Trevor Turnbull

For this weeks adventure, I joined the Critical Mass Bike Ride and, once again, recorded the whole experience to share it with the world! This time, I was joined by an old work colleague and friend who has also recently relocated to Vancouver, his creative gal and other friends from Saskatoon. Celebrated around the world, [...]

This past weekend, I decided it was time to stop talking about enjoying all of the amazing things you “can” do in Vancouver and instead….make it happen!  After all, this is an amazing city with all kinds of outdoor activities available right at our doorstep.  Just check out a local’s perspective on the Tourism Vancouver [...]

Trevor Turnbull interviews Steve Dangle (YouTube star) and Laura West (Nike – Digital Brand Manager) at the 2010 World Jr Championships regarding the NikeTraining.ca campaign and social media. To see the complete article visit: http://sportfanconnect.com/nike-steve-dangle-social-media-interview-at-2010-world-jr-championships

Trevor Turnbull sat down with Mike Yasieniuk (President – http://yastech.ca) to talk about their recent project: Juniors2010.ca. They discuss the site concept, sponsorship, how they used social media to drive traffic to the site and future plans for the site.

While putting in a few hours the other day to research new technologies I may want to incorporate into social media future projects, my colleague, Mike Olaski, came across a the new Ustream iPhone app.  Of course, we had to test this out, but didn’t have high expectations as most new high-tech apps always have [...]

While researching the latest news surround Social Media in Sports, I came across this video produced by Hockey Night in Canada (Inside Hockey). In the video, Elliotte Friedman (HNIC Reporter) talks about the impact social media is having on sports and the NHL in particular. Some key points from the video include: Tampa Bay Lightning [...]

On my travels during the Sport-Fan Connection Tour (http://sportfanconnect.com), I made my way down to Charlotte, NC to meet with Kathleen Hessert and all the great people at Sports Media Challenge. They are doing some exciting things there around social media training, strategy, audits and monitoring (BuzzManager). Jackie Adkins (Media Analyst w/ SMC) asked me [...]

We recently ran an online contest on Sport-Fan Connect called Capitals Fan Connect where we asked entrants to submit a video or written story explaining how they connect with Sports using social media.  Roberto, Judy and Sofia Coquis (otherwise known on Twitter as @30ballparksbaby) were our winners. We met them the night before the Washington [...]

South Carolina Stingrays – Facebook

I am extremely excited to tell you all about SportFanConnect.com and the Sport-Fan Connection Tour!! The Sport-Fan Connection Tour is a multi-city, multi-sport trip –a sports fans dream vacation– turned into a research opportunity.  We will tour the North-Eastern United States taking in games, observing broadcasts, interviewing fans, players, executives and staff of the area’s [...]

Social Media for Sports: Live Webcast Monitor your brand | Engage your fans | Generate online revenue Click here to view the webcast replay: Social Media for Sports Replay Social media is a phenomenon today. More than just a hot topic, it is replacing traditional media at unexpected paces. The adoption rate is getting everyone’s [...]