Hi, Doris Ive made agenda walls out of office partitions, moveable exhibit walls, banner/butcher paper hanging from very high up to all the way down so its attached (by the hotel) at the ceiling and lays flat against the wall, poster boards leaning on the wall and of course those global (Canadian, German) tables are also a possibility. Hotels also have events with exhibits what do they use for those? Ive also made appointments with hotel people to ask them about (and to show them), one by one, other adhesive possibilities. Masking tape, blue painters tape, Blue Tac, pushpins I have always put my foot down (for those of you for whom English is not a first language this means drawn the line at / been totally firm and stubborn about / not moved an inch about) regarding placing tables for discussion areas (and food). What Ive in some cases done instead is had the hotel bring in a f-e-w café or bar tables (little tops, no chairs around them, often designed for standing at or bar stools) to put against the wall around the food area (so they are clearly not for sitting) but instead part of the Open Space cocktail party energy. But I dont do this very much because I find that people very easily draw two chairs together and put their food on one and sit on the other.
Picture a buffet at your house. People dont necessarily sit at tables in your living room they sit all around wherever they are drawn to and gee, they seem to handle that quite well. Doris, are you worried when you do this at your home that people will be struggling to eat as they talk? Have you had this problem at someones home? I give you that as a way to remember I would let the worried/helpful man from the organization know that this familiar way of taking care of ones self is just exactly what you want, on purpose. And most importantly of all, I am very excited for you and know youll have a marvelous Open Space. Lisa L i s a H e f t Consultant, facilitator, educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA (+01) 510 548-8449 lisah...@pacbell.net (coming soon: www.openingspace.net) * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
