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Jamie McDonald – adventurer, keynote speaker and part-time superhero                                                                            • 45 minute keynote Find Your Inner Superhero Every successful person – in business and in life – knows how to motivate themselves and get the best out of the people around them. Motivation is the difference between thinking and doing – but how do you find that within yourself to achieve your goals and dreams? And how do you lead and motivate the people around you when the chips are down? Guinness World Record holder Jamie McDonald draws on his experience as an award-winning adventurer and fundraiser to take audiences through the process of motivating themselves and others to achieve success. Having spent most of his childhood in hospital with a life-threatening condition before attempting adventurous feats to give back to the charities that helped him, Jamie knows what it is to overcome adversity by pushing himself beyond what he thought he was capable of. Audiences will be challenged to think about new possibilities, new opportunities and new perspectives. They will be inspired to make choices that will benefit them and the people around them. They will learn that the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is a matter of their own mindset – and that anything is possible with the right motivation. Keynote – key takeaways for audiences: · Jamie’s story – succeeding against the odds· Adversity – how to recognise and overcome it· Goal-setting – the importance of making goals manageable· Decision-making – making the right choice under pressure· Inspiration – how to draw on experience to inspire others· Role models – the importance of mentors and heroes· Knowing yourself – creating the life you want to lead· Fun – learning to enjoy the journey· There’s no ‘I’ in team – you can’t succeed alone· Fulfilment – achieving the unthinkable

About Jamie In 2012 Jamie began an adventurous fundraising quest to give back to the hospitals that helped him as a child by cycling 14,000 miles Bangkok to Gloucester. Using a second hand bike bought for just £50, Jamie cycled through more than twenty countries on his way home. Along the way, he was shot at when caught in the middle of a military firefight, arrested by wary border police and slept rough. Just weeks after returning to Gloucester, Jamie decided to attempt the world record for cycling non-stop on a static bike. Jamie stepped off the bike a Guinness World Record breaker, cycling for more than 12 days and having raised more than £20,000 during the two challenges. In February 2013, two months after setting the new world record, Jamie used his savings to travel to Canada, where he continued his fundraising efforts, again for the children’s charities that helped him as a child. Jamie ran the 5,000 mile, 200 marathon, distance across Canada without a support crew – raising more than a quarter of a million pounds along the way. Named ‘Runner of the Year’ by Running Magazine and winner for the Pride of Britain Fundraiser of the Year award, Jamie was also honoured by the National Adventure Awards as its Fundraiser of the Year in 2015. 

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