Tag Archives: Social Media
May 12, 2010 Some People Are Just Not That Into You…But Others Are
I was going through my Google Reader today and I came across a post telling Justin Bieber to watch out because Greyson97 might just be the next Bieber. Have a listen: I will admit that this boy is really good but if you watch the video again, there’s one girl in the middle (with her [...]
Tags: greyson97, justin bieber, lady gaga, paparazi, raving fans, Social Media, youtube
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July 2, 2009 So Won’t The Real Davone Bess Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up
If you haven’t heard by now, former University of Hawaii slotback Davone Bess became the lattest victim of online identity theft. According to an article written by the NFL Fanhouse site, Bess wants to press charges on the person who was impersonating him on Twitter.
Tags: college athletics, davone bess, impostor, Social Media, Twitter
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April 8, 2009 Twitter as a Promotional Tool
I opened TweetDeck today to find a nice surprise from the UH Athletics Department. For the longest time they’ve been using Twitter like an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed, pulling information off their website and placing it on Twitter. They even had some of their Assistant Media Relation Directors tweeting live updates at various events. [...]
Tags: Social Media, Twitter, UH
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March 26, 2009 What Being a Director of Community Would Be Like
In my last post I proposed having someone run and manage a social network for the Manoa Maniacs’ to help boost the student engagement and bring the school spirit back to life. I came across a great post by Amber Naslund, Being a Director of Community, where she outlines her day-to-day duties managing the Radian6 [...]
Tags: college athletics, director of community, Social Media
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March 25, 2009 Manoa Maniacs: Taking Responsibility
The University of Hawaii at Manoa’s official student spirit group for athletics is called the Manoa Maniacs’. I had a conversation on Twitter about having the Athletics Department take full control of the Manoa Maniacs’ and apparently they do. Dave Reardon of the Star Bulletin, confirmed it for me, and the Associate Athletics Director of [...]
Tags: cameron crazy, college athletics, Manoa Maniacs, Social Media, UH Athletics
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February 26, 2009 Great Example of Using Social Media
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 [...]
Tags: college athletics, Honolulu Advertiser, Jim Donovan, Social Media, The Warrior Beat
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February 25, 2009 NCAA IS Limiting The Use Of Social Media For College Athletics
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 [...]
Tags: college athletics, Derek Inouchi, ncaa, Social Media
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February 25, 2009 Hawaii Athletics on Twitter!!!
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. How many [...]
Tags: Social Media, Twitter, UH Athletics
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February 20, 2009 Problems Athletic Departments Face With Social Media
Trying this video blogging out. Enjoy! Thoughts?
Tags: college athletics, hawaiiathletics.com, ncaa, problems, Social Media
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February 18, 2009 What is Social Media?
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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