You Are The Media

📱 We're pleased to be supporting next week's You Are The Media Lunch Club AI Special, in conjunction with the launch of our new Grapevine branded mobile service. Unlimited data, calls and texts for £19.50 (+vat) pm, with 5% of every connection donated to Julia's House Children's Hospices each month. 🍕 Lunch Club takes place at Pi Pizza on Poole Quay on Thursday 7th November, 12:30 - 2pm, with a panel discussion hosted by Christophe Stourton. To book please see the link below. 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/eWrawDDX

The more of the right people you have on your side, the more willing you are to do new things. It means that the risks in your head, aren't as daunting. I like this quote from Rick Rubin in The Creative Act, "It’s helpful to think of the work as bigger than us. To cultivate a sense of awe and wonder at what’s possible and recognise that this productivity is not generated by one hand alone." We're taking our YATM Lunch Club to London. Our events follow a format. They're themes and topics that are relatable to us, not industry disciplines. We have them in a panel format so we can all share stories. Plus everyone gets to hang out. People said that heading to Poole is too far for an afternoon event. We listened and in 2025 it heads out to new locations. We're good friends with FOUNDRY. It's going to be at their new Wandsworth coworking space on February 6th (this pic shows how it looks). A huge thanks to Beth Pickard, Garry James and Adam Walker for making it happen. The Lunch Club torch is handed to Catherine Turner and Jon Burkhart to host and our first topic is on 'Creativity.' People are booking, it feels good. Community works when it becomes a place of action, not a static group. You just need to head out when you know others are up for the party.

Community, collaboration and conversation are all things I love so I was only too happy to say yes when Mark Masters invited me to get involved in his YATM Takeover for his weekly Thursday newsletter! ❤️ If you’re not familiar with You Are The Media already, you’re missing out! Mark has brought together and created a fabulous community of creators with a big injection of fun. Check him out, and be warned if you're feeling sleepy this morning, you certainly won't be afterwards! 😂 I was a little late to the party and had proper FOMO last year about missing out on YATM’s Creator Day but I’ve got my ticket booked for next May. Who else is coming? This is a photo of me and two of my closest friends celebrating my birthday last week. 🎉

This pic was before a Zoom show on March 19th 2020. I made it in my shed and the event was pure chaos. I had zero experience of addressing people via live video, it was messy, we were Zoom bombed, the event was cut short and ended abruptly. Every fortnight we kept going. It was called YATM Online. It was our way to find the others from around the world to join in. We had a section called #winning where people shared the joy in their lives, we had B2B celebrity guests and we all asked questions. We closed with a sing-song and then we all got on with our day. This went up to the world opening again in 2021 (albeit I couldn't make hybrid events work). The world was different then but it was one of the most fun projects I've ever participated in. We will bring YATM Online back out of the box on March 20th 2025. It will be five years since we introduced this show. We're bringing the whole band back together. Everyone is invited, we're all going to get back on that magic carpet ride and find the others from around the world again. We'll close with a sing-song and we'll wear our slippers. Sometimes, it's not about playing the long game, just lucky enough to do work with people who are up for the fight.

Say hi to People of YATM. This is Mo Humphries Mo stepped in five years ago... "Back in 2019 I was bringing together businesses for 'Dorset Spark’ an Action Research piece to inform the area’s Industrial Strategy. BCP Council’s Economy Team connected me with YATM and I was invited to deliver a ‘five-minute spot’. Around 8 people from the Lunch Club came along to the event as a result! And thus I was initiated into YATM. I couldn’t believe the energy in the room. Jake Moore also crowd-surfed across the room! It's the people who make it - the connection, sense of fun, creativity and breadth of knowledge, experiences and willingness to join in. they are what makes it inspiring." When you feel a part of something with others on your side, it all feels so much easier.