Like Minds

Like Minds is an organisation dedicated to Making Action Accessible. We were founded in 2009 amidst the boom of Social Media, where communication was drastically changing, and knowledge was overflowing – creating both the opportunity and the necessity for us to act and turn our ideas into reality.

Our mission is to create a platform where participants can join leading thinkers and doers in order to inspire one another and make those ideas happen, all on a level that is accessible both financially and structurally.

We are committed to excessively low admission costs, discounts for students and the unemployed, to empowering young minds, to working with local organsations, profiling like minded endeavours, and providing access not just to ideas, but to the actions needed to make those ideas happen.

Like Minds Conferences are our primary event, held bi-annually in Exeter, Devon. Through keynotes, panels and lunches, an average 300 participants (not delegates) engage with new people over new ideas, and forge the connections to most importantly make those ideas happen. Our first Like Minds Conference was in October 2009, with our second in February 2010. The next is scheduled for Summer 2010.

Like Minds Conversations are planned to run in 4 major cities per year focusing on targeted topics with a maximum of 100 participants in attendance. This is a channel for communities to collaborate with us in addressing a subject in depth that is pertinent to the local community, and will help the community act out new innovations and new ideas.

Like Minds Immersive (LMi) is born out of the need to narrow, providing indepth training in specialist subjects, with a maximum of 15 participants. These run monthly in Exeter and London, with our first two focusing on Developing Social Media Strategy.

Like Minds Summit is an annual gathering at Bovey Castle on Dartmoor, Devon, where leading practitioners are invited to join round table discussions with other experienced leaders in their field. The Like Minds Summit is for 15 participants only, and produces a report based on the discussions and case studies from its participants.