I wanna take a small break from talking about social media and college athletics and recognize someone who has been a huge part in college athletics especially in Hawaii.
Margie Okimoto has been with the University of Hawaii Athletics Department for 40 years serving as the secretary to the Athletics Director. She has served under six [...]
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On Tuesday, February 24, 2009, The Honolulu Advertiser held “The Warrior Beat,” an online sports talk show, with hosts Stephen Tsai and the lovely Leila Wai. They’ve been doing this show for the past few weeks now, and this was a golden opportunity that I’m glad the Hawaii Athletics Department took advantage of. The special [...]
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I just got off the phone with Sports Information Director, Derek Inouchi and we had a great conversation about what the Hawaii Athletics Department can do in terms of using social media. They can create accounts for all these social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, etc.
However, there is an NCAA rule that prohibits [...]
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Video blog #2: I filmed this on Friday, February 20, 2009
While I do applaud the Hawaii Athletics Department for being on Twitter, this quick look will show their activity:
How many replies (@) do you see? I sent them a tweet asking a question and I still haven’t gotten a response back. [...]
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Ferd Lewis from the Honolulu Advertiser did a great job reporting on the University of Hawaii Athletic Department’s current financial situation, which isn’t good at all. Not only have they accumulated a net deficit of $5.4 million over a five-year period (the Herman Frazier Administration), Lewis reported that “UH athletic director Jim Donovan has said [...]
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On Andy Sernovitz’s blog, Damn! I Wish I’d Thought That!, he asked:
“When is the last time a customer sent a love letter to you?”
“When is the last time you sent a love letter to a fan?”
He wrote those questions in response to this video from Craig:
Craig is a fan of Ford [...]
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Trying this video blogging out. Enjoy!
Thoughts?
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Ok, so I guess I have to go two steps back to go one step forward and I realize that the term social media means something different to all of you. With the help of a Slideshare presentation from mzkagan “What The F**K is Social Media” here’s a good start (I apologize for the vulgar [...]
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There are few things that hold a special place in my heart and the University of Hawaii Athletics program is one of them. It could be because my cousin was a standout safety on the football team, or the excitement of the Men’s Volleyball team with Yuval Katz in the early 90’s, to Anthony Carter [...]
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