by Sean Devlin, Front RushRecently, Facebook went live with their new Facebook Timeline.This is a total redesign of your own personal page (the page that people see when they click your name). Timeline essentially gives you more control over what people see, and how they see it.We want …
New NCAA Rules Mean New Potential Pitfalls for College Recruiters
The dust has settled, and the new NCAA rules for 2012 are in place.And with new rules come new opportunities: In Division II, coaches now have more time to contact recruits and a variety of new ways to reach them - text messaging, social networks and even message boards. In Division III, text …
Revised Rules Approved by NCAA
The following article is courtesy of Allie Grasgreen, who writes for the excellent website InsideHigherEd.com. It is an excellent overview of the changes approved by the NCAA in January 2012: After weeks of buildup, the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Board of …
Achieving Your Coaching and Recruiting Goals in the New Year
by Mandy Green, University of South DakotaThe idea is a good one:Set personal goals for the New Year, and then carry them out. That's a great idea for coaches, as well.The problem I find is that coaches are so busy, going in so many directions, and pressed by "more important" matters …
Creative Topics to Get Your Prospects Talking
So there I was, facing an audience of college students on the campus of one of our clients. I was part of a panel that had been invited to talk about careers in the sports world, and it was a great opportunity to be reminded about how to talk to this generation of student-athlete.After the …