With attendees having various comfort levels around what socializing activities they’re willing to do at an in-person meeting, organizers of the HRSouthwest Conference—taking place in Fort Worth, Texas, in October—have decided to use a color-coded lanyard system to help participants easily see how to engage with others.
Brad Shanklin, executive director of the Dallas HR Management Association, which is organizing the conference, said the in-person event will provide a green, yellow or red lanyard to participants so they can indicate their level of engagement comfort to others.
“We have not yet finalized our verbiage because things keep changing so much with the Delta variant, but basically, the green means, ‘I’m fine. I’m comfortable. Come give me a hug,’” Shanklin said. “The yellow means, ‘I’m not so comfortable. Maybe give me a fist bump and stay 4 to 6 feet away from me. I’ll have a mask on maybe.’ The red means, ‘If you can keep 6 feet from me, I’d appreciate it. I will have on a mask.’”
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