CoSIDA Teleconference
Collegiate Communications Issues & Challenges: With an NFL Perspective
Tuesday, May 24 (2 pm ET)
AUDIO ARCHIVE/PLAYBACK/CoverItLive blog
On Tuesday, May 24, listeners and viewers had four ways to access and follow this membership call with NFL communications/PR leaders (live streaming audio, phone line, CoverItLive blog, an ASAP Webscripts® real-time transcript).
If you cound not listen live, the conference call is archived and available for playback, and the CoverItLive blog and ASAP Fastscripts® also are archived after the call for on-demand use.
The following have been archived for on-demand listening and view
ing as shown below:
• via TRZ Sports/TEAMLINE audio broadcast
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http://www.teamline.cc/sport_schedule?teamcode=1184&eventcode=59
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• via ASAP Sports Fastscripts® full transcript (PDF)
ASAP Sports Fastscripts® full transcript (.doc)
• via the CoverItLive blog
CoSIDA corporate partners provide audio stream, phone lines and real-time transcripts.
For each educational session, with our corporate partner
TRZ Communications, the Official CoSIDA Teleconference Call Provider, listeners can access TRZ's Teamline site or a phone line LIVE or can listen to the on-demand archived call.
With our corporate partner
ASAP Sports, the Official CoSIDA Instant Transcripts Provider, a real-time transcripts - Webscripts® - is provided during the call. After the call, that transcript is archived as a Fastscripts® file and is available for on-demand viewing.
As part of its continuing education outreach for CoSIDA members, CoSIDA presented this webcast/conference call on collegiate communications issues from the NFL perspective. This is the second consecutive year that NFL communications leaders will address CoSIDA members.
May 24th Panelists:
Michael Signora, Vice President of Football Communications, NFL
Derek Boyko, Director of Football Media Services, Philadelphia Eagles
Ted Crews, Senior Director of Communications, St. Louis Rams
Patrick Smyth, Executive Director of Media Relations, Denver Broncos
Moderator: Dan Lepse, Seattle Pacific University (DII)
• Topics:
• What is a typical NFL game week like in terms of media access?
• Discuss any relevant league-wide media policies that have gone into effect the last decade, with the initial advent of their own website communications (your site “getting the scoop” vs. traditional media). Are there any issues specific to the league’s website vs. per-club websites? How have you dealt with media backlash on this topic?
• How does the NFL maintain a consistent messaging strategy among all its teams and entities?
• Thoughts on training athletes to use social media effectively – and any procedures you have in place for when they don’t; a secondary question is how do the teams and league give guidance to rookies on the usages of social media
• Thoughts on athletes who don’t want to meet media obligations and what roles agents play in this process
• Team website questions: Are you breaking news on your own website? What are your news release policies on your website and what is your philosophy on your team websites? Have you received any backlash if you break news on your website versus giving it to the media first, and how did you handle it?
• How can collegiate athletic PR representatives contact the NFL for photos of former players, statistics, questions, team information, etc?
• Are NFL league staff personnel invited into team meetings, team interview sessions? And, at the team level, do the PR staff members attend team and football staff meetings?