Seminar Resources

Resources Leading Up To Your Event

As a reminder, here is the list of guidelines that we ask you to perform to help insure a successful and well attended event. Before you print the files below, please save a copy to your computer so you can edit the files to customize them for your event.

• Forward the “Coaches Email” to all your coaches
• Forward the “Counselors Email” to all your counselors
• Forward the “Middle School Administrators Email” and encourage them to promote the event to their 8^th grade families
• NOTE: If you are also scheduling a “Coaches Guide to Recruiting Success” Staff Development program for your coaches prior to the Recruiting Seminar, use the following  email to notify your coaches.  You may edit the date & time, etc., as needed: Coaches Staff Development Email
• Read this “Seminar Announcement” at ALL home sporting events and all morning & afternoon in-school announcements
• Ask coaches to distribute the “Special Event Invitation” to those athletes they believe are capable of, or would like to play sports in college
• Send “Athletes Wanted” flyer to all booster presidents and ask them to forward to their members.
• Enlarge the “Athletes Wanted” flyer and use as a poster to place outside your office, weight room, gyms & locker rooms.
  • Use this “Athletes Wanted” flyer for Coy Wire events
  • Use this “Athletes Wanted” flyer for Darnell Dinkins events
• Distribute “Athletes Wanted” flyers at home sporting events if possible
• Place Athletes Wanted on school athletic website
• Ask local newspaper to write an article about the event prior to it (Sample Press Release)
• Place event information on school marquis the week of the event
• Make announcements and distribute flyers at any sports banquets, parent meetings,  etc.
• Advertise the event through school’s social media accounts if applicable (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) with a tweet/post similar to the template below:
  • Guiding the College-Bound Athlete recruiting seminar at SHS: 9/26 from 7:30-8:30 P for athletes gr 8-12. More: http://shar.es/7fAKf
• Use school’s calling system/email system to advertise the event