How to focus and use technology for your benefit

Kontext / Contexte

Today is a time of information overload and technology is increasingly used in all areas of our lives. In this workshop, we will explore how to not get overwhelmed by fast changes and technology, but rather use it to our advantage. We will take time to explore how to build a relationship with technology that works for you.

Zielsetzung / Objectifs

Knowledge
Participants understand:
- how technology and information impact their attention and their stress level,
- how working more and faster is not equal to working better,
- exploring the approach of digital minimalism to foster the impact of their work.

Skills
Participants will be able to:
- identify which software and tools help them and which are not useful,
- learn how to assess which tools they need and how to use them.

Attitudes
Participants will (hopefully):
- feel confident in taming technology regain their focus back,
- feel confident to say no and set boundaries with distracting technology,
- know how to create time and space for themselves to focus.

Inhalt / Contenu

In the workshop, we will discuss and explore how technology, information and apps steal our focus and what we can do about it. We will use the time to explore our own practices and ways of approaching technology. We will plan for changing our "game plan" and practice between session 1 and session 2. In session 2 we will reflect and review experiences and adjust the approaches to become confident technology users.

Arbeitsformen / Approche méthodologique

An in-person workshop with discussion and practical, personalized application of theory.

Referent, Referentin / Formateur, formatrice

Jana Hrivniakova, Master of Economics, Charles University in Prague