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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...]
I'm proud to say that with the encouragement and guidance of SUM's rockstar President, Kathy Carter, Major League Soccer is supporting the Women's Sports Foundation's movement to #KeepHerInTheGame. This post is a quick rundown of how we activated.
I was invited to the Home of FIFA in Zurich, Switzerland, for the Women's Football Instructors Seminar, from March 20-23, 2012. My work with FIFA is generally focused on Marketing and Communications for Com-Unity Seminars, so I'm incredibly thankful for this opportunity to come be a part of what I'd call, "coaches week," in Zurich.
I traveled to Austin, TX, last week, as NFL invited me to speak on a panel to their digital teams about how we're using social media at MLS. I was excited and humbled to have been invited; the NFL is one of the organizations I'm constantly looking to for ideas and inspiration.
I arrived tonight in Vancouver, B.C., for the FIFA/CONCACAF Conference on the FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany 2011. After looking through my brochure, I'm excited to see that many coaches, instructors and staff from FIFA projects I've worked on previously, and many of my fellow Americans, will be here.
The idea for this session came about thanks to Ryan Knapp's and my work together on the new NSCAA.com, a project which began in August 2010 and was a labor of love for the two of us. Throughout the build, Ryan and I researched sites far and wide to hypothesize what makes successful websites tick. We combined this research into five secrets (aka takeaways) to share.
The 2012 NSCAA Convention could once again be called: The busiest week of my life. Here's the play-by-play, through a few select photos from the camera on my iPhone. I've posted the photos in chronological order, enjoy!
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. 
