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Awayday




The intention is to allow the meeting to focus on the particular task at hand without the participants being distracted by the demands which, if the meeting were held in the workplace, would normally be made on their attention by virtue of their positions.

The term derives from the name given to a cheap day return Railway Ticket (a substantially reduced two-way fare for off-peak travel) after pricing by time of travel was introduced on the British Railway network in the 1960s. Department of Transport Memorandum paragraph 2.2


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FURTHER READING

  • Merianne Liteman, Sheila Campbell, Jeffrey Liteman, Retreats that Work: Everything You Need to Know About Planning and Leading Great Offsites, Expanded Edition, ISBN 0-7879-8275-X.