ConnectMinds | Collective Insights | October 2022

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Bright minds everywhere,

We hope you have had a relaxing summer and are ready for a new season of learning, networking and meeting some of the many bright minds in our network. There are many updates and input below. Some of them are not in the email version here, but you can click right through to the browser version here.

What did you return to after the summer break?

How is your organisation evolving and what does that mean for you and your work? And how are you and your colleagues dealing with the constantly changing work-life situation? (we are deliberately avoiding the word “balance”...)

The network is an ideal forum for exploring these and other large and pressing topics. We hope you and your colleagues will join our many learning and development activities and add your insights to the conversation. We promise lots of relevant input in return.

What you return to in the ConnectMinds community

We have reviewed all the activities we launched in haste during the many months when we were unable to meet. We have sharpened the formats, changed the frequencies of some of the online events and spoken to many of you about what’s topping your agendas and to do lists right now.

Gain deep and detailed insights and make faster progress with EXPLORER

One of the new formats we have kept evolving behind the scenes is ConnectMinds EXPLORER. We are launching two new EXPLORER groups in the coming weeks. They will focus on “Employee Advocacy - beyond “please share this”” and “Measuring impact - are you measuring what really matters?” Full details and sign up below. NOTE: you can sign up for our new “EXPLORER membership” if that is the only format you are interested in or have band-with for right now. EXPLORER groups are small (5-7 members) so spaces are limited.

Share the Learning Calendar with your team

Dates for EXPLORER launches and all other events thru June 2023 can be found in our Learning Calendar. All our ON LOCATION groups and their upcoming meeting dates can be found on the groups page.

NEW free member service: Post your open jobs here

In future editions of Collective Insights, you can submit your ads for inclusion - it’s simple: fill in our short form any time and we will include it in our next edition.

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Your ConnectMinds Team

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New formats for learning

EXPLORER - in depth and detailed with the topics that matter most to you

1: Employee Advocacy - beyond *“please share this"*

We will be asking how organisations everywhere can become truly and meaningfully social across social media - to the benefit of both the organisation and the employee?

Launch 25. October

Details & sign up

**2: Measuring impact - are you measuring what *really* matters**

Seeking a framework for measuring the impact of the digital setup & endeavours; one that provides actionable insights and does so using references that makes sense to the business.

Launch 2. November

Details & sign up

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Topics & content

Tell us what’s important for your team in this short survey:

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Finding more bright minds

15 years in the making, ConnectMinds had been evolving and growing increasingly more focused on what exactly our purpose is and how to facilitate it right up to COVID shut the world down. The lockdowns made this impossible. Moreover, all you bright minds were in extreme demand elsewhere and there simply was no time to do what we used to do: test ideas, reflect and collaborate with peers.

Needless to say, this was a toxic combo for ConnectMinds. Fast forward to today: we need new bright minds in the network - and we know that members who recommend the network to their contacts is several times more effective than when we “cold contact” people who don’t know us. So: we hope you will do just that. We have made it super easy - and we will reward both you and those you introduce for the favour. It’s all in this short walk-through of what we call “Rewards for Recommendations”:

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Helping you find the right new colleagues

Connect with candidates

Job postings from ConnectMinds member organisations

In all future issues, ConnectMinds member organisations can submit open positions for inclusion for free; we have created a simple form, which you should complete if you want to post an opening in the next issue. The form includes guidelines for format, length etc.

I want to post a job