Starting a nonprofit organisation after sports
The is the second part of the series with athletes who are making an impact after sport. Today’s guest started her own nonprofit in 2015. After a career in finance, former athlete, karate blackbelt and water skiing champion, Berit Nielsen Legrand, started The Animal Fund
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Making an impact after sport
I want to introduce you to a series of athletes who are making an impact after sport.
Today we’ll meet Taekwondo champion Marlene Harnois. After ending her sports career in a bit of drama – ranked no. 1 in the world, she decided to go to Africa. We met in person at International University of Monaco for this chat.
Special event for former athletes
I have been a little under the radar lately preparing a very special event for former athletes. I just wanted to tease it a little bit here as it’s coming up in January and I sincerely believe that you will want to join us online.
read moreThe most overseen tip to getting what you want
I grew up learning that if you want something, you have to earn it or fight for it somehow. While this is a very useful approach, it has often lead me on detours – or even lost opportunities.
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AFTER THE GAME – sports documentary
Do you love a good sports documentary? AFTER THE GAME is an upcoming sports documentary following a coach and two athletes on a basketball team from the late 1990’s and then catching up today to see how sports has influenced their mindset and who they are today. In this episode you’ll meet the filmmaker herself, April Abeyta.
read moreInspirational athlete stories
If you want your story to be inspiring and interesting and valuable to other people – you have to make it about more than what happened when. A good story is not a history report as ESPN professional sports storyteller and executive producer Mike Baltierra told us on...
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