How can I reach to my city's local guide community

I want to ask that how can I reach to my city’s local guides community and join meetups.

@JanVanHaver @RadieN

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Hi @ANKIT_SHARMA ,

India has a very large and active Local Guides community. I would be surprised if there are no active Local Guides that organize meet-ups, etc. already from your area.

One way to see who is active from your area on this website is, of course, searching for posts about your city and about past meet-ups. Simply checking who attended these past meet-ups will give you potential fellow guides to contact. Here is an example that might interest you.

Of course, you can regularly check for new meet-ups here: https://maps.google.com/localguides/meetup
Since you live in a big city, you can filter the calendar for your city.

Part of your challenge is that many Local Guides visit your city, but don’t actually live there. One way to find out about other Local Guides in your area is by becoming active in unofficial Local Guides communities that cover your territory. You could simply ask “any Local Guides Agar in this group?”.

But you have already done an important step, making it easy for others to find you!
Simply by mentioning where you are and using the Map Pointer with your post, can make all the difference.

Good luck and happy mapping new year.

JeroenM

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sir thanks for you suggestions.I would’ve try these steps to meet my city’s local guide community.

i searched about it on local guide connect search box but i couldn’t get any helpful post for me.

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Hi @ANKIT_SHARMA thank you for reaching out. Thank you @JeroenM for pointing this helpful links, as it has been mentioned to use unofficial communities on other social media channels to reach to your local people who are part of the local guide program. One mostly used local guide group on Facebook is Local Guides World, you can join the group and ask for local guides from your city or country, I am sure they will respond back to you. Cheers!

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Hi @ANKIT_SHARMA ,

Thanks so much for your question in the How-tos section of Connect!

I’m glad to see your enthusiasm to meet fellow Local Guides in your area and from your country. The best way to do it, is to follow the meet-ups submitted in the meet-up platform (where you can search by city) or to create your own meet-up entry there to invite them for a meeting that you’re hosting. Another way is to search in the community for Local Guides sharing posts related to your area. As I can see @JeroenM also shared with you other possible options to engage with your local community of Local Guides.

Here is more information that may be helpful for you if you decide to host a meet-up, especially if it’s your first time hosting:

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Thank you for your suggestions. I searched almost but couldn’t get my city’s local guides. And if I host a meet up then what is the belief if I could get in touch with them ? @KatyaL

Hi @ANKIT_SHARMA ,

Thanks for your question. I can see in this post, that you’ve reached out to the local community of Local Guides in Uttarakhand. Good luck with organizing your first meet-up when you decide to do so and I hope many Local Guides will join in and you’ll exchange knowledge about the program together.

@KatyaL I’m not joining that meet up, that is of a different state.

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