Drew Pontikis

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Enjoyer of technology | Self-appointed custodian of the Communities of Practice Leadership Group
By People For Peoplehttps://by-people-for-people.beehiiv.com/

As its the season for new years resolutions, here's my list of suggestions for goal setting within Communities of Practice

https://by-people-for-people.beehiiv.com/p/a-list-of-community-of-practice-new-year-s-resolutions

A List of Community of Practice New Year’s Resolutions

Tis the season for setting goals, so here's some suggestions to get you started

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Instead of buying badly made shit you dont need today, save youre money and plant a tree every day for free. Go to TreeApp direct if you dont like clicking links, but if you do they'll plant an extra 5

Join me in planting trees for free on Treeapp: https://thetreeapp.org/referral?code=CBA4WM

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Treeapp enables anyone to plant trees in the regions that need it most across the world. Absorb your carbon footprint and regrow the worlds’ most needed forests, today.

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This is a story about the value in taking opportunities to learn in different domains and environments, and the positive difference it can make for you when you come home again

https://by-people-for-people.beehiiv.com/p/out-there-beyond-the-wall

Out There Beyond The Wall

Exploring the value of learning experiences outside your usual domain space

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In the last in the series of session ideas (for now anyway - I want to write something else now), we're looking at personal experience stories that let community members get to know each other at a more meaningful level

https://by-people-for-people.beehiiv.com/p/a-lack-of-inspiration-ideas-for-community-sessions-how-i-got-here

A Lack of Inspiration – Ideas for Community Sessions: How I Got Here

A series covering different types of community sessions you might choose to run or take part in

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Today's By People For People is focussed on running sessions where participants get hands on with the subject matter, and what value can be created from it

https://by-people-for-people.beehiiv.com/p/a-lack-of-inspiration-ideas-for-community-sessions-hands-on-learning

A Lack of Inspiration – Ideas for Community Sessions: Hands On Learning

A series covering different types of community sessions you might choose to run or take part in

By People For People
A lack of Inspiration – Ideas for Community Sessions: Use Case Demos

A series covering different types of community sessions you might choose to run or take part in

By People For People

Today starts a short series of posts with ideas of different types of #community sessions, why they work and how to run them effectively

https://by-people-for-people.beehiiv.com/p/a-lack-of-inspiration-ideas-for-community-sessions-lean-coffee

A Lack of Inspiration – Ideas for Community Sessions: Lean Coffee

A series covering different types of community sessions you might choose to run or take part in

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This was an important pledge for me during the election - I wasn't aware so much progress has already been made #GoodNews

https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2025/oct/13/most-of-great-britains-major-rail-operators-are-back-in-public-hands-is-it-working

Most of Great Britain’s major rail operators are back in public hands – is it working?

Explore the Guardian’s tracker to see which operators are nationalised and if services are improving under public ownership

The Guardian
I planted a forest four years ago

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Anyone whos organised a community event has been there before, and knows the fear - what if no one turns up? This week's By People For People talks about what happens when that actually happens, and why it matters

#Community #SocialLearning

https://by-people-for-people.beehiiv.com/p/when-there-s-nobody-there

When There's Nobody There

Why low turnout can create unique opportunities for connection and value creation

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