ORGANISED FUN. IT'S ALL IN THE CHEMISTRY

摘要

One of the most impressive examples of social matchmaking I ever sawwas in the planning stages of my own wedding. Discombobulatedby the exercise of seating our guests, I retired hurt and handed the spreadsheet to my fiancee. She abandoned the laptop and proceeded to write out all the names on slips of paper. Paper plates were used to represent tables. Within two minutes, she had separated couples (but ensured they remained close to each other on the same table) and placed every guest next to someone whose company she knew they enj oyed, as well as some wildcards with whom she thought they might click. It was slightly risky, but it worked. Old friendships were reignited, new ones made and the odd romance born. Seating plans, if done right, can make an event fun and easy. Done badly, they have the opposite effect.