Philosophy & ethics WeNo 8/26

Philosophy & Ethics

Wednesday Notes (WeNo) - 8/26/20

What a pleasure it was to meet all my new Sport Philosophers! That's what I call all my students in the PE 4843 Sport Philosophy & Ethics of Sport and Exercise. I cannot wait for all the pondering, reflecting, and debating we will do.  Technology issues aside, it was a great class! I loved meeting all of you. Remember, Friday class will be virtual as per A-States social distancing protocol guidelines; so I will see you on zoom! Here are a couple of resources before we met again. 

1. The full version of the syllabus
2. The course overview video
3. The assignments overview video
4. The presentation schedule

Course overview video

Assignments overview video

Action items: 

• Check the presentation schedule link above to find out when you present and start preparing your presentation. Especially if you are presenting this upcoming class. 
• Everyone must find the assigned article in the library and read it. 
• Everyone must turn in a 3-2-1 assignment on Blackboard before class
• Don't forget you can be randomly selected to talk to the class about your 3-2-1 assignment. 

Stay safe and healthy! See you next class <><

Social media competencies

I love teaching Sport Comm and Sport Marketing, and I get to do it again in person and online. What a treat. In my quest for new information to spruce up course content, I found a very interesting article.  The topic was sport management graduates' social media competencies. 

I have had tweeter assignments on my courses for years.  It seems that to best serve the industry professionals and to better position A-State sport management graduates in the dynamic job market, I need to add Instagram assignments.  This will give students a more holistic social media experience while in the sports comm class. 

The takeaways from the article were that intercollegiate athletics social media professionals 1) use Twitter for live updates, Instagram for visual impact, and Facebook is falling out of favor.  2) They value hands-on experience managing brand social media, and personal social media is not a proper substitute for this.  3) Their recommendations for preparing students include creating a strategic social media plan where they create informative and entertaining content, or putting the students in situations where social media goals are revenue related. 

This was a wonderful article that inspired new assignments for my sports comm course.  I look forward to implementing my newly designed assignments into the course this fall.  What's your favorite sport organization to follow on social media and why? Let me know in the comments. <><

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Pate, J. R., & Bosley, A. T. (2020). Understanding the skills and competencies athletic department social media staff seek in sport management graduates. Sport Management Education Journal, 14(1), 48-51. doi:10.1123/smej.2019-0032

Sport Management presentation

 

   I wanted to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended my Sport Management talk on the inaugural day of the 1st International Virtual Congress of Physical Culture and Sport.  The Congress was hosted by the Meritorious Autonomous University of Aguascalientes.  Congratulations on a wonderful first Virtual Congress, and specially for the enthusiasm and ambition of the students and attendees.  It was my pleasure and honor to close your sport management speakers sessions. 

    The conference was a great success.  The Sport Management Session has been viewed over 2700 times on youtube last I checked.  The attendees represented Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Perú, United States, and Venezuela. I am including the links to the inside A-State note of the event, the YouTube video session.  The session is only available in Spanish... for now. My presentation starts at about 2:24:00.