CoSIDA Executive Board Approves New All-In Memberships for 2022-23

11/9/2021 2:00:00 PM

CoSIDA Executive Board Approves New All-In Memberships for 2022-23

CoSIDA Executive Board Approves New All-In Memberships for 2022-23

In an effort to provide greater advocacy and support for all communications and creative professionals, the CoSIDA Executive Board of Directors has approved an exciting new “All-In” membership model for 2022-23. Beginning in August 2022, institutions will be able to include an unlimited number of members in their CoSIDA memberships for one institutional rate.

This new institutional membership model is built for those who prefer simplicity and savings, while providing professional development opportunities for the most number of people in all types of roles who work toward promoting your institution's brand.

After you sign up for the first time or renew your institution in August 2022, you will be able to add or remove members throughout the year without any additional costs or invoices, saving many institutions hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

“This new membership model opens up possibilities for CoSIDA to be an even stronger advocate for communications and creative professionals throughout college sports, “CoSIDA President Cindy Potter said. “The communications industry is not the same as it was 10 years ago and it will likely be different 10 years from now. What will never change is our commitment to our communications and creative community.”

During renewal, custodians will be asked to include many more of your department colleagues than you have in the past, which could include:

Traditional sports information, media relations and strategic communications staffs
Senior leadership from external affairs
Content creators in social, digital, graphics and broadcasting
Content creators with sport-specific recruiting and promotion duties
Graduate assistants, interns and student assistants
Retired and emeritus communications staff
Athletic department historians and writers
Play-by-play announcers and game-day statisticians
Campus communications personnel
Professors in charge of sports administration courses on campus

“We’re accomplishing a number of goals with this new membership model and have been working on it since before the pandemic started,” CoSIDA Executive Director Doug Vance stated. “This model allows us to be a more inclusive organization for all communicators and creators at an affordable price point. It simplifies the membership renewal process and eliminates the administrative headache for our members when they have staff turnover as it relates to CoSIDA.”

2022-23 CoSIDA Membership Pricing Structure

The chart below shows membership purchase options for 2022-23.

The highlighted red column below is the new "All-In" membership option which includes unlimited memberships for individuals at schools and conferences. There will be one person at each school or conference designated as the custodian. For the All-In option, that person can add an unlimited number of individuals to the account throughout the length of the membership, which expires on July 31 each year.

For those who don’t fit into the “All-In” model, individual rates are available.

University/College Membership	All-In Unlimited Group Rate	Individual Rate
NCAA Division I FBS Power 5 schools (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, Pac-12)	$1,200	$175/person
NCAA Division I FBS (Non-Power 5 and Independents)	$900	$175/person
NCAA Division I FCS Schools and schools that do not sponsor football	$600	$175/person
All NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III and NAIA schools	$350	$175/person
All Canadian schools*	$350*	$175/person*
All Two-Year Colleges	$250	$125/person
Conference Membership Rates	All-In Unlimited Group Rate	Individual Rate
All NCAA Division I Conferences	$400	$175/person
Conferences at all other levels	$275	$175/person

*Note that members from Canadian schools and conferences will be eligible to purchase full memberships based on an agreed-upon exchange rate in advance of when 2022-23 membership purchases open in August 2022. The numbers listed for Canadians are in Canadian dollars.

Don't work at a school or conference?

For those not working full time at school or conference, CoSIDA will offer an Advocate Membership (formerly Associate Membership) and Student Membership. Students are eligible to be included in an institution's All-In membership. These student memberships are available for any undergraduate student not currently covered under the university/college membership for a specific institution

Advocate memberships are ideal for individuals not employed by a collegiate school or conference, including but not limited to:

NCAA, NJCAA, U SPORTS, CCAA, CCCAA, NWAC, NAIA national office staff members
High school SIDs
Football bowl game employees
Currently unemployed SIDs
Freelancers

Advocate & Student Membership	Individual Rate
Advocate Membership	$100/person
Undergraduate Student	$25/person

CoSIDA member benefits include:

Year-round continuing education programming
Advocacy resources
Access to the mentorship program
Special Awards recognition
Writing and publications/digital design contests
Grants and scholarships
Nominating and voting in the Academic All-America awards program
Reduced convention registration rates
Discounted job postings in the CoSIDA Career Center
Leadership and committee service opportunities

PLAN AHEAD NOW! All current 2021-22 memberships expire July 31, 2022. Membership purchases and renewals for 2022-23 will begin in August 2022.

FAQs

Q: How were these prices determined?
Proposals and prices were presented to all Divisional Cabinets, the Advisory Council and the Executive Board of Directors for feedback and revision over a period of two years before the final prices were deciding upon. Many pricing models were considered in an attempt to find the proper balance between achieving CoSIDA’s operational needs and taking into consideration the budgets of our member institutions at all levels. Decisions were based largely on member renewal behavior over the past three years including pre-pandemic, during the pandemic, and in the early renewal period for 2021-22.

Q: Why would I want to add non-SIDs to my membership?
CoSIDA is a year-round professional development and advocacy organization for all communications and creative professionals. As our industry evolves, there are more individuals in different roles who have a stake in the promotion of your organizational brand. The communications industry is no longer solely made up of traditional sports information directors. Adding non-SIDs to your membership allows CoSIDA to support your colleagues in parallel to the way we support you. It also allows CoSIDA to better tell the story of what we all do with a wider audience. Bringing communicators and creatives under one membership umbrella will also allow for improved sharing and collaboration for the benefit of our members and the institutions and organizations you represent.

Q: As a non-SID, why would I want to be included in a CoSIDA membership?
CoSIDA offers a wide variety of programming and support in many areas including technical skill development, leadership, important issues and topics (NIL, mental health, diversity & inclusion, Covid, and more), career services, mentorship, networking, awards recognition and advocacy. We don’t intend to inundate you with emails and communications not relevant to you. Our association is member driven, so as more non-SIDs join our organization, more opportunities and initiatives led by you can happen.

Q: Will I get any free job postings?
There are no complimentary job postings.

Q: Does this membership affect convention registration?
Convention registration will remain an additional fee for members but one that is significantly less than the non-member registration fee.

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CoSIDA Executive Board Approves New All-In Memberships for 2022-23

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