Learning and Development Roundtable: From overwhelmed to organized: easy tech tools to save your sanity at work and at home

Daily life can often be a massive challenge.? From overloaded to-do lists to crunched time, and feeling like we’re being pulled in every direction to the dizzyingly fast pace of life - it’s enough to make even the most patient person have a meltdown (or multiple meltdowns).

Added to this is the pressure of using technology, which seems to change faster than you can say ‘Make it stop!’??

So-called helpful tech tools can be a huge time suck.?

You’re not alone.? Eighty percent of people experience at least one technology-related frustration every day, with 30%? of folks experiencing five or more tech frustrations daily (Source: Small Business Trends).? That’s a whole lot of frustration and a whole lot of wasted time.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Imagine for a moment, if you could easily and effortlessly find your digital resources, and keep track of your to-do’s without requiring a Ph.D., in Tech.? Imagine you could use 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 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 specific pain points, and easy-peasy tech tools that ease those very pains.

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

• Learn how to identify and prioritize your pain points in life and in work by rewriting Einstein’s theory of relativity
• Create your very own tech map – based on your unique needs and pain points
• Discover my four-point plan for minimizing pain and ensuring your tech success
• Have fun exploring a bunch of simple, easy tools to show you that tech tools really can bring you ease and efficiency whether your pain points are related to managing information, collaborating, saving time/being more productive, researching, managing your email, and/or professional development.
• Push the opportunities even more with tech tools just for fun, for being of service, and for mental health/work-life balance.
• Come away feeling inspired, hopeful and with a workbook full of strategies and tools for you to implement
• Come away with a workbook chockablock full of helpful tech tool resources, including the audio and video recording and one simple URL that opens up all the workshop resources?
• Gain access to 11+ years of Learning and Development Roundtable resources?
• Count the workshop towards your annual professional development requirement (if you’re a UN staff)?

RSVP using this link by November 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.

• 7:00 am to 8:30 am London
• 8:00 am to 9:30 am Paris and Geneva
• 9:00 am to 10:30 am Beirut,?
• 10:00 am to 11:30 am Nairobi, Amman, and Mogadishu
• 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Abu Dhabi
• 12:45 pm? to 2:15 pm Kathmandu
• 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Manila
• 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Fukuoka

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.? Use 10 am to 11:30 am EAT(Nairobi) to compare your timezone.

If you’ve just realized with dread that the time is untenable for you this month, don’t worry, as long as you’re a Learning and Development Roundtable member (membership is free) you’ll get access to the audio and (timestamped) video recordings, workbook and more.?

Take action now –>?

1. Join the mailing list to receive invitations to the monthly meetings, and get access to all the meeting resources.??
2. RSVP by November 19th.?
3. Share this workshop information with a friend and/or colleague and participate together.? The more the merrier.
4. Add the rest of the Learning and Development Roundtable 2025 dates to your calendar:?

• January 23, 10- 11:30 am
• February 20, 5-6:30 pm
• March 20, 10-11:30 am
• April 24,? 5-6:30 pm?
• May 15, 10 -11:30 am
• June 19, 5-6:30 pm?
• July no meeting
• August no meeting
• September 18, 10-11:30 am??
• October 16, 5-6:30 pm
• November 20, 10-11:30 am
• December no meeting

Now go on and learn, laugh, and lead

Learn

• Register now for the Roundtable – From overwhelmed to organized: easy tech tools to save your sanity at work and at home.

Laugh?

• Sometimes we focus a little too much on tech … to our detriment.

Lead

• Invite a friend and/or colleague to the Roundtable . The more the merrier.