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Professional Development

Thank Yous Matter a Great Deal, by Chris Brogan (www.chrisbrogam,com): Courtesy and good communications should not be a lost art. A reminder of why “thank you” and acknowledging people are positive practices.

Beyond Tired: A lo ok at how fatigue impacts professionals and can be prevented, by Anthony L. Komaroff, MD (Harvard Business Review)

General Sports News

Myles Brand: A Legacy of Leadership, www.NCAA.org

Brand should be remembered for reforming NCAA, not firing Knight, by Dennis Dodd, CBS Sports.com

Media guide proposals on Division I legislative agenda (NCAA.org)

NCAA names nine finalists for NCAA Woman of the Year Award (NCAA.org)

College Stars Run for Cover From Fans’ Hidden Cameras, by Pete Thamel and Thayer Evans, The New York Times

Panel: Sports coverage hurting from lack of diversity in newsrooms,

National Sports Journalism Center, Indiana University (sportsjournalism.org)

Three JU men's lacrosse players save drowning victims at Jacksonville Beach (Jacksonville University)

Honoring 9/11's 8-year anniversary: Columbia Univ basketball student-athlete Tyler Ugolyn's lost life & legacy, by Jeff Pearlman, Sports Illustrated

Adding sports to help the overall budget: College short of cash? Just add lacrosse, by Anne M. Peterson and John Raby, AP

Is your campus involved? 2009 National Organ Donation Campus Challenge

Second annual Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund 4Kay Golf Classic raises over $175,000 for cancer research (WBCA.org)

Continuation of RESPECT Sportsmanship campaign- Oregon fans encouraged to text bad behavior to security personnel (www.goducks.com)

Winston-Salem State seeks return to Division II after beginning reclassification to Division I five years ago

Georgia State unveils new athletics logo as part of re-branding and starting football program

New Media/Social Media

Horizon League, WebStream Productions launch all-new Horizon League Network: Social media, free high-quality video highlight new HLN (www.horizonleague.org)

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference launches new website, co-branding DII and the "I Choose" branding initiatives

Since Ohio State launched new-look athletic website in August, there's a 25% growth in traffic to the site-see why

NJCAA 360° Debuts September 16

Suny Oneonta Launches New Weekly Web Sports Show "Inside Red Dragon Sports"

Social Networking – What’s in your policy for collegiate athletics social media? By Michael Cross (ultimatesportsinsider.com)

Creating a Social Media policy (by Jake Rosen, Social Media Munchies blog)

10 ways to be a great social media user (by Vince Blackham, Social Engine Journal.com)

Young people see social networking as attention seeking (by Gina Jacobs, San Diego State University News Center)

An Experiment … then a New Blogging Path (Building of the NY Mets Faith and Fear in Flushing Blog), by Jason Fry (www.sportsjournalism.org)

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