Posts Tagged ‘sports’
Is it time to retire the press conference?
Pricing How it works Case studies Log in Create free account PricingHow it worksLog in Is it time for the press conference to retire? By Jared Thompson | Sept. 16, 2021 It’s noon on Monday; time for a free lunch. That’s what weekly football team press conferences felt like when I was working in the…
Read MoreOur favorite 2020 Olympics moments
The 2020 Olympic Games did not fail to provide remarkable and significant moments that we will always remember. Here were a few of our favorites from connections made by the Olympic Channel for their array of storytelling from the past few months.
Read MorePower and Pressure
Blinder powers the Washington Post’s innovative oral history of the 2019 Women’s World Cup Champions. “On the one-year anniversary of their march to a fourth World Cup title, this is how — in their own words — the U.S. women’s national soccer team reclaimed the trophy while fighting gender discrimination at home.” It’s not often…
Read MoreTVNZ’s Sunday Innovate: Blind calling
It was a pleasure to sit down with Miriama Kamo from TVNZ’s Sunday show and chat through why we started Blinder and how it’s helping the media and fans connect with athletes from the NRL to the NCAA.
Read MoreBlinder joins Stadia Ventures accelerator
After receiving applications from across the U.S. and more than 20 countries, Stadia Ventures is excited to announce its Fall 2018 cohort for its sports and esports business accelerator.
Read MoreWhat do athletes think of Blinder?
While Blinder’s technology is driven by communications managers, the thoughts of athletes have heavily-shaped what we’ve created.
Here David Pocock, Will Genia, Reece Hodge and Michael Hooper – from the Australian national rugby team – share their thoughts on what Blinder does for them and the Qantas Wallabies.
Read MoreAndy Seeley: The unbeaten UCF Knights, Shaquem Griffin and CoSIDA
The last 12 months have kept Andy Seeley on his toes. He’s run athletics communications for the University of Central Florida (UCF), as they’ve experienced unprecedented interest in their unbeaten Knights football team. The Division 1 college went on to proclaim themselves as ‘National Champions’, which did little to settle things down.
Read MoreFinalist in ANZ Sports Tech awards
We’re proud to announce that Blinder is a finalist in the inaugural Australia and New Zealand Sports Technology Awards (ANZSTA).
Read MoreMatthew Syed and ‘You Are Awesome’
When he was eight, Matthew Syed’s parents bought him and his big brother a full-size table tennis table. Fortunately, the family had a garage which was big enough to fit both the Super Deluxe 1000 and the increasingly competitive boys. Having a table and a big brother were just a couple of the advantages that Matthew enjoyed on his path to becoming a British table tennis champion.
Read More21 reasons sports teams choose Blinder
PR managers in pro sport have faced a tough choice until recently.
When arranging media phone interviews, they’ve either had to share the personal numbers of their athletes and coaches – without being too sure where those numbers are ending up – or they’ve had to put a whole lot of extra resource into providing access without distributing numbers.
They now have a third option – and it’s changed the game. Let’s take a look at how: