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June Is CoSIDA Virtual Convention Month
Digital Delivery: Join All Sessions For Free
Throughout June, CoSIDA will offer virtual convention programming for all those interested (members, non-members, colleagues), free of charge. Sessions will be offered live and pre-recorded. Check out the information and review the
current schedule.
Throughout June, you can tailor the virtual convention to your needs!. This virtual convention will be free of charge, with sessions spread out throughout this month rather than delivered as an all-day connected session stream that you would find when attending our in-person conventions.
The schedule is as follows:
- A total of 16 general sessions offered (9 live sessions, 7 recorded sessions)
- The “main virtual convention week” is Monday-Friday, June 8-12; each day, there will be one recorded session (at Noon Eastern) and one live session (at 3 PM Eastern). For the week of June 15-19, there will be one live afternoon session on Tuesday, June 16 and one afternoon live session on Thursday, June 18. For the week of June 22-26, there will be three live afternoon sessions: one on Tuesday, June 23, one on Wednesday, June 24 and one on Thursday, June 25.
- A total of three sessions in the SIDEARM Sports Leadership Forum Presented by Learfield IMG College will be offered (open to everyone)
- Focused and traditional “Divisional Day” programming is scheduled for NCAA Division I (June 23, June 24), NCAA Division II (June 17), NCAA Division III (June 3, June 4), the NAIA (June 5) and conference offices (June 16).
- Canadian and U Sports members will hold a live virtual meeting (tba)
- Two-year members also will hold a live virtual meeting (tba)
- The annual CoSIDA business meeting and Presidential gavel exchange will take place virtually on Friday, June 12
- For aspiring athletic communications professionals (students, interns, graduate students or those looking to make a career change into the profession), there will be CoSIDA U sessions on June 15 and June 22, discussing the basics of athletic media relations.
The educational emphasis of the sessions will be on the impact of COVID-19 as college athletics in general, and athletic communicators specifically, navigate through the ramifications of the pandemic.
Select sessions will be live; others will be recorded remotely and made available to stream on-demand. All sessions will be available on-demand as a downloadable webinar; for viewing on CoSIDA’s YouTube page; or, in many cases, as a podcast.
This “pick-and-mix” online content allows our members to consume the professional development sessions in a variety of ways (live or recorded) at a time that is convenient.
Please see the schedule and information currently available and note that it's tentative and subject to change. We'll update the schedule as sessions and presentations become finalized.