Namaste Local Guides!
Yes, Local Guide program has made & is making great impact on my life.
I have enjoyed many positive impacts on my life, being a Local Guide. In 2016, I joined the program and as I got deeper into the program, my knowledge increased as well. Through my involvement in the Local Guides program,I’ve made numerous friends around the world and had an opportunity to learn about their culture. This made me one of the lucky persons who got selected for Connect Live 2018. But, unfortunately I was not able to participate in that grand event.
I’m proud to say that, after joining the Local Guides program, I first started updating the map in my area. In the meantime, I noticed that the names of many villages translated in Gujarati language which was wrong and making it difficult for people to search particular villages in Gujarat. I corrected over 100 village’s names in my state. I believe that it was an important contribution for me to my Google Map community.
In particular, I am helping small business owners by adding their locations to the map. I also help their clients to add photos and write their reviews. So far I have added more than 950 places on Google maps. My added locations on Google maps have gained more than 10.5 million views. which, I am proud about - is made another huge impact on me.
Gandhinagar city is also known as the Education hub of Gujarat state. There are many students coming from outside to study here. I’ve made a big impact by adding the city’s main education centers on map - it has been viewed more than 200,000 times! I am proud that this added place will help millions of students, even in future. I am very happy that my contributions “Were-Are-& Will be” very helpful to millions.
My fellow local guides inspired me to arrange meetups and sharing my knowledge about local guides program with my community. Such regular Meet-Ups gave me an opportunity to learn about various tasks performed by other local guides, which is useful for me to guide many more LG’s. So far I have hosted total of 18 meetups.
Further, my active involvement in Local Social Media has given me immense opportunity to network with different LG’s in and around India; I enjoy virtual presence through Video Calls, in many Meet Ups, which gives me immense satisfaction.
During my journey through the local guide program, I have met some amazing people and we become good friends. I have learned a lot from them. I am so grateful to Google &the Local Guides program for providing this wonderful LG Connect platform which connects us all globally.
Hoping to keep contributing more to our community, whenever I get an opportunity.
Thanks for your great company, during my Local Guide journey.
Your Local Guide,
Naresh Darji