{"id":6779,"date":"2011-01-07T00:31:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T08:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?page_id=6779"},"modified":"2011-05-27T15:42:28","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T22:42:28","slug":"isc-media-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?page_id=6779","title":{"rendered":"2010 ISC Media Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The International Softball Congress (“ISC”) publishes a media guide each year, a professionally published book containing a myriad of information about the organization, and in particular, the “ISC World Tournament”, the premier annual event in all of men’s fastpitch.<\/p>\n

The guide contains photos of teams and players from the prior year’s World Tournament, as well as an extensive book of records. <\/p>\n

It is available for purchase from the ISC. Starting in 2010, the ISC Media Guide is also available in digital format online. See information below.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n2010 ISC Media Guide (Hard Copy)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guide Book Available in Hard Copy<\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
\nThe 2010 edition of the ISC World Championship Guide will be available for ordering after May 3.<\/p>\n

We have unfortunately had to increase the price this year to $10 per copy. It has previously been $7.50 for the past 10+-years but the cost of paper and shipping expenses have forced us to make this modest increase.<\/p>\n

Download a Free Digital Edition of the 2010 ISC Guide by Red Mat Media – Click Here <\/p>\n

The 2010 Guide is 144-pages of ISC activity in 2009 including full World Tournament and ISC II Tournament of Champions results, photos and stats. It includes photos of the 2009 ISC Hall of Fame inductions, Hall of Fame rules and nominating information, 8-categories of 2009 championship stats, color photos of all 2009 World Tournament teams and umpires, 15-pages of all-time ISC All-World Players going back to 1947, an all-time ISC records section for offensive, defensive and pitching stats and much much more.<\/p>\n

There are three ways of ordering the 2010 Guide.<\/p>\n

1. On line – Go to www.iscfastpitch.com and click on the ISC products link in left margin. Follow the links and payment is made by Visa or MasterCard.<\/p>\n

2. Mail a $10 check or money order payable to ISC to:
\nKen Hackmeister
\n153 E. 200 S. – #10
\nFarmington, UT 84025<\/p>\n

3. Email iscken@comcast.net and provide the following information for a credit card payment:
\n A. Name as it appears on credit card
\n B. Card number
\n C. Expiration month\/year of card
\n D. 3-digit code on back of card near signature line
\n E. House number of your card’s billing address. If your address is 15 Maple Street, we need the 15
\n F. Postal or ZIP Code of your card’s billing address<\/p>\n

Please allow about 1-week from order receipt by us until you receive the Guide.<\/p>\n

We also have a limited quantity of older edition Guides. Email me with what year or years you are interested in iscken@comcast.net Older editions are subject to availability at $7.50 each.<\/p>\n

Ken<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nISC Digital Guide Test<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, June 26, 2010
\nThe ISC is happy to announce a new concept, never used by us that it will be implemented through August 2010 as a test and experiment.<\/p>\n

The 2010 edition of the ISC World Championship Guide is now digitally
\ndisplayed at www.iscfastpitch.com Click on the 2010 Guide cover, then click on the Click Here link in the release.<\/p>\n

This digital concept of ISC Guides may well be the future of ISC Guides
\nrather than the customary printed hard copy.<\/p>\n

The digital concept was brought to us by Scott Standerfer and Tim Lyon of Red Mat Media and they are providing this complimentary experiment through August.<\/p>\n

Some information about Red Mat Media – Red Mat Media is a distinctive voice in custom publishing bringing fresh ideas, innovative concepts and positive messaging to customized print and digital communications. They work with corporations, associations and non-profit organizations to help define and deliver messaging, news and messaging to targeted audiences.<\/p>\n

Some advantages of this digital concept are:
\nNo printing or shipping costs involved in Guide distribution
\nPages can be changed anytime rather than having to wait for the
\nnext year’s printed edition. All pages can be printed by the viewer.
\nAds can be in color at no added cost to advertiser
\nAnalytics on Guide “hits” can be captured and provided to ISC
\nand advertisers. The categories of analytics are too numerous to list.<\/p>\n

The only disadvantage we find is that many of our “older” players and fans who don’t use computers will miss the annual print version.<\/p>\n

In preparing the 2010 Guide, we contracted all graphics art work to Graphic Arts students at South Central College in Mankato. These students did an outstanding job for us and because it was a practical experience for them, the ISC saved considerable money over previous years. We then continued with Corporate Graphics in Mankato to handle the printing and initial distribution shipments. Overall, the ISC saved about 50% of our 2009 Guide expenses.<\/p>\n

We thank Red Mat Media for offering us this unique opportunity and look
\nforward to evaluating its impact over the next 2-months.<\/p>\n

Ken Hackmeister
\nwww.iscfastpitch.com<\/p>\n

Download a Free Digital Edition of the 2010 ISC Guide by Red Mat Media – Click Here <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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