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TRAMP – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe
132 Part II
Interior Room Design
The arrival of the guests is a particularly sensitive phase. Besides other important
issues, such as the presence of a person who welcomes the guest and
provides relevant information or organisational features such as booking of
hotel accommodation, refreshments etc., the interior design of a room, in
which guests and hosts meet for the first time, is of great importance.
As already mentioned above, it should not be taken for granted that guests
speak the language of the host country. Organisers should therefore ensure
that the language(s) of the guests, are visibly displayed. Welcome packages,
presentations, name tags, project information, details of any sort should be
present in all guest languages.
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Name tags could bear the flag of the guests’ home countries.
PowerPoint slides should always include the guests’ language(s). Hence as
little text as possible, but in translated form.
If profiles of the participants were created beforehand, these could already
be fixed to the notice board in the room.
If there is a room in which the group regularly meets, (e.g. lounge, dining
hall, canteen,…) then it would be worthwhile to provide a pin board for
information, program changes etc. in this room.
Subject/speech cards on the tables may provide conversation incentives.
All possibilities of interior room design should be used, which will prepare
the group for the time spent together.