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Learning and Development Roundtable: Ten Easy Peasy Tech Tools to Save Your Sanity
2021-11-19 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Tech tools. Do you cringe in fear, overwhelm and/or exhaustion from trying to keep up, when you hear the words tech tools?

You’re not alone.

It’s no surprise we’re overwhelmed.

“Constant frustration with bad tech experiences affects how staffers handle their daily workloads, especially younger workers. Gen Z and Millennial test subjects saw a whopping 30% drop in their productivity as a result” (Daily Sabah).
Folks in the US spend 4.1 hours per day checking work email and 3.3 hours a day checking personal email, while European office workers spend more than one-third of their waking hours managing work and personal email (Thrive Global).
The average office worker is interrupted every 11 minutes by emails, phone calls, and more. And it takes longer than 20 minutes to get back into a groove after we’re interrupted (Thrive Global).

“About one-third of consumers report feeling overwhelmed by tech management during COVID-19” (2021 Connectivity and Mobile Trends Survey).

And we’re having a hard time adapting.

“The rapid proliferation of new technologies could overwhelm the capacity of policymakers and societies to adapt to them” (Technology and Innovation Report, Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development, 2018, UNCTAD).

So what’s a beleaguered human to do?

The answer is at your fingertips …. your computer and your keyboard.

Take control by harnessing the power of tech tools to bring you more ease, efficiency, and comfort, while decreasing overwhelm, and frustration.

Afterall, no matter where you are in the world, technology is not going away. For example, shockingly, “more people in Kenya and in sub-Saharan Africa have access to a mobile phone than they do clean running water” (NPR TedTalk, Shoham Arad: Ideas Into Action).

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan, on November 19th, you’ll:

Rewrite Einstein’s theory of relativity to identify and prioritize your tech pain points so you can get on top of them
Uncover an important caveat that will help you forever more in your tech journey
Learn the five sanity saver tech tools I use multiple times every day to save me time and bring me ease and efficiency
Uncover five more sanity saver tech tools I regularly use that you need to add to your toolkit to keep saving your sanity and get on top of tech
Come away feeling inspired, relaxed and re-energized with a toolkit full of strategies and tools for you to implement
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP by November 17th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.
Please note the dates and times alternate each month so as to reach more people in various time zones at their request.

7 am to 9 am London
10 am to noon Nairobi
4 pm to 6 pm Fukuoka
11 am to 1 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to and confirm your timezone if it’s not listed above.
Take action now –>

Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources.
RSVP by November 17th

Share this workshop information with a friend and/or colleague and participate together. The more the merrier.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Getting the knack of negotiation with six skills for nuanced negotiating
2021-10-21 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Let’s talk conflict and money.
Have you ever paused to think about the cost of conflict in the workplace, both to you and your organization? What if I told you it was £28.5 billion in the UK alone. This represents an “average of just over £1,000 for every employee in the UK each year, and just under £3,000 annually for each individual involved in conflict.” (Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, 2021).

“Employees in United States companies spend approximately 2.8 hours each week involved in conflict. This amounts to around $359 billion in hours paid that are filled with – and focused on – conflict instead of on positive productivity.” (Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, 2021)

For individuals, unresolved conflict in the workplace can lead to an increase in stress, anxiety, depression, sick days, and decreased productivity, disengagement, and motivation.

For organizations, the cost is huge including an unhealthy organizational culture, staff resignations and the cost and time to replace them, project fails and ‘presenteeism.’ Presenteeism, the practice of being present at one’s place of work for more hours than is required, especially as a manifestation of insecurity about one’s job (Oxford dictionary) “has a negative impact on productivity with an annual cost estimated between £590 million and £2.3 billion in the U.K. (Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, 2021).

That’s a whole lot of strife, teeth-gnashing, and sometimes even terror.
And yet, when faced with a conflict, many of us do MORE (yes more) of what’s NOT working.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Add some negotiation skills to your conflict resolution toolkit and you’ll be on your way to more confidence, less conflict, and more calm.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan, on October 21st, you’ll:

Learn how to get the best of your nerves and do a simple climate analysis the next time you’re needing to negotiate a conflict
Learn six simple negotiation skills including what the two most important questions to ask are
Unlock various types of power plus the power of questions, including some ‘wicked’ ones
Diagnose the conflict in a snap using a simple matrix
Map your way to success using a simple mapping tool
Come away feeling inspired, relaxed, and re-energized with a toolkit full of strategies and tools for you to implement
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP by October 19th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.
Please note the dates and times alternate each month so as to reach more people in various time zones at their request.

8-10 am Mexico
11 am-1 pm Rio
9-11 am Montreal/New York
5-7 pm Nairobi
6-8 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your timezone if it’s not listed above and to double-check the times as they can sometimes change due to daylight savings times.
Take action now –> Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources (including recordings of the Learning and Development Roundtables in case you can’t make it). And RSVP for this one by October 19th.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Eight skills for communicating with confidence and clarity and without consternation
2021-09-24 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
They say hard skills (a.k.a. technical skills) get you hired but lack of so-called soft skills, like communication, can get you fired. Add to that our weariness and overwhelm with the ongoing global pandemic and raging world wide conflicts, it’s enough to dampen the motivation of even the hardiest souls.

Being able to communicate with confidence and clarity is critical yet we often leave improving our communication skills as a distant priority. And to make matters worse our communication skills are tanking when taking time to learn and reflect are pushed aside for ever greater productivity. And all while we need them the most to navigate complex situations, workplaces and scenarios..

How do you know if your communication skills need sharpening?

You may need to amp up your communication skills if any of the following are true for you:

You find yourself getting dizzy going round and round in circles with the same darn issue
You’re sure you’re communicating clearly but people often misinterpret what you mean
You’re able to communicate well with some people but not others (you suspect it may have to do with your communication style)
You’re exhausted trying to communicate with some folks, the effort leaves you drained and frustrated
You’re working too hard on your communication skills but not seeing results

I’ll let you in on a little secret. When our communication isn’t working, most people tend to do more of what isn’t working. That’s right. More of what’s NOT working.

Instead, let’s welcome some communication ease for you with these eight critical communication skills (that surprisingly, aren’t that hard to learn).

Come to this engaging, interactive workshop and learn eight skills for communicating with confidence and clarity.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan, on September 24th, you’ll:

Be introduced to your F.A.V. C.O.M.I.C – a potent combination of eight simple communication skills
Diagnose your communication skills so you know where you shine and where you need to shine some light on learning
Get a chance to practice in a fun, light-hearted manner
Come away feeling inspired, relaxed, and re-energized with a toolkit full of strategies and tools for you to implement
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP by September 22nd. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.
Please note the dates and times alternate each month so as to reach more people in various time zones at their request.

7 am to 9 am London
10 am to noon Nairobi
4 pm to 6 pm Fukuoka
11 am to 1 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your timezone if it’s not listed above.
Take action now –>

Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources.
RSVP by September 22nd

Share this workshop information with a friend and/or colleague and participate together. The more the merrier.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Top tips for online facilitating and public speaking
2021-08-19 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Quick! Can you recall a recent online meeting or workshop that was interesting, engaging, and had a powerful effect? Nope? I thought so.

Online meetings and workshops have two things in common – the need to speak publicly and the need to facilitate or teach. And both of those skills can be in woefully short supply.

Add to that, the fear of public speaking is the most common phobia ahead of even death and spiders! Source: The national social anxiety center.

Combine that fear with endless hours online and we have ourselves a recipe for anxiety and fear at worst or boredom and weariness at best.

Facilitating and public speaking doesn’t have to inspire fear though. Conversely, they can (and should) inspire engagement, fun, interactivity, and powerful learning. And I’ll let you in on a little secret: both skills can easily be learned. Here’s how.

In this free workshop on August 19th, with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Learn three simple tips for facilitating and teaching online:

Figure out how a shower hook can make you look like a star
Learn how to design a powerful and inclusive workshop for your S.A.K.E.© and the S.A.K.E.© of your participants
Discover which way you lean into learning and how to ensure your preference doesn’t get in the way of inclusive facilitation

Learn four easy ways to be a powerful public speaker:

The nothing short of miraculous three roles water plays in public speaking
What wonder woman and starfish have in common and how you can use them to counteract your nervousness for public speaking anytime and anywhere
The most powerful and overlooked tool in public speaking that is hidden right under your nose
Why the letter M needs to be given the boot for effective public speaking

Laugh – have a great time and come away feeling inspired, relaxed, and re-energized with a toolkit full of strategies and tools for you to implement
Lead – put your learning into practice with some tips for after the Roundtable is done
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP by August 17th. Then watch your inbox for your agenda and how to participate online.
Please note the dates and times alternate each month so as to reach more people in various time zones at their request.

8-10 am Mexico
11 am-1 pm Rio
9-11 am Montreal/New York
5-7 pm Nairobi
6-8 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your timezone if it’s not listed above.
Take action now –> Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources (including recordings of the Learning and Development Roundtables in case you can’t make it). And RSVP by August 17th

Learning and Development Roundtable: Discover your E.S.C.A.P.E. plan - Six Skills for Creative Problem Solving
2021-05-21 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Are you a victim of what I call the Covid creativity cloud? Here are some of the symptoms. See if you recognize any in yourself:

An issue that would normally not cause you stress, is making you bang your head against the wall, and making any progress feel blocked.
You’re going around and around in circles, trying to squeeze out some creativity on a particular project but your beleaguered brain cells are protesting.
You want to be playful and amp up your creativity but you … just ….. can’t…..right….now.
You’re facing a problem or a challenge and instead of finding alternatives, you’re finding yourself doing more of whatever hasn’t been working so far.
You know you have a deep well of creativity within you but it’s been hidden by said cloud.

The Covid creativity cloud is that feeling when the clouds gather and obscure your way forward. The Covid creativity cloud tends to come just when demands and expectations are high and our resources, time and energy are low.

The Covid cloud is playing havoc with our creativity.

We’re overwhelmed and that leads to foggy thinking which leads to more stress.

Stress is a well-known creativity killer, says psychologist Robert Epstein, PhD. Time constraints are another, he says.

Help is on the way.

Despite the widely held belief that some people just aren’t endowed with the creativity gene, “There’s not really any evidence that one person is inherently more creative than another,” Dr. Epstein says.

Creativity, especially and even during Covid cloud, can be (re)harnessed and taught. Come to this playful, interactive workshop and learn six skills for creative problem solving.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Learn my six point E.S.C.A.P.E.© plan that includes six new skills for amping up your creativity
Laugh together as we have fun exploring creativity skills through some simple, engaging creativity exercises
Explore and experiment – bring an issue or a challenge you’re facing so you can apply your newfound skills right away
Lead – put your learning into practice with some tips for after the Roundtable is done
Come away feeling inspired, relaxed and re-energized with a toolkit full of strategies and tools for you to implement
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP by May 19th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.
Please note the dates and times alternate each month so as to reach more people in various time zones at their request.

7 am to 9 am London
10 am to noon Nairobi
4 pm to 6 pm Fukuoka
11 am to 1 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your timezone if it’s not listed above.
Take action now –> Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources. And RSVP by May 19th.

Learning and Development Roundtable: From overwhelmed to organized: Simple tech tools for ease and efficiency April 2021
2021-04-15 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Technology can be a huge time suck. Who hasn’t disappeared down the rabbit hole of YouTube videos, Pinterest boards, and/or TikTok videos only to emerge sleepy eyed and aghast at the hours that have mysteriously evaporated.

Technology can be incredibly, extraordinarily, hair-raisingly frustrating – enough to make a colourful array of curse words fly out of your mouth all the while you’re restraining yourself from throwing your computer out the window.

You’re not alone. Eighty percent of people experience at least one technology related frustration every day, with 30% of folks experience five or more tech frustrations daily. That’s a whole lot of frustration and a whole lot of wasted time.

From sketchy Wi-Fi, lost passwords, and computer crashes to apps not working, incessant, distracting notifications and not being able to collaborate or find your digital resources, there’s a well documented, litany of very justifiable complaints.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Imagine for a moment, if you could easily and effortlessly find your digital resources, keep track of your to do’s and projects without requiring a PhD, and have some Simple and Easy (yes, with a capital S and E) tools to reduce your overwhelm, and amp up your ease and efficiency.

Sound like a pipe dream? I assure you it’s not.

Join me for a fun, interactive workshop where I’ll introduce you to a simple, effective process for identifying your tech pain points, a four point plan to ensure your success and a map to move you forward with your tech journey, all the while experimenting with some new tools .

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Learn how to identify and prioritize your tech pain points by rewriting Einstein’s theory of relativity
Create your very own tech map – both your current map and where you’d like to journey to, using an editable worksheet template
Discover my four point plan for minimizing pain and ensuring your tech success
Uncover my top two tips for implementing what you’ve learned (they’re surprisingly easy)
Have fun exploring a bunch of simple, easy tools to show you that tech tools really can bring you ease and efficiency
Come away feeling inspired, hopeful and with a workbook full of strategies and tools for you to implement
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP by April 13th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

Please note the dates and times alternate each month so as to reach more people in various time zones at their request. This month we’ll meet:

8-10 am Mexico
11 am-1 pm Rio
9-11 am Montreal/New York
5-7 pm Nairobi
6-8 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your timezone if it’s not listed above.

Take action now –> Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources. And RSVP by April 13th.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Tools to build community and engagement online
2021-03-19 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Wondering what a roller coaster, raccoon, vacuum cleaner and elephant have to do with building community engagement online? Keep reading.

Lectures that drone on and on. Overwhelming unread notifications of online events. Workshops that are drier than the Sahara desert and more boring than watching paint dry. We’ve all been there.

Online meetings, courses, workshops, check-ins are never ending. Some research shows we are spending up to 16 hours a day on digital media! Globally, we doubled our online content consumption in 2020.

We are bored, exhausted and we’re struggling. Mental health challenges are up in most countries and yet mental health service provision is down.

There is hope however.

Notwithstanding the tremendous costs of the global pandemic, there are hidden benefits to COVID and all that time online. Help is in sight. Working online CAN (and should) be engaging, interesting and impactful. We can build community. We can use tools to help us engage with dignity, inclusion and impact.

Here’s how.

Join me for a fun, interactive workshop where I’ll introduce you to a simple framework for building community online, while engaging people you’re working with and experimenting with a bunch of interesting yet simple tools.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Learn how to pinpoint the results you’re looking for online using a handy continuum
Discover seven signposts to map out your own customized online engagement
Explore and experiment with seven tools to engage and build community
Ensure things are tailor made to fit you and your community by using the litmus test of a roller coaster, raccoon, vacuum cleaner and elephant
Come away feeling inspired, hopeful and with a toolkit full of strategies and tools for you to implement
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP by March 17th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

Please note the dates and times alternate each month so as to reach more people in various time zones at their request.

7 am to 9 am London
10 am to noon Nairobi
4 pm to 6 pm Fukuoka
11 am to 1 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your time zone if it’s not listed above.

Take action now –> Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources. And RSVP by March 17th.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Designing a Learning Plan for you and/or your team that rocks
2021-02-18 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Information is flowing faster than ever. We are walking and talking faster than a decade ago. We’re inundated with platforms, blogs, websites, tweets, LinkedIn posts, Youtube videos, online courses, etc. But who has time for learning?

The better question is ‘who doesn’t have time for that all-important, strategic, let’s-get-to-the-bottom-of-pressing-social-problems learning’? Learning is key to your professional and personal success and carving out time for a brief workshop (that’d be this one) to help you craft a customized learning plan for you and your team will not only save you tons of time but make your time more meaningful and make you more likely to reach your goals.

Learning plans help you be deliberate about learning; “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ―Abigail Adams

Learning plans help you to be proactive about learning; “In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges, and the foolish build dams. ~ Nigerian proverb

Learning plans help you put learning in context: “Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.” ~ Guinean proverb

Suffering is optional. In this fun, interactive workshop you’ll learn a Simple (with a capital S) system for identifying your learning needs, how to meet those needs, and all in a way that fits you, your goals, and how you learn.

In this workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll learn:

What a learning plan is and why it’s so important that you and/or your team have one
How to use my simple, interactive learning plan template to create a customized learning plan for yourself and/or your team, including how the letter I plays a huge role in it
How to use S.A.K.E.s (c) to streamline the process and make the learning fit you instead of bending yourself into a pretzel for learning methods that don’t work
How to do all of the above in a fun, interactive way (Hint: the Pink Panther just may make an appearance and there might be a friendly small group competition with a prize)
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP by February 16th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

Please note the dates and times alternate each month so as to reach more people in various time zones at their request. This month we’ll meet:

8-10 am Mexico
11 am-1 pm, Rio
9-11 am Montreal/New York
5-7 pm Nairobi
6-8 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your timezone if it’s not listed above.

Take action now –> Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources. And RSVP by February 16th.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Planning a meaningful, custom 2021 for you and your team
2021-01-22 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
While we’ve shut the door on last year thank goodness, 2021 is in front of us in all her foggy, mysteriousness. We’ve girded our loins and made it through 2020 but what we’re facing now is unsure. Overwhelm, fatigue, and uncertain are smack in our faces. Our tanks are empty and yet we need to muster ourselves and carry on.

Let’s do more than sit idly by as 2021 washes over us. Let’s harness those big, beautiful talents of yours, along with your dreams and goals, and make 2021 fit you to a T. And along the way, let’s replace suffering from hopefulness.

Join me for a fun, interactive workshop where I’m excited to work with you to help you plan the kind of year you want. Because the world needs more of what you have to offer.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Learn how to create a solid plan for 2021 that includes time for reflection, figuring out how you want to feel, what systems you need/want, and more.
Do you, in all your uniqueness (this is far from one size fits all)
Drop the dreary, guilt-inducing … “you must, you must” …. and replace them with the know-how to create 2021 that suits you, like a finely tailored suit.
Incorporate my Life Lenses™ assessment tool to look back in time, look forward to this year, look down for critical details, look up for your vision, and more.
Come away feeling refreshed, invigorated, and on track
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

What others said about this workshop:

Never before has planning been simplified like this and yet in a very professional manner!
Before this workshop, I hadn’t really thought about my goals for next year – they felt too big and too nebulous.
The workshop both got me making specific goals (realistic and ideal) and helped me come up with ideas, practices, and systems to make sure they actually might happen!
Got me exploring some new ideas and pinpointing who I want to unpack them within my professional circles.
There was so much to take away and I felt much more empowered than when I had arrived. I am better able to articulate my professional and personal goals going forward. Thank you so much, Rock.Paper.Scissors. You ROCK!

RSVP by January 20th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

Please note the dates and times alternate each month so as to reach more people in various time zones at their request.

7 am to 9 am London
10 am to noon Nairobi
4 pm to 6 pm Fukuoka
11 am to 1 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your timezone if it’s not listed above.

Take action now –> Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources. And RSVP by January 20th.

Learning and Development Roundtable
2020-11-20 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 7+ years of meetings!

Watch this space for more details about this month’s specific topic. And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Health and wellness strategies that actually work for the holidays, COVID and more
2020-11-19 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Stressed. Weary. Worried. Overwhelmed. Screen fatigued. Anxious. Lonely. Beleaguered. Pulled in a zillion directions. Bored.

These are just some of the words that I’m hearing people use to describe their mental state at the moment. We’re months into an unprecedented global pandemic with no end in sight.

Oh, and the holidays are approaching. And quickly.

How do we muster up the energy to be well and to celebrate, to lift our heads up and look to a better future that we all have a hand in creating?

It doesn’t have to be as hard as it may sound.

With a few, fun strategies we can not only rally but come back, come together, connect, and overcome.

Eighteen strategies in fact. After we take a dive into dispelling some myths about wellness and balance, and replace them with accurate information that takes the pressure off and gives you a break, we’ll play with eighteen ways to be well in mind, body, and spirit.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Map your stressors by discovering three types of stress, including the stress that is actually good for you
Uncover the surprisingly simple way to handle stress and overwhelm with this incredibly important key
Give yourself a break by banishing the hype about wellness and balance
Find more energy for creating social change with its key counterpart ‘innervism’
Come away refreshed, inspired, and energized with 18 simple, fun techniques you can practice and use anywhere
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by November 17th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

For regular Learning and Development Roundtable members, please note the new date and time that I’m experimenting with. I am reaching out to include people in other timezones at their request.

8-10 am Mexico
11am – 1pm Rio
9-11 am Montreal/New York
5-7 pm Nairobi
6-8 pm Abu Dhabi

Click here to convert to your timezone if it’s not listed above.

And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, eight-plus years of meeting resources, and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Easy tech tools to amp up online engagement, learning and communication
2020-10-23 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
With the ever-increasing pace of life, attention is scarcer than ever these days. We flip channels, YouTube playlists, Spotify songs, and other online content faster than you can say ‘Zoom, zoom, zoom a zoom.’

Added to that, typical online events, meetings, and workshops tend to be boring, repetitive, uninteresting, flat, and stale. Be honest, are words like these ones you’d use to describe the last online interaction you had?

Aside from the endless meetings, you’ve got important work to get done, and need to get it done online at that. So how do you nab people’s attention, get them engaged and all pulling together?

It’s not that hard if you have a few innovative, engaging tech tools in your pocket. Pull these out for your next online gathering and you’ll have people connecting, contributing, and effecting change in no time. And you’ll look like a star.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Discover why you should never be without your ‘umbrella’ when it comes to using online tech tools
Learn what the four most important things are to consider when picking engaging online tech tools
Figure out how to use two methods to make sure your tech tools are not only engaging but are accessible and inclusive
Experiment with and experience a bunch of diverse tools designed to help people engage, learn, communicate, and more
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by October 21st. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.
And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources, and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Leave no one behind: four inclusive, accessible steps to teaching workshops
2020-09-18 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
You’ve signed up for that workshop you’ve wanted to take. It’s started. You’re in. You’re motivated. You’re learning…well, sort of. Okay, not really. Not at all actually. Your learning has sunk farther and faster than the titanic.

All of a sudden, instead of looking forward to learning, you’re feeling excluded, left out, and ignored. Enter major roadblocks to your learning.

Can you relate? It.doesn’t.have.to.be.that.way. And it shouldn’t.

Here’s how to help make sure that doesn’t happen the next time you’re designing and delivering a learning event.

Great learning is powerful learning and when we set out to create powerful learning, we must take into account the art and science of learning and development and how to not only make the learning materials inclusive and accessible but also the teaching.

What’s accessible and inclusive for some, isn’t for everyone. And when someone doesn’t feel included then not only do we block their learning, but we block the opportunity to learn from them too. Everyone loses—individuals, organizations, and our communities.

“Leave no One Behind” – it sounds good yet often workshops do just that. Most learning events are not designed using an inclusive approach. As a result, we leave both learners and valuable insights and potential solutions to pressing social problems behind. This Learning and Development Roundtable aims to resolve that with four inclusive steps that anyone can use for face to face and/or online/blended workshops, to overcome bias in workshop design and delivery.

By using these four inclusive steps, not only will everyone have a seat at the table, but they will be able to meaningfully engage.

In this free workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Learn how to use two simple tools to design powerful, inclusive workshops
Discover where your bias is in teaching and learning and how to work around it so you don’t unwittingly exclude your learners
Discover the link between starfish and wonder woman a.k.a. two tools you can use right away to help you provide more accessible learning
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by September 16th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.
And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, seven plus years of meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Virtual team building in the time of COVID - Yes it’s possible and here’s how with very special guest Emmanuel Jal
2020-08-21 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Is your virtual team lagging? Unmotivated? Overwhelmed? Bickering?

Have I got a special treat for you. Emmanuel Jal, former South Sudanese child soldier and now international peace activist, musician, performer, artist, and humanitarian, will join us to share his hard-earned, well-honed tips on how to keep calm and carry on.

“I share my story for social-emotional learning through the arts, business, and philanthropy. I offer experiences with music, healing, education, and healthy living – so that together we can create positive, global awakening.” – Emmanuel Jal

In recent Learning and Development Roundtables, we’ve learned how to Harness Technology in Turbulent Times and we’ve learned how to Manage Virtual Teams.

Feeling accomplished? You should be. High fives all round.

Now more than ever before we need to be focusing on our teams – how we are connecting, collaborating, and communicating. Now that we are practically Zoom experts we need to focus on building our teams, including “replicate the small things that knit a team together” (Leading Virtual Teams, Harvard Business Review).

Sounds impossible to do online? Not so! Join me for this creative, fun, and engaging session where we’ll focus on virtual team building, part two. You don’t need to have participated in last month’s part one to be able to join this month’s.

You do ideally need to have a fast internet connection because due to timezone issues, Jal will join us via a prerecorded video he and I will make especially for our Roundtable.

You and your team will thank you for participating.

As social distancing continues, in these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. And in fact, we shouldn’t be. Isolated that is.

Now is the time to learn, laugh, and lead with our teams. And in case you’re thinking group groans (aka activities that are embarrassing or silly), know that they will be banished.

“I’m still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.” Emmanuel Jal

In this free workshop with Emmanuel Jal and Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Discover Jal’s hard-won tips and techniques for overcoming hardship and not just surviving but thriving and how to apply those tips and techniques to yourself and your team
Get a taste of some of the tools Jal uses to maintain his well-being and mental health
Finally figure out the difference between what makes for a fun, engaging team building activities and the ones that make you groan with disbelief and dread (hint: we’ll be doing the former, NOT the latter)
Go from ‘ugly to f.u.g.l.a,’ while relaxing and having fun with 3 different types of activities
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by August 19th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, seven-plus years of meeting resources, and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Virtual team building in the time of COVID - yes it’s possible and here’s how
2020-07-17 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Is your virtual team lagging? Unmotivated? Overwhelmed? Bickering?

In recent Learning and Development Roundtables, we’ve learned how to Harness Technology in Turbulent Times and we’ve learned how to manage virtual teams.

Feeling accomplished? You should be. High fives all round.

“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler

Now more than ever before we need to be focusing on our teams – how we are connecting, collaborating, and communicating. Now that we are practically Zoom experts we need to focus on building our teams, including “replicating the small things that knit a team together” (Leading Virtual Teams, Harvard Business Review).

Sound impossible to do online? Not so! Join me for this creative, fun, and engaging session where we’ll focus on virtual team building. You and your team will thank you for participating.

As social distancing continues, in these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. And in fact, we shouldn’t be. Isolated that is.

Now is the time to learn, laugh, and lead with our teams. And in case you’re thinking group groans (aka activities that are embarrassing or silly), know that they will be banished.

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro

In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Discover how to use the keys to your own team M.A.P. to diagnose what your team really needs right now
Finally figure out the difference between what makes for a fun, engaging team building activities and the ones that make you groan with disbelief and dread (hint: we’ll be doing the former, NOT the latter)
Go from ‘ugly to f.u.g.l.a,’ while relaxing and having fun with 3 different types of activities
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

RSVP here by July 15th. Then watch your inbox for our agenda and how to participate online.

And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, seven-plus years of meeting resources, and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Virtual team work in the time of COVID - Turning you and your team right side up again
2020-06-19 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
We need to be thinking about the mental health of our teams, our staff, our colleagues, and ourselves because catching up around the office water cooler or dishing over an impromptu lunch is a distant dream.
Zoom has become part of our daily vocabulary and we’ve climbed the learning curve of:

Juggling working from home.
Being more comfortable with all the tech that entails.
Adding ‘teacher’ to our list of titles as we homeschool our kids. (for some of us)
Holding online meetings.
Figuring out new coping strategies as our physical sense of community has shrunken drastically.
Keeping safe and staying well while socially distancing.

Feeling accomplished? You should be. High fives all round.
As we lean into continued social distancing it’s time to focus on our teams. In these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. And in fact, we shouldn’t be. Isolated that is.
In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Discover the keys to your own team M.A.P. and a diagnostic tool for figuring out what your team really needs right now.
How to identify red flags and warning signs and how to turn them into benefits for you and your team.
Simple easy peasy tips to amp up your virtual teamwork.
Seven strategic ways to improve your team that all start with the letter C.
Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training. (If you’re a UN staff)

And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources, and more.
RSVP here
(For those who’ve registered in the past, note that this RSVP looks a little different but the questions are the same.)

Learning and Development Roundtable: Harnessing Tech Tools for Turbulent Times Part Two
2020-05-15 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
In these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. Tech tools can help bring us together, they can help us connect, bridge and help us feel like we belong. Seriously.

Based on popular demand, building on last month’s Roundtable, we’re back for part Two of Harnessing Tech Tools for Turbulent Times.

Ever felt so frustrated that you wanted to throw tech in the toilet? While tech tools can definitely make us feel anxious and overwhelmed this May’s Learning and Development Roundtable will help you get a handle on those feelings by harnessing tech to help you (no that’s not a typo). Instead of feeling heckled by tech, and out of control, we’ll have fun demonstrating a bunch of tools that will put you back in the driver’s seat, feeling calm, competent and confident.

“It’s using the technology, and being creative with it, and solving problems that people have or creating something beautiful with it.”
Limor “Ladyada” Fried — MIT Graduate and Owner of DIY electronics company Adafruit

Getting a handle on tech is a must today but that doesn’t mean it has to be painful or stressful. Come and discover a whole new world of how tech can help you get more ease, efficiency and productivity. So you can get on with being of service and doing what you do best.

“Technology is best when it brings people together.”
Matt Mullenweg, Social Media Entrepreneur, Developer of WordPress

In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll

Review four ways to be in charge of tech (instead of it controlling you), which includes figuring out if you are an armadillo, turtle, duck or dolphin and why it’s SO important to know when you’re using tech tools.

Discover 3 categories of tech tools with demos of tools in each category: tools for research and listening, tools for communication and learning and tools for ease and efficiency.

Experience the magic and feel transformed as we pull back the curtain and demystify tech.

Discover the use and usefulness of tech in your work (and personal life) and get access to resources with all the tech tools we’ll cover.

Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

“Technology will never replace great teachers but technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational.” – George Couras

RSVP here by May 13th. Then watch your inbox for how to participate online and our agenda.
And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable: Harnessing Tech Tools for Turbulent Times
2020-04-17 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
In these turbulent, trying times we are apart but that doesn’t mean we have to be isolated. Tech tools can help bring us together, they can help us connect, bridge and help us feel like we belong. Seriously.
If your eyebrows have just climbed up your face and you’re snorting in derision, I get it.
Ever felt so frustrated that you wanted to throw tech in the toilet? While tech tools can definitely make us feel anxious and overwhelmed this April’s Learning and Development Roundtable will help you get a handle on those feelings by harnessing tech to help you (no that’s not a typo). Instead of feeling heckled by tech, and out of control, we’ll have fun demonstrating a bunch of tools that will put you back in the driver’s seat, feeling calm, competent and confident.

“It’s using the technology, and being creative with it, and solving problems that people have or creating something beautiful with it.” Limor “Ladyada” Fried — MIT Graduate and Owner of DIY electronics company Adafruit

Getting a handle on tech is a must today but that doesn’t mean it has to be painful or stressful. Come and discover a whole new world of how tech can help you get more ease, efficiency and productivity. So you can get on with being of service and doing what you do best.

“Technology is best when it brings people together.” Matt Mullenweg, Social Media Entrepreneur, Developer of WordPress

In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll

Figure out if you are an armadillo, turtle, duck or dolphin and why it’s SO important to know when you’re using tech tools.

Feel your eyebrows rise in excitement instead of frowning in frustration as you take part in tech tools demos that will show you how to stay in control of tech instead of feeling overwhelmed and controlled by tech.

Experience the magic and feel transformed as we pull back the curtain and demystify tech.

Discover the use and usefulness of tech in your work (and personal life) and get access to resources with all the tech tools we’ll cover.

Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

“Technology will never replace great teachers but technology in the hands of great teachers is transformational.” – George Couras

RSVP here by April 14th. Then watch your inbox for how to participate online and our agenda.
And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable : How to put your learning into action
2020-03-20 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Remember that terrific workshop, course or other learning event you took last year and all your good intentions for putting your learning into action? I’m guessing you may have fallen short by being overwhelmed, forgetting where you put your notes or just simply not having any clue where to start. Don’t worry. You’re in good company. We’re inundated with so many learning opportunities these days that it can be tough to make time for learning, let alone how to make sure you apply that learning.
“Knowledge without application is like a book that is never read”― Christopher Crawford
Learning is key in today’s fast-paced world, it’s key to social change, to keep current and connected and contributing. But too often learning stays academic or theoretical and doesn’t make its way into application.
“Most of the people readily accept the principle but resist its practice.” ― Amit Kalantri
The March Learning and Development Roundtable will help you make sure your learning sticks and that you actually use it.
In this free workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll:

Learn why putting your learning into action is so important, especially these days and the three things you can do to get started immediately.

Discover two key ingredients for using your learning and how to completely customize both to fit you and your style.

Put into practice three things you absolutely must have to apply your learning.

Examine three specific circles that literally surround you to help you help yourself with applying your learning: environmental, organizational and community.

Count the workshop towards your annual UN-Mandated training (If you’re a UN staff)

“Make your education valuable. Apply what you learned. Refuse to take the back seat and watch things happen. Join the change and be part of the change.” ― Israelmore Ayivor
RSVP here by March 17th.
On the day of the Roundtable Workshop, use this link if you’re joining us online. And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.
Get all your questions about the Roundtable answered here.

Designing a Learning Plan for you and/or your team that rocks
2020-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 7+ years of meetings!
What’s your learning plan for 2020? Don’t have one and want to get one? This month’s Learning and Development Roundtable will help you with that.
Learning plans help you be deliberate about learning; “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ―Abigail Adams
Learning plans help you to be proactive about learning; “In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams. ~ Nigerian proverb
Learning plans help you put learning in context: “Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.” ~ Guinean proverb
In this workshop with Lee-Anne Ragan you’ll learn:

What a learning plan is and why its so important that you and/or your team have one
How to use the learning plan template you’ll receive in the workshop to create a customized learning plan for yourself and/or your team
How to use S.A.K.E.s (c) to streamline the process
How to do all of the above in a fun, interactive way (Hint: the Pink Panther just may make an appearance and there might be a friendly small group competition with a prize)
(If you’re a UN staff) How to sync up your learning plan with the UN learning offerings

RSVP here by February 18th.

On the day of the Roundtable Workshop, use this link if you’re joining us online.
Watch this space for more details about this month’s specific topic. And in the meantime join our mailing list so you don’t miss out on invitations, meeting resources and more.

Learning and Development Roundtable - Reflecting Forward: Learning from Last Year to Create the Vision for Your Best Year Yet
2020-01-17 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 7+ years of meetings!

When trying to do world-changing work, it’s easy to get lost in the day to day grind, but for people trying to move the needle on the world’s biggest problems, taking time to celebrate successes and learn from challenges can radically amplify your impact.

Combining insightful backward-looking reflection exercises with visioning prompts for the year ahead, this workshop will give you the tools to integrate, learn from, and release 2019 so you can build a powerful vision for 2020 that will focus your attention and increase your results. You’ll leave this workshop feeling a sense of accomplishment and closure from the year before, and focused excitement to make this your best year yet.

This workshop is a perfect set up to February’s workshop, where you’ll take the vision you’ve created and turn it into a learning plan. The attached reflection guide isn’t required pre-work, but will help you get the most out of the workshop… plus, if you print it out and fill it out, it makes for a great New Years’ tradition!

Lindsey’s Bio

Lindsey Rogers is a coach for mission-driven leaders building lives and organizations that change the world. With more than six years of coaching experience and more than thirteen years in social impact work, she marries her focus on meaningful missions and world-changing work with her experience in organizational development, personal growth, and leadership development to help leaders, founders and creators who feel called to realize a bold vision that requires them to step up to a new level of leadership and growth. Through highly customized coaching programs, Lindsey helps them tackle their biggest personal and professional challenges as they navigate the journey to making their visions real, so they can live their dreams of building world-changing organizations and leading joyful, meaningful lives.

Access Lindsey’s resource here.
RSVP by Tuesday, January 14th COB to attend in person or online here.
Join us online for the session on January 17th using this link.

Learning and Development Roundtable - Build your own Learning Organization
2019-11-08 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!

This month’s workshop is on adaptive management. We all know that working together, solving problems innovatively and experiential learning is fun and rewarding for any organization, but have we realized that playing games and use our hands when building pathways, structures and solutions will create better end products and services? That creating together and thinking aloud while doing so can allow an organization to achieve better outcomes?

All development organizations, large and small, encounter challenges and bottlenecks that prevent them from achieving the highest results and make the impact they envisioned. QED and I have developed a game that can be played by any team in any development organization to solve any problem and design pathways to improve results.

The game – Makusudi (Purpose in Swahili) – is an adaptive management tool and is used by teams in an organization when they need to figure out how to meet challenges, address problems and find ways to correct the course. It is currently used by USAID in Uganda, USAID in Egypt and headquarters of development organisations in Washington DC.

Come and play the game and have a conversation about how to build an organization that promotes collaboration and learning to allow for course corrections and adaptations. November 8, 10am to noon EAT.

Workshop leader Charlotta Sandin has 20 years of professional experience in strategy and policy development in public administration and extensive experience in Organizational Development, M&E and Quality Assurance system management, including CLA in USAID. Her areas of expertise include Strategy and policy, Organizational Learning, Governance, Political Economy Analysis. A Swedish national, she now makes her home in Kenya.

Please join us online or in person. To RSVP please do so here no later than Tuesday, November 5th COB. Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT timezone listed.

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Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-10-25 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 6+ years of meetings!

Workshop Title: Visual communication – THE leadership skill of the 21st century.

Increasingly complex work processes and situations create communication challenges. Simple visual language, however, can help you too say more with less. Even when you think you can’t draw, you can learn to speak visually.

Speaker Bio:
Mireille van Bremen works internationally as a visual catalyst. Everything she does as a visual skills trainer and coach, graphic recorder, visual mediator and facilitator, steams from an intention to invigorate creative power in order to navigate change, establish sustainability and build trustful relationships.
After a career as a design department leader, she nowadays works internationally as a visual catalyst to increase the impact of presentations, workshops, strategic meetings and conferences by providing visual translation and by teaching others how to communicate and facilitate visually.
The training programs she designs and offers, such as the online Visual Skills Training academy she founded, help trainers, facilitators, coaches, educators and leaders from all over the world become resourceful and self-reliant in their communication so they can facilitate impactful dialogues.

Please join us online or in person.

Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT timezone listed.
To join us online on the 25th use this link.
To RSVP to attend in person (deadline to RSVP is Oct 22): use this link

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Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-09-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2019-06-21 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!
Stay tuned for more information on the topic for this month’s gathering.
Please join us online or in person. Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT timezone listed.
And to receive regular invites & get access to all 5+ years of meeting resources join our mailing list. Welcome!

Learning and Development Roundtable; Learning within Volunteering in the Global South
2019-05-17 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 6+ years of meetings!

This month’s gathering is all about learning within volunteering in the Global South – individual development vrs social impact.

Volunteering for Development has gained high rise during the last 10 years, accompanied by (critical) research and evaluation on its impact. In this interactive workshop guest speaker, Sonja Richter will take a deeper view on the concept of Volunteering for Development focusing on learning processes of the individual volunteers. Her explanations are based on empirical research results that she and colleagues have undertaken in several studies.

Depending on the participant’s background we will also work with primary data (interviews with volunteers) or reflect the own, individual learning processes in similar settings.

Guest speaker: Sonja Richter, Researcher and Consultant for Global Education. academic career in educational sciences and Latin America studies, 10+ years of experience in conceptualization of formal and informal educational settings; since 02/2018 based in Rwanda as an individual researcher and consultant; passionate about learning processes and global interconnectedness.

The roundtable will take place at the UN in Nairobi, Kenya as well as online. Please join us in person or virtually (the link to join will be provided later).

To RSVP please click here.

Note: due to UN security regulations you must RSVP using the link above to gain access to the compound.

See you in person or online. Cheers.

Please join us online or in person. Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT timezone listed.

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Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-04-26 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 6+ years of meetings!

Workshop Title: Did it, Done, Do it again

This month’s workshop is all about Learning Culture.

Really, do it again? The same way? Yes and No. Join the next Roundtable to learn how you can take what you did and how you did it and turn into learning for you, your teammates, your Organization. You’ll never just do it again, you’ll do it better. And you’ll learn about how to build a learning culture to boot.

Kate McBride’s (this month’s speaker / bio below) learning culture includes:

Have fun
Solve problems, don’t admire them
Celebrate crossing the finish line
Capture the good, not so good at the finish line celebration
Prep for the next project, starting with the celebration notes (lessons identified)

Speaker Bio:
Ms. Kate McBride was appointed to the position of Chief, Information and Communication Technology Service (ICTS), in UNON. The position also includes serving as Chief for the Regional Technology Centre – Africa.

Kate started her UN career in 1998 with the World Food Programme in Rome as an information systems officer, followed by a secondment to the UN mission in Kosovo, and then appointments in Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support and most recently in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

In Peacekeeping, Kate implemented a peacekeeping wide approach to delivering information services to field and HQ entities including the establishment of information management capacity in the UN 24×7 Situation Centre and embedded GIS services in field operations. In OCHA, Kate led the development and transformation of OCHA’s global ICT network enabling OCHA to respond and operate with cloud based information services and scalable, light technologies. Kate holds a BA in Economics from Merrimack College and a MILS in Information Science from the University of Michigan.

Kate’s experiences in various UN entities, commitment to client focused, cost effective services are well suited to lead and continue to transform UNON’s Information and Communications Technology Services.

Please join us online or in person. Click here to find out what time we’re meeting in your time zone if you’re not in the EAT (East Africa Timezone) timezone listed.

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Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-03-22
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!

It’s my pleasure to invite you to the Friday, March 22nd Learning & Development Roundtable from10 am to noon East Africa Timezone (click here to convert to your timezone if it’s different). I’m particularly excited to welcome you to this month’s guest speaker, Anna Kuhmunen, a traditional Sami reindeer herder from Northern Sweden who will join us via Zoom.Workshop Description:

I will share with you the love of my Sami culture (my indigenous group from Northen Sweden) and how I work with non-Sami people to educate them about us “the fighting generation.” I started my company, “Silba Siida” because I’m so tired that hardly anybody in Sweden knows anything about my people, regardless of what generation you ask.
For my children’futurere, I want to be able to look them in the eyes and let them know that I did everything I could for them to carry on our proud traditions despite many challenges of discrimination. That the Swedish people hardly know anytning about us is dangerous. They say that my terrirotory is wilderness, but this it not widerness. My people have been here for 10.000 years. It’s my passion to share my culture with others and also what I’ve learned about working to educate others, often the same people who have historically done the discrimination.

Anna’s bio:

Anna Kuhmunen, a traditional Sami (indigenous person from Northern Sweden), is the co-owner of Silba Siida, an organization that educates people about Sami culture, traditions and history. Before she started her business Anna worked for many years for Swedish National TV (SVT) hosting Sami children’s programs, as well as touring internationally performing traditional Sami singing called Joiks. Anna just released her first book about reindeering herding with dogs. Her and her husband come from a long line of reindeer herders and carry on the tradition today sharing their Sami culture with others, garthered around a roaring fire in a traditional Sami tent called a Lavvu, while sharing a variety of homemade reindeer delicacies such as mince, sausage and reindeer rib soup. While her guests relax on reindeer furs, Anna shares her sacred Joik singing, all of whcih combine into a magical memorable experience. You can find out more here: www.silba.se

Please join us at the UN compound in Nairobi or online by following the instructions below.

How to RSVP: Please RSVP by March 19th 6pmby clicking on this link http://ow.ly/oCCHl. Due to security reasons if you want to come in person you MUST RSVP by the deadline in order to gain access to the compound. No late RSVP’s will be accepted I’m afraid.

If you want to join online simply click here on the day: https://zoom.us/j/827439436

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Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-02-15 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!

Learning and Development Roundtable
2019-01-18 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Every month, I host a roundtable that brings together top minds in the learning and development space to network, learn, and support each other as we all keep up with the latest in the Learning and Development space and grow our organizations. Join us virtually or in person (at the UN in Nairobi), and enjoy access to an engaged, excited group of your peers along with access to my portal of resources and 5+ years of meetings!
Stay tuned for more information on the topic for this month’s gathering.
Please join us online or in person. And to receive regular invites & get access to all 5+ years of meeting resources join our mailing list. Welcome!
