Complimentary "Lunch & Learn Webinar Series"
(September-December 2008)

Get your brown bag lunch (or snack) ready, and join us online every Thursday at 12:00 noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes to learn the latest and most innovative tips and techniques for individual and team productivity, and get the latest updates about important workplace and productivity issues. Join our mailing list to stay updated.



The “Lunch & Learn Webinar series at a glance
*Please note: All webinars are on Thursdays at noon Pacific Time for 45 minutes. Click on the desired date to register. Scroll down to the detailed descriptions to learn more.

September 2008	October 2008	November 2008	December 2008
	10/2 Google Apps—working and collaborating from anywhere	11/6 Working together effectively: Using Myers-Briggs to help teams collaborate	12/4 The Growing risk of e-mail & blog mis-use
9/11 IBM@PLAY: Learning that work and play are complementary	10/9 Microsoft Groove—working and collaboration from anywhere	11/13 Working together effectively: Using the Enneagram to help teams collaborate	12/11 Working together effectively: Using DiSC to help teams collaborate
9/18 Social Networking in Action	10/16 Harness the Power of Referrals to Increase Productivity	11/20 Improving satisfaction and loyalty of customer and employees
9/25 Managing across time zones	10/23 Publishing Your Book—tips from the trenches

--------> Below are the session descriptions

--------> All sessions start at 12:00 noon and end at 12:45 pm Pacific Time.

Date	Session Title	Session Description
9/11 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: IBM@PLAY: Learning that work and play are complementary	Recent research is pointing out that play is a vital activity that can help us learn, get engaged and energized, better manage stress, increase productivity, and connect people in ways they might not otherwise have been able to do. While incorporating play in team building events seems to have gained some acceptance, play in today's work environment is still a controversial activity in most cultures. In this webinar, we will hear from Chuck Hamilton, Learning and New Media Program Manager of the IBM 3D Internet Team, regarding the IBM@PLAY program and how playful tools and projects are spreading across their workplace.
9/18 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: Social Networking in Action	Social networks are communities of people who share interests and activities and are interested in exploring these interests and activities with others. Social networking has become a phenomenon and went beyond the social aspect to become an integral part of business, especially as the lines between personal and business lives continues to blur. In this session, our guest speaker Jason Alba, CEO and creator of JibberJobber.com, author of “I’m on LinkedIn – Now What???” and co-author of “I’m on Facebook – Now What???”, will start with an overview of social networking, and continues to explore its business applications, and the reasons why business professionals and businesses of all sizes needs to get engaged in this field. Jason will also compare some of the popular platforms and include live demonstrations and useful tips.
9/25 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: Managing Across Time Zones—taking productivity globally	With increased global competition, organizations need to manage increasingly complex challenges that require extensive collaboration among geographically spread team members. Managing across time zones is about how to pull the teams together to achieve company's objectives while preserving employee's work/life balance. In this lunch & learn session, Catherine Moore, Director of Business HR at Nokia, will share with us best practices and ways in which teams can leverage technology and work together effectively in a virtual global environment.
10/2 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: Google Apps—working and collaborating from anywhere	There is more to Google than the Google search. Google Apps, in addition to e-mail and calendar, provide you the ability to create and manage documents, and sites. In this session we will demonstrate the Google Apps functionality and discuss how it can help remote workshops and virtual teams to better collaborate.
10/9 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: Microsoft Groove—working and collaboration from anywhere	In this session, we’ll hear from Rick Colosimo and Mike Princi, managing directors of ThoughtStorm Strategic Capital (TSC), a boutique strategic advisory firm. Working solely in a distributed fashion that recently included people in three US states and two Persian Gulf countries, TSC knows how to handle a long-distance relationship. With no central servers or on-staff IT, TSC built a system of interrelated tools that allow for a wide level of collaboration. They have used Groove since well before the Microsoft acquisition and have used it both internally and externally. In this session, they will discuss the primary features of Groove, how it facilitates internal work and collaboration, and how the internal/external, knowledge management/project management features relate to one another.
10/16 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: Harness the Power of Referrals to Increase Productivity	How would you like to consistently attract your best and most profitable clients while turning every new client into a source of even more business? Joanne Black’s Webinar presents the common-sense approach to referrals that leaves people wishing that they had started down this road years ago. Turn between fifty and ninety percent of your prospects into clients, while working less, becoming more profitable and more productive. What an irresistible proposition!
10/23 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: Publishing Your Book—tips from the trenches	Whether you are interested in publishing a book to share your experience with others, market your products and services, and/or help your team or company get publicity, this panel discussion will provide you with valuable insights into the process of book publishing and into the options that you would need to consider. You will hear from many experienced publishers, agents, and writers, and have the opportunity to ask questions and get answers.
11/6 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: Working together effectively: Using Myers-Briggs to help teams collaborate	When individuals and teams better understand each other’s styles, preferences, and personality types, they are likely to build on each other’s strengths, better manage differences, and work together more effectively. In this lunch & learn Webinar series, we take a look at three popular assessment tools (Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, and DiSC), examine how they work, and discuss how they can enable individuals and teams to work together more effectively. In this series, Jerry Pico on 11/6, Donna Fowler and Ben Saltzman on 11/13, and Janet Fitzgerald on 12/11, all expert coaches, trainers, and thought leaders in this area, will share with us their expertise and provide some valuable insights about Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, and DiSC, respectively.
11/13 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: Working together effectively: Using Enneagram to help teams collaborate	See description of lunch & learn session on 11/6
11/20	Lunch & Learn: Improving satisfaction and loyalty of customer and employees	When economic times are difficult, it becomes particularly important to build and maintain the loyalty of both customers and employees. As the business outlook improves, loyal employees are less likely to be tempted by opportunities elsewhere, and loyal customers are less vulnerable to poaching by competitors. But how can you really know if your employees and customers are satisfied and loyal and, if not, what’s needed to make them so? Before you can design and implement loyalty-building initiatives, it’s essential to know how customers and employees view your company right now. This session will give you pointers on how to gather that critical knowledge. We’ll be speaking with Elliott Brown, whose company, Elliott Brown & Associates (http://www.elliottbrown.com), has for 20 years been helping organizations measure and improve the satisfaction and loyalty of their customers and employees.
12/4 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: The Growing risk of e-mail & blog mis-use	Proper employee use of e-mail, message boards, media-sharing Web sites and blogs is of critical importance to today’s employers. According to various surveys, as many as one in three employers say they have investigated a suspected leak of confidential proprietary information in the last year. Moreover, 27.6 percent of employers surveyed have terminated an employee for violating e-mail policies. When employees misuse e-mail, message boards, and blogs in the workplace, it raises a host of security and liability issues. Employers must take steps to reduce the risks associated with employee-misuse of electronic communications to protect the assets of the business. This webinar will focus on creating and implementing a successful electronic communication security policy to prevent the devastating consequences associated with employee abuse of e-mail and other electronic forms of communication.
12/11 (click to register)	Lunch & Learn: Working together effectively: Using DiSC to help teams collaborate	See description of lunch & learn session on 11/6

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