Brown bag

What ?

A brown bag lunch is an open session that is organized during the lunch time.
It can have various formats :

  • Conference
  • Open discussion about any topics
  • Watching and debriefing of a video
  • Review of twitter subscriptions / news reading

Why ?

This kind of event has at least 3 goals:

  • Enhance employees skills and knowledge by sharing ideas, new projects or insights
  • Build team work
  • Spread a positive and ongoing learning culture

How ?

  • Find a topic you want to share
    • Your current project
    • A new framework
    • A discovery
  • Lock a date (during lunch time)
  • Invite a large audience
  • Present your topic

Our tips

  • Don’t limit the audience
  • Don’t limit yourself to content that is directly aligned with your current work
  • Provide lunch -> find sponsorship
  • Make sure everyone takes something away
  • Always leave plenty of time for discussion / sharing

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