On this week's episode Sean catches up with Nick Holland from the EJ Whitten Foundation as part of the Sports Geek Podcast CEO Series.  Sean chats with Nick about football, law, governance and blockbusters.

On this podcast you'll learn about:

  • Nick's background as a professional footballer and how he prepared for life after sport whilst still playing AFL by studying law
  • Nick's experience in sports law working on the Essendon case and working in sports governance for Australian Sports Commission
  • Nick's involvement working on Nitro Athletics whilst at Athletics Australia and building a blockbuster event
  • Nick joining the EJ Whitten Foundation and it's aim to raise awareness about prostate cancer whilst still working on big sporting events
  • The EJ Whitten Legends Game as their marquee event of the year and what strategies they are using to take it to the next level
  • How Sports Geek worked with EJ Whitten Foundation to increase raise the brand awareness and reach for the game
  • How they tripled the donations from 2016

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