# About breakout rooms

Some events might include the possibility of having participants break into smaller groups in order to work together.

Breakout rooms can be designed as separate on-site and online groups, or teams with a mix of both on-site and online participants. The following table compares both models.

<table id="bkmrk-model-pros-cons-requ" style="height: 358px;" width="1018"><tbody><tr style="height: 35px;"><td style="height: 35px; width: 154.75px;">**Model**

</td><td style="height: 35px; width: 178.667px;">**Pros**

</td><td style="height: 35px; width: 237.8px;">**Cons**

</td><td style="height: 35px; width: 237.783px;">**Requirements**

</td></tr><tr style="height: 125px;"><td style="height: 125px; width: 154.75px;">**On-site and online groups separated**

</td><td style="height: 125px; width: 178.667px;">Easier to organise.

</td><td style="height: 125px; width: 237.8px;">Less flexibility in combining participants – segregation effect.

</td><td style="height: 125px; width: 237.783px;">One facilitator for each online group, while on-site groups could have one or more facilitators that move around.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 192px;"><td style="height: 192px; width: 154.75px;">**Mixed groups**

</td><td style="height: 192px; width: 178.667px;">Better integration of all participants.

</td><td style="height: 192px; width: 237.8px;">Requires more planning and facilitation resources.

Requires rooms or spaces that are quiet and have good connectivity.

</td><td style="height: 192px; width: 237.783px;">Requires at least one camera and one speaker per group.

Groups have to be small and on-site participants have to use a microphone.

Activities have to be online (i.e. notes).

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Which model you choose would depend on your group size, resources, event dynamics and objectives.