Chris Robb: Author of ‘Mass Participation Sports Events’, International Speaker and Founder of ‘Mass Participation Asia’ conference.

Summary: Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube / Sign up for our newsletter for more info on getting you started running amazing events. Chris Robb has done a lot! From running events at his school growing up in Zimbabwe to being the road manager for the Sydney Olympics. He founded the Singapore Marathon and sold it to Ironman before launching is career as an international consultant and speaker. He now lives in Bali and runs the Mass Participation Asia conference and is a sought after speaker and consultant On the interview we discuss: How Chris organized a running event at his school to pay for the school running track to be resurfaced How he went to University in South Africa and ran events there What are the business models for mass participation sporting events Moving to Sydney and working on the Olympics as road manager The huge rise of ‘Tough Mudder’ style races Starting the Singapore Marathon and selling it to Ironman Why he moved to Bali His advice for people wanting to speak at conferences What are the opportunities for entrepreneurs to start a new event now This podcast is brought to you by www.eventsframe.com - Effortless ticketing and attendee management with NO ticket fees....Make the switch from Eventbrite today. Email dan@eventsframe.com with the subject line ‘PODCAST’ for a special discount code. I hope you enjoyed the podcast and if you did please leave us an iTunes review it really means a lot to us! Finally please join our Facebook Community of #eventprofs to keep the learning going Get in touch with me via dantaylor.me More information on Chris can be found on the links below: Chrisrob.asia https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-robb/ http://massparticipationasia.com   Sign up to get exclusive offers and updates on our latest feature releases!