Some people are willing to present monthly or even multiple times a month. What has been understated is the great culture of learning that SEP has. Of course, this post has touched mostly on the implementation details of this practice. reminder email to people who said they would come a day before the brown bag happens.email everyone few days before the session to gauge interest.email presenters about topics when they are two weeks away, to remind them (ensure they can still do it, or get someone else) and to get a one paragraph description (so people know whether they should attend or not).email everyone about topics if you don’t have enough two weeks out.That way, if not enough people are interested, the brown bag can be deferred or cancelled.įor the facilitator, key actions seem to be: The facilitator sends out an email describing the session and asks for people to respond if they are interested. A casual RSVP system helps to gauge interest. Holding brown bags on consistent days makes it easier for people to make plans to attend. As one of the points of doing them, it is nice to invite people that might be interested to spread knowledge well. Companies with more people could break brown bags down into cross-functional groups or buildings.
SEP does two a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I suppose this might have worked well because there are around sixty engineers, so the odds of no one showing up are pretty low. There is no voting system, people just vote with their feet. Having one person in charge helps keep things consistent. When she gets low on people presenting topics, she sends out an email to get more presenters with topics. giving people a chance to practice presentingĪs I have seen it, one person (the facilitator) organizes the brown bags.sharing interest in cutting-edge topics.having a consistent way to share and learn about new things.I think the biggest benefits of a well-run brown bag system are: Presentations or fishbowls are generally the formats of choice.
People bring their own lunches, and kill two birds with one stone by learning and eating at the same time. As the name suggests, brown bags are held during lunch. They are a way for managers and employees to present on topics they are interested in. Overviewīrown bags (also known as ‘lunch and learns’) are a great way to spread knowledge among coworkers. This post will describe how this successful system works.
#Interesting topics for brown bag session software
Software Engineering Professionals has a brown bag system that has been going on for over a year now.
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