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

Listen to Dewayne Hankins from Portland Trailblazers
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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
- Some NBA Sports Geek episodes you might like to check out:
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See you at SEAT in Salt Lake City
Join us at SEAT Conference in Salt Lake City Utah on July 14-15 2023. Many of our podcast guests are SEAT attendees.
SEAT is the conference where sports technology executives unite to discuss and solve the tech problems the sports industry is facing. Collaboration across multiple tracks of technology, digital and data has helped the sports industry deliver improvements across stadium access, wi-fi, security, fan engagement, social media, digital content, ticketing and sponsorship revenue. Sean Callanan, Sports Geek