I want local guiders to have a meetup at one place. And all the local guiders will share their experience and their working style, which will strengthen enthusiasm and self-confidence among all the local guiders.
Hello @_mrkashyap
I understand what you are talking about and is it fair enough. When I first discovered connect I was very excited to meet fellow local guides as well. My first post was asking for local guides in my area and I discovered them.
Now there is a post about How-to-Connect-with-Local-Guides-in-Your-Area-7-Pro-Tips. Please look up that post it might interest you. Aside that look on the meet-up board and there might be virtual meet-up which you can attend on line. There could also be a physical meet-up close to you. Please check.
There is a meet-up of local guides on accessibility please look it up if you are interested. Virtual meet-up on accessibility.
Happy guiding
Cheers
I am in decide a location
Tell me location and time
Hello @_mrkashyap my most important tip: don’t wait for others to organize a meetup, just select a time and a place and host one yourself! And even if not a lot of local guides reacjt and/or show up at the event, don’t despair - most of us have had meetups where just 1 or 2 people(or even none at all) showed up.
Hello @_mrkashyap
Welcome to LG Connect and congratulations on your first post here.
It is nice to know that you are looking to meet local guides in your area.
Here are a few tips to connect with local guides in the shortest possible time.
1. Favorite Locations
To easily connect with Local Guides in your local area, you may want to try the Favorite Locations feature.
Go to your settings page and add up to 3 locations after which posts created by local guides from those cities will be listed on the main page.
Tip: If you are traveling to a new place temporarily, you can remove and add the new one. Changes reflect immediately. Following that you can connect with local guides from the new place.
2. Browse Older Posts
Browse through older posts of local guides from a place and check if they are still active and would be interested in a meetup. Chances are enthusiastic local guides did not find enough people to connect some time back and respond to your comments.
3. Private Messages
Send a private message to local guides using this feature on Connect.
4. Upcoming Meetups
A meet-up is meant to explore new places and make friends with local guides in your community. Check for upcoming meetups in the Meet-ups section.
By clicking the Show All button circled (2) in the image below you can also search for meetups by location.
5. Previous Meetups
Leave a reply on past meetups.
Search The LG Connect community for the word recap that is used by most local guides in their post-meetup reports. You can then search through past meetups telling the local guides that you missed it and leave a request to notify you when the next meetup is hosted.
6. Conduct a meet-up
Use the Submit meet-up button circled (1) in the image above to host a meetup. This would be a great way to reach out to the local guide community in that place proactively.
7. Do not hesitate
Go ahead and post a message seeking local guides in a city like this person from Bangalore did and got a good response.
Ensure you add a location to the post as shown in the image below.
Hope you find these useful.
Meanwhile, please introduce yourself to the local guide community here and get featured on Connect:
https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Introduce-Yourself-December-2023/m-p/3680980