Three months after delivery, does your client think you're only calling to sell more? ModuleMinder tracks licence use and content performance from inside your eLearning, so every call starts with something valuable. The WoL offer is available until 6th Nov 2026. www.moduleminder.com/wol-offer

🎉 𝗜’𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! Hosted by Kim Ellis, powered by L&D Free Spirits 📅 1 October 2026 💻 Zoom 🎟 £100 general / £25 member* *𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 £𝟥𝟢 ldfreespirits.com/product/find... #FreeSpiritsLIVE26 #FreelanceLD #LDFreeSpirits @kimellis.bsky.social @ldfreespirits.bsky.social

I'm hosting the 6th 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 on Thursday 8th Oct @ 7pm Come to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯 and look for me wearing orange We book table in a pub, leave a few chairs empty - inviting anyone who wants company to join us. No pressure or agenda, and you stay as long as you want emptychairs.org.uk/

Fractional leadership works best when every piece has a purpose. Between my Aprendido clients, mentoring, and COO-ing for @ldfreespirits.bsky.social, there’s still a bit of space on the board. Looking for a seasoned fractional COO through mid-2027? Let’s chat: tidycal.com/aprendido/in...

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Andy Candler - Aprendido@aprendido.co.uk · 2mo ago

For September & October, my Learning Audit is half price, at £500 with code NOAGENDA. An honest MOT for your learning. Sometimes the solution is: ✅ Nothing needed. ✅ Work with me to solve. ✅ A fix you can do. ✅ Someone else can help. No agenda. Just answers. aprendido.co.uk/learning-audit

Have I got a deal for you? (The answer is yes!) 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 I have a FREE ticket to gift to someone. Why? Because I am nice like that. And I know that sometimes, as a freelancer, you have to protect every penny. How? Give me a shout anyway you like. See you there?

It's World of Learning soon and I am so excited for 3 reasons: 1. Talking all about @ldfreespirits.bsky.social. 2. Meeting my lovely friends, associates - you know who you are! 3. I am launching the brand new product www.moduleminder.com. A joint development between 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗼 and 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗹. See y

I saw a Parker Pens advert on LinkedIn last week. Here's mine. Always at hand. Over 43 years old. Rough round the edges but still working perfectly. And the pen ain't bad either. 🥁 Badum-tisch 🥁

The quarantine diary is almost finished. Today is the four-year reflection. One final post next week, then it is done. Thank you to everyone who read along. The diary stays up permanently, free: makingconnections.beehiiv.com The full book: payhip.com/MakingConnections

I made a word cloud today using the words 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝘀𝗲 to describe me. "Helpful" and "honest" tower over everything. 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? Look at what people 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 say about you? It's humbling. Read the real words, or add your own - good or bad - here: aprendido.co.uk/testimonial/

Our next Woking #lnDcowork is this Wed. 30th of Sept. at a new venue. The Cosy Coffee House at The Lighthouse. If you are in LD, HR or OD and want to escape the office or home desk - meet, chat and work with likeminded people - come along between 10:30 - 2:30pm. Other venues: about.me/LnDcowork

I'm hosting 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 on Thu 10th of Sept @ 7pm Come to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯 and look for the man in orange. There is a table, with a few chairs empty - inviting anyone who wants company to join us. No pressure or agenda, and no expectation to stay longer than you want. emptychairs.org.uk/

🎉 𝗜’𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! Hosted by Kim Ellis, powered by L&D Free Spirits 📅 1 October 2026 💻 Zoom 🎟 £100 general / £25 member* *𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 £𝟥𝟢 ldfreespirits.com/product/find... #FreeSpiritsLIVE26 #FreelanceLD #LDFreeSpirits @kimellis.bsky.social @ldfreespirits.bsky.social

For September & October, my Learning Audit is half price, at £500 with code NOAGENDA. An honest MOT for your learning. Sometimes the solution is: ✅ Nothing needed. ✅ Work with me to solve. ✅ A fix you can do. ✅ Someone else can help. No agenda. Just answers. aprendido.co.uk/learning-audit

I am hosting the fourth 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 on Thursday the 13th of August @ 7pm Come along to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯 and look for me wearing orange. We book table in a pub, leave a few chairs empty - inviting anyone who wants company to join us. No pressure or agenda, and no expectation to stay longer

Full time on the World Cup. But one score still matters. Your Freelance Readiness Score. The L&D Free Spirits scorecard tells you, in ten minutes, how ready you really are to go #freelance. Honest and no penalty shootout required. I got 95. What's your score? ldfreespirits.com/scorecard/

Our next Woking #lnDcowork is this Wednesday 29th of July at a new venue. The Cosy Coffee House at The Lighthouse. If you are in LD, HR or OD and want to escape the office or home desk - meet, chat and work with likeminded people - come along between 11am and 3pm. Other venues: about.me/LnDcowork

Aprendido turned 2 on the 18th of July and I forgot. In my defence, 2 doesn't feel like a milestone, and my Covid-addled brain wasn't working. So here we are, AI-generated cake a little late, to mark a milestone. Here's to year three. I'll try to remember next time!

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼. It doesn't stop the ships. It doesn't control the sea. It simply shines a light – so the people who need to know, know. That's the idea behind ModuleMinder. 🧵

Our next Woking #lnDcowork is on the 29th of July at a new venue. The Cosy Coffee House at The Lighthouse. If you are in LD, HR or OD and want to escape the office or home desk - meet, chat and work with likeminded people - come along between 11am and 3pm. Other venues: about.me/LnDcowork

By Day 2 in a quarantine hotel, pacing the room just to feel like I was going somewhere. 3,200 steps. Between the bed and the window. We are at Day 5. The big plot twist is very soon. Start from Day 0: makingconnections.beehiiv.com/ The full book is available now: payhip.com/MakingConnec...

I'm hosting 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 on Thursday of 23rd of July @ 7pm Come along to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯 and look for me wearing orange. We book table in a pub, leave a few chairs empty - invite anyone who wants company to join in. No pressure or agenda, and no expectation to stay longer than you want.

Well this is slightly embarrassing. Some of you don't actually know I have a monthly newsletter. Entirely my fault. Plain speaking thoughts on L&D and Freelancing, plus events I am attending. Once a month with no fluff. Worth a read, apparently. Sign up: www.aprendido.co.uk

𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. Not a vanity share. Jamie is a properly good interviewer who pulled out things about AI and Colombia I hadn't articulated quite so clearly before. Worth a read. www.spotlighttrainingco.com/training-imp...

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Andy Candler has has a storied career in learning and development. From starting the world’s first digital agency to applying tried and testing L&D principles in retail, Andy’s philosophy has always been to keep the human factor in everything he does. Here are the takeaways from his journey.

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Hello my old friend. 13 years after my first Kickstarter Pebble Watch arrived. 9 years after Fitbit canned it. I never thought I would see this day again. But here it is, in all its glory. Faster, longer-lasting, but unmistakably you. The new Pebble Time 2. Worth the wait. #Pebble #Wearables

Our next Woking #lnDcowork is on the 29th of July at a new venue. The Cosy Coffee House at The Lighthouse. If you are in LD, HR or OD and want to escape the office or home desk - meet, chat and work with likeminded people - come along between 11am and 3pm. Other venues: about.me/LnDcowork

Not reposting for vanity. There might be some nice snippets in this podcast for fellow Freelance L&Ders.

L&D Free Spirits@ldfreespirits.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How much do you charge? Andy Candler's answer: a million pounds. His actual pricing logic is even better. Season 2 finale out now 🎙️ ldfreespirits.com/the-3-stages...

The diary starts today: 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟬. 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲. The first of eleven days locked in a quarantine hotel near Heathrow. Read it for free here: makingconnections.beehiiv.com/ And if you want the full story behind how I got there, the book is now available: payhip.com/MakingConnec...

I am hosting 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 on Thursday the 18th of June @ 7pm Come along to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯 and look for me wearing orange. We book table in a pub, leave a few chairs empty - inviting anyone who wants company to join us. No pressure or agenda, and no expectation to stay longer than you want

Two years into freelancing and I just scored 95/100 on the @ldfreespirits.bsky.social Freelance Readiness Scorecard. Not a brag, just to see where I am now. If you're unsure about going freelance, and want to know whether you're ready, take a few minutes to find out. ldfreespirits.com/scorecard/