Why Ecademy?

I have gained significant value from joining Ecademy. It is a fabulous online and offline ‘business and beyond’ networking community.

I’ve attended numerous face to face meetings and had many useful conversations with other Ecademists by email, skype and phone. I’ve also associated myself with a few of the many, many clubs that have been formed within Ecademy to cater for various specific common interests.

I have saved an enormous amount of time since joining Ecademy as it enables me to quickly source and identify people who have knowledge I need to access. It has also provided me with a sense of 'community' which I have previously enjoyed at the larger firms I have worked with.

I think you will also find that members of Ecademy will be able to introduce you to valuable work opportunities - although I would counsel caution as regards your eagerness to achieve this.

Before you check it out however let me offer two caveats:

1 – The Ecademy community has a motto: 'winning by sharing'. Don't even think of joining if your focus will be only on what you can get out of it.

2 - It can take some time to get to grips with the various facilities available on the website. It is very interactive and functional. I reckon I've now got to grips with most of it. But I still find new featrures and opportunities every now and then.

Ecademy was started in the UK in 1988. It has had over 100,000 members, some of whom pay a fee for advanced levels of membership. I am a 'Blackstar' life member now.

I’d encourage you to visit the website and ‘look around’. You will gain most by also identifying clubs to join and contributing as and when you have the time.

If you are interested but want some help getting to grips with the website, just let me know and I'll do whatever I can to help - as always.

You can access the website by clicking on this link.

[edit: It's now easier than ever to get a feel for what the site is about following a site revamp on 30 April 2007].