At our core, we are a free global community of practice for L&D practitioners.

By L&D, for L&D. No price tags. We build our own ever-evolving learning ecosystem to hone our craft and become the best versions of ourselves. This is our bread and butter, and we’ll remain true to this identity forever.

Join a community of… 9,500+ Shakers on LinkedIn 4,800+ Shakers in Slack


L&D Shakers is a co-created space where all the learning experiences are co-designed and co-delivered by community members for free, in their free time, and out of a shared passion for learning. We respect and admire each other’s courage, work, and contribution.

There are two ways to show up in a community: as a consumer or as a co-creator.

For most people, the default is to show up in consumer mode. That is a much safer choice. Co-creation and participation are often perceived as being riskier: Do I say and do the right thing? What will others think of me? What if I make a mistake? It seems ‘smarter’ to start by observing what’s happening. Our comfort zone has an allure that is hard to escape.

We also know that’s not where learning happens. Learning happens when we roll up our sleeves and make stuff happen. Learning happens in action and through action.

That’s why in our community, every member can host an event, a community takeover, take the lead for an event type, adopt a Slack channel, come up with project ideas, and rally a team to make it happen, start a learning cluster, and much more. This is your personal learning playground. There are no expectations, no KPIs, no managers to tell you what to do. It’s you, your creativity, your ideas, your way of doing things, and your courage to leave your comfort zone behind and fully immerse yourself in learning by doing. And a bunch of like-minded people to go on this journey with you!

We’re happy you’re here! 🥳

Every year, we love to look back at all the wonderful things that kept our community busy 👇

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Upcoming community-led events:

L&D Shakers Events · Events Calendar

Learn, grow & contribute:

Events we organise

Book Club

🥊 L&D Means Business

Resources Library

Workshop Design Guide

🔥 Explore the L&D Strategy Blueprint

U N S C R I P T E D

Explore older projects

Work with a Coach or a Mentor

L&D Shapers Mentorship

Coaching for L&D 💙 

More about us:

Meet the team

Testimonials

Local and Regional Hubs

Code of Conduct