5,000+ Members
41 Core Team Members
160 Events
11 Local Hubs
200+ Coaching
Sessions
400+ Mentoring Sessions
L&D Shakers is a co-created space, where all the learning experiences are co-designed and co-delivered by community members, for free, in their free time, and out of a shared passion for learning. We respect and admire each other’s courage, work and contribution.
THE RESOURCES LIBRARY
Launched in January 2023, this library results from all the great resources shared in the L&D Shakers Community, on LinkedIn, and Slack. They are carefully curated and to any L&D professional looking for easy access to quality resources.
THE LEARNING BRIEF NEWSLETTER
Launched in March 2023, The Learning Brief is a fortnightly newsletter curated by Sejaal Tilwani which brings you the inside scoop on all the hottest events, juicy discussions, and oh-so-many other exciting things happening in our community.
L&D SHAPERS MENTORING
In April 2023, we launched our community mentorship program. We’ve gathered some of the most brilliant minds in our community and invited them to open their calendar for anyone looking to boost their career and learn from them. All for free!
COACHING FOR L&D
Coaching for L&D offers “pay it forward” coaching sessions to any L&D professional needing support in identifying the direction they want to go next. The project raised over 2,000£ for Save the Children International.
Top 3 challenges small L&D teams face in 2023
In March 2023, a small group of community members set out to explore the top 3 challenges and priorities for small L&D teams this year. We followed a human-centered research and ideation approach and used several methods to get there.
We landed on three priorities:
📈 How might L&D be more data-driven to demonstrate its business effectiveness?
🧠 How might L&D design career growth paths to upskill and reskill their people?
✨ How might L&D enable learner engagement?
Then, we workshopped four potential solutions in detail.
PROJECT
ARTEFACT 500
How do we teach others what we now? 👀
And what role do artefacts play in that process?
ARTEFACT 500 was a one-week community research project led by Nick Petch aiming to explore the process of learning artefact creation.
Community members had access to this Miro board, and specific instructions on how to design their artefacts and document them.
By the end of the project, we had:
—An open repository or learning artefacts anyone can use in workshops, training, programs
—A donation to a cause we care about
—Front-row seats to the findings once the study is finalised
L&D STRATEGY
BLUEPRINT
Alexandra Ranke rallied a group of 21 contributors to create a blueprint that we can all use from now on in our quest to design an L&D strategy. 🚀
This blueprint is like having your best friend give you step-by-step advice: practical, actionable, and easy to understand.
It’s fully packed with concrete tips and resources you can implement immediately. 🛠️
The L&D Strategy Blueprint is the result of countless hours of collaboration and the shared vision of community members of L&D Shakers.
Services and Products Marketplace
—Share and discover L&D service providers
UNSCRIPTED Podcast
—We hosted a mini-series of learning innovation this year
Our Book Club
—Every two months, we read and discuss an L&D-relevant book, often together with the authors
Our Learning Clusters
ID Power Hour
—For Instructional Designers to grow their skills
Leadership
— For leadership deep dives
Build a memorable online session
—For those designing and hosting online training and workshops
Parenting Circle
—For all the parents in our community
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ZURICH
Warsaw
SAõ Paulo
This year we turned four, and these are some of the gratitude messages Shakers left as appreciation for our community.
I am so grateful to have found and be part of this community.
Whenever I've had a question or need to brainstorm something, I know this community is a place where I can come and gain insights, and support, and get a healthy dose of love and kindness.
This community has helped me to keep developing professionally.
Appreciate you all!
Skye Suttie
Senior Manager Organizational & Learning Development @ Openly
Since joining this community I've really grown as a person sharing insights and experiences and meeting so many different people across the globe. This is the space I come to on a daily and I'm always blown away by the generous time and responses people provide.
I look forward to seeing what's more to come.
Thank you L&D Shakers for being a space where I feel I belong.
Stacie Swindon
Senior L&D Consultant @
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
It's hard to put into words the value this community has given me. The sense that I am not alone in struggling with many of the concepts around L&D and there is always someone willing to discuss.
It brings me a lot of joy to answer all the great questions that come in and it is such a safe place that anyone can ask anything and anyone can answer, irrespective if whether they are an expert or not.
Toby Newman
Senior L&D Consultant
@ C.H. Robinson
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