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What if YOU could sponsor athletes or teams in the #Paris2024 Olympic games? Imagine being able to invest in your Countries team, empowering them to have the best training equipment, facilities, and funding. The fact that the worlds greatest athletes must have 2-3 job to be able to represent their country on the Olympic stage... just does not add up. Would you invest in your countries Olympic team? #olympics #paris2024 #investinsport

Pop Culture Friday! Yeah boyeeeeee! That's what I'm talking about! Flavor Flav, co-founder of the hip hops group Public Enemy, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and "girl dad" is famously now the sponsor of the US women's water polo team. He's had a ton of ups and downs, and with the support of his network, made pivots to earn a living being a hype man for different projects. Supporting the water polo team is another example of him leveraging his profile and talents. When asked why he wore a clock: "The reason why I wear this clock is because, you know, time is the most important element, and when we stop, time keeps going." Seeing his joy now, he is enjoying living in the moment. I'm looking forward to seeing his next pivot. Use the DANO method to make your pivots and create a sustainable career. #career #olympics #pivot #waterpolo #flavorflav #publicenemy #networking

TLDR: Flavor Flav is setting a new standard and it’s giving us all the feels. In sports, we see women working their asses off to excel in their games. They make the most of every opportunity and still face incredible challenges when trying to reach the pinnacle - an olympic medal. Maggie Steffens recently highlighted another important issue: the lack of financial support for women in sports after college. These athletes have worked tirelessly to become the best, yet they face significant challenges supporting themselves while training to represent our country. Flavor Flav is not only bringing incredible energy to women’s water polo (YESSSS) but he’s also personally financially backing the US Women's Water Polo Team. He swam up to the net (see what I did there) in a game-changing way. I think a lot can be taken from Flavor Flav’s gesture. In our startup world, I have a lot of conversations about our CAPSULE internship program. Not only because it's been incredibly impactful to the company, but also because we're extremely passionate about doing our part to create opportunities and education for women in tech. As a female-founded technical company, Kelsey Pedersen and I were passionate about prioritizing opening doors for young women across the country and demystifying both the functional roles and the ‘how this is built’ of a technical startup. The sad reality is there just aren't a ton of opportunities for young women to be exposed to technical startups early on. We knew we wanted to be able to show them how engineering, product development, and business operate behind the scenes. Even as a small team, we're determined to make a difference. Today we have 10 women across the country that we’re bringing along on our startup ride and we’re working hard to scale to 200. We’re channeling our Flavor Flav energy every day and encourage you to as well. Any questions about how we’ve made this happen, please dm me. We’re here to help support young entrepreneurs as much as we possibly can. #StartupJourney #CommunitySupport #womenintech #femalefounders #FlavorFlav #USAWaterPolo

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This article was fun! Came at a time when Brian Gainor and I were helping one another in a variety of ways. Thanks to you Brian for your enthusiasm, vision, and collaboration! “Friends help friends!”

Our latest research conducted via our Consumer Insight Panel for Sport and Recreation Alliance explores the impact of grassroot sports clubs on their communities and demonstrates how valued these clubs are to local, community life. Check out the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eD4c-tYv #consumerinsight #communitysport #grassroots #active #communitylife

This team has been a faithful partner to Havenwood for a long time. They've supported our mission financially, as well as generously given of their skills, expertise, and time. They are true partners, generous in every sense of the word and we deeply appreciate their corporate culture. We can learn some great lessons from corporations like Kendal King. 1. Communicate - knowing your charitable priorities for next year helps nonprofits be better stewards. Even if the news is disappointing to your nonprofit, the communication is a gift in itself. 2. Mutual advocacy- Helping your partner tell their story helps the partnership. Charities should have a basic understanding of your business and companies should understand the charities mission. 3. Transparency - The charity has the responsibility of being a partner the members of your company can be proud to support. We partner by celebrating the wins and sharing the disappointments. Thank you Kendal King for being a huge part of empowering single mothers and their children to move from crisis to self-sufficiency. We are grateful.

Sport and Recreation Victoria's Sporting Club Grants opened today! ✅Category 1: On-field Uniforms or Equipment Up to $1,000 to purchase on-field playing uniforms, participation equipment for competitors and active participants, safety, injury prevention and first-aid equipment. ✅Category 2: Volunteers and Officials Up to $2,000 for projects that provide practical improvements to strengthen volunteering and officiating. ✅Category 3: Access and Engagement Up to $1,000 to assist with funding for tools and resources that improve accessibility, governance and strengthen engagement with members and participants OR Up to $4,000 to plan and deliver a new sport or active recreation program. ✅Category 4: Competitors Up to $750 towards the costs of travel, accommodation and event registration fees for individual athletes Closes 20th March - find more info here: https://bit.ly/3dwZu8T

Great to meet the awesome ActiveXchange APAC team and (re)connect with new & past industry leaders in person at the National Sports & Physical Activity Convention. it was a great opportunity to chat about common challenges & opportunities, and the scope for sports & leisure data-intelligence to be deployed to improve outcomes across the industry. 'Working together' was one of the common themes & key learnings from the conference, echoed in case studies from Australia and abroad. A number of use-cases helped to highlight the positive results or immediate need for organisations to consider new approaches and or collaborations for long term benefit. The better organisations can 'join the dots', (and the data!) in a cohesive way, especially in the changing landscape with economic headwinds, the better the industry can meet consumer expectations and the better the results.