50 Alternative Names For Lunch and Learn
So-called “lunch and learn” programs are a big hit at many companies, and for obvious reasons. They represent one of the best ways to entice employees to participate in optional training and team-building sessions that they might otherwise skip. Why? Because they’re fun, and more importantly, there’s usually free food involved.
In fact, the pervasiveness of lunch and learn programs presents a challenge for anyone who’s setting one up: How do you make it seem fresh and new? Well, one way is to call it something different. Here’s a list of lunch and learn alternative names that could help your program stand out.
- Knowledge Feast
- Food For Thought
- Brown Bag Club
- Bite-Sized Learning
- Grub Club
- Knowledge Nibbles
- Facts and Snacks
- Something to Chew On
- Meet and Eat
- NOT Another Lunch and Learn
- Let’s Do Lunch
- Education Heroes (if serving hero sandwiches)
- Power Lunch
- Information Buffet
- Knowledge Nuggets
- Brain Food
- The Lunch Bunch
- Feed Your Mind
- Tasty Tidbits
- The Learning Trough
- Sack Lunch Superstars
- Information Chowdown
- Data Bites (for statistical and/or technical material)
- Nourishing Greatness
- Serving Up Knowledge
- The Learning Table
- The Brown Bag Brigade
- Eat, Drink, and Be Educated
- The Grub Club
- Noontime Knowledge
- Eats and Education
- On the Menu: [Topic]
- A Taste of Success
- Appetizing Edification
- Nourish Your Brain
- Let’s Break to Educate
- Learning Luncheon
- Feast Your Mind
- Learning Over Lunch
- Hungry For Knowledge
- Eat, Learn, Grow
- Chew On This
- Not Your Ordinary Lunch and Learn
- Food and Facts
- Lunch Lesson
- A Slice of Learning (if serving pizza, works well with pie charts)
- Educational Eats
- Knowledge is Delicious
- Lunch Is On Us (if lunch is provided)
- Best Damn Lunch and Learn Ever
Obviously, not all of these names are appropriate for every situation. If it’s a more formal training session, consider a conservative/vanilla name. For a more casual learning session or meet-and-greet, feel free to go with something more cute and catchy. When in doubt, get a coworker’s opinion.
With the above list in mind, you can probably come up with even more alternative names. Generally speaking, the more tailored the name is to your material and the audience, the better it will be. Good luck!
