Recap on Canada, TRAC and Cambodia spotlight weeks #CommunitySpotlight2025

[AdrianLunsong]

Hey everyone!!

Phew.. it has been such a busy two weeks for Community Spotlight and we still have four more weeks to go!! Woohoo!!

In case you missed it, Community Spotlight is taking place right now from early November to mid-December. Each week, we will be turning the spotlight on different communities to give them 7 days to showcase their community and promote all the amazing things that makes them special!

Here is the schedule for the Community Spotlight:

WK45: 3- 9 Nov Canada & Friends, TRAC
WK46: 10-16 Nov Cambodia
WK47: 17-23 Nov Nigeria
WK48: 24-30 Nov India, L’équipe Francophone
WK49: 1- 7 Dec Indonesia, Mexico
WK50: 8-14 Dec Argentina, Google

In the first week, we had Canada & Friends and the TRAC communities kicking off this community-driven initiative! I hope that we can agree that it went really well! I was a bit nervous because I was not feeling very well and could not give it my full attention but.. community, eh… they just surprised me with such an amazing turnout! Look at all the amazing posts and meet-ups that they did!

03-09 NOV
Canada & Friends
• Welcome to the Local Guides Canada Team by @GasparKaren
• Favourite Places to Visit In Canada & Detroit Michigan - Niagara Falls Canada by @TerryPG
• Welcome to Detroit, Michigan by @Erna_LaBeau
• My recollections of Detroit Michigan by @TerryPG
• Canadian Iconic Foods by @TerryPG
• Fall in Canada with a touch of French, maple leaves and apples by @LuisMGonzalez
• Canada Through the Seasons: From City Streets to Wild Landscapes by @Kayimi
• Canada and Friends Community Spotlight 2025 Recap by @TerryPG
• Virtual Meet-up: Trivia Quiz (Study guide)

03-09 NOV
TRAC
• Welcome to TRAC spotlight by @SholaIB
• Milestones and Success Story by @PrasadVR
• The TRAC Culture by @MrFreez
• Spotlight on Excellence by @JustJake
• The Road Mapping Champions by @SarathUpendran
• A last toast to our spotlight week by @SholaIB
• Hybrid Meet-up: Food, Games & TRAC
• Virtual Meet-up: Trivia Quiz

In the second week, the community torch was passed on to Team Cambodia and they produced more posts that I had expected! Huge congrats to this young community and I hope that the spotlight gave you a ton of momentum to keep working together and supporting each other! Do check out all their posts below.

10-16 NOV
Cambodia
• Cambodia Community Spotlight 2025 by @SophatCHY
• Top 3 activities to capture Cambodia’s heart by @Sophia_Cambodia
• Three Top Places to Adventure in Cambodia @sakuraengly
• CommunitySpotlight2025 #CambodiaLocalGuides by @sovanpong
• Kampot - South Coast Area -Top Place to Visit in Cambodia by @SengPheng
• Koh Kong - South Coast Area - Top place to visit in Cambodia by @SengPheng
• Vegan Food is in the Rich Culture of Cambodia by @sakuraengly
• Nak Pean Temple in Siem Reap by @SunSight
• Banteay Meanchey Province by @sovanphoumi360
• Community Heroes: Recognizing 5 important Cambodian Local Guides in 2025 by @Sophia_Cambodia
• Top 5 Cambodian dishes not to miss by @Sophia_Cambodia
• A Story of Five People Who Hold Our Community Together by @SophatCHY
• Sihanouk ville (Kampong Saom) - South Coast Area - Top place to visit in Cambodia by @SengPheng
• Exploring Cambodia Differently – Walking, Talking, and Local Adventures by @SophatCHY
• The change of adventure spirits in Cambodia: Story of 10 years by @Sophia_Cambodia
• Royal Palace Phnom Penh - Exploring Cambodia Differently Adventures by @SengPheng

The first two weeks have been super amazing and I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the Local Guides who participated and supported this initiative! Huge thanks to @TerryPG, @Kumaarsantosh and @SophatCHY who were the Point of Contact for the three respective communities!

When I helped put together Community Live 2020 together with 35 other Local Guides including most of the Connect Moderators, it was a huge undertaking but we absolutely enjoyed the collaborative process.

I hope that through this Community Spotlight, Local Guides in the participating communities can experience that same joy of working with each other, sharing of skills, supporting each other and cultivating the many ideas to produce something magical to then share to the rest of the community. I hope that it brings everyone closer and prove to you all that you can achieve amazing things together!

This week, the community torch goes on to Team Nigeria and you can read their promo post as well as their first post to start their spotlight! Next week, we will have Team India and L’équipe Francophone but for now, let’s put our hands together and give a warm welcome to Team Nigeria!

Do also sign up to their meet-ups:
• In-person Meet-up: A Taste of Home in Lagos
• Virtual Meet-up: Naija Virtual Hangout

Thanks everyone for supporting this! Please do read the posts above, leave a comment, ask a question or two or more.. and just have fun getting to know all these amazing communities and Local Guides around you!

[AdrianLunsong]

Whilst this post is featured, I can’t make any edits to the original post. So, here’s a quick update:

Recap post from Team Cambodia
• Cambodia Community Spotlight 2025 – Recap & Thank You by @SophatCHY

[curatorofmemory]

@AdrianLunsong . Nice recap. Thanks for this brilliant initiative

[Annaelisa]

Vielen Dank für die Übersichten der Spotlight-Beiträge, damit man auch keinen verpasst. @AdrianLunsong

[Shalz]

@AdrianLunsong lovely recap and lovely initiative

[ISAIKBALULSURUR]

Selamat untuk tim Kanada dan Kamboja, recapnya menginspirasi kami dari tim Indonesia yang akan datang juga mengikuti commumity spotlight pada bulan Desember, sekali lagi saya ucapkan selamat dan terimakasih telah berbagi pengalaman dengan recapnya

[TerryPG]

This is a great recap @AdrianLunsong and a great idea. I have to agree with @Annaelisa this is a surefire way not to miss any posts. Encouraging all guides to take a look at these posts from around the world.

Thanks Adrian

[SengPheng]

There is a beautiful story of our week

[MrFreez]

This is one hell of a recap from the last two weeks, so much work you put into this. Well done @AdrianLunsong
Everything in one place, it is good . I like it

[PrasadVR]

Hello @AdrianLunsong, Thank you for the initiative and for sharing the recap. Our TRAC community held many discussions and meetings behind the scenes to reflect on and summarize our achievements. This Community Spotlight is truly inspiring and has strengthened the bonds within the community as well.

[Kumaarsantosh]

Nicely captured recap @AdrianLunsong.

[Ssiddharth2000]

Wonderful recap, kudos @AdrianLunsong for the amazing curation of all the Spotlight series posts

[GasparKaren]

@AdrianLunsong We are grateful for this initiative; it was great to be able to show more about Canada to our friends and bring more Canadian colleagues into this space.

I’m excited to learn even more about the other communities.

[Sophia_Cambodia]

Thank you very much for your initiative and the recap of the past weeks @AdrianLunsong I really appreciate it and love the idea so much. Hope we can still keep the community going after this event.

[Gurukrishnapriya]

Thanks for the updates @AdrianLunsong . I am really happy that this series is doing amazingly well. Thanks again for creating this Spotlight series and making the Community grow. Really a feel good initiative.

[AdrianLunsong]

Thanks everyone! I put a Like to all the thanks and appreciations rather than replying individually! Just keeping the thread concise but I definitely appreciate all the positive sentiments! You all have been amazing too!

[dahboss]

Thanks for the update welldone