To continue my conversation about the different set up styles for a conference room or meeting room, I would like to go through a very popular style called Classroom Style Meeting Room Set up -
Delegates are seated at rows of tables, seated along side each other, facing the speaker. Usually 3 conference delegates will fit at one 6 ft or 1.8 metre table. I find when a number of tables are placed in a long row, inevitably someone will get stuck at a place where the table legs are meeting!! It has happened to me before and it is very uncomfortable for the day.
Advantages of Classroom style conference room set up It is comfortable for long sessions and for taking notes, working on a laptop or referring to reading material. I would advise to check with the venue or hotel how much space they leave between each table/chair – there is nothing worse than making delegates squeeze past each other to get to their seat. As I am sure some of you have learned to your dread that some meeting venues will tell you 100 people very comfortably fit in a room, where as in reality no more than 90 people should be put in that room. To avoid these pitfalls, I have a guideline on safely calculating numbers to comfortably fit in a room in the Planning Tips section of FindaConferenceVenue.com. That or call me, as I have viewed the majority of conference venues in Ireland, I can independently tell you what is best suited to a venue.
Posted by ciara feely 