Welcome to the first ActiveXchange podcast of 2025!

In this episode, Alex Burrows, founder of ActiveXchange, is joined by regional leaders John Oxley (UK), Alexandra Ash (Australia), and Mike Roma (North America) to explore what it means to be "data ready" in the ever-evolving landscape of sport, recreation, and physical activity.

The discussion dives into the challenges and opportunities of leveraging data to create smarter, more inclusive active communities.

Alex Burrows & Ben Jones are joined by Dr. Nadia Al-Sabouni from Buckinghamshire Council to discuss the various strategic and operational applications of movement data across sectors, how the insights are making a difference to organisations already, and how the unique insights generated can support organisations to make more informed decisions, improve the need and impact of their work and drive collaboration across the system.

ActiveXchange Founder, Alex Burrows, is joined by Partnerships Director, Ben Jones, and Non-Exec Director, John Oxley, to discuss the immediate challenges and opportunities when it comes to lifting the sector out and beyond its current silo, and the impact new data innovations are starting to have across the UK

It's Data Privacy Week 2023, which is “international effort to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust”. Join ActiveXchange CEO, James Ellender, and Head of Data Science, Richard Schultz for a discussion around data privacy and the value of a safe, secure and sophisticated data ecosystem. Learn more about how data privacy has changed over the last few decades and how ActiveXchange has created and nurtured a collaborative data sharing network, benefiting communities across the world. 

James Ellender, APAC CEO at ActiveXchange hosts a panel discussion with ActiveXchange Founder Alex Burrows and long term UK Leisure expert and recently appointed ActiveXchange Non-Executive Director, John Oxley. The panel tackles the question - 'what is our problem with data?' and provides real life examples, frustrations and silver linings of years of challenging the status quo and collectively championing moving the industry from 'instinct to insights' and the power that the industry has on the health and wellbeing of communities across the globe. Listen in for some contemporary approaches to the 'so what next' when it comes to data driven decisions and creating a bigger market together - one person, one facility and one community at time.

Join ActiveXchange's North American Chair Mike Roma, Founder and North American CEO Alex Burrows and Australasia CEO James Ellender for the first Academy podcast of 2022. After another difficult year in the sector, the trio discusses how organisations and facilities are beginning to leverage their data assets and the opportunities to capitalise on the wider data intelligence expertise now available across the globe. Discover the digital transformation that partners data has taken over the last 12 months and where it is expected to go in the coming year as well gaining valuable insights into what is next for ActiveXchange both in North America and Australasia.

Listen to Karen Slabbert and James Ellender from ActiveXchange join Mitchell Malone, KPMG Australia’s Sport Advisory, to talk about ActiveXchange's Aquatic and Leisure Social Value Model that combines best-practice international research and model principles developed by KPMG, with real data on participants and attendance at local facilities. In November Mitch and James will join people using the tool in their roles as part of the SportsEye Academy to support subscribers understand how to harness data and community impact, to change the conversation in how our sector is understood, valued and funded.

Listen to Louise Tulloh, former President of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, talk to James Ellender, ActiveXchange CEO, about the importance of exercise regarding the prevention and treatment of common medical conditions, and explains how this approach can intersect with the Leisure sector for greater impact across Australia, in partnership with Moving Medicine.

Listen into James Harris, CEO of Softball South Australa, and his 'jack of all trades' experiencesand how having a SportsEye account, courtesy of Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing, has transformed his decision making after 10 years in Sport.

Listen to Richard Hutchinson, Director Global Leisure Group (GLG NZ) talk to SportsEye Director, Simon Haire about ground up utilisation of IPMs to help better test, plan, and determine ways forward in planning and feasibility projects at a local level. Richard's unique perspective using IPMs now after working on more than 200 planning projects, provides invaluable insights into the contemporary approach to data analysis and investment planning.