College Sports Information Directors of America

Online Continuing Education Series 2014-15

Connect to the CoSIDA Continuing Education Showcase at cosida.com/watch to view all the 2014-15 continuing education videos.

The videos listed below from the 2014 CoSIDA Convention are available on-demand and free of charge.

Each session was video-taped at the 2014 CoSIDA Orlando Convention and the series is a prominent piece of our fall continuing ed initiatives.

CoSIDA thanks our corporate partner NewTek, CoSIDA’s Official Continuing Education Video Production Provider, for the video services provided in Orlando in conjunction with Full Sail University. Full Sail provided the on-site video personnel and production of the session videos, utilizing NewTek’s Tricaster camera and video systems.

CoSIDA 3rd Vice President Rob Carolla (Big 12 Conference) is coordinating our live webinar/conference call continuing education program this year. If you have ideas or want to present on a call/webcast, Rob can be contacted via rcarolla@big12sports.com.

Following their launch date, each video will be housed on CoSIDA.com for on-demand viewing. The link to the the on-demand viewing is the CoSIDA Continuing Education Showcase: http://cosida.com/watch/

September/October Schedule

Wed., Sept. 3

Laws Impacting The Sports Information Salary Structure – What You Need To Know

Discussion points: How do new labor laws affect your office? What do you do about overtime and allowable hours for students, graduate assistants and interns?

Guest Speaker: Tracy Warren, Partner, Ogletree Deakins/Sports Broadcaster

Moderators: Andy Seeley, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications, UCF/Dave Walters, Assistant Athletics Director/Sports Information Director, Guilford College

Wed., Sept. 17

The Student-Athlete and You

Discussion of athletic communications and the relationship of the SID and student-athlete from the perspective of the student-athlete. Panelists are representatives from Division I, II, III and NAIA.

Student-Athlete Panelists: Nicole Barringer, Volleyball Student-Athlete, Averett; Spencer Dodd, Baseball Student-Athlete, St. Martin; Chris Hawthorne, Football Student-Athlete, Minnesota; Whitni Howell, Volleyball Student-Athlete, Columbia (Mo.)

Moderator: Eric McDowell, Union [N.Y.]/CoSIDA President

Wed., Sept. 24

Competing for Exposure

The discussion centered around these questions: How do you get your story out to the media? What new (media/social/digital) avenues are available?

Panelists: Andy Staples, Writer, Sports Illustrated; Carol Stiff, ESPN Sr. Vice President of Multimedia and Integration; Iliana Limon, College Sports Editor, Orlando Sentinel; Doug Meffley, Director of Digital & Social Communications, Northwestern University

Moderator: Frank Mercogliano, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, New Mexico

Wed., Oct. 1: Developing a Budget

(presented by CDMAC)

Sports information offices — and athletic departments in general — are asked to do more with less. This panel discussed effective ways to build a budget and ways to stretch your dollars through grant-writing and developing relationships with other departments on campus.

Presenters: Andy Schlichting, Sports Information Director, Metro State; Matt Jacobs, Assistant Athletics Director, Butler Community College

Moderator: Blake Timm, Sports Information Director, Pacific University (Ore.)

Wed., Oct. 8

Up to Speed? (NCAA Division I panel)

When the speed of news and rumor overtake your options for a planned response, how to retake control of your message. Six contemporary Division I case studies and interactions were presented during the session.

Panelists: Chris Syme, CKSyme Media Group; Teresa Valerio Parrot, TVP Communications; Malcolm Moran, Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center; Greg Christopher, Athletics Director, Xavier; Erik Christianson, Managing Director of External Affairs, NCAA; Rocco Gasparro, Assistant Sports Information Director, Louisville; Charles Bloom, Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs, South Carolina

Moderator: Justin Doherty, Associate Athletics Director for External Relations, Wisconsin

Calendar

Important Dates

All Events +

• 06/23/26 / 11:59 P.M. M/W At-Large Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)
• 06/30/26 / 11:59 P.M. M/W Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA)
• 07/07/26 / 12:00 P.M. W At-Large Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)
• 07/08/26 / 12:00 P.M. M At-Large Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)
• 07/14/26 / 12:00 P.M. M Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA)
• 06/07/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas
• 06/08/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas
• 06/09/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas
• 06/09/26 / 11:59 P.M. Baseball Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA)
• 06/10/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas
• 06/16/26 / 12:00 P.M. Softball Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA)
• 06/16/26 / 12:00 P.M. M/W At-Large Academic All-District Released; National Voting Begins (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)
• 06/16/26 / 11:59 P.M. M/W Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America Nomination Deadline (NCAA, NAIA)
• 06/23/26 / 12:00 P.M. M/W Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-District Released; National Voting Begins (NCAA, NAIA)
• 06/23/26 / 12:00 P.M. Baseball Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA)
• 06/23/26 / 11:59 P.M. M/W At-Large Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)
• 06/30/26 / 11:59 P.M. M/W Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA)
• 07/07/26 / 12:00 P.M. W At-Large Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)
• 07/08/26 / 12:00 P.M. M At-Large Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)
• 07/14/26 / 12:00 P.M. M Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA)
• 06/07/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas
• 06/08/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas
• 06/09/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas
• 06/09/26 / 11:59 P.M. Baseball Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA)
• 06/10/26 / All Day 2026 CSC Unite Convention in Las Vegas