It???s not every day one of your best friends wins silverware, especially when she???s representing as the only female manager in the FA WSL. Here???s a round-up of some social posts and links from a tremendous day as manager Emma Hayes won the FA Women???s Cup with Chelsea Ladies FC. The gaffer, … [Read more...]
Brazil and Back Again: Three Days at the 2014 World Cup
Three days was all I needed to find a window of opportunity to get to Brazil for World Cup 2014. The 12-hour flight down, and 24-hour trek home, were totally worth it as the experience of attending a World Cup game is just beyond comparison. On my first day, I was a tourist in Curitiba. I met a … [Read more...]
Three things I learned from MLS media training
Throughout the month of February, I traversed the country with my co-workers and peers +ACYAIw-8211+ADs Gabe Gabor, Sean Dennison, Brian Dunseth and Dan Courtemanche +ACYAIw-8211+ADs to deliver media training on behalf of Major League Soccer to our players at 14 clubs (the remaining clubs used outside firms for their … [Read more...]
What happens when a social media director gets married
Ethan and I got married on September 21, 2013. And despite my best efforts to keep my cell phone by my side for most of the event, I only took a few photos, most of which were selfies with my new hubby and bridesmaids. I suppose wearing my Google Glass was an option, but to be honest in the end I … [Read more...]
Juggling a Soccer Ball #ThroughGlass
MLS All-Star weekend in Kansas City was full of Glass explorations. One fun little moment I found digging through my archives was this: Juggling a soccer ball with our king of video content at MLS, Jason Saghini. Follow @jasonsaghini Stay tuned, more #throughglass adventures to follow! … [Read more...]
Five First Impressions of Google Glass
I was lucky to be selected as part of the Glass Explorer program (thanks to my rock star team at Google Plus+ACE), and after a couple days of obsessing over them, practicing with them, and showing them off all around New York City, here are five of my first impressions. 1. Glass is all about … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Major League Soccer’s YouTube Live Stream with Google+ Hangout
It+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s no secret: I love Google Hangouts. They+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-re effective, innovative, engaging and fun. I actually feel the way about this technology today, as I did about Twitter back in the early days of WPS (2008) when we needed a way to share our player allocation and subsequent draft. The … [Read more...]
Three Rules to Follow for Social Media Success
It+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s safe to say that the MLS off-season has included a lot of presentations. Not that I mind, in fact anybody that+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s ever worked with me will tell you that I love a good Power Point. But in all this prepping and presenting to our ticket sales professionals, digital leads, internal … [Read more...]
Five Trends In Social Media
MLS hosted a Business Summit in Columbus earlier in September, which offered a great opportunity for club and league employees to discuss ideas and align goals. Not surprisingly, social media was a hot topic of conversation, and I presented a session on trends we+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-re seeing in the space. … [Read more...]
FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in St. Kitts and Nevis
After the course in St. Lucia, I flew to St. Kitts and Nevis, where I had the honor of working as a Communications and Marketing Instructor for another FIFA Women+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s Com-Unity Seminar. My flight out of St. Lucia was really early in the morning, and after a short layover in Antigua, I was on my … [Read more...]