Convention Connections: #CoSIDA15 blogs & videos
Several recipients of CoSIDA's
2015 convention grants program submitted blogs and contributed to the social media efforts during and after the 2015 Convention in Orlando. Below, see their observations and comments during and after #CoSIDA15.
For those interested in the 2016 CoSiDA grant program, which will award a minimum of $800 - plus free convention registration - to recipients, the 2016 application process will be announced this upcoming fall.
See blogs from:
• Corey Costelloe, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications/CSU Bakersfield
• Molly Hanke, Assisant Director of Athletic Communications and Social Media/Seattle University
• Danielle Jenkins, Athletic Communications Assistant/Piedmont College
• Dominic Urrutia, Sports Information Assistant/San José State University
And, a special thanks to all the CoSIDA grant recipients who helped populate the CoSIDA Twitter, Instagram and web accounts throughout the convention, with special thanks to videographer and Periscope pro
Adam Ledyard, Sports Information Director at East Texas Baptist University, who provided coverage throughout the convention. Ledyard and CoSIDA past president
Shelly Poe (Assistant AD/Communications at Auburn University) "Periscoped" at the CoSIDA Hall of Fame and Special Awards luncheons, bringing live coverage of award presentations and recipient Q&As.
#CoSIDA15 Community Service Perspectives
Brian Lovellette, SID at the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, contributed a wonderful piece on being involved in the "CoSIDA Cares" community service project with Samaritan's Feet at the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, sponsored by CoSIDA's Goodwill and Wellness Committee. His blog, "
From Behind the Laptop, to Serving the Community" (
link) originally ran on
sliac.org.
Ledyard and
Chris Mitchell (Washington University in St. Louis Director of Sports Information) collaborated on the video "
CoSIDA and Samaritan's Feet," a heartfelt look at CoSIDA's community service project at the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida.