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105. Uniting Athletes Around Purpose - Marcus Daniell

An episode of the We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits podcast, hosted by We Are For Good, titled "105. Uniting Athletes Around Purpose - Marcus Daniell" was published on April 14, 2021 and runs 42 minutes.

April 14, 2021 ·42m · We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits

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Summary

Meet Marcus. He may be a professional tennis pro who regularly rubs elbows with the likes of Federer and Nadal, but that's not how he wants to be remembered. As the founder of High Impact Athletes, he's challenging his fellow athletes to connect with their favorite missions and join him pledging 10% of their annual earnings to those causes. His life goal: to create a movement in the sporting world where athletes can maximize their position of power to influence good. Three cheers for this👏👏👏🎾...

Episode Description

Meet Marcus. He may be a professional tennis pro who regularly rubs elbows with the likes of Federer and Nadal, but that's not how he wants to be remembered. As the founder of High Impact Athletes, he's challenging his fellow athletes to connect with their favorite missions and join him pledging 10% of their annual earnings to those causes. His life goal: to create a movement in the sporting world where athletes can maximize their position of power to influence good. Three cheers for this👏👏👏🎾

Episode Highlights

  • Marcus’ background - 3:29
  • Powerful pledging - 7:05
  • Why Marcus is giving back - 11:33
  • Where Marcus is giving back - 14:36
  • How can we better talk about our impact? - 18:24
  • High Impact Athletes - 22:12
  • Dreams moving forward - 26:06
  • Marcus’ One Moment in Philanthropy - 29:12
  • Marcus’ One Good Thing - 34:18

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