Celebrating 2017 CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week
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2017 CoSIDA Member Recognition Week Resources & Links
- Top #ThankYourSID Tweets
- Share Your Images and Stories from the Week - Upload files to CoSIDA
- Download CoSIDA Week Media Kit - Ideas for how to acknowledge your SID
- Download CoSIDA Week logos - With and without the #ThankYourSID hashtag
- Download CoSIDA Week Scripts
- 2016 CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week
- Give to CoSIDA's $60 for 60 Campaign
| Andrea Wheeler Alabama State University Director of Creative Content and Emerging Media • Profile | Scott Crawford, Ph.D. Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner • Profile | Lisa Champagne New England Small College Athletic Conference Assistant Director for Media Relations • Profile |
| Wendy Reid Olivet Nazarene University Sports Information Director • Profile | Rachel Pincus University of Kansas Strategic Communications Manager • Profile | |
| Brian Morales Wagner College Assistant Director for Media Relations • Profile | Brian Montgomery Jesuit Dallas Preparatory School Sports Information Director • Profile |
| Sean Cartell University of Texas Associate Media Relations Director • Profile | Michael Hill II Florida SouthWestern College Assistant AD for Media Relations & Social Media • Profile | |
| Jason Southard United States Coast Guard Academy Director of Media Relations • Profile | Katie Gwinn Hewitt University of Michigan Assistant Director of External Relations and PR • Profile |
| Morgan Romans Eastern Kentucky University Assistant Director of Athletic Communications • Profile | Kelvin Queliz University of New Orleans Director of Athletics Communications and New Media • Profile |
| Nicole Betker Saskatchewan Sports Information Director • Profile | Charles Bloom South Carolina Executive Associate AD/Chief of Staff • Profile | Jaclyn Lam RMAC Director of Media Relations and Marketing • Profile |
| Jacob Knabel Concordia (Neb.) Director of Athletic Communication • Profile | Sarah Kirkpatrick American International College Coordinator of Athletic Communications • Profile | |
| Adam Ledyard East Texas Baptist Assistant AD for Communication • Profile | Sahar Abdur-Rashid NCAA Assistant Director of Championships & Alliances, Media Services • Profile |
| Daniel Gallegos Southern Arkansas Assistant Director of Athletics for Communication • Profile | Hope Shuler Western Athletic Conference Assistant Commissioner of Media Relations • Profile | Kevin Lanke Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Assistant AD for Sports Information and Communications • Profile |
Previewing CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week
Things Learned While Writing My Membership Week Feature Profiles
CoSIDA 1st VP Rob Knox shared his experience connecting with members for next week's series of member profiles for CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week.
Behind the CoSIDA Curtain: Messages to the Membership Blog
CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week - How Can I Help My Profession Gain Recognition
CoSIDA Executive Director Doug Vance explains where the idea for the week came from, the enhancements to the program that have been made from last year and what CoSIDA leadership is doing to promote the week on behalf of the membership. Also, why is the hashtag #ThankYourSID?
CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week Returns November 6-12
Second annual event celebrates SIDs and their impact within collegiate athletics.
Building on the success of last year's inaugural event, CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week returns this fall to honor athletics communications professionals and their impact on collegiate athletics. The second annual celebration will be held Monday, Nov. 6 through Sunday, Nov. 12.
The purpose and goals of the weeklong acknowledgement are to show of appreciation for athletic communication and sports information directors, to showcase their efforts and accomplishments, and to bring positive recognition to them and to their work in promoting student-athletes and their institutions/conferences.
"The results for our inaugural Membership Appreciation Week were encouraging," said Doug Vance, CoSIDA's executive director. "We want to build from that success and make this event more meaningful and impactful across the country. It's simply a way to bring more appreciation and recognition to the hard work that goes on every day in our profession."
This year's celebration will feature stories of CoSIDA members on CoSIDA.com; outreach to athletic departments, campus communications offices, conferences offices, related professional organizations and student-athletes; national media mentions; and a social media blitz again centered on the hashtag #ThankYourSID. New this year will be a media/operations kit designed to educate those who connect with the sports information profession.
It is CoSIDA's hope that those who benefit from SIDs' efforts will take a moment during the week to thank athletics communications staff for all they do.
"CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week is an excellent time for institutions, athletic departments and conference offices to thank and acknowledge their sports information staff for all the tireless hard work and the selfless effort done behind-the-scenes to promote their entire athletic programs," said Sam Atkinson, CoSIDA 3rd vice president and the associate athletic director for communications at Gallaudet University.
"It's the little things said and done that can show sports information staff members that they are appreciated," added Atkinson, who is also a charter member of the CoSIDA Membership Recognition Week Committee. "CoSIDA's goal for institutions and conferences, through this program, is to bring positive recognition to these individuals who many times go unnoticed."
