ACE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC SUMMIT 2018
Hosted in conjunction with Team USA’s D.C. Event Week following the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, the Athlete Career and Education (ACE) Olympic and Paralympic Summit 2018 is an interactive, multi-day event focusing on personal and professional development. Athletes will have the opportunity to learn how to leverage their athletic careers by developing their personal brands for sponsors and appearances, to gain tools to navigate the job market, to access resources to start a professional career, to engage in discussions with peers as they explore retirement and next steps, and more.
Highlighted by the U.S. Olympians and Paralympians Association (USOPA) induction celebration and the networking reception, the ACE Summit enables athletes to engage individually with career professionals, executives, sponsors, the ACE support network, prospective employers, and Olympic/Paralympic alumni, who can give them advice tailored to their specific goals and needs. The Summit will also guide them through the available USOPC/ACE resources to help develop their post-PyeongChang goals.
APRIL 24-26
Who
88 Olympians and Paralympians, representing 12 National Governing Bodies (NGBs) who competed in the Winter Games 2018
It was a great experience and I learned a lot. 100% worth it.
2018 Summit Athlete Participant
DAY 1: APRIL 24
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Welcome Dinner
U.S. Olympians & Paralympians Association Induction
Keynote Address: Dick Fosbury, Olympian
Games Town Hall
Facilitated by Chad Sunderland, USOPC
"What your team put together here is the most impressive workshop I've seen for any group of individuals in this position. There wasn't one athlete I talked to that felt the day was anything but a tremendous use of their time."
- Steve Mesler, Olympic Champion
DAY 2: APRIL 25
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Athlete Panel
Jeremy Bloom, Candace Cable, Sasha Cohen, Steve Mesler, Lauryn Williams
10:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Session Workshops
Attend 3 of the 4 one-hour workshops:
- Get Sponsorship Smart: How Sponsorship Can Work for All Types of Athletes (Vickie Saunders, The Sponsorship Consultants)
- Writing Your Story Inside and Outside of Sport (Drake Fages, The YouSchool)
- Becoming the CEO of Your Brand (Patty Hubbard and Stephanie Martin, BrandForward)
- Public Speaking 101 (Michael Cain, USOPC)
- Exploring Your Professional Personality - First Steps Towards Finding Your Career Fit (Deloitte)
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Designing Your Life - After the Games
Dave Evans, Stanford Life Design Lab
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Speaker and Guest Reception
7:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Athlete Networking 101
Chris Smith, Athlete Network
8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
General Networking Reception
DAY 3: APRIL 26
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
One-on-One Sessions
Athletes met one-on-one with professionals to discuss the following topics:
- Jump Start Your Job Search
- Life Coaching
- Personal Coaching on How to Design Your Life Well
- What's Next for Me? Sit Down with a Transition Coach
- Get Sponsorship Smart
- Federal Employment 101
- Defining Your Post-Games Purpose
- Financial Advice for the Athlete Lifestyle and Beyond
- Earn, Save, Spend - Money Coaching for Organized Finances
- Personal and Performance Counseling: Identifying Strategies for Managing the Future
- ACE Career Coach Chat
Round-table Discussion
30-minute small breakout discussion sessions in the following categories:
- Non-Profit Start-Ups
- For-Profit Start-Ups
- Using LinkedIn as Your Virtual Business Card
- Career in Media/Broadcasting
- Pathways into High Performance Coaching
- Innovative Strategies and Initiatives for Career Seekers with a Disability
