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I've been in the situation where the circle of chairs was jammed against the wall, and I'm sure your solution worked better than mine. We had the additional challenge that we were in a brand-new resort hotel, the walls had just been painted, and they wanted nothing taped on any of the walls. We ended up with permission to use Post-It paper on a folding partition (not painted) that divided the space we were using into two rooms. The other half of the room was used for food service and breakout space, <BR>
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We used the room with the circle only for coming together and newsroom, not as a meeting space. The good part was that there were very few guests, so we had permission to hold breakout sessions anywhere we wished, including a huge lobby with a central fireplace and clusters of overstuffed chairs, a nice mezzanine that overlooked the lobby but felt very private, and around the pool and hot tub. And those of us who were there overnight were given discounts on all the spa services, massages and herbal baths and facials, plus free swimming inside in hotspring water. Very nice.<BR>
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My experience is that if people are allowed to self-organize, they adapt very quickly to challenges like being asked to post things in the other room, or a shortage of breakout spaces.<BR>
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Joelle<BR>
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