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Where can I find the people? If you have few or no like-minded people, visit our learning networks 'matchmaking' page: Who wants to join a learning network? Or browse our list of existing networks. Some of these will be labelled as closed or private networks, but others may be open to new members and will include contact details.

What do I do next? You need to agree what you are going to do do. We suggest a face-to-face meeting. The Four Fs are a recommended framework for your learning network.. Don't worry if you have questions you can't answer or a mental block about some of the details. Trust the Holy Spirit and the group come up with the answers.

You will also need suitable surroundings for conversation and learning. A living room? A kitchen table? A back room of a pub?

How do we arrange to meet online? Sometimes members of learning networks are spread so far and wide that online meetings are the only option. Share will soon be launching the Share Community, a way for online discussion to take place on Share. We want this part of Share to be:

• A place for learning networks to meet and have discussions privately.
• A place for learning networks to have discussions and share their findings openly.
• A place where anyone involved in fresh expressions can ask questions of the Share Community.
• A community, where like-minded people can find each other for encouragement and support.

Alternatively, here are details on two other places you can start an online discussion group, along with simple instructions: Facebook and Yahoo! Groups.

Live text chats, which can be saved to your hard drive, can happen on Windows Live Messenger, or you can set up conference calls using the online phone service, Skype.

Your learning network could also set up an online blog, at which you could post questions or short articles for others to respond to. Your blog will be public, however, so others outside your learning network will be able to read all the postings and responses. One such blog site is Blogger, which has easy to follow instructions for joining (click Create Your Blog Now on the homepage), and a detailed Help section.

If we want to share what we are learning with others, what do we do? Please visit What are learning networks discovering? for instructions on how to post your learning on Share for others to read and benefit from.

If you have any questions about – or suggestions for – the instructions on this page, either leave a comment below, or contact us directly at: share@freshexpressions.org.uk

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