46 min
Episode 38: Fred Turner – Beyond Sport The Drive Phase Podcast
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- Entrepreneurship
In this week’s episode, James will be talking to Fred Turner, Executive Director at Beyond Sport. Fred was raised in a sports family, with most of his immediate family being in TV production for sporting events from the last seventy years. In this episode, he shares how whilst TV production wasn’t for him, he found a calling in social impact through sports.
He is driven by a passion for placing Sport with intention at the heart of creating solutions to the world’s most pressing issues - through partnership, collaboration, and real-life storytelling, varied experience in global partnerships, programming, strategy, and fundraising.
What you’ll find out in this week’s episode:
Fred’s earliest memories in sports and background Fred’s sporting family and he got into the sports TV production world Fred’s events experience at Benchmark Sports The origin of Beyond Sport and how they choose partnerships Challenges that Fred has encountered in business development Recurring operational challenges that Fred faces managing a global organization with many partners Major setbacks that Fred and the organization have had because of COVID-19 How Beyond Sport uses data to make decisions Fred’s vision for Beyond Sport & his strategies for leading an international team …and so much more!
Connect with Fred Turner & Beyond Sport:
Website: https://www.beyondsport.org/
LinkedIn: Fred
Turner
Connect with James:
Instagram: @james_ventures
Facebook: Coordinate Sport FB Page
LinkedIn: James Moore
Coordinate Sport: The Drive Phase Podcast
In this week’s episode, James will be talking to Fred Turner, Executive Director at Beyond Sport. Fred was raised in a sports family, with most of his immediate family being in TV production for sporting events from the last seventy years. In this episode, he shares how whilst TV production wasn’t for him, he found a calling in social impact through sports.
He is driven by a passion for placing Sport with intention at the heart of creating solutions to the world’s most pressing issues - through partnership, collaboration, and real-life storytelling, varied experience in global partnerships, programming, strategy, and fundraising.
What you’ll find out in this week’s episode:
Fred’s earliest memories in sports and background Fred’s sporting family and he got into the sports TV production world Fred’s events experience at Benchmark Sports The origin of Beyond Sport and how they choose partnerships Challenges that Fred has encountered in business development Recurring operational challenges that Fred faces managing a global organization with many partners Major setbacks that Fred and the organization have had because of COVID-19 How Beyond Sport uses data to make decisions Fred’s vision for Beyond Sport & his strategies for leading an international team …and so much more!
Connect with Fred Turner & Beyond Sport:
Website: https://www.beyondsport.org/
LinkedIn: Fred
Turner
Connect with James:
Instagram: @james_ventures
Facebook: Coordinate Sport FB Page
LinkedIn: James Moore
Coordinate Sport: The Drive Phase Podcast
46 min