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Brown Bag Lunch Series
27 Oct 2010 by admin, Comments Off
UNU-ViE launched a brown bag lunch series in April 2010. Ever since then the topics have focused on the broad field of social media tools. Colleagues who have a curiosity for web 2.0, facilitation techniques or just getting together with their co-workers for lunch have joined us in our monthly sessions. If you care about institutional knowledge sharing and/ social media, please feel free to follow our contributions here on the Learning Hub.
Sharing Resources – a game of give and take
Following the tradition of our brown bag lunch menu, we started with an icebreaker, went on with some food for thought followed by a substantial main course.
Collaborative learning about social networking platforms
What is the principle behind social networking sites? How to pick the right tool for yourself? Where does the UN position itself?
Social Networking – approriate in working environments?
Do you think social utilities such as Facebook are strictly for private use? Then it is time to join us for the upcoming brown bag lunch and discuss the possibilities and potentials of using social networks in a professional environment. More…
Collaborative Working (Online) – what for?
Have you lately found yourself in a situation where you and your colleagues tried to work on the same document together and all you ended up with was numerous different versions that made it impossible for you to track changes let alone finding the responsible person for those changes? Then you should definitely read this!
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Table Manners? Sure, but what about email manners?
While probably everybody has learned some table manners and knows how to behave and keep his or her company, the right behaviour for email communication is not as clear. Most of the times, we only notice when somebody does not behave the way we expect.
Rules of thumb for dealing with emails
Based on the comments and feedback from our last brown bag lunch on email management, we have compiled some rules of thumb for dealing with emails at UNU in Bonn. Curious? Then, read this!
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Email – the omnipotent tool?
Do you know this feeling of drowning in your email inbox? Have you already started to use all kinds of survival techniques, such as marking your emails as unread or pushing them into countless folders? Then it is time to read this!
Webconferencing – an alternative to face-to-face meetings?
In times of volcanic ash clouds, carbon footprint, economic crisis etc. webconferencing tools become more and more interesting as an alternative to face-to-face meetings that often tend to put stress on the travel budget and time management of the participants and host at the same time. More…
Brown Bag Lunches – time to learn and socialize
Brown bag lunches are a wonderful opportunity to learn with and from your colleagues! Read more about the principles and advantages of such an event.
