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2. Who and what is CoSIDA? The professional organization of more than 3,000 college athletics communicators The second-oldest college athletics management group in the nation, founded in 1955 Advocate for the sports information / athletics communications profession Provider of educational programming, including Convention and Continuing Education Series Nominators and voters for the prestigious Academic All-America program

3. More than 4,000 student-athletes are honored annually for their academic and athletic success in the nation’s oldest athletics academic award program.

4. On-site registration available beginning February 1.

5. Convention Programming Keynote speaker and panels on a variety of topics relevant to SIDs, including social media, video streaming, statistics, strategic communications and more Divisional Day for NCAA Divisions I, II & III, NAIA and two-year/community colleges Social events, including annual ESPN Reception and Exhibit Hall Kickoff Reception Academic All-America induction ceremony Countless networking opportunities

6. Continuing Education Series Multiple FREE conference calls and webinars throughout the year on a variety of topics Continuing Education Series to be presented by Capital One beginning in 2015-16 Have a topic or idea in mind? Contact 3 rd VP Rob Knox at rknox@coppin.edurknox@coppin.edu

7. On-line Community CoSIDA will launch a dedicated on-line community site in 2015-16 to facilitate communication, education and information- sharing among a variety of CoSIDA groups. Look for more information in late fall and early winter.

8. New CoSIDA Magazine CoSIDA will launch a new full-color quarterly magazine in February 2016, tentatively titled CoSIDA 360 It will be designed to: EDUCATE our membership PROMOTE our association ADVOCATE for our profession SHARE our stories

9. CoSIDA Mentoring Program At the 2015 Convention, CoSIDA launched a new Mentoring Program It connects CoSIDA members who want to share their knowledge and learn from others More than 40 mentor pairs were connected at the Convention Want to be involved as a mentor or mentee? Contact 2 nd VP Andy Seeley at aseeley@athletics.ucf.edu aseeley@athletics.ucf.edu

10. CoSIDA After Hours A new way for CoSIDA to connect SIDs in your areas CoSIDA hosted Indianapolis-area SIDs at a downtown luncheon and Denver-area SIDs at a Colorado Rockies game last month Want to be a local host SID? Contact Director of Membership Engagement Laurie Bollig at lauriebollig@cosida.com lauriebollig@cosida.com

11. 2015-16 CoSIDA Officers President: Judy Willson, Mountain West Conference First VP: Andy Seeley, UCF Second VP: Rob Carolla, Big 12 Conference Third VP: Rob Knox, Coppin State Secretary: Jeff Hodges, North Alabama Past President: Eric McDowell, Union (N.Y.) – first Division III SID to serve as CoSIDA President

12. CoSIDA Staff Executive Director: Doug Vance former SID at Austin Peay, Murray State & Kansas – dougvance@cosida.com dougvance@cosida.com Director of External Affairs: Barb Kowal former assistant SID at Texas & Connecticut – barbkowal@cosida.com barbkowal@cosida.com Director of Internal Operations: Will Roleson former SID at Horizon League & Kent State – willroleson@cosida.com willroleson@cosida.com Director of Membership Engagement: Laurie Bollig former staffer at NCAA & Premier Sports Marketing – lauriebollig@cosida.com lauriebollig@cosida.com

13. Joining CoSIDA Active memberships for campus and conference office SIDs are only $115 A membership purchased now is good through June 2016 May be purchased on-line at www.cosida.comwww.cosida.com You must be an active member to nominate your student-athletes for Academic All-America honors

14. What can CoSIDA do for you?

15. Staying Connected www.CoSIDA.com @CoSIDAnews Academic All-America news www.facebook.com/aaacosida