- UK Sports Network set to host Social Media & Sport Summit at Notts County FC on Thursday 1st July
- Sports specialists from Nottingham area meet to discuss social media in sport and to exchange thoughts on a wide range of sports
Notts County’s Meadow Lane ground will host the first ever Social Media & Sport Summit in Nottingham next month.
The oldest football league club in the world hosts the half day event on Thursday 1 July from 8.30am and is open to anyone involved in or interested in the business of sport and social media for just £50.
The event brings together speakers from leading Nottingham PR agency Macesport, international sports governing body UK Athletics, regional sports body England Athletics and cutting edge social media agencies Made By Fudge and Spearfish Labs.
Presentations and discussions on strategy, case studies and some of the obstacles being faced will take place. Macesport will be giving an insight into their work with Derby County midfielder Robbie Savage and his venture into using Twitter during the last season.
UK Athletics and England Athletics will be giving a joint presentation on the role of their shared Social Media Officer and how the challenges they faced to get to this point. Agency ‘Fudge’ will be showcasing their work with England Squash & Racketball and look at why governing bodies have been so reluctant to take the plunge into social media.
“The Social Media & Sport Summit in Nottingham is a great opportunity for those involved in the business of sport to find out more about social media in sport with some great case studies and lessons from some of the region’s most influential and successful practitioners,” explains UKSN founder Daniel McLaren.
“The UK is playing catch up when it comes to utilising the best in social media and our aim is to help everyone achieve their aims by developing a unified online presence and openly helping each other move forward to make the UK sports community one of the most progressive, most interactive and most envied in the world.”
The UK Sports Network was founded by sports enthusiast Daniel McLaren in November 2009 and has seen its member numbers swell to over 1,000 across the UK and Europe in just six months.
Tapping into the social networking media phenomena of LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, the UK Sports Network has grown organically since its creation with the addition of an informative and insightful website back in January.
The site, www.theuksportsnetwork.com, contains unrivalled news, views and opinion from some of the country’s leading specialists, including former FA technical director Les Reed, ITV’s football web editor Mark Segal, World Cup specialist Karl Lusbec, Formula 1 PR man Chris Hughes, rising social media expert Ash Read, marketing guru and author Ardi Kolah and Gadget Show producer Alex Armstead.
