Mike Geddes
Sport, Business and Purpose | Founder & Social Entrepreneur | Climatebase Fellow Cohort 4 | Travel and Social Impact
- Role
- Vice President at 17 Sport
- Location
- Oakland, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mike Geddes
I’m a purpose-driven leader who has worked across continents, industries and organizations but with three central threads underpinning the work I have done and the decisions I have made:* I’m driven to make an impact which is reflected in the roles I have held (journalist/storyteller, entrepreneur, C-suite executive), where I have worked (BBC, streetfootballworld, Spirit of Soccer, Oakland Roots SC) and my leadership style.* I’m driven to build - from the inside out - in order to create, and work in, the type of purpose and people-led organizations that are necessary for today and the future (the third half, 17 Sport, Oakland Roots SC).* I’m driven to connect, at scale and in creative ways, which has led me to the media, music, travel and sports as I explore ways to build community, inspire and move people to create change. To date, I have co-founded two businesses and am currently the co-founder and Chief Purpose Officer of the USA\'s first purpose-driven sports club, responsible for improving performance across all aspects of the club - financial, people, sporting and impact. My desire to dive deeper into what it takes to create sustainable and regenerative businesses based have seen me co-create one B-corp focused on using the transformative power of travel experiences to create social change (the third half) and help build another (17 Sport). As a BBC journalist, I traveled extensively around the world reporting on issues such as racism, crime, gender inequality and cultural conflict. As a non-profit executive in South Africa, and as a Strategic Adviser to a global non-profit using soccer to educate children in war zones about landmines and unexploded bombs, I gained first-hand experience of the consequences of structural social inequity, neoliberalism and the challenges of conventional solutions. These experiences inspired me to seek out ways I could impact the world using my core skills and qualities; curiosity, creativity, empathy, storytelling and leadership
Experience
Vice President
Sep 2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Education
Newcastle University
BA, English Language and Literature
1997 — 2000
Leeds Trinity University
Post-graduate Diploma, Broadcast Journalism
2001 — 2001
Skills
- International Project Management
- Media Production
- Marketing Communications
- Community Engagement
- Youth Engagement
- Public Speaking
- Workshop Presentation
- Commentator
- Creative Concept Development
- Creative Writing
- Training Delivery
- Event Management
- Journalism
- Product Development
- Strategic Partnerships
- Fundraising
- Project Management
- Sports
- Social Media
- Public Relations
- Sports Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Workshops
- Nonprofits
- Leadership
- Community Development
- Social Enterprise
- Strategy
- Social Change
- Strategic Communications
- Non-Profits
- Television
- Management
- Youth Development
- Editing
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Spanish
- Media Relations
- Marketing
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