Episode 17 - Dedan Brozino - Leaves changing remind you of humble roots
11/22/19 • 65 min
Notes & Highlights
03:20 when you come from a small town, you learn how to like people
05:55 Dedan’s professional and personal philosophy is “get better every day and use that improvement to impact the people you surround yourself with” and he learned that from athletes he looked up to
08:45 Sports is a unifier of the people. Sports stands for leadership, teamwork, ethics, inspiration, and cooperation.
14:00 Dedan is a little like a turtle on a fence post - he doesn’t know how he got to where he is. What he does know is that he had help along the way.
16:30 Philanthropic fundraising is a relationship-driven business. People give to people, and an idea.
25:15 it’s a pinch-me moment - I have a key to the rose bowl
31:00 Rose Bowl’s donors are paramount because it doesn’t have an alumni base, it’s not a church, it’s not a hospital, but it is a chapel to so many people
37:30 Dedan realized how The Rose Bowl humanizes us when Keith Jackson took him onto Kenny Chesney’s tour bus before a show. This led to a six-figure donation to honor Keith Jackson.
39:40 Jackie Robinson still holds the record for longest kick return for a touchdown at the Rose Bowl. This place is a museum. History is what makes this stadium so special.
44:00 Breaking News! The Rose Bowl Institute is right around the corner
45:00 Brandi Chastain’s goal during the world cup final was the first time that women were viewed on a level playing field as man. The Rose Bowl Institute is the next GivBk initiative at The Rose Bowl. Dedan wants to inspire the next generation.
47:30 Takes n’ Fakes Trivia
55:25 Happiness in employment requires alignment of core values with an organization’s mission. Personal brand development is the first step toward recognizing those core values.
59:45 The Rose Bowl is turning 100 years young. Partyofthecentury.org is where you can find out more about the stadium’s centennial celebration!
Notes & Highlights
03:20 when you come from a small town, you learn how to like people
05:55 Dedan’s professional and personal philosophy is “get better every day and use that improvement to impact the people you surround yourself with” and he learned that from athletes he looked up to
08:45 Sports is a unifier of the people. Sports stands for leadership, teamwork, ethics, inspiration, and cooperation.
14:00 Dedan is a little like a turtle on a fence post - he doesn’t know how he got to where he is. What he does know is that he had help along the way.
16:30 Philanthropic fundraising is a relationship-driven business. People give to people, and an idea.
25:15 it’s a pinch-me moment - I have a key to the rose bowl
31:00 Rose Bowl’s donors are paramount because it doesn’t have an alumni base, it’s not a church, it’s not a hospital, but it is a chapel to so many people
37:30 Dedan realized how The Rose Bowl humanizes us when Keith Jackson took him onto Kenny Chesney’s tour bus before a show. This led to a six-figure donation to honor Keith Jackson.
39:40 Jackie Robinson still holds the record for longest kick return for a touchdown at the Rose Bowl. This place is a museum. History is what makes this stadium so special.
44:00 Breaking News! The Rose Bowl Institute is right around the corner
45:00 Brandi Chastain’s goal during the world cup final was the first time that women were viewed on a level playing field as man. The Rose Bowl Institute is the next GivBk initiative at The Rose Bowl. Dedan wants to inspire the next generation.
47:30 Takes n’ Fakes Trivia
55:25 Happiness in employment requires alignment of core values with an organization’s mission. Personal brand development is the first step toward recognizing those core values.
59:45 The Rose Bowl is turning 100 years young. Partyofthecentury.org is where you can find out more about the stadium’s centennial celebration!
Previous Episode
Episode 16 - Steve Bandura - We stand out. Not just because of our pigment, but because of how we play the game as a team.
Notes & Highlights
03:45 Steve worked at a sales and marketing firm. He had a company car and a secretary, and he hated every minute of it. He really felt that it was meaningless.
11:15 In 1993 Steve intentionally went on unemployment so he could start the Jackie Robinson Baseball League. He named all the teams after negro league teams and gave every kid a book called Jackie Robinson and the Story of All Black Baseball.
14:00 The Anderson Monarchs were the first youth baseball team to racially integrate Philadelphia’s city A league.
16:30 Steve and the Monarchs got together at the rec center every Friday and studied the civil rights movement and baseball history along that timeline.
18:30 After Mo’Ne’s jersey was retired in Cooperstown, the kids bought baseball cards and had a mock baseball draft. It’s so nice to see the kids embrace each other in the absence of technology.
26:30 Steve built a team of five Black, five White and five Hispanic players. Their families self-segregated during their introductory team meeting. Two years later, those same families are renting a vacation house together in Ocean City, MD. A lot times it’s not racism, it’s ignorance and lack of exposure.
33:00 14 kids from one team will be playing college baseball, nine of which are at the D-1 level. In 2011 the Monarchs won the baseball, basketball, indoor and outdoor soccer city a league championship. We proved that we could compete if the kids were given an opportunity.
38:00 Empathy is knowing what someone else is thinking and feeling. This is a great competitive advantage.
39:00 We stand out. Not just because of our pigment, but because of how we play the game as a team.
45:00 Mo’s biggest contribution was inspiring younger girls to chase their dreams.
46:45 Takes n’ Fakes Trivia
53:00 MLB’s key demographic is about to be gone, and just because the TV money is there, doesn’t mean it ain’t broke.
1:00:00 An Anderson Monarch’s goal from day is to graduate from college.
1:05:30 If you’re a rabbit in a hole looking up, the sky isn’t big. If you pop your head out of that hole, the whole world opens up. So make sure your kids pop their heads out.
Next Episode
Episode 18 - Brad & Zach Gilbert - Nobody Beats Father Time
Notes & Highlights
10:00 Both Gilbert guys showed poise in 1990
13:00 If Andre Agassi is a sports car, Brad Gilbert is a Chevy truck. Brad doesn’t have a secret coaching sauce, but he thinks it’s important to go to dinner with your player.
16:30 Nobody recognized the value in a loss and handled them with more grace than Andre Agassi. He’s also the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off his back.
24:15 Brad & Zach got more competitive playing each other in ping pong than they did on the tennis court
32:30 When you decide who you want to coach, you should want success more for your player than for yourself. You should want to make your player’s dream possible.
42:00 Roger Federer’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to Brad only scratched the surface of Brad’s philanthropic endeavors
43:45 Brad and Zach devoted time on the court at San Quentin Prison to provide inmates that had accumulated good behavior credits with a break from their reality. One inmate said that he’d have been able to avoid trouble as a teenager if he was introduced to tennis at that age. The lines and rules teach important values.
50:00 A lot of times in life, in business, you have to be competitive. You don’t have to be perfect. Just be satisfied with hard work.
54:00 Brad was a Warriors fan for 39 years before the recent streak of success #EastBaySportsPride
58:15 Visit BG Tennis nation in Greenbrae, CA! He might even have a stock market tip waiting for you ;)
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