On-Demand Information & Links from "Building & Using Mobile Apps in College Athletics"
Date postedJuly 13, 2011
College Sports Information Directors of America
Audio Archive/Playback - On-Demand Transcript Availability from July 12 Continuing Education Call
- Thanks to our corporate partners TRZ Sports/TEAMLINE, the Official CoSIDA Teleconference Call Provider, and ASAP Sports, CoSIDA's Official Instant Transcript Provider, for providing an audio stream, phone line and Fastcripts® transcripts from this July 12 call. A CoverItLive blog also accompanied this presentation.
CoSIDA Membership Continuing Education Call: Building & Using Mobile Apps in College Athletics
On-Demand/Playback Options
- 1. Listen online (via TEAMLINE streaming audio): http://www.teamline.cc/archive_listen?teamcode=1184&id=651022 This link directly launches the audio (free of charge). If you would like to download the audio and permanently own a personal copy, the charge is $5.00. Click HERE for that information.
- 2. ASAP Sports provided a full transcript - a Fastscripts® - which is archived here: Fastscripts-Mobile Apps_July_12 (PDF) Fastscripts-Mobile Apps_July_12 (DOC) (.doc)
- 3. A Cover It Live blog was provided, and participant questions were directed to the presenters. Here is the blog link: http://www.cosida.com/news.aspx?id=3297.
Presenters
- Dr. Bill Smith, Director of Marketing and Branding, Northwestern State University (formerly the Assistant AD/New Media at University of Arkansas). Smith's blog: Dr. BS: The Road Scholar
- Tony Pardo, Mobile Roadie Global Business Development/VP of European Sales Email: tony@mobileroadie.com Office: 888.927.MORO Website: mobileroadie.com
- Tim Lee, CEO, Revolution Technologies, LLC (Rogers, AR) Office: 479-899-6808 (free consulting) Email: tim@agentrevolution.com Website: agentrevolution.com
- Moderator Shelly Poe, Ohio State/CoSIDA 2nd Vice President
Downloads
- Mobile Roadie app information sheet (PDF)
- Mobile Roadie Sports Apps Overview 2011 (PDF, 8.9 MB)
App Examples:
iHog - University of Arkansas Athletic Department, Fayetteville, Arkansas Currently the #1 Ranked Collegiate Sports App on iTunes www.itunes.com/apps/ihog FREE
DU - Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Memphis, Tennessee www.itunes.com/apps/du $1.99 Non-collegiate but an interesting design, check out the Video section and Sunrise/Sunset Calculator with GEO Locatin.
Topics
- What are some of the issues facing athletic communicators as they build and use mobile apps? Strategic reasons to build your app, then some tactical examples will be provided.
- What are the questions SIDs should be asking of either a custom provider or a software system in building & delivering mobile apps?
- What are solutions & strategies for dealing with these mobile apps issues?
- Examples of mobile apps in use in college athletics.
- Q&A session with CoSIDA members and participants