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E-newsletter version
Thank you for taking the time to read this month’s e-newsletter. Please link to the subheaders below which will take you to the different sections of the May 2013 e-newsletter where you can read more on each subject.
Strategic Branding Review Update
2013 CoSIDA Special Award recipients
2013 CoSIDA Convention at NACDA & Affiliates Convention Update
Continuing Education
Working with Other National Organizations
2013 CoSIDA Undergraduate Scholarship nominations close May 3
Marketing & Communications
Sponsorship Matters
Capital One Academic All-America® Program
Purchase 2013-14 CoSIDA Memberships Now
Updated CoSIDA E-Directory
CoSIDA Master Monthly Schedule
Strategic Branding Review Updates
• On April 26,
CoSIDA President Joe Hornstein sent out a letter and attachments to the full membership which provided an update and summary documents on the
Cryder Rinebold strategic review process. That letter and documents can be accessed
HERE.
The officers/staff are now working on setting up a webinar/conference call in May that would enable Dennis Cryder and JoJo Rinebold to further present and discuss this review and its findings. When the date/time is finalized for this we will let the full membership know.
CoSIDA Special Awards Announced; Features Stories for All Recipients on CoSIDA.com, in E-Digest editions
The CoSIDA Special Awards Committee, chaired by
Tam Flarup (Wisconsin), completed the selection process for 2013 honors in February. Read about this year’s Special Award recipients
HERE. The 2013 Dick Enberg Award recipient (Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski)
was announced in March. All award recipients have a feature story written on their behalf and published on CoSIDA.com and the April and May E-Digests. See
all the feature story listings at the bottom of this CoSIDA.com release.
As part of the Capital One Academic All-America Hall of Fame® Induction Ceremony on June 12 at our convention, Krzyzewski will attend and accept the annual Enberg Award, presented for leadership in promoting the joint values of educations and athletics and advancing the strategic mission of the Academic All-America® program.
2013 CoSIDA Orlando Convention Updates
• The 2013 CoSIDA Convention, held in conjunction with the NACDA and Affiliates Convention, takes place June 12-15 at the World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando.
The Convention webpage has the following information (workshop programming, social activities, Family Committee activities and events, promotions to theme parks, Mears Transportation airport shuttle, golf course discounts, United Airlines flight discounts, registration & hotel reservation links, and FAQ on the convention):
www.cosida.com/2013Orlando/
Registration and hotel reservations ($171.00 per night) are now being accepted as of February 1.
Deadline is May 10th and we strongly encourage your early attention to this matter if you want to stay at the main convention hotel. If you wait until the last few weeks to make reservations it is quite likely that you will not be able to get a room at the main convention hotel, but rather one of the satellite hotels. As a reminder, per membership input, the convention has been scaled back to one that allows you to arrive late morning/afternoon on June 12th and spend four hotel nights instead of five as has been the case.
To register for the Convention: click HERE
For hotel reservations at the World Center Marriott Resort: click HERE
PLEASE NOTE: CoSIDA members need to register for the convention and reserve hotel rooms via CoSIDA.com convention site and not via the NACDA.com convention site.
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CoSIDA 2nd VP Eric McDowell (Union-N.Y.) is coordinating our programming for the 2013 CoSIDA Convention in Orlando along with the Programming Committee. If you have any questions, please contact him at
mcdowele@union.edu. Read more about the extensive programming already planned, the social events and the new "Family Committee" activities at the
CoSIDA Convention webpage.
• Some key components of the 2013 convention:
• The annual induction ceremony for the Capital One Academic All-America® Hall of Fame will take place at 5 pm on Wednesday, June 12. That will be followed by a “Kickoff/Welcome Reception” in the CoSIDA Exhibit Hall at 6:30 pm
• CoSIDA’s Hall of Fame Luncheon is at noon on Thursday, June 13
• CoSIDA's Special Awards Luncheon is at noon on Friday, June 14
• CoSIDA members will be able to attend a joint social mixer for all CoSIDA and NACDA affiliate attendees in the NACDA Exhibit Hall late afternoon/early evening on Thursday, June 13
• ESPN will host a social event for CoSIDA members at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex on Saturday evening, June 15
Continuing Education Sessions
• On Feb. 27th an information conference call on the 2013 CoSIDA convention took place. Coordinated and moderated by 1st VP Shelly Poe (Auburn), the call included NACDA Assistant Executive Director Julie Work, Will Roleson of the CoSIDA staff and CoSIDA 2nd VP Eric McDowell (Union N.Y.) The call can be accessed in an audio playback mode and/or via an ASAP Sports full transcript HERE. The call enabled CoSIDA members to gain information on the upcoming convention and ask questions about Convention matters.
The CoSIDA Board would like to thank NewTek as well as ASAP Sports (CoSIDA’s official instant transcript services provider) and TRZ Sports /Teamline (CoSIDA’s official conference call provider) for their support of CoSIDA’s continuing education initiatives. NewTek produced the fall continuing ed video series (with all videos from 2012 Convention sessions) and those can be viewed on-demand HERE via CoSIDA's YouTube channel.
• CoSIDA 3rd Vice President Judy Willson (Mountain West Conference) is coordinating the spring semester conference call/webinar continuing education program from March-May. If you have ideas or want to present on a call/webcast, Judy can be contacted via jwillson@themwc.com.
• CoSIDA is joining with NACDA and the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA) to host a webinar on Tuesday, April 30 tentatively entitled "Who owns social media?." The webinar will take place at 1 p.m. Eastern, and more details will be forthcoming to the membership as they become available.
• CoSIDA Executive Director John Humenik is working with the NFL Communications staff in New York and several of the league PR Directors to participate in a continuing education call in May that would focus on “Issues and challenges in sports PR: An NFL perspective”. A date/time for this planned call will be announced as soon as it is confirmed.
CoSIDA Awards/Contests - Only Scholarship nominations remain open
Nominations and contests for the 2012-13 academic year have now closed. The CoSIDA Fred Stabley Writing Contest nominations closed in February and the final Publications Contests nomination deadline was March 30.
• The 2012-13 CoSIDA Scholarship Program, chaired by Carol Hudson (Old Dominion) chudson@odu.edu) will also have an online nomination portal this year and those deadlines are April 5 (Phil Langan Graduate Internship Grant), April 12 (Wylie Smith Postgraduate Scholarship, Langston Rogers Postgraduate Scholarship) and May 3 (Fred Nuesch-Dave Wohlhueter Undergraduate Scholarships). See more information HERE.
National Organizational Initiatives
NACDA
• CoSIDA’s leadership continues to contribute a "CoSIDA Corner" published in each issue of NACDA's
Athletic Administration Magazine discussing our organization and profession. The NACDA magazine, which is published in October, November, December, February, March, April, June and August, is sent to more than 10,000 university and athletics administrators. That, combined with the exposure that CoSIDA receives via NACDA’s daily email blast, provides CoSIDA incredible exposure throughout the full intercollegiate community.
The
March column, penned by
CoSIDA 2nd VP Eric McDowell (Union N.Y.), discusses the upcoming 2013 CoSIDA Convention.
• We strongly encourage all CoSIDA members to review the “Frequently Asked Questions” document in preparation for CoSIDA's Convention (June 12-15) moving to the NACDA & Affiliates Convention in Orlando. Review the current NACDA FAQ document
HERE.
NCAA
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The NCAA/CoSIDA Media Coordination Advisory Board did not hold a call in March, but plan to resume its monthly calls in April. The group is planning to meet at the CoSIDA Convention in June.
CoSIDA members are reminded that if there are any issues with content on NCAA.com, they can e-mail Turner Sports at
ncaa-content@turner.com.
• The NCAA Championships and Alliances staff recently published its sixth monthly NCAA Media Coordination and Statistics Newsletter in March. It can be read
HERE. The newsletter was developed at the request of – and in conjunction with – the NCAA Championships and Media Coordination Advisory Board, which is comprised of CoSIDA members from all three NCAA divisions along with NCAA staff.
Marketing & Communications Updates
• For the third year in a row, CoSIDA's email marketing and membership engagement efforts have been recognized as one of the best by Constant Contact, the online marketing company which offers email and social media marketing, online surveys and digital storefronts. CoSIDA's email marketing has been recognized with a "
2012 Constant Contact All Star Award," given by that company to only the top 10 percent of the more than 500,000 organizations internationally who use its services. CoSIDA's email efforts are developed and coordinated by
Director of External Affairs Barb Kowal. Some of the criteria for the All Star Award include consistently high open rates (greater than 25%), click through rates, and low bounce rates; using social media share tools; and regulary viewing reports to evaluate how your email efforts are doing.
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CoSIDA Director of External Affairs Barb Kowal, on behalf of the CoSIDA leadership, is coordinating a redesign of the
CoSIDA.com website in conjunction with SIDEARM, our website provider. The layout and designs are finalized, and the redesigned site is scheduled to launch in March.
If you have suggestions for CoSIDA.com content or wish to contribute to our website, please send those suggestions to
barbkowal@cosida.com.
• During the month of March, 19
CoSIDA-based stories appeared on NACDA’s Daily Review email blast. There were
20 Daily Review emails during the month. Through the Daily Review email, thousands of university and athletics administrators are exposed to professional and organizational news. This outreach primarily came about due to CoSIDA’s decision in December 2008 to become an affiliated partner within the NACDA organizational umbrella.
• In March, 35 articles were posted on
CoSIDA.com. The
CoSIDA Twitter page had 229 tweets/postings, all of them of an informative nature with breaking news and timely topics for athletic communication professionals.
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CoSIDA LinkedIn group continues to attract members and the group now totals 1,736 members and is actively holding discussions, soliciting final convention panelists and sharing articles and videos of interest to athletic communicators. Please join and submit your ideas, questions or comments to make this a lively forum for our members.
Sponsorship Matters
• CoSIDA’s staff has concluded the sponsorship solicitation process for the 2013 convention and 2013-14 academic year. That process generated more than $540,000 in cash sponsorships for the 2013-14 academic year, a single-year CoSIDA record. During the past three years more than $1.5 million dollars in cash support for the organization has been generated.
As of the end of March, 51 groups have stepped forward in support of CoSIDA for the convention and/or the upcoming academic year. They are:
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Platinum Plus ($22,500-plus) Sponsors: Capital One (Byron Daub) and NCAA Division II and Division III national offices (Mike Racy and Dan Dutcher)
• Platinum ($22,500) Sponsor: SIDEARM (Jeff Rubin)
• Diamond ($17,500) Level Sponsors: ESPN (Josh Krulewitz, Rachel Margolis), NCAA Communications Department (Erik Christianson)
• Gold ($12,500) Sponsors: ASAP Sports (Jeri Gargano), NBA/WNBA (Tim Frank and Maureen Coyle)
• Silver Level Sponsors: NFL (Greg Aiello and Corry Rush), iQ Media (Drew Flanagan), DGD Communications (Doug Dull), CBS Sports Interactive/Stat Crew (Rob Schupler/Monica Pellman)
• Bronze Level Sponsors: Rose Bowl Game (Gina Chappin), Fiesta Bowl (Andy Bagnato), Sugar Bowl, (John Sudsbury), Heisman Trophy (Rob Whalen and Tim Henning), Turner Sports (Sal Petruzzi), FOX Sports (Chris Hannan and Chris Bellitti)
• $3500 Sponsor Level: Sports Systems (Brian Binette ), Populous (Ryan Sickman)
• $2000 Sponsor Level: Provations Group (Jai Giffin), USA Hockey (Dave Fischer), Collegiate Licensing Company (Tim Hawks)
• $1250 Sponsor Level: Wuerffel Trophy (Tom Brassell), Football Writers Association of America (Steve Richardson), United States Basketball Writers Association (Joe Mitch)
• $1000 Sponsor Level: USA Basketball (Craig Miller), NCAA Football (Tiffany Greco)
• $750 Sponsor Level: Big 12 Conference (Bob Burda), AFCA (Grant Teaff /Vince Thompson), National Association of Basketball Coaches (Rick Leddy), SEC (Chuck Dunlap), Big Ten Conference (Scott Chipman), College Press Box.Com (Ted Gangi), Alamo Bowl (Rick Hill), ACC (Mike Finn), Horizon League (Bill Benner), Paul Hornung Award (Karl Schmitt), Cotton Bowl (Charlie Fiss), Lindy’s Sports Publications (Lindy Davis), Conference USA (Courtney Morrison-Archer), Jostens/MTM Recognition (Cory Beltz), USGA (Pete Kowalski), Florida Citrus Sports (Greg Creese), American Baseball Coaches Association (Dave Keiltz), Sporting News (Shaun Koiner), National Fastpitch Coaches Association (Lacy Lee Baker); National Football Foundation (Steve Hatchell/Matt Sign); Pac-12 Conference (Dave Hirsch)
• Fifty-nine (59) groups stepped forward in support of the 2012 CoSIDA convention and/or for the 2012-13 academic year. CoSIDA’s leadership kindly ask that you take some time to drop these folks a thank you note for their support. You can access that
sponsorship directory HERE (PDF) or view it on
this page.
• The following companies/sponsors have CoSIDA "official provider" recognition for the 2012-13 academic year (which ends in early June):
Capital One - Entitlement rights holder for CoSIDA's Academic All-America® program
SIDEARM - Official provider of CoSIDA's website (including Academic All-America® online nomination and selection system, Career Center, Online Directory, awards and online membership systems)
ASAP Sports - CoSIDA's official instant transcripts provider
NewTek - CoSIDA's official continuing education video production provider
TRZ Sports/Teamline - CoSIDA's official teleconference call provider
Sports Systems - CoSIDA's official online convention registration provider
Populous - CoSIDA's official convention registration badge printer and provider
XOS Digital - CoSIDA's official legal services provider for the Academic All-America® program
Capital One Academic All-America® Program
2012-13 Academic All-America® master schedule for nomination deadlines/team announcements (PDF)
• In February, the Capital One Academic All-America® men's and women's basketball Academic All-America® teams were announced; nominations for the spring awards start in April as baseball and softball nominations begin on April 2. Basketball Academic All-District and national awards have been shipped to the SIDs who nominated the award winners; the final awards were shipped the final week of March. Please see the Capital One Academic All-America® webpages for more information and team listings.
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CoSIDA's corporate partner Capital One maintains the Capital One Academic All-America® website which was launched in the summer. The website, developed by a Capital One’s partner ad agency Campfire, is:
http://www.capitaloneacademicallamerica.com/. There is tremendous historical and current Academic All-America® content already on the site and more is being developed.
• Thanks to the many CoSIDA members who have produced Capital One Academic All-America® videos for student-athletes who have received 2012 fall Capital One AAA honors.
Mark Adkins (Manchester College) from the Academic All-America® Committee is coordinating these efforts. You can view these short interviews at the
Capital One Academic All-America® YouTube channel.
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NOTE: Deadlines for Capital One Academic All-America® nominations and voting are strictly adhered to. In fairness to all who nominate/vote prior to the deadline and for the integrity of the program, there can be no extensions and no exceptions if the deadline is missed. Please plan appropriately now to make sure your information in place to meet the respective deadlines and that the people at your school who will be nominating student-athletes are paid members of CoSIDA for the 2012-13 year.
If you have questions regarding the nomination criteria for the AAA program, or other questions relating to the awards program, please closely review the
information page and FAQ document on the CoSIDA website which we believe will address your question.
• The Board and Academic All-America® Committee leadership remind CoSIDA members that CoSIDA's "Academic All-America®"mark is federally registered.
As such, CoSIDA members must help the Board and Academic All-America® Committee monitor the wrongful use of this registered trademark. If you see any other organizations, including coaching associations, using this registered trademark, immediately contact
CoSIDA Executive Director John Humenik (
johnhumenik@cosida.com) or
Academic All-America® Committee chair emeritus Dick Lipe (
rlipe@bentley.edu). We will have our legal counsel, Collegiate Images, follow up with a letter regarding infringement of our federally registered mark and they will be asked to "cease and desist" from future use of that mark.
Many times during the year we find that our own membership is using "Academic All-America®" in releases that they prepare for student-athletes receiving academic achievement awards from other organizations - when in fact those organizations refer to their awards as "All-Academic," "Scholar-Athlete," "Academic All-Star," etc.
We remind CoSIDA members to be cognizant of only using "Academic All-America®" in relation to CoSIDA's Capital One partnership program. There are NO exceptions and you should make sure your administrative staff and coaches understand that they do not have the right to take another award that is being presented for combined academic/athletic excellence by coach’s associations or other organizations and change it to “Academic All-America®” instead of its appropriate title given by that awarding organization.
CoSIDA Membership for 2013-14 Now Open
• CoSIDA memberships can be purchased/re-newed for 2013-14. See our “CoSIDA Membership Benefits/Purchase a Membership" web page
HERE. Memberships for 2012-13 are good until Sept. 1. Memberships purchased after Feb. 1, 2013 are good until September of 2014.
CoSIDA membership reached an all-time high in 2012-13, reaching 2,954 members.
Remember, you MUST be a current CoSIDA member to nominate for - and vote on - Capital One Academic All-America®/All-District Team honors.
If you have any questions, please contact Director of Internal Operations Will Roleson (willroleson@cosida.com).
Updated 2012-13 E-Directory
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CoSIDA Secretary Jeff Hodges (North Alabama) and
Director of Internal Operations Will Roleson completed CoSIDA's 2012-13 directory and it is now available in a
PDF version. As always, you can log in and use the online directory version as well
HERE. Please alert media representatives that this online E-Directory exists. We also encourage CoSIDA members to distribute the PDF version to media contacts.
This PDF version of the CoSIDA Directory was compiled based on information provided to CoSIDA by individual institutions/organizations/membership as of late September.
If there are inaccuracies it is due to those schools/organizations not following up with repeated requests by CoSIDA’s staff to update their directory information. If you find inaccurate information for your school/organization, please go to CoSIDA.com and do the following:
- select the Membership link; at the pull-down menu at the top of CoSIDA’s site, select "Update Your Directory Information".
- Everyone can update their personal information here; to update your school/organization information, you MUST be the custodian of your account.
- If you wish to have custodial status, you can request that information on the page noted above. If you require assistance, use this link:
http://cosida.com/contact.aspx.
Those who have moved into a new position or who have had staff changes recently are reminded to update their personal and/or organizational E-Directory information
HERE.
Questions? Please contact Will Roleson, CoSIDA Director of Internal Operations, at
willroleson@cosida.com.
CoSIDA Master Monthly Schedule
• Access the updated calendar of events/deadlines for the April 1-June 30 period
HERE. We encourage all members to review this closely so you are aware of important dates and deadlines.