Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
break-out room
English answer:
small meeting room
Added to glossary by
R. Alex Jenkins
Feb 25, 2006 14:06
18 yrs ago
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English term
break-out rooms
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Please give me a synonym for " break-out rooms" :
The program requires a meeting room large enough to accommodate up to 20 participants and three break-out rooms, each equipped with a flipchart.
http://www.itapintl.com/multinationalteams.htm
The program requires a meeting room large enough to accommodate up to 20 participants and three break-out rooms, each equipped with a flipchart.
http://www.itapintl.com/multinationalteams.htm
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| 5 +14 | small meeting room |
R. Alex Jenkins
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| 4 +1 | below the definition |
swisstell
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| 4 | Adjacent rooms |
Mwananchi
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| 3 | small boardroom |
Girija Chatrath
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R. Alex Jenkins
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Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English
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small meeting room
It's more commonly written as 'breakout' room, without the hyphen, and it's generally a place that accomodates a group of 8-16 people wishing to have a private meeting. This room could be an area within a larger meeting room itself, put to one side especially for this purpose, or it could be a small, private room with a seperate door.
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Note added at 22 mins (2006-02-25 14:29:15 GMT)
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In this context too, you can hire a breakout room, so it's not always just a place for a larger group to split and have seperate discussions.
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Note added at 22 mins (2006-02-25 14:29:52 GMT)
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http://business.missouri.edu/620/default.aspx
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Note added at 22 mins (2006-02-25 14:29:15 GMT)
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In this context too, you can hire a breakout room, so it's not always just a place for a larger group to split and have seperate discussions.
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Note added at 22 mins (2006-02-25 14:29:52 GMT)
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http://business.missouri.edu/620/default.aspx
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Dave Calderhead
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Thanks Dave
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Alison Jenner
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Also, Thank you Alison for your affirmation
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David Knowles
: A main meeting may split into smaller meetings that then report back to the main meeting. The main meeting may be called a "plenary" session, and the smaller meetings take place in "breakout rooms".
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Cheers David
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Kim Metzger
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Thanks, Kim
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marybro
: yes, usually not hyphenated... "breakout" ...BTW, I enjoyed the link from Mizzou (University of Missouri-Columbia) Go Tigers!
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Thanks, Marybro
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Penelope Ausejo
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Again, thanks
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jccantrell
: Yep, used for 'splinter sessions' for more specialized sessions or ones with fewer participants.
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Thank you
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William [Bill] Gray
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Cheers
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NancyLynn
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Cheers NancyLynn, have a nice weekend.
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Seema Ugrankar
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Thanks Seema
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Alexandra Tussing
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Also, Thanks Alexandra
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Charlesp
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Cheers Charles
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Regards Marju
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Peter Shortall
: I spent most of Thursday in one!! :)
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Cheers Peter, seems I've got the points on this one. Nice to hear from you.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all who answered, gave a comment, or wrote a note, thanks also to SwissTell for the good reference."
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below the definition
Breakout Room - new questions and off-forum issues
New Questions
1. What food security needs are there for specific groups: e.g. children, older people, pregnant women, people with dietary medical conditions etc, and how can their food security and nutritional needs be met?
Suggested by Nadia Saim (HelpAge International)
2. Poverty, Hunger and crop and species diversity - any relationship? Can we alleviate poverty and hunger and yet maintain our crop diversity?
Suggested by Patrick Maundu (CGIAR)
3. Poverty and tenacity to traditional systems. Any links? Can we have both?
Suggested by Patrick Maundu (CGIAR)
Off-Forum Issues
none yet
What's a Breakout Room?
The idea is to provide a space where the important discussions that always take place in the margins and corridors of workshops and meetings can find a home:
New Questions
1. What food security needs are there for specific groups: e.g. children, older people, pregnant women, people with dietary medical conditions etc, and how can their food security and nutritional needs be met?
Suggested by Nadia Saim (HelpAge International)
2. Poverty, Hunger and crop and species diversity - any relationship? Can we alleviate poverty and hunger and yet maintain our crop diversity?
Suggested by Patrick Maundu (CGIAR)
3. Poverty and tenacity to traditional systems. Any links? Can we have both?
Suggested by Patrick Maundu (CGIAR)
Off-Forum Issues
none yet
What's a Breakout Room?
The idea is to provide a space where the important discussions that always take place in the margins and corridors of workshops and meetings can find a home:
Peer comment(s):
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RHELLER
: well we had to read a lot of stuff to get to the point at the bottom = space!
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15 mins
Adjacent rooms
(Large) Hall with three adjacent rooms.
1 hr
Girija Chatrath
Native in English
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English
Specializes in field
IT Engg. translating technical docs
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Hindi to English
small boardroom
my suggestion
Discussion
To Rita: Thank you, before asking the question I performed a search but it was not as satisfactory as expected, and now with the help of answers as well as your note it become clearer.