Use of Social Media is now a priority

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, February 8, 2014 – More emphasis on the social media in the coverage of beach volleyball and volleyball competitions within NORCECA Confederation was the main decision adopted by its press commission during the annual meeting held on Friday.

The use of those new media tools shall permit an expedite diffusion of the news and also the interactive communication with the fans, players and the general public.

Starting with this year’s events, the duties of the press delegates and press directors will include the participation in the social media and players, coaches and team managers will be encouraged to contribute also.

“We need to connect with the modern times and the expansion of our sport needs of a greater communication with the young generation,” NORCECA President Cristobal Marte Hoffiz said in his opening speech. “Statistics and surveys show the importance of the social media in today’s world and we need to go in that direction.”

The members of the press commission discussed the new trends of communication and how the majority of the media interactions are made via internet.

“We can’t ignore what is evident as the internet users continue to grow throughout the world,” press commission president Lisset Ricardo commented. “Almost 40 percent of the population will be connected at the end of this year, according to the reports from FIVB.”

NORCECA Press Officer Roosevelt Comarazamy presented the media plan of FIVB for this year, underlining the importance of the new electronic means of communication.

“Since 2006 the internet users has more than doubled and today there are 2.4 billion with household and portable connection around the world,” Comarazamy said. “During our meeting in Lausanne last month we were informed that the projection is that by 2017 the global mobile connections are expected to reach 8.2 billion.

During the one-day meeting the reports from all the continental volleyball and beach volleyball competitions were received and President Marte Hoffiz presented the qualification system to be used in the process towards the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games.

He also updated the current situation of the qualification towards the FIVB World Championships in Poland (men) and Italy (women) as well as the process towards the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.