One plan for 2025 has been to try and get more involved in different professional groups again. This is, in part, as I am conscious I rely more and more on webinars, videos and podcasts rather than the more interactive and synchronous networking.
Therefore I’ve joined, or been more involved with, the below – all of which might be of interest to others:
- Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective – a lot of L&D talk focuses on corporates and office-based work. This group is more niche and hosts regular sessions for those working in non-profits. I have joined a few sessions already with some good conversations spilling out into follow-ups and 1-2-1s.
- GLDC (Global Learning and Development Community) – I’ve been a member of this for a long time, but only in 2025 attended anything (that I can remember). The Wednesday catch-ups are a nice mix of networking and a quiz (I’m a sucker for a good [pub] quiz).
- LPI Hive – I have not spent too much time in this group yet but it was handy for finding out about a few new podcasts. I have not used Slack very much over the years, so it will be interesting to see how this compares long term to LinkedIn, Ning and other sites that have been used by L&D-related communities.
Whose Education Is It Anyway? 
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