Archive for 'Interviews'
Sports and Social Media Predictions 2010
Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by Trevor Turnbull.
While on our travels over the past 3 months, we have met a number of amazing people in the Sports & Social Media world. Many of which, we first met and conversed with via social media (Twitter, Facebook, Blogs).
One of these bright minds is Jason Peck. Jason is the author of http://jasonfpeck.com (a blog [...]
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Sport Fan Connect hoist the Grey Cup
Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by Trevor Turnbull.
There are many perks to working with the 2009 Grey Cup Festival…….one of them being meeting guys like Dennis Dowell. Dennis works for the CFL Hall of Fame and is one of three(3) “Cup-Keepers”. He was nice enough to let us check out the Grey Cup last night in the 2009 Grey Cup Festival offices [...]
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Mike Petrie (Calgary Stampeders) – Sports Social Media Strategy
Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by Trevor Turnbull.
Trevor Turnbull (http://sportfanconnect.com) had the pleasure of sitting down with Mike Petrie (Calgary Stampeders – Director of Community and Media Relations) to talk about the Stampeders social media strategy.
They chatted about why the Stampeders got involved in social media, the StampsConnect social media aggregated website, concerns they had when first starting, how they manage all [...]
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30 Ballparks and a Baby – Their Social Media Story
Posted on 18. Oct, 2009 by Trevor Turnbull.
Trevor Turnbull from Sport Fan Connect interviews the winners of the Capitals-Fan Connect Contest – Roberto, Judy and little Sofia (otherwise known as @30ballparksbaby).
The three of them visited all 30 MLB ballparks over 90 days this summer using social media (blog, Twitter, Facebook) along the way to connect with the league (MLB), teams and other [...]
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Capitals-Fan Connect Winners – Featured Interview
Posted on 17. Oct, 2009 by Trevor Turnbull.
We recently ran an online contest called Capitals Fan Connect where we asked entrants to submit a video or written story explaining how they connect with Sports using social media. Roberto, Judy and Sofia Coquis (otherwise known on Twitter as @30ballparksbaby) were our winners.
We met them the night before the Washington Capitals home opener at [...]
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Video Interview: Kathleen Hessert – Sports Media Challenge
Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by Trevor Turnbull.
As our sports tour has continued to lead through the S.E. USA, we found our way to Charlotte, NC and had the pleasure of speaking with Kathleen Hessert (President of Sports Media Challenge). We discussed the different ways Professional, Semi-Professional and Collegiate athletics are approaching social media and she shared some insights into how some [...]
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Please Help Us Design Our Interviews
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by Mike Olaski.
Again, this whole Sport-Fan Connect concept is about conversation, and so we call on you to help us design our interviews. We would like you to suggest people we should interview, and what questions we should ask. What do you really want to know? The common (or uniquely compelling) as submission is, the more likely [...]
