About us
The Instructional Design & eLearning Meetup, is a community for people working in learning and development (L&D) who want to learn from other people doing the work.
For more than 12 years, the group has brought Sydney's L&D community together to share what we're working on, learn from each other's experiences and meet other people in the profession.
After trying a different format and then taking a pause, we're going back to our roots: practitioners sharing with practitioners.
There's a lot changing in our work right now. This is a chance to get outside our own organisations, hear different perspectives and learn from what other L&D people are trying, questioning and figuring out.
Meetups will vary. You might hear someone share something they've tried, take us behind the scenes of a piece of work, talk about something that didn't go to plan, or bring a question or challenge for the room to explore. There'll also always be time to meet people and have a good conversation.
And this is a community, so we need you to be part of it to help it thrive.
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Have something to share? It doesn't need to be a polished presentation! We'd love to hear about work, ideas and experiences others could learn from.
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Have a topic you want us to explore? Tell us what's on your mind or what you'd like to hear other practitioners talk about.
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Have a space we could use? We're always looking for Sydney organisations willing to host a Meetup.
The topics, speakers and spaces will be shaped by the community.
And, as always, we'll aim to keep our Meetups free wherever we can.
If you'd like to be involved, **message me here on Meetup or find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaashby/**
I'm working on our first Meetup back now and will share more soon for later in 2026.
Looking forward to getting this community back in a room together!
Vendors are welcome - we just ask that you come to participate in the community, not to pitch to it.
Thanks,
Amanda Ashby
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The original IDeL meetup:
For everyone interested in instructional design, improving training and creating great learning, whether that's eLearning, face-to-face or blended.
Participants range from seasoned industry leaders to recent graduates. Members' roles include instructional designers, trainers, eLearning developers, technical authors, training managers and heads of talent development. Individuals include freelancers, team members from some of Australia's top training companies, solo training practitioners at local companies up to internal team members from multinational corporations.
Come to learn more about a specific topic each meeting. Stay to enjoy networking and meeting others interested in improving training and learning. The format, topics and venue constantly vary. If you don't find what you're looking for then please feel free to suggest a MeetUp we should run.
We're always looking for spaces to host groups as small as 30, and as large as 80, so if you have a space that could host, we'd love to talk!
Our Meetups always aim to run for free when possible.
Upcoming events
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- A$10.00
How I AI: Show & Tell
Hays - Recruitment Agency Sydney, Chifley Tower, Level 14/2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia, Sydney, AUCurious about how others are using AI in their learning and design work and to build performance in their roles & companies?
Come along for an evening of practical examples, shared experiments and conversation.Four fantastic speakers will show how they’re using AI, sharing ideas and insights you can take back to your own practice. You'll see practical examples, and have time for Q&A after each speaker.
Whether you’re already experimenting or wondering where to start, join fellow L&D professionals to explore what’s possible, ask questions and swap experiences.Meet the speakers
- Samantha Ferguson — A passionate learning leader (who's a designer at heart) with experience across a wide range of roles and industries in learning. sharing insights on how AI is being used to design quality learning for a range of clients.
- Shawna Murray — A forward-thinking Learning & Leadership leader, sharing how she's putting AI into practice meaningfully, to build organisational capability.
- Travers Owers — A leader in what's possible in learning technology, data & reporting sharing how AI can completely change and improve the way you work.
- Stanley Yip —Is the Manager Learning Innovation & Workforce Programs at the Independent Schools NSW, a not-for-profit member organisation. His current role includes designing and delivering teacher professional learning, innovations such as AI, and teacher workforce strategy. His background is in teaching, learning design, and multimedia. He is currently part-way through a PhD on metacognition, the brain, and AI showing how has AI changed our role as learning designers? Stanley will be sharing how AI is used in his team of learning designers and their toolset, skillset, and mindset.
There’ll also be time to catch up with familiar faces and meet others in the learning community before & after the talk.
We'll also likely head to a local pub to continue the conversation post 7pm.Agenda
5pm - 530pm: Register, mingle, have a snack
530pm - 630pm: Hear from our speakers
630pm - 7pm: Mingle, share ideas
7pm onwards: Wander to a nearby pub to keep the ideas flowing.When and where
Wednesday 14 October 2026
5:00pm–7:00pmKindly hosted by our friends at Hays
Level 14, Chifley Tower
2 Chifley Square, Sydney CBDTickets and RSVP
Tickets are $10 per person, so we can have some light refreshments (and ensure we're not hangry!)We look forward to seeing you there!
32 attendees
Past events
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