Meghan McLean's guest appearances

Meghan McLean

Life in the Front Office Podcast Presented By Suja Organic

AXSChat Podcast

Change Cultivators

Amy Wise

Brian Murphy

David Meltzer

David Young

Caroline Casey

Jim Smith

David King

Chris Smith

Jeff White

Scott Lewis

Rick Welts

Grace Dawson

Shannon Ford

Kristen Brown

David Gilbert

OwlTail

Meghan McLean is the Senior Vice President of Sports for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games. She is responsible for planning and executing a sport competition in 19 Olympic type sports for 4300 Special Olympics participants across North America. Meghan is leading the charge to increase participation by 50% regard to both the number of participants and the number of sports offered at USA Games. With a specific focus on increasing the athlete experience Meghan has identified and negotiated 10 sport venue contracts at state-of-the- art sport facilities across central Florida. Meghan and her team are responsible for planning and executing every aspect of the athletes’ competition experience to ensure athletes have the platform to compete and succeed. Prior to joining the 2022 USA Games Organizing Committee, she served as Senior Director of Sports and Programs for Special Olympics Florida. Her accomplishments while at SOFL include increasing Special Olympics athlete participation 120% by growing the program from 26,533 to 58,466 athletes served Meghan’s ability to not only handle, but enhance and expand, important programs for Special Olympics made her made her a vital team member of the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games bid team that won the bid to host the 2022 USA Games. She is an experienced non-profit executive with a demonstrated history of working in the sport management industry with a particular focus on event management and operations. Meghan also has experience as a consultant for Special Olympics North America where she advised Special Olympics programs across North America on best practices in coach education and event execution. Meghan is driven by the belief that sport can change lives and looks forward to using the 2022 USA Games as a platform to transform the lives of people with disabilities across North America. Support the showFollow axschat on social mediaTwitterhttps://twitter.com/AkwyZhttps://twitter.com/axschatLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniovieirasantos/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/axschat/Vimeohttps://vimeo.com/akwyz

Meghan McLean is the Senior Vice President of Sports for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games. She is responsible for planning and executing a sport competition in 19 Olympic type sports for 4300 Special Olympics participants across North America. Meghan is leading the charge to increase participation by 50% regard to both the number of participants and the number of sports offered at USA Games. With a specific focus on increasing the athlete experience Meghan has identified and negotiated 10 sport venue contracts at state-of-the- art sport facilities across central Florida. Meghan and her team are responsible for planning and executing every aspect of the athletes’ competition experience to ensure athletes have the platform to compete and succeed. Prior to joining the 2022 USA Games Organizing Committee, she served as Senior Director of Sports and Programs for Special Olympics Florida. Her accomplishments while at SOFL include increasing Special Olympics athlete participation 120% by growing the program from 26,533 to 58,466 athletes served Meghan’s ability to not only handle, but enhance and expand, important programs for Special Olympics made her made her a vital team member of the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games bid team that won the bid to host the 2022 USA Games. She is an experienced non-profit executive with a demonstrated history of working in the sport management industry with a particular focus on event management and operations. Meghan also has experience as a consultant for Special Olympics North America where she advised Special Olympics programs across North America on best practices in coach education and event execution. Meghan is driven by the belief that sport can change lives and looks forward to using the 2022 USA Games as a platform to transform the lives of people with disabilities across North America. <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/719037/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Follow axschat on social media Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/AkwyZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/AkwyZ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/axschat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/axschat</a> LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniovieirasantos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniovieirasantos/</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/axschat/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/axschat/</a> Vimeo <a href="https://vimeo.com/akwyz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/akwyz</a>

AXSChat Podcast with Meghan McLean, Senior VP of Sports for the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games.

This episode comes at change from a bit of a different angle, as we get to chat with two of the leaders who are bringing the Special Olympic games to Orlando, FL in 2022. Amy Wise, Chief Development and Marketing Officer for the 2022 USA Special Olympics Games and Meghan McLean, SVP Sports for the Games sat down with us to talk how things like the impacts of COVID, trends in Corporate Social Responsibility and advances in data and analytics are shaping the changing approach to the upcoming games. A key shift in their planning is the keen focus on the athletes, the true stars of the games.  Telling their stories, bringing leading-edge technology to the competition for them … Meghan and Amy and the entire team is focused on making the intense training and preparation of the Games pay off as they plan for a massive event with over 4000 athletes, 10000 volunteers, and over 125000 spectators in July 2022. Make sure to listen to the end as Meghan talks about the inspiring story of Chris Nikic, an athlete who recently became the first person with Downs Syndrome to complete the grueling Ironman Triathlon!

This episode comes at change from a bit of a different angle, as we get to chat with two of the leaders who are bringing the Special Olympic games to Orlando, FL in 2022. Amy Wise, Chief Development and Marketing Officer for the 2022 USA Special Olympics Games and Meghan McLean, SVP Sports for the Games sat down with us to talk how things like the impacts of COVID, trends in Corporate Social Responsibility and advances in data and analytics are shaping the changing approach to the upcoming games. A key shift in their planning is the keen focus on the athletes, the true stars of the games.  Telling their stories, bringing leading-edge technology to the competition for them … Meghan and Amy and the entire team is focused on making the intense training and preparation of the Games pay off as they plan for a massive event with over 4000 athletes, 10000 volunteers, and over 125000 spectators in July 2022. Make sure to listen to the end as Meghan talks about the inspiring story of Chris Nikic, an athlete who recently became the first person with Downs Syndrome to complete the grueling Ironman Triathlon!

Amy Wise & Meghan McLean - Shattering Stereotypes! Special Athlete Olympics

Meghan McLean - SVP, 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, dives into how the process of competing for the athletes fuels her passion for what she does! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeinthefrontoffice/message

Meghan McLean - SVP, 2022 Special Olympics USA Games, dives into how the process of competing for the athletes fuels her passion for what she does! --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeinthefrontoffice/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lifeinthefrontoffice/message</a>

The Process of Competing with Meghan McLean - SVP, 2022 Special Olympics USA Games 