In this episode of Sports Geek Sean Callanan interviews Portland Trailblazers' Dewayne Hankins:
On this podcast you'll learn about:
- Dewayne's sports business journey from Wild, Kings to Blazers
- How the digital remit widened from just content
- Why Blazers fans & brand are co connected
- What does an Innovation Officer do?
- Why this podcast was rescheduled and what it was like when NBA shut down
- How Dewayne and team managed WFH and COVID lockdown
- Impact of Black Lives Matter on Blazers community and organisation and what they are doing now
- What is it like covering a team in NBA Bubble

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Resources from the podcast
- Connect with Dewayne Hankins on Linkedin and @DewayneHankins
- Listen to Dewayne's interview way back on episode #6 of Sports Geek when he was at the LA Kings
- Please join Sean on weekly #SportsBizZoom calls
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