REMINDER! September 29th Continuing Education session: Your complete guide to using mobile location-
Date postedSeptember 14, 2011
College Sports Information Directors of America
With our corporate partners TRZ Sports/TEAMLINE, the Official CoSIDA Teleconference Call Provider, and ASAP Sports, CoSIDA's Official Instant Transcript Provider, participants can access this call/webcast in various ways. A CoverItLive blog also will accompany this presentation. Like all CoSIDA continuing education sessions, this will be archived and available on-demand.
CoSIDA Conference Call: Your Complete Guide to Using Mobile Locations-Based Apps
Thursday, Sept. 29 12:30 pm Eastern/11:30 am Central/10:30 am Mountain/ 9:30 am Pacific
Presenters
- Jeff Kirchick, SCVNGR Universities & Independent Schools Specialist. Twitter: @JeffreyKirchick, @ScvngrU Website: www.scvngr.com
- Cassie Gage, Assistant Director, University of Oklahoma Athletic Communications CoSIDA New Media/Technology Committee
- Jay Stancil, Sports Information Director, Union College-KY CoSIDA New Media/Technology Committee
Topics
- Basics of geo-location services- examples are Foursquare, Facebook Places, Gowalla, SCVNGR, brightkite, Loopt
- How CoSIDA members can use location-based apps in marketing/promotion of events and drive foot traffic to those events/promotions
- Case studies, benefits and "best practices" while using location-based apps in athletics - at all levels - and why you should care
- Variety of apps & price points for mobile location-based apps
- Geolocation apps and safety issues with student-athletes, coaches
- Never lose sight of NCAA/NAIA rules & compliance issues
INFORMATION ON GEOLOCATION SERVICES
- Interview with SCVNGR's Jeff Kirchick: The Power of Crowd & Place (by Chris Syme, CoSIDA New Media/Technology Committee chair)
- Geolocation marketing: Right now is the time to get started
- Geolocation apps and athletics: Making the most of your brand (by Cassie Gage, Univ. of Oklahoma, Sept. 17, 2010)
- To listen online (via streaming audio), go to: http://www.teamline.cc/teampage?teamcode=1184
- To listen via phone, dial 216-502-3200 and enter code: 1184.
- ASAP Sports is providing a REAL-TIME Webscripts: follow along at http://www.asapsports.com/webscripts/cosida
- A Cover It Live blog will be provided for this webcast. You can ask real-time questions and provide commentary to the presenters through this blog. Link will be provided.
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Question for the presenters?
- Submit questions in advance to Barb Kowal, CoSIDA Director of External Affairs (barbkowal@cosida.com) and questions will be forwarded to the appropriate presenter. You also may post your questions on the CoverItLive blog during the discussion.
Audio Archive/Playback - On-Demand Availability
If you cannot listen live, the conference call will be archived by TRZ Communications and available for playback late afternoon on September 29. An ASAP Sports Fastscripts® transcript and the CoverItLive blog are archived immediately.