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Hi all
I'm looking for some ideas for some lunch and learn topics e:g getting a guest speaker in to give a presentation over lunch We are a predomitaly an office based orginisation. I was thinking of some well-being/ergonomics type of presentation. Has anyone done something like this before? My only worry is that it could open the flood gates for peole wanting sit/stand desks etc if the presenter reccomends them.
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I did something similar, in lab based set, up before. Got a good response as it was informal and people were more relaxed and engaged. If you are bringing in guest speakers make sure that they get the brief and that the aim of the talk not to enable them to drum up business but to raise awareness of issues.
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How about some practical demontrations that people can join in. You can demonstrate how heavy a human head is with a family size frozen chicken or a medicine ball. Few people realise just how heavy ( 10-12lbs) it is and it does help demonstrate why posture is so important when seated at a desk all day.
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theres alot of sites can help you
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Originally Posted by: mikecarr  I'm looking for some ideas for some lunch and learn topics e:g getting a guest speaker in to give a presentation over lunch
Are you part of someone's supply chain?
We are office-based engineering consultants (ie, mainly desk-based designers) and I occasionally invite in someone from contractors (ie, the people that have to actually use our output) in with the promise of a room full of designers to whom they can try and convey whatever message they like. Some of the invitees jump at the opportunity, and I always get a good turnout from the designers even though it's entirely optional - not solely due to the sandwiches we lay on. It almost always has some safety or health aspect, though I actually don't constrain the people coming in to such matters.
Construction has this fairly defiend consultant (designer) : contractor (builder) split, so it's particualrly relevant to us, but if you have any defined general cliass of client / user / consumer of your product you might get something similar, and it might be health / safety relevant.
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