Social Media Education for Student-Athletes

Student-athletes have an incredible opportunity, when they put on their uniform, to represent their chosen university.  The reality is that, today, they are wearing that jersey online 24/7.  If they understand and use social media well, they can be the greatest PR an athletic program can have.  Used poorly, it can lead to unnecessary distractions, discipline, even suspension.

Education changes behavior.

Our on-site education sessions prepare your student-athletes to make a positive impact through social media. We help them understand the risk involved with using it poorly, but focus on the tremendous opportunity that social media provides them now, as a student-athlete, and as they prepare for life after college.

Social Media Education for Coaches & Athletic Staffs

Social Media is changing the coaching profession. From recruiting to understanding how your current players are using it, it’s something that coaches must acknowledge. While on campus to meet with your student-athletes, we will also spend an hour with your athletic staff, helping them understand how and why their student-athletes are using social media, the best way to approach it with their team, and how they can use it to benefit themselves, the team and the university.

Coaches walk away from this session with a changed perspective on social media, and the tools to deal with this issue individually and among their teams.

We also offer this session through a webinar.

FieldTrack: Social Media Monitoring

If you work in collegiate athletics, you realize that monitoring your the social media activity of your student-athletes and staff  is a necessity. You also know that it is a 24/7 job, and there just aren’t enough hours in the day for you and your staff to do it. To pay a full-time staff member to do it would be extremely cost-prohibitive.

That’s where FieldTrack, our award-winning platform, comes in.  It monitors social networks in real-time, scanning for keywords that could negatively impact the image of your players, coaches and program. Not only does it monitor what your players and coaches are saying, it also monitors what is being said to and about them, alerting you to situations that can be teachable moments, or potential NCAA violations. Long-term Social Media success comes through continued education and discussion. FieldTrack facilitates that.

FieldTrack is a web-based platform that also works on your iPhone, iPad or Android device.

The privacy of your student-athletes and staff is extremely important. Numerous states have passed laws, and others have been introduced at the state and federal level, to prevent invasive monitoring practices. FieldTrack monitors in a way that respects student-athletes’ privacy, and does not access or collect private information. It is the only social media monitoring service for student-athletes that does not access private information on Facebook.

FieldTrack serves as a complement to our education sessions.

What are people saying about Fieldhouse Media? 

Social media has become omnipresent and now, more importantly than ever before, student-athletes, professional athletes, athletic personnel and professionals have to be educated on the proper uses of social media. Education is paramount and Fieldhouse Media has one of the nation’s biggest proponents for educating people on why proper social media use is key for everyone.
-Chris Y, Director of Communications at the University of Miami

I felt as though he not only understood the online interests of today’s student-athletes, but could also effectively articulate to our team members the benefits of creating a positive online identity.
-Sean S, Director of Athletics at Clark University

We have already seen some major adjustments in the way our student-athletes are using social media. It spurred some good conversations between our players and coaches. It opened the eyes of our coaches to the importance of knowing what their players are doing and posting online. Our coaches are now holding their players accountable for online content and our players appear to be making the necessary adjustments.
-Ryan B, Director of Athletics at Rogers State University

Social Media education is extremely important for student-athletes, and Fieldhouse Media is doing a terrific job of addressing this issue. They come at it from a positive perspective, stressing the right ways for student-athletes to engage online which help promote student-athletes, their teams and ultimately their University. From their seminars to the messages they post online, Fieldhouse Media is a much needed resource for all in college athletics.
- Josh W, Associate AD at the University of Nebraska Omaha

It is important for  student-athletes to be educated on how to appropriately use social networking sites and Fieldhouse Media helps with that educational process. Even the daily updates and articles that @FieldhouseMedia shares on Twitter gives me quick and relevant information on what’s going on in the social media/networking world – information that I can easily share with my student-athlete population and our athletic department.
- Kristin H, Athletic Coordinator at the University of Memphis

Fieldhouse Media provides education, examples and trends for social and other media. I consider their blog and social media accounts a must read for ADs, coaches and/or athletic marketing/communications staffers. I have recommended them to numerous coaches and staff.
- Kurt E, Associate AD at the University of New Mexico

To our student -athletes, social media is an integral part of their everyday lives.  The dangers that can come from small missteps never even cross their minds. Field House Media not only points out the dangers but they endorse something new, education.  This education has opened my eyes to ways of using social media to our advantage while minimizing our missteps.
- Ben S, VP of Athletics at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

Kevin DeShazo and Fieldhouse Media has quickly become a valuable resource for me professionally and for our coaches and staff at Cal State Monterey Bay. We regularly glean information and insight from the @fieldhousemedia twitter feed and newsletter to frame social media education topics for our monthly coaches’ meetings.  Educating the 250 plus student-athletes representing Otter Athletics is a critical next step for our department and we will call on Kevin and his expertise to guide our strategy and planning of a year-long student-athlete education plan. The best part of all this is that I met Kevin in the space that he consults and educates — on Twitter.
- Kirby G, Assitant AD at Cal State Monterey Bay

The presentation was very good and hit exactly what we were looking for in terms of informing student-athletes and staff on the use of social media and how it can be a good thing, as well as consequences when used poorly. Our student-athletes are now thinking about their tweets before actually pressing the “SEND” button.
- Manny N, Sports Information Director at Columbus State University

Interested in learning more about how our social media education and/or FieldTrack can benefit your program?
Contact us today:

phone: 405.535.6943
email: info@fieldhousemedia.net