2008 Woodie Awards
Intramural sports partner with ACIS to promote programs, products
Andrew Berry, Sports Editor
Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: Sports
The Department of Campus Recreation and Student Programming has brought a helping hand on campus to help promote the intramural sports programs offered at Youngstown State University.
American Collegiate Intramural Sports is a series of campus, regional and national championship tournaments that provide students with high quality competition in promoted intramural and extramural events. ACIS also has sponsorship programs that are located on 200 campuses across the nation.
Working with the flagship intramural sports at YSU, ACIS helps promote flag football during the fall semester and basketball during the spring semester. In return, the sponsors of ACIS get to see their products exposed to students through the promotional programs and special events.
Shannon Parker, a senior mechanical engineering major, works as an ACIS intern with the intramural sports program at YSU. Parker feels the collaboration of YSU and ACIS has been invaluable since the program began at the beginning of the fall semester.
"It's a great opportunity for our campus to promote our intramural programs and it helps sponsors get their products out to the students," Parker said.
Parker maintains the campus' connection with the ACIS Website by submitting pictures or by students using the sponsors' products and creating posters, flyers and powerpoints detailing upcoming events and the ACIS' involvement with YSU intramural sports.
Parker said that ACIS' involvement with YSU will make it "easier to promote intramurals and help increase participation."
Working with the flag football program in the fall, ACIS provided a brand new Pontiac to be used in a promotional event where students would attempt to throw a football throw the window of the car. The event didn't go as planned as the car was not allowed to be brought on the field of Stambaugh Stadium.
This semester, Parker is working to get an Xbox 360 Tournament to campus. Students will compete in the virtual realm playing titles such as Halo 3 and Madden 2008. Parker hopes to have the tournament up and running during Spring Fling week that will take place April 15 to April 17.
By working with ACIS, the intramural sports department receives truckloads of free products and T-shirts for intramural champions and staff. Students can also visit the ACIS Web site to enter contests to win more free products.
By helping to promote the programs at YSU and filtering merchandise to the students, the partnership between ACIS and the intramural program is a win-win effort.
"It helps get the awareness out about our events and students win free stuff - and who doesn't want free stuff?" Parker said.
American Collegiate Intramural Sports is a series of campus, regional and national championship tournaments that provide students with high quality competition in promoted intramural and extramural events. ACIS also has sponsorship programs that are located on 200 campuses across the nation.
Working with the flagship intramural sports at YSU, ACIS helps promote flag football during the fall semester and basketball during the spring semester. In return, the sponsors of ACIS get to see their products exposed to students through the promotional programs and special events.
Shannon Parker, a senior mechanical engineering major, works as an ACIS intern with the intramural sports program at YSU. Parker feels the collaboration of YSU and ACIS has been invaluable since the program began at the beginning of the fall semester.
"It's a great opportunity for our campus to promote our intramural programs and it helps sponsors get their products out to the students," Parker said.
Parker maintains the campus' connection with the ACIS Website by submitting pictures or by students using the sponsors' products and creating posters, flyers and powerpoints detailing upcoming events and the ACIS' involvement with YSU intramural sports.
Parker said that ACIS' involvement with YSU will make it "easier to promote intramurals and help increase participation."
Working with the flag football program in the fall, ACIS provided a brand new Pontiac to be used in a promotional event where students would attempt to throw a football throw the window of the car. The event didn't go as planned as the car was not allowed to be brought on the field of Stambaugh Stadium.
This semester, Parker is working to get an Xbox 360 Tournament to campus. Students will compete in the virtual realm playing titles such as Halo 3 and Madden 2008. Parker hopes to have the tournament up and running during Spring Fling week that will take place April 15 to April 17.
By working with ACIS, the intramural sports department receives truckloads of free products and T-shirts for intramural champions and staff. Students can also visit the ACIS Web site to enter contests to win more free products.
By helping to promote the programs at YSU and filtering merchandise to the students, the partnership between ACIS and the intramural program is a win-win effort.
"It helps get the awareness out about our events and students win free stuff - and who doesn't want free stuff?" Parker said.
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posted 12/09/08 @ 12:06 PM EST
I can think of countless promotion methods for sports, there are plenty possibilities to build a successful campaign starting with promotional gifts till good advertising. (Continued…)
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