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For the 2019-20 academic year, the NAIA-SIDA Continuing Education Webinar Series will be held the second Tuesday of each month at 2 PM Eastern, beginning in September. These Teachable Tuesday webinars will provide insightful and hands-on training programming for athletic communications professionals.
These sessions are free and all members of CoSIDA are invited to attend, regardless of divisional status. Each of the webinars will be archived and available to view and download on-demand through CoSIDA Connect (our member-only community) a few hours after the Teachable Tuesday live sessions.
The NAIA-SIDA Board is always interested in receiving topic ideas and hosts/presenters for upcoming sessions. If you are interested in serving as a presenter a webinar or have ideas for topics, please contact Jordan Alves, Campbellsville (Ky.) Sports Information Director/NAIA-SIDA Board
jtalves@campbellsville.edu.
2019-20 NAIA-SIDA Continuing Education Webinar Series
May 12, 2020
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| Upcoming Webinars – Dates & Details To Come |
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| Past Webinars – Watch On-Demand (CoSIDA membership required) |
Crisis Communications: How is your athletic department/campus/conference handling the COVID-10 pandemic?
April 14, 2020
Learn more about this webinar | Watch on YouTube
Presenters
Brad Cygan – NAIA Director of Athletic Communications
Wendy Reid – Calumet College of St. Joseph, Assistant AD for Communications/NAIA-SIDA Executive Board
Aaron Sagraves – Cornerstone University Director of Athletics/Former CoSIDA Board member and NAIA-SIDA President
Moderator
Jordan Alves – Campbellsville University, Sports Information Director jtalves@campbellsville.edu
Campus Hall of Fame Nominations, Policies, Graphics, Plaques and Displays
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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This discussion is unique to those SIDs that are responsible for leading your on-campus Hall of Fame. What are the best nominations practices and policies, how do conferences handle Hall of Fames, what are the best Hall of Fame displays in the NAIA.You'll find that right here during this discussion.
Presenters
Tim Lutz – Auburn University Montgomery Assistant Director of Athletics for External Relations tlutz1@aum.edu
Tyler Stevenson – Indiana Tech Sports Information Director tdstevenson@indianatech.edu
Moderator
Billy Mangum – Life University, Sports Information Director william.mangum@life.edu
Photography On A Budget & Best Practices For Smaller Departments
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
The presenters offered insights and information on camera equipment, work flow, best practices in photography and much more for any size athletic communications department that is responsible for photography. Questions answered: What are the best techniques, equipment, editing software, etc. when it comes to photography?
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Presenters
Matt Hicks – MSH Visual msh@mshvisual.com
Dan Sanger – Dan Sanger Photography dansanger@gmail.com
Donnie Smith – Southeastern University/NAIA-SIDA 1st Vice President dsmith@seu.edu
Moderator
Jordan Alves – Campbellsville University, NAIA-SIDA Board of Directors jtalves@campbellsville.edu
Website Design and Layout – What Are The Best New Design Options?
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Discussion on different website designs available to NAIA sports information directors. Looking at providers from SIDEARM Sports to Presto, Dale Long from Georgia Gwinnett College (SIDEARM Sports) and Nicholas McCutcheon from the University of Michigan-Dearborn (Presto) presented on the advantages of two of the most popular website designs and the best new layout ideas to drive fans to our websites.
Watch On-Demand (Member log-required)
Presenters
Dale Long – Georgia Gwinnett College, Director of Sports Information dlong6@ggc.edu
Nick McCutcheon – University of Michigan-Dearborn, Sports Information Director nmccutch@umich.edu
Moderator
Billy Mangum – Life University, Sports Information Director william.mangum@life.edu
How To Increase Your Website Traffic
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
The discussion and presentation slides focused on how to gain more views of your website content by exploring how the phrasing of a headline and webpage makes a difference for the viewing experience. Also covered: how the construction of a social media post gains engagement (do's and don'ts).
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Presenters
Dave Jones – SIDEARM Sports Creative Director
Joe DeBenedictis – SIDEARM Sports Customer Advocacy Director
Moderator/Presenter
Dale Long – Georgia Gwinnett College, Director of Sports Information
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Nomination and Voting Best Practices
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Watch On-Demand (Member log-in required)
Watch and download the October NAIA-SIDA webinar which focuses on best practices and advice for nominating and voting in the CoSIDA Academic All-America® program. See the ways to enhance the candidacy of your student-athletes and changes in voting that can help save you time. Presenters included Kevin Lanke (Rose-Hulman), Chair of CoSIDA's Academic All-America Committee, and CoSIDA Director of Membership Engagement Laurie Bollig who is the CoSIDA staff member overseeing the Academic All-America program.
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Presenters
Laurie Bollig, CoSIDA Director of Membership Engagement
Kevin Lanke, Rose-Hulman Assistant AD For Sports Information and Communications
Chair, CoSIDA Academic All-America® Core Program Committee
Moderator/Presenter
Dale Long, Georgia Gwinnett College Director of Sports Information
CoSIDA Academic All-America® District Coordinator
StretchCast and Other Streaming Platforms
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
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J.D. Fox from Presto Sports and Brandon Hensley from University of the Cumberlands breakdown smaller video production setups, where live streaming is headed at the NAIA level, and how multi-camera broadcasts can also turn into post-game highlight packages without adding more students, staff, or work on the department staff.
Presenters
J.D. Fox – PrestoSports, Director of Partnerships and Product Management
Brandon Hensley – University of the Cumberlands, Assistant AD for Broadcasting
Moderator
Scott Barker – American Midwest Conference, Sports Information Director
Previous Years of NAIA-SIDA Continuing Education Programming
2018-19
2017-18