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Thoughts on Major League Soccer’s YouTube Live Stream with Google+ Hangout
It's no secret: I love Google+ Hangouts. They're effective, innovative, engaging and fun. I actually feel the way about this technology today, as I did about Twitter back in the early days of WPS (2008) when we needed a way to share our player allocation and subsequent draft. The technology … [Read More...]
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FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in St. Kitts and Nevis
After the course in St. Lucia, I flew to St. Kitts and Nevis, where I had the honor of working as a Communications and … [Read More...]
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Thoughts on Major League Soccer’s YouTube Live Stream with Google+ Hangout
It's no secret: I love Google+ Hangouts. They're effective, innovative, engaging and fun. I actually feel the way about … [Read More...]
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Where in the World?
As I type this, I'm sitting in Newark airport... post MLS All-Star Game and NSCAA Board of Directors meeting, and pre-FIFA … [Read More...]
It's no secret: I love Google+ Hangouts. They're effective, innovative, engaging and fun.
It’s safe to say that the MLS off-season has included a lot of presentations. Not that I mind, in fact anybody that’s ever worked with me will tell you that I love a good Power Point. But in all this prepping and presenting to our ticket sales professionals, digital leads, internal staff, and even our [...]
MLS hosted a Business Summit in Columbus earlier in September, which offered a great opportunity for club and league employees to discuss ideas and align goals. Not surprisingly, social media was a hot topic of conversation, and I presented a session on trends we're seeing in the space. I've reworked them a bit from that presentation and posted a similar list here.
After the course in St. Lucia, I flew to St. Kitts and Nevis, where I had the honor of working as a Communications and Marketing Instructor for another FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar. My flight out of St. Lucia was really early in the morning, and after a short layover in Antigua, I was on my [...]
Working with the St. Lucia Football Association has been a wonderful experience, and I'm excited to see that the commitment to girls' soccer development on the island is both genuine and well-planned. They are one of the few countries I've ever come across with a comprehensive Development Plan for female football, and a President who is steadfast in his commitment to it. I look forward to following St. Lucia's progress in the months and years ahead.
As I type this, I’m sitting in Newark airport… post MLS All-Star Game and NSCAA Board of Directors meeting, and pre-FIFA Com-Unity Course in St. Lucia… And I’m thinking to myself, Yeah, I’m absolutely exhausted, but I really must be one of the luckiest people on the planet. I do what I love, and I [...]
Hi, my name is Amanda Vandervort. This is my personal blog where I discuss digital and social media strategies in soccer. Opinions are my own. 
