| May 27 - Canadian Institutions |
| Noon - 1:00 PM |
Intro/Welcome/Business Meeting |
| 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
Session 1: Topics in Social Media Management |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 2: Broadcasting Elements and Technical Setups
• Technical and Show Structure (equipment, etc.)
• Revenue
• Promotions/Engagement |
| June 14 - Two-Year Colleges |
| 2:00 PM |
Welcome and Updates From NJCAA, CCCAA and NWAC |
| 3:00 PM |
Coffee Shop Open Forum and Discussion on Large Market Media Coverage |
| 4:00 PM |
Breakout: Exploring What's New in Graphic Design, Video, Photoshop and More |
| 4:00 PM |
Breakout: Live Video and Live Stats |
| June 14 - NAIA |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM |
Opening Remarks/CoSIDA Leadership Visit
Session: The Balancing Act- Dealing with multiple events, remote coverage tips, and getting help for your department
Join this session to find out more on each of these pertinent topics.Presenters: Jesse Campbell, Cornerstone University Assistant AD for Communications and Marketing; Dale Long, Georgia Gwinnett College Director of Sports Information |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
NAIA-SIDA Business Meeting |
| 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM |
PrestoSports Stats Presentation |
| 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM |
Enhancing Your Live Stream
Presenters: Andrew Herrick, Lawrence Technical University Athletic Operations Coordinator; Matt Mahony (GDN_Mahony), Georgia Gwinnett College Athletics Video and Broadcast Coordinator |
| 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Visual Marketing and Branding
Presenters: Robbie Lightfoot, BoxOut Sports Director of Corporate Partnerships; Billy Mangum, Life University Sports Information Director |
| June 15 - NCAA Division II |
| Noon |
Your Roadmap to Trust
Keynote Speaker: Justin Patton, Executive Leadership Coach and Award-Winning Author
Moderator: Bill Powers, Hawai‘i Pacific Assistant Athletics Director, Strategic Communication
Trust is your biggest competitive advantage. It impacts loyalty, engagement, candor, and the bottom line of every athletic department. Trust is ultimately impacting what doors open or close for you. The best leaders communicate to build trust, not compliance. Patton will lead participants in an interactive program showing you how to build trust in yourself, guiding you through the four factors of building trust with others, will discuss what erodes trust and how to repair trust once it is broken. |
| 1:45 PM |
Session: Make It Yours
Panelists: Ryan Jones, NCAA Division II Associate Director; Roberta Page, NCAA Division II Director of Championships; Jill Willson, Double L Consulting
Moderator: Romanda Noble-Watson, Clafin University Sports Information Director
A panel discussion on the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete experience, community service initiatives and NCAA Championships heading into the “new normal” in the next school year. |
| 3:00 PM |
D2SIDA Business Meeting
Presiding: Bill Powers, Hawai‘i Pacific Assistant Athletics Director, Strategic Communication/ D2SIDA President |
| 3:45 PM |
Master Your Mindset
Speaker: Collin Henderson, Founder and CEO of Master Your Mindset, LLC
Moderator: Jeff Evans, Western Washington Director of Athletic Communications
To close out D2 Divisional Day, noted motivational speaker Collin Hendson will present tools to be the best version of yourself, transform lives, and elevate performance through his Mindset training. |
| June 15 - NCAA Division III |
| Noon |
Working From Home
Bunny slippers, sweat pants and zooming at the dining room table: How the pandemic changed our view of working from home. Panelists will discuss lessons learned while working from home during the pandemic and how COVID changed the way we view being productive outside the office.
Panelists: Taylor Garcia - Mills College (Calif.) Athletic Communications and Operations Coordinator; Nicole Sasu-Twum - Manhattanville College Director of Athletic Communications; Lynn Walsh - Bridgewater College (Va.) Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations,
Moderator: Tim Volkmann - Rochester Institute of Technology Director of Athletic Communications, RIT |
| 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM |
D3SIDA Business Session |
| 2:00 PM |
A Seat At The Table
This session covers best practices to become part of the decision-making process within athletic departments, campus communities, and conference offices.Panelists: Kirbie Dockery - Methodist University, Senior Director of Advancement Services and Prospect Research; Sam Ferguson - McMurry University, Vice President of Student Affairs and Athletics; Adrienne Mullikin - Colonial States Athletic Conference Commissioner; Scott Musa - Shenandoah University - Associate Athletics Director |
| 3:15 PM |
Social Media and Digital Marketing: How to Make the Most Out Of Your Resources
The explosion of social media has changed the game in the sports information and athletic communications field. The panelists will discuss ideas and tactics on how to build your school’s brand and presence in the uber-competitive digital age, Presenters: David Kingsley – Trinity College (Conn.) Director of Sports Communications; Justin Lutes – Ithaca College Associate Director of Athletic Communications; Gregor Walz – , University of Puget Sound Director of Athletic Communications
Moderator: Cyrill Parham – Salisbury University Sports Information Director |
| June 16 - NCAA Division I |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Roundtable With FWAA/USBWA Leaders and SIDs
In this discussion, we will take a look back at an unprecedented year in 2020-21 for both college football and basketball. How were press box operations and logistics handled last year? What worked and what did not for the media and for SIDs? And how we can improve things for the media going into next year? |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Impact of Name, Image and Likeness Legislation and Policies
We’ll explore the questions of: What will be the impact on schools as NIL measures are implemented in states throughout the country? How will it and could it impact the day-to-day operations of an athletic communications office? |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Now What?
After a year of many sports information and athletics communications personnel working from home and adapting to a new way of doing things, what are we as a profession doing as we move forward? Have we adjusted our expectations for how we handle certain aspects of our day-to-day work? Now that there are signs that we are emerging out of the pandemic, what are we expecting as we move forward? Join in on this pertinent discussion. |