Podcast appearances and mentions of keri potts

Listen to Sarah's conversation with former ESPN colleague Keri Potts, who details her own sexual assault experience and then explains the important role that the media plays in the way that sexual assault stories are received by the audience.

Building better boundaries in life is one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves. It allows us to find personal freedom, self-acceptance and a sense of balance. But HOW? As we’re re-entering “normal” we’re being faced with more than we have the past year and that can be overwhelming. We’re joined by Keri Potts, VP of Communications and PR for America 250 and former longtime sports industry public relations executive at ESPN. Keri shares her wisdom for setting healthy professional and personal boundaries that she gained from real-life experiences that molded her into the woman she is today. Listen in to learn from her and how she’s gained this personal freedom that has helped her thrive in the wild today.   Learn more about America 250 - https://www.america250.org/ Learn more about A Fight Back Woman - https://afightbackwoman.com/ Follow Keri Potts on IG – https://www.instagram.com/pottsiek/ Follow Keri Potts on twitter – https://twitter.com/MsPotts_ATL Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thrivininthewild/ Join our FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/374531347301074/ Subscribe to our newsletter - https://www.thrivininthewild.com/

For the first episode of the Behind The Sports Story Podcast, Dave talks to former ESPN PR Vet Keri Potts about the evolution of sports programming.

Keri Potts a is 21-year corporate communications executive with stops at Nike, the NCAA and, for the past 17 years, ESPN, where she served as senior director, communications, leading strategy for the company’s largest content portfolio – college sports. During her tenure, she publicized properties ranging from Monday Night Football, NBA and WNBA, to ESPN Films and its 30 for 30 documentary series, The ESPYs, English Premier League, and the launch of espnW. In addition, she provided training and content guidance across the company on matters of gender-based violence. Potts is an experienced anti-sexual violence speaker, victims advocate and non-profit leader for domestic and international gender-based violence crisis services. She serves as President of the Board for Pathways to Safety International, which provides comprehensive assistance and case management to Americans sexually assaulted or abused abroad. In addition, she is a certified rape crisis counselor and victims advocate, volunteering for the past seven years in the states of Connecticut and Georgia. Potts was graduated from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a B.S. in magazine journalism and a M.S. in organizational management and public relations. She was co-captain of Syracuse’s Division I volleyball team and was a first-team Academic All-American selection and a LetterWinner of Distinction. Professionally, she has won numerous industry awards for her work, has served on the board of the Naismith Award and as a member of the Atlanta Hawks Diversity & Inclusion Council, and has been recognized as a PRWeek ‘2020 Woman to Watch’ and ‘40 Under 40’ honoree (2016), and ESPN’s Volunteer of the Year (2017). Potts hails from Long Island, New York

For 17 years, Keri Potts '98, G'99 guided strategic communications efforts around ESPN's college sports businesses, created engaging promotional content for the network's NFL and NBA coverage, the 30 for 30 documentary series, the ESPY's awards show and more. But her true passion was advocating for women's empowerment issues, and this summer, Potts became vice president of external relations with the Institute for Women's Policy Research in Washington, DC. Potts earned both her bachelors and master’s degrees from Newhouse while excelling as a member of the volleyball team. She recounts her harrowing escape from a would-be-rapist in Italy and how that encounter fueled her desire to become a women's empowerment and victims rights' advocate. She also discusses her career, why she bleeds Orange and how Syracuse University feels like home. Hear her story on our 44th podcast!

Show Notes: Keri is paying the price now for her scholarship as a volleyball player at Syracuse with the wear & tear over the years on her body Having upcoming shoulder surgery after playing dodgeball and realized that she couldn't throw the ball as she could in the past Even at an early age was athletic and enjoyed sports and any type of physical activity Started gymnastics but quickly outgrew the sport and eventually fell in love with volleyball and always wanted to compete with the boys Sports was a way to bond with her dad She loved the recruiting because she could explore schools outside of the northeast but felt pressure to state in-state for financial reasons and attended Syracuse University Her coaching experience at Syracuse was not a good experience but knew that there would be more than volleyball later in life Started writing while at Syracuse and fell in love with earning an undergraduate and master's degree Began her career at the NCAA but soon felt like she was trapped and sought for a way out with the help of Jim Boeheim, Syracuse Men's Basketball Head Coach Started with ESPN in 2003 as a Senior Publicist and currently serves as Senior Director Communications Life changed for her in 2008 while vacationing in Italy where she survived a violent rape attempt Still battles with the thought that she didn't trust her gut and say no to the invitation to visit her assailant's apartment In the moment of "fight or flight", she knows that there's a third component of "freeze" but due to her sports background she was so confident in her body that when the adrenaline started she knew how to handle her body Keri believes that sports saved her life because she knew her body and how to react Words of Wisdom from Keri Potts: "To thine ownself be true." To Subscribe to Rich Take On Sports YouTube Channel: Rich Take On Sports (http://www.youtube.com/richtakeonsportspodcast) To Follow Rich Take On Sports on Twitter: @richtakesports (https://twitter.com/richtakesports) To Follow Richmond Weaver on Twitter: @richmondweaver (https://twitter.com/richmondweaver) To Follow Rich Take On Sports on Instagram:  @richtakeonsports (https://www.instagram.com/richtakeonsports/?hl=en) To Follow Richmond Weaver on Instagram:  @richmondweaver93 (https://www.instagram.com/richmondweaver93/?hl=en) To Follow Rich Take On Sports on Facebook:  @richtakeonsports (https://www.facebook.com/richtakeonsports/?ref=bookmarks) To Follow Keri Potts on Twitter: @MsPotts_ATL (https://twitter.com/MsPotts_ATL) To Follow Keri Potts on Instagram: @afightbackwoman (https://www.instagram.com/afightbackwoman/?hl=en) To Learn More About A Fight Back Woman: A Fight Back Woman (https://afightbackwoman.com/) To Learn More About Pathways to Safety International: Pathways (https://pathwaystosafety.org/) Featured Image Photo Credit: Keri Potts (via TEDx)

This week the guys talk to Keri Potts, a senior director of communications at ESPN. Potts is responsible for setting the strategic communications efforts for all college sports event and studio content. In almost 15 years at ESPN, she has publicized properties ranging from the NFL and NBA, to ESPN Films and its inaugural slate of the award-winning 30 for 30 documentary series, The ESPYS and the launch of espnW, ESPN's first dedicated women's business. She joined ESPN from the NCAA in 2003 where she had served as a writer and editor. The Smithtown, N.Y. (Long Island)-native was co-captain of the Syracuse University women's volleyball team and remains its first and only first-team Academic All-American, graduating with her B.S. and M.S. from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Beyond sports, Potts is known for her work the past six years as a victims' advocate, a national anti-sexual violence speaker and rape crisis counselor, having chronicled her own assault and international prosecution of her attacker in 2008, for Marie Claire magazine, the Travel Channel and Discovery ID, and on her blog afightbackwoman.com. Potts has served as a victims advocate for the Milford Rape Crisis Center (Milford, Conn.), Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital and now volunteers with the Gwinnett Rape Crisis Center in Georgia. She also serves on the Diversity & Inclusion Council of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Tip Off/Naismith Board of Directors. In 2017, she was named ESPN's Volunteer of the Year and is on the Board of Pathways to Safety International, the only organization to help Americans sexually assaulted abroad.

Every 98 seconds someone in America is sexually assaulted. In this second part of the interview with Keri Potts, Sr. Director of Communications for ESPN, we discuss the sexual assault that Keri experienced in Italy, how she managed to jump down roofs to escape, and all the hoops she had to jump through in order […] The post Leveling The Playing Field: Keri Potts, ESPN’s Senior Director Of Communications (Part 2 of 2) appeared first on Radio Influence.

Keri Potts is the Sr. Director of Communications for ESPN. Keri has been named one of PR Week’s 2016 40 under 40, Presidential Volunteer Service Awardee, and ESPN’s Volunteer of the Year. She is the driving force behind ESPN hits such as the 30 for 30 films, College Gameday, and the SEC Network. A Scholastic […] The post Leveling The Playing Field: Keri Potts, ESPN’s Senior Director Of Communications (Part 1 of 2) appeared first on Radio Influence.

Sarah talks to Keri Potts about the role the media plays in covering sexual and partner violence.