photo courtesy of
www.HurricaneSports.com
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Scheduling Coming Together For Friday's Social Media Day
Miami will be the first college athletics department to `shutdown' its official website for a full business day and communicate solely through social media
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - As campus preps for the 2011 `Canes Baseball season opener on Friday, Feb. 18, the Miami athletics web staff will be holding its first ever Social Media Day.
Miami will be the first college athletics department to `shutdown' its official website
(
HurricaneSports.com) for a full business day and communicate solely through social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, UStream, YouTube and an unprecedented 14 hours of Live Chats with Hurricane coaches and standout student-athletes.
From 8 a.m. (Eastern) through the final out of the Miami baseball season opener against Rutgers, the staff of HurricaneSports.com will forget its official website - HurricaneSports.com - and communicate directly with fans through 14-plus hours of live chats, tweets and Facebook posts.
Note: See an updated lineup of live chat guests in the online article.
As Hurricane news breaks throughout the day, Facebook, Twitter & UStream will be the place to read about it, comment on it and retweet to friends and fellow Miami fans. Make sure you "Like" the
Miami Hurricanes on Facebook and that you are following all of UM's Twitter accounts (
complete list), but most importantly
@HurricaneSports.
To cap off Social Media Day, UM will debut multi-camera broadcast coverage of every pitch from the Hurricanes season opener. The video team behind Canes All-Access successfully tested the streaming broadcast during the Alumni Game and Home Run Derby last weekend and will take it to the free UStream platform for the Friday night game.
So now the real question is, who do you want to see during the first ever Social Media Day? What players and coaches do you want to Chat with? And are you going to call in sick and spend the day talking about the C-A-N-E-S with the entire UM nation? Use the links below to make your requests for players and coaches.
Tweet Your Requests |
File Request Through HurricaneSports.com |
Facebook Post
To access Miami's platform during Social Media Day, simply visit the
HurricaneSports.com homepage and your browser will automatically be redirected to the FUN!
Stay tuned as we announce the times that Miami coaches and student athletes will join the Canes Nation for Live Chats on Social Media Day.