Posts Tagged ‘sports’
Blinder 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:
Video: Athletes and mobile phones
When it comes to media phone interviews, which is the higher priority: easy access to talent or the privacy of that talent?
Read MoreAppreciating the nature of success
A few weeks ago I grabbed my smartphone and wrote down this thought: The people who will thrive and inspire in this age are the ones who – despite all the distractions that compete for their attention – manage to connect with and nurture their greatest gifts and passions.
Read More12 tips for better media relations in pro sport
The hunt is constantly on in top-level sport for ways to improve. And as more and more minds have put attention to this space, the concept of ‘marginal gains’ has come into the spotlight.
Read MoreAFL and the media: An interview with Fremantle’s Luke Morfesse
Fremantle’s media and comms manager, Luke Morfesse, shares some thoughts on handling media requests and why he uses Blinder. By Caley Wilson.
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