Happy Holidays from 4WARD🎄🕎 🍾 & Big Plans for 2025🎉🚀❗
As the year comes to a close in post-Xmas holiday cheer, we wanted to send a warm season’s greeting from the rapidly-growing 4WARD.earth team and some highlights of the exciting things to come in 2025!
So rather than recap the incredible platform and community we've built together with you (and 100s of local volunteers) in this past year of political & world craziness, let’s focus on what to look forward to from 4WARD in the coming year…
MAJOR revamp for online sector events⚡🚗🚜♻️
In 2025, were transforming our sector groups & online events into premier learning & engagement opportunities for members with a big shift away from pure networking and into learning and knowledge sharing with industry experts & innovators in their fields.
From fireside chats and expert talks to roundtable debates and industry Q&A, where designing the curriculum & event roadmap to drive progress & education for our members.
In the coming weeks, we’ll announce the core themes we’ll explore deeper through the first half of 2025 plus detailed topic schedules by sector on what to expect… Stay tuned.
Upleveling in-person events & local⮕GLOBAL communities🌍
Similar to our online events, 4WARD as a community and platform grew too quickly. This is 100% my fault as CEO. That's why we've brought in a Head a Global Events and an awesome team of Regional Managers to better assist or incredible city lead volunteers and help their local communities.
TL;DR:
📅 City events will be more consistent & higher quality (fewer cancellations or no-shows & more regularity)
📍 Local groups will be integrated & more engaged with the global platform (connecting your city and members with other hubs and relevant partners)
🗺️ New groups and events launching in Barcelona, Beijing, Kenya, Nigeria and dozens more. Join your city’s space here to stay informed, attend upcoming meetups and connect with key stakeholders in your region
🙌 A stronger focus on delivering value with local↔GLOBAL impact
Training & professional development to help you further your career and 🌍 goals 💯🚀🎯
We’re working on a series of courses, fellowships & training programs for members because what better way to move the world 4WARD than by helping our tens of 1000s of climate & sustainability stakeholders by connecting them to critical people/partners, skills/training & resources/tools needed to move their careers & climate goals 4WARD?
If upleveling your career, profile/CV & sustainability skillset would help you in a big way, please fill out our mini survey below
🎓What are you looking to learn📈📚📝?
From deep dives on carbon capture & storage or masterclasses on carbon markets, carbon accounting & ESG reporting to entry to advanced training for climate investing & impact reporting, creating LCAs & PCFs and strategies for industrial decarbonisation and sustainable/resilient supply chains, we're planning an in-depth series of hands-on programs to help everyone from climate beginners, career transitioners & CSOs to sustainability consultants, energy investors & industry experts uplevel their knowledge, skillset and career prospects…
So if you’re serious to uplevel your CV prospects in sustainability…
Please fill out this 30s survey with more details to help us better create content and material to assist you and your goals and career advancement.
NOTE: Poll participants will receive priority waitlist access to requested courses when we open up slots. If you're interested in hands-on training, skills and fellowships to further your career and climate/sustainability goals, be sure to submit.
Thanks to everyone who's helped make 2024 an epic year of collaborative progress & we’re incredibly excited to have you along for the ride co-creating major the impact with us that our divided world needs to keep humanity’s climate & sustainability goals moving 4WARD…
Here's to a great 2025 and happy holidays from all of us here at 4WARD.earth
Matt Ward
Founder & CEO: 4WARD.earth