Technology & Development: A Report of Best Practices

Over the course of the past four months, Rob Norris and I have been working with two other Ohio University Sports Administration Graduate Students (Jason Hill and Craig Decker) to compile a report of how technology is being used in Athletics Development. This project, done in conjunction with the National Association of Athletics Development Directors (NAADD), surveyed 50+ industry professionals on how they are using technology to enhance their operation.

In the end, the report uncovered many unique ways that technology is being used to enhance the donor experience. Whether it is a graphic filled e-mail, a timely Twitter post, or even a Personal URL campaign, offices around the nation are being creative in their approach to these new opportunities.

Click below to view the report or download it to your computer.

Taylor Wood

Evaluate your development website

Athletics Development Frontier is excited to announce the Development Website scorecard, a new offering designed to help you improve the functionality of your website while providing concrete, measurable feedback. Feel free to use the online version of the scorecard, just make sure you notify us upon completion at info@athleticsfrontier.com. If you would rather download your own scorecard Website Scorecard in PDF format, please click here.

Below is the online version of our website evaluation scorecard. This simplified version will allow you to gain an understanding of the important parts of a functional development website. Please keep in mind this is a simplified version of the evaluation tool used to create the Big 10 Development Report. For a full evaluation, contact us at info@athleticsfrontier.com.

Big 10 Development Website Evaluation

Athletics Development Frontier is proud to announce the release of their Big 10 Development Website report, an evaluation of the best practices found within the conference’s athletics development websites. Using a scorecard to evaluate all the necessary components of an effective website, Michigan State University, Purdue University, the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan were determined to be tops in the conference. Feel free to view the report in your browser by clicking on the document below. You can download and print the PDF once it has uploaded.

Feel free to contact us at twood@athleticsfrontier.com to send us any feedback you may have on the report or if you would like your own website evaluated.