Chloe Mandell is an Event Planner Event Director who has worked at the Summer Olympic Games, X-Games, and organizes the Portland Boulder Rally, ranked as one of the top beginner friendly Climbing Competitions in the Nation by Climbing Magazine.

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Show Notes

Chloe Mandell Intro, 0:51Chloe Mandell on traveling at 5 years old to Japan, 2:30Studying Abroad, France, Japan, 2:55World Climbing Championships in Innsbruck, Austria, 3:24Rock Climbing in the Olympics, Youth Olympics, 5:00IOC, International Olympics Committee, 5:34Tokyo 2020 Olympics, 5:54Living in Japan, 6:16Chloe Mandell’s Language Skills, 6:39IFSC International Federation of Sport Climbing, 7:12What does Chloe Mandell do as an event planner, event director?, 8:10Starting With Why, Start With Why Simon Sinek, 8:59Value in Experience, 9:32Experiences growing in value over time, 11:40Benefits before, during, and after events, 12:39Meeting Mikhail Gorbachev, Condoleezza Rice, and Bono, 13:30Women’s Voices Lecture Series, 13:39World Affairs Council, International Speaker Series, 14:40The Value in Hospitality, Being Service Oriented, 16:25When Chloe Mandell Called The Whitehouse and accidentally hung up, 16:52Origins of The Portland Boulder Rally, 17:46Next Adventure Sports Store, 18:20Becoming Event Organizer of The Portland Boulder Rally in 2013, 19:54Ashima Shiraishi, Alex Puccio, Sean Bailey, Carlo Traverse at The Portland Boulder Rally, 21:49Climbing competitions as a way to change lifestyle, 22:40Portland Boulder Rally as a USAC sanctioned event, 23:20What type of climbers compete at The Portland Boulder Rally, 24:50Outside Magazine, Portland Boulder Rally as a top 20 beginner friendly comp, 25:13Story Firm livestreaming The Portland Boulder Rally, 25:48Route Setting for The Portland Boulder Rally, 26:10Fundraising and non-profits at The Portland Boulder Rally, 27:14Motivation for hosting an event, 28:06Non-Profit Partnerships for The Portland Boulder Rally, 29:56First conversations before planning an event, questionnaire, 33:05Having a clear vision before planning an event, 34:05Turning an idea into experiences, 34:50Hosting multi year events, growth strategy for an event, 35:28Timelines for planning events, 36:17TEDxMtHood, TEDxConcordiaUPortland, 36:53Sleep and event planning, event endurance, 37:13Importance of being detail oriented, 38:40Chloe Mandell’s experience working at the 2016 Summer Olympics,...