tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58329557494813464702011-07-08T03:22:04.962-07:00This is the official blog of CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America), the international professional organization of athletic communicators and PR pros from Division I, DII, DIII, NAIA, NJCAA and Canadian colleges, universities, conferences and affiliates. We are the strategic communicators for college athletics, and also proudly sponsor the Academic All-America® program, honoring nearly 900 student-athletes annually.CoSIDA Communicates: PR Topics &amp; Conversationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942816710544965999noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5832955749481346470.post-13613089641424841542010-06-16T23:17:00.000-07:002010-06-16T23:22:14.193-07:00<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Connections.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Communications.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Networking.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">PR tactics.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">New media. Social media. PR on a digital platform.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Strategic messaging and branding.</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Outreach to other leaders in athletic communications</span>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Timely topics and trends for collegiate athletic PR pros.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome to our new <b>"CoSIDA Communicates"</b> blog, where we will attempt to hit on all those topics listed above and provide professional development ideas and PR/sports information tips for our readers and CoSIDA members. With the unveiling of a new <a href="http://cosida.com/">CoSIDA.com</a> website for our professional athletic communicators organization, it's time for more and enhanced information exchange, and we hope you'll visit this blog to find that information - and share the information.&nbsp; At CoSIDA, we now have a trifecta of news exchange portals- <a href="http://cosida.com/">CoSIDA.com</a>, our Twitter account (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/cosidanews">www.twitter.com/cosidanews</a>) and this blog. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What are we aiming for at CoSIDA.com? CoSIDA President Justin Doherty stated in his April 2010 "CoSIDA Column" he penned for NACDA's <i>Athletics Administration Magazine</i>:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"CoSIDA members are obviously in the middle of this communications revolution each day and are in prime position to help shape their institution’s message in ways they never could before. Our organization wants our Web site to be an educational resource to our members (and non-members). The CoSIDA Web site will aim to be a place where people can go to find constantly changing and updated content. And it can be a public relations/strategic communications portal and resource for anyone invested in college athletics."</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here, you will find observations and commentary from our CoSIDA leaders and members - who are some of the most talented and creative communicators around. Have a blog and want to share an entry with fellow CoSIDA members and CoSIDA.com visitors might find interesting and informative? Let me know. CoSIDA looks forward to guest commentators and bloggers as we explore our ever-changing world of communications. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Have an idea or link to share? Send it my way (Barb Kowal, Director of External Affairs @ <a href="mailto:barbkowal@cosida.com">barbkowal@cosida.com</a>).</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Help us help each other and also inform the athletic leaders of influence who we work with, side-by-side, day-by-day.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We like a challenge and we have lofty ambitions.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Stay tuned. Join in!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5832955749481346470-1361308964142484154?l=cosidacommunicates.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CoSIDA Communicates: PR Topics &amp; Conversationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02942816710544965999noreply@blogger.com1