POSITIVE SPACE
The environment can’t come off as “too corporate or too polished,” LoDuca said, or his clients won’t open up with each other. Nor can the meeting start off in a way that’s “too intimate, too casual, too warm and fuzzy,” he said, or “they will also push away. I mean, you can’t exactly start out the meeting with trust falls.”
In order for the meeting space to set the right tone for the daylong event, LoDuca worked with Danielle Galmore, Workspring’s managing director, who takes time with each customer to understand their objectives. “That means staging the day based on user-centered research,” Galmore said, “as well as delivering a highly hosted experience that gives people every possible advantage in reaching their desired outcomes.”
“The way that you stage an experience with its space and negative space, the positioning of things in the room, and the way that seating is set up creates a certain type of energy,” LoDuca said. “A certain dynamic can ensue.”
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