Two Birds, One Stone
Last Wednesday I presented at my first design meet up. Goal number 3 complete.
Oh and of course it was at Cake 😉 .
At the start of the year after I had made my list of goals for the year, I set about figuring out how I was going to complete them all.
To do this I made even more lists. I work well with lists you see.
I made lists of the events I knew about in the area and a list of their organisers.
![IMG_8448](https://i0.wp.com/www.ryanfmc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_8448.jpg?resize=1000%2C562&ssl=1)
Me & my self portrait.
But the confidence to present is a commodity you cannot list out, so I needed a way to ease myself into the process.
There are dozens of other reasons why Cake started and in fact I have a whole article coming along explaining most of them, but one reason was to help me gain confidence to present at an event by comparing one.
It worked.
Last night I delivered a talk on how to find your brands unique selling points, or more precisely…
“What am I uniquely positioned to do that no one else can?”
![Dave the headliner, a good friend and even better speaker.](https://i0.wp.com/www.ryanfmc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/AH2A7817.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&ssl=1)
Dave the headliner, a good friend and even better speaker.
I loved standing up there and presenting, and on reflection I am happy with my performance. Well let’s say it was a solid 6.5/10, not bad, but certainly not perfect. Next time I will remember to breath.
Anyway what’s this another ‘bird’ I hear you call! Good spot.
For the fifth edition of Cake and as it was Christmas we asked all attendees to donate to a local charity for homeless people.
At the start of the year I wanted to organise and take part in a charity event this year, and Cake offered the perfect platform for this. Goal number 4 complete.
I am incredibly proud to say we raised over £400 for Falcon Support and their Festive Shelter campaign.
![All ears.](https://i0.wp.com/www.ryanfmc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/AH2A7764.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&ssl=1)
All ears.
The event is building it own culture around kind, interesting, generous people.
People who are their to better themselves and improve the lives of others who attend.
I was blown away by the generosity of everyone involved and their willingness to effectively ‘pay’ for an event that had always been free.
But it was for a good cause. All the money went to the Falcon Centre’s Winter Shelter campaign where they will be providing 3 emergency beds over the Christmas period.
I am proud to say that we contributed to this campaign and will make a real difference to local peoples lives over the Christmas period.