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Krista Herring - UCCS
Krista Herring - University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Macy Burkett
Hi, everyone! I'm Macy Burkett, and I'm the Marketing Coordinator at the University of Kansas.
Adrienne Gossett
Adrienne, Assistant Director of Marketing, Northwestern University
Cristina Rodriguez
Cristina Rodriguez, Marketing & Student Development Coordinator @ UT Rio Grande Valley.... the tip of Texas next to the border
Kendra Moretti
Kendra Moretti - Belmont University
Brittany Booth
Hi! Brittany Booth - Kennesaw State University; Marketing Coordinator
Gina Wood
Gina Wood - Assistant Coordinator Marketing and Assessment - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Ben Nelson - Minnesota State, Mankato
Ben Nelson - Minnesota State University, Mankato - Marketing & Facilities
Ryan Fisher
Ryan Fisher - Assistant Director of Facilities & Member Services at Eastern Kentucky University
Natalie Schlenker
Natalie Schlenker, Marketing Assistant for Pacific Recreation
Taryn-Lea McEachrane
Hi Everyone! My name is Taryn, Outreach Coordinator at UMiami - Med Campus
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
U of Central Arkansas. Marketing/Media and facility.
Jay McKendall
Jay McKendall - Rec Sports Coordinator University of Wyoming
Mo Phillips - Sonoma State University
HI all! My name is Mo Phillips and I am the Director of Student Engagement at Sonoma State University
Brian Hustoles - Oregon State University
Brian Hustoles, Marketing and Communications Manager Oregon State University
Maria Lauron-Ramos
Hi Everyone! Maria Lauron-Ramos | Coordinator of Marketing/Staff Development | Princeton University
Alexandra Kissinger
Alex Kissinger- Rec Coordinator at Saint Joes University
David Podschun - USC
David Podschun - Membership Sales and Services - USC
Ashley Hall
Ashley Hall-Marketing & Memberships Graduate Assistant Texas Southern University
Madison Cowles
Madison Cowles, Graphic Designer II at University of Texas at San Antonio Campus Rec
Michael Wilson - Texas Woman's University
Michael Wilson - Texas Woman's University, Currently Outdoor Adventure Coordinator, newly taking on Marketing, E-Sports, and Intramurals.
Andrew Castagna UMass Boston
Andrew Castagna UMass Boston - Member Management and Marketing
Meghan Pontius
Meghan Pontius, Assessment & Communications Manager at University of Arizona
Peter McComie
Peter McComie - McMaster University (Canada) - Intramural Sports Coordinator & Rec Marketing/Promo
Megan Ridley
Director of Recreation, Young Harris College
Jessica Allen
Jessica Allen- Promotions Coordinator Texas Southern Univ.
Jill Wells
Jill Wells - Oregon State University Administrative Program Assistant in Sport Programs.
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
What the rules are for coming into our facility.
Cristina Rodriguez
How to continue participation engagement with our virtual programming.
Gina Wood
Signage, marketing plan for opening
Macy Burkett
COVID signage is my big project. We just ordered a plotter printer and frames for 24x36 posters to hang around the facility
Krista Herring - UCCS
My priority right now is getting our communications strategy for covid specific items together/finalized
Ashley Hall
We’ve been working a lot with signage for virtual fitness and trying to encourage fitness while away from the facility
Taryn-Lea McEachrane
Signage, policies, promoting virtual programs
Ben Nelson - Minnesota State, Mankato
Working on a video to discuss changes/new rules patrons will see when we open.
Tara Gilkey
Hi Anthony!
Ashley Hall
Also working on a reopening video/tour
Maria Lauron-Ramos (She/Her/Hers)
Princeton: Working on Signage/Verbiage on signs for space in the building. Other Priorities: Re-developing strategy for social media content that relates to our solidarity statement to ensure we aren’t going back to “normal content”.
David Podschun - USC
How are you balancing current and new signage around facility?
David Podschun - USC
AND - if those policies are fluid how are you creating signage that might change frequently...
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
@David: Most of the signage is the information that comes from CDC and our department of health. Most likely not changing.
Kendra Moretti
Thank you for sharing Cristina!
Cristina Rodriguez
YouTube link of our director's welcome back message with footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQka_OI4rRs
Krista Herring - UCCS
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nirsamarketingprofessionals/
Cristina Rodriguez
Highly recommend canva and adobe spark for template creations.
Krista Herring - UCCS
https://uccsoffice365-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/kherring_uccs_edu/ET1p-Es-xT1Nku_fWAm-EqABPK3twGwuKBPMZvy-8vscKw?e=BWc5d2
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
Yes @Cristina.
Ashley Hall
Can you all let Maiya Turner in?
Ben Nelson - Minnesota State, Mankato
I would be interested to know how others are connecting with /marketing to new entering students. Our orientation is 100% online and we are doing some virtual (zoom) resource fairs to connect and answer questions.
Mo Phillips - Sonoma State University
good idea
David Podschun - USC
@Ben we have set up a specific webpage that's sort of a one-stop place for new students and also allows them to submit questions. It goes live next week for us and will be sent to all new students.
Cristina Rodriguez
at UTRGV they are providing the public image of COVID-19 signage
Ben Nelson - Minnesota State, Mankato
Our University-wide marketing team has some general template signage they're using in most facilities, we will have to design our own for signage for anything specific to us.
Danielle Anderson
I use a large format printer (Variquest) with templates I can make flyers / signage immediately.
Maria Lauron-Ramos (She/Her/Hers)
Simplifying policies and using graphics that align with the message. We have building signage that has been created through the University’s Environmental Health Services. Then I have been customizing signage for specific activity rooms.
Krista Herring - UCCS
There is also a thread on the NIRSA Marketing Facebook group about signage so feel free to hop over there and upload any signage or request any examples to be sent to you! https://www.facebook.com/groups/nirsamarketingprofessionals/
Cristina Rodriguez
@anthony that is a cute slogan.
Krista Herring - UCCS
Thanks Cristina!
Luis Banda
We are looking to create a campaign for Fall to market our programming and using student employees to relay the message
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
@Cristina: We are working on the verbiage and checking for already used #s.
Gina Wood
We’re using Your Help Matters and We’re In This Together for a lot of our messaging
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
verbage
Ashley Hall
We had signage on every other machine for proper distancing
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
Yes, signs and marking tape.
Krista Herring - UCCS
UNL video is on this page: https://crec.unl.edu/covid
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
Yes @Michael. I have heard those in other chats.
Cristina Rodriguez
UTRGV created a What to Expect video to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEDFpG2OgHk
Cristina Rodriguez
We used CriCut to create internal stickers to place on windows and plexiglass
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
@Maria. See pic.
Brooke Povich
Is anyone requiring masks at all times in the facility including while working out? If so, do you have specific signage/language for this? If any schools are in the same situation, would be happy to talk more individually as well
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
@Cristina: I love the "make big sign maker."
Maria Lauron-Ramos (She/Her/Hers)
@Anthony - Thank you!
Krista Herring - UCCS
@Anthony HEARD! I appreciate the heads up for sure!
Gina Wood
* We are going to host a staff test day before we open and will be making a video showing how to enter and how to maneuver around the facility
Tara Gilkey
Those that have made videos, have they had success in being viewed by patrons? What platforms have you shared the videos on?
Cristina Rodriguez
Videos hosted on YouTube, shared on FB, TW, IN.... Looking to embed into website.
Jessica Allen of Texas Southern Univ.
IGTV, Youtube, twitter, campusrec website
David Podschun - USC
We will use our Reach TV's in facility for videos and signage
Tara Gilkey
Thanks everyone!
Gina Wood
We started offering as many classes as possible on multiple platforms at ones to increase attendance - most are on IG Live and Zoom at the same time
Adrienne Gossett
What equipment/setup do you recommend for creating a virtual / on-demand group exercise space?
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
Esports and the virtual 5k are more popular than our zoom group ex.
Cristina Rodriguez
We just started reaching out to groups on campus to present to: (1) SGA and (2) ResLife since they are active in the summer... we are also working with recruitment office to send to entering freshman
David Podschun - USC
@Gina and @Adrienne how has participation been in the social media live classes?
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
@Kristia: Yes on routes on their own. Also make them "honest" with app information.
Luis Banda
We ar ein the process of marketing to all new students through new student orientation and trying to link them to our social media, IMLeagues and website
Adrienne Gossett
@David we’re currently not offering, but we’re looking forward to fall quarter..
Jessica Allen of Texas Southern Univ.
Same reaching out to different Orgs on campus, and hosting health and wellness chats
Gina Wood
@David - We’ve been averaging 20-30 per live class but higher numbers after they are saved to IGTV
David Podschun - USC
@Gina thanks!
Gina Wood
IG Live and IGTV are highest for us
Maria Lauron-Ramos (She/Her/Hers)
We’ve been hosting ALL classes via Zoom only. For spring Virtual Classes we’ve had an average of 295 participation per week. For summer, I’m not sure of numbers. However we’ve found that participants are those who have not attended in person classes.
Mo Phillips - Sonoma State University
our orientation is online right now so we have been sending info to the O leaders to share with the new students.
Andrew C. UMass Boston
how are students login to accounts ?
Mo Phillips - Sonoma State University
we also have a seawolf chat program where we can send a text/insta like message to all first year students through the chatbot program
Gina Wood
We use it for live classes, weekly PT and Fitness classes posted to our feed
Gina Wood
@calpolyreccenter
Andrew C. UMass Boston
student employees login on to department accounts
Maria Lauron-Ramos (She/Her/Hers)
IGTV content has not been as successful as regular feed videos on our end.
Jessica Allen of Texas Southern Univ.
SAME!
Gina Wood
We filmed a block of fitness videos in our rec center when this started and we post those weekly - we will be filming more in August to get us through fall. Higher quality fitness classes to break up all of the IG Live classes
Gina Wood
We also rotate them out on our website and point to YouTube
Jay McKendall
Is anyone using twitch?
Krista Herring - UCCS
@Jay we’ve only used it for the Trivia challenge in the springs semester
Luis Banda
Our department is actually in charge of new student orientation as well. Here is direct link to online and inperson orientation - https://life.southtexascollege.edu/activities/fyc/
David Podschun - USC
We are also hosting virtual sessions for orientation through zoom, sorry my son is making too much noise :)
Michael Wilson - Texas Woman's University
We found an Instagram account that focuses specifically on the 2024 class. We followed that account and all of the students mentioned in their posts. That gained us over 100 new followers. We also created a virtual welcome/orientation video that shows the facility. We are also working on First-year only student events.
Maria Lauron-Ramos (She/Her/Hers)
@David never apologize!
Michael Wilson - Texas Woman's University
David, gotta love that Dad life!
Ben Nelson - Minnesota State, Mankato
@David lol, thanks. Been there the last few months too.
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
@Krista: and copy!!!
Maria Lauron-Ramos (She/Her/Hers)
Looking into Discord to host virtual space for Class of 2024.
Cristina Rodriguez
UTRGV recruitment is now introducing a drive thru pick up... so we added materials
Jill Wells
Our Sport Clubs recruit a lot during our new student orientations. They will not have that opportunity with our online orientation. How are others supporting their student clubs with their new student recruitment efforts?
Cristina Rodriguez
Joining social media pages to share material to
Jill Wells
(we're being hopeful that sport clubs will be active this year of course.)
David Podschun - USC
@Jill We are doing zoom sessions for club interest - histed by our RCC
Mo Phillips - Sonoma State University
we are doing zoom club fairs
Mo Phillips - Sonoma State University
also looking at instagram swipe club fair
Mo Phillips - Sonoma State University
sorry, i have to go , but thanks for hosting this and sharing events.
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
Any info, items, Qs YOU NEED for opening, let me know. Marketing, facilities, opening notes....anthonyf@uca.edu.
Jill Wells
Thank you everyone.
Krista Herring - UCCS
https://2020recreationmovement.com/
Krista Herring - UCCS
Email Emily Hughes if you are interested in joining in on this
Emily.hughes@nirsa.org
Krista Herring - UCCS
Krista Herring – kherring@uccs.edu
Kendra Moretti – kendra.moretti@belmont.edu
Danielle Anderson @ Fairfield University
What date does the 202 Rec movement end?
Danielle Anderson @ Fairfield University
Thanks
Maria Lauron-Ramos (She/Her/Hers)
Thanks Krista and Kendra for hosting space again!! We appreciate you :)
Anthony U of Central Arkansas
Thank you both. Be safe all and wash your hands. Wear your masks.
David Podschun - USC
Thank you!
Gina Wood
Thank you!
Peter McComie
thank for hosting!
Adrienne Gossett
Thanks!