SID- Technology Survey 2012 – SUMMARY (28 SIDs completed survey).

FACEBOOK

  1. Does your conference have a Facebook page?
    -64% (18)Yes
    -36% (10)No
  2. How many Facebook “likes” does your conference have?
    -likes/fans range from 45 to over 2,000.
  3. How often do you update your conference’s Facebook status?
    -67% (12) of those using update status at least once a day.
  4. Why do you use Facebook?

-promotion, to reach and engage fans, to drive fans to our website.

  1. Does your conference have more than one conference Facebook account?

-1 conference has multiple pages (fan, alumni and SAAC).

  1. For those that do not use Facebook, why don’t you?
    -lack of staff/resources to maintain is main reason for not having a page.

TWITTER

  1. Does your conference have a Twitter account?
    -71% (20) Yes
    -29% (8) No
  2. How many Twitter followers does your conference have?
    -followers range from 69 – 1,300.
  3. How often does your conference Tweet?
    -75 % (15) of those using Twitter tweet at least once a day.
  4. Do you use TwitPic
    -45 % (9) Yes

-55% (11) No

  1. Do you use Tout or something similar (video upload to Twitter)?
    -0% of those using Twitter upload video.
  2. Why do you use Twitter?

-To engage fans, to provide time sensitive information, to drive fans to conference website, update scores, to follow our institutions, and fans to learn about each of them.

  1. For those that do not use Twitter, why don’t you?
    -lack of staff/resources is main reason for not using.

YOUTUBE

  1. Does your conference have a YouTube channel?
    -39% (11) Yes

-61% (17) No

  1. Why do you not use YouTube
    - lack of staff and lack of video content/resources listed as main reasons for not using.
  2. What type of content do you use in your videos?
    -highlights, interviews are main content posted.

BLOG

  1. Does your conference office blog?
    -1 conference has a blog.
  2. What do you write about on your blog?

- SAAC student-athletes blog about their experiences.

SMARTPHONES

  1. Do you use a smartphone?

-86% (24) Yes

-14% (4) No

  1. What brand smartphone do you use?
    -11 Androids, 7 iphones, 6 Blackberries.
  2. What do you like about your smartphone, and how does it compare with any other smartphone you have used?

-Fast, remote access to email and social media, faster than Blackberry but not easier to type on, easy to use operating system, can view webcasts, Droid is easy to use, Blackberry is slow.

COMPUTERS

  1. What type of computers do you use for work?
    - 100 % (24) laptop

-50% (12) desktop

-13% (3) tablet.

  1. Do you use a laptop?

-100% (24) Yes

  1. What brand of laptop do you use?
    - 11 Dell, 3 HP, 3 Mac, 2 Toshiba, 2 Lenovo, 1 Gateway, 1 Asus.
  2. Do you use an extended monitor with your laptop?
    -42% (10) Yes

-58% (14) No

  1. Do you use a tablet?

-Yes (3) 12%

-No (21) 88%

  1. What brand of tablet do you use?
    -100% (3) of those who use tablets have an ipad.
  2. What do you like about your tablet?

-size, ease of use, portability, convenience.

APPLICATIONS (apps)

  1. Does your conference have an app?
    -2 conferences have an App.
  2. What apps do you have that are particularly helpful to your work?
    -Email, social media, evernote, vlingo, calendar, tweetdeck, DropBox, calculator.

WEBSITE

  1. Does your conference use an outside vendor for your website?
    -93% (26) Yes

-4% (1) No

  1. If so, what provider do you use?

-65% (17) of those using an outside provider use PrestoSports

-35% (9) of those using an outside provider use Sidearm

  1. What websites do you use in your work?
    -Doodle, ArbiterSports, Survey Monkey, AthleticsClips, D3Sports.com.

STATISTICS

  1. What programs do you use to create cumulative conference statistics?
    -100% (28) use Statcrew

- 43% (12) use Presto stats

- 43% (12) use HyTek (swimming & diving)

- 39% (11) other (track & field, golf)

PHOTOS

  1. What brand and model of still-image camera do you use?
    -43% (6) of those using a camera use a Nikon

-29% (4) use a Cannon

-remaining 28% use: Sony, HP, Kodak & Flipcam

  1. Where do you display photos?
    -91% (20) display photos on website

-50% (11) display on via social media

VIDEO

  1. What type of video camera do you use?

-62% (10) use flip/compact camera
-50% (8) use still image/video image combo camera

-13% (2) use high end camera

  1. What editing software do you use?
    -iMovie (3), Microsoft Windows (3), Flip cam provided (3), Roxio (2), Final Cut Pro (1), Wondershare (1), PowerDirector (1).
  2. What video content do you have on your website?
    -81% (13)highlights

-69% (11) interviews

-56% (9) feature stories

-8 % (1) complete games

LIVE FEED

  1. Is it a requirement for teams in your conference to have live statistics?
    -21% (6) require live statistics
  2. What sports require live stats?

- M/W Basketball (5)

-Football(4)

-M/W Soccer (3)

- Baseball (3)

- Softball (3)

-Volleyball (2)

-Tennis (1)

  1. Is it a requirement in your conference to have live video broadcasts?

-18% (5) Yes

-82% (23) No

  1. What sports require live video coverage?

- M/W Basketball (5)

- Football (2)

-Field Hockey (1)

-M/W Soccer (1)

-Volleyball (1)

-Baseball (1)

-Softball (1)

-M/W LaCrosse (1)

  1. Do you require both non-conference and conference games to have live coverage?

-100% (5) No

  1. Does the conference office stream live contests?

-25% (7) Yes

-75% (21) No

  1. Who is the video streaming provider?

-Penn Atlantic, Stretch Internet, EZStream, Northeast Sports Network, NMTV Sports, Webcast America

  1. Are conference championships streamed?
    -86% (24) Yes
  2. Who does the streaming for conference championships?

-84% (20) host/member institution

  1. Is it free or is there a charge?
    -100% (24) have free streaming
  2. Do you archive streamed video?
    -20% (5) Yes

-80% (20) No

ONLINE TOOLS

  1. Do you use Google Alerts?
    -39% (11) Yes

-61% (17) No

  1. Do you subscribe to RSS feeds?
    -39% (11) Yes

-61% (17) No

  1. Have you used CoverItLive during an event?

-14% (4) Yes

-86% (34) No

SOFTWARE

  1. What pieces of software are particularly helpful in your work?
    -Photoshop (10), Adobe Acrobat Pro (4), InDesign (3), Adobe Creative Suite(2), Dreamweaver (1), Quark Xpress (1), Microsoft Access (1), PageMaker (1), Evernote (1), Quickbooks (1), Windows Virtual PC (1).

TECH GADGETS

  1. List any tech gadgets that you’ve used that have not already been identified in this survey.

-Dropbox (6), Broadband card (1), Mogo Tixs (1), ge.tt (1), Spotify (1), mobile hotspot (1), audio recorder (1).

ATHLETES-OF-THE-WEEK

  1. Who determines Athletes-of-the-Week?
    -68% (19) have final decision made by Conference office after nomination process.
    -21% (5)have final decision made by SIDs or selection committee after nomination process.
    -11% (4)unknown who makes final decision based on response.
  2. If your conference processes/determines awards electronically, please describe the process you use.
    -27% (6) use Presto online awards forms for nomination process.