Usually, we as participants leave such gatherings feeling that such meetings were a waste of time, and go back to our desk and send each other pictures of ribbons that say, "Congratulations on surviving a meeting that could have been an email".
Even if I didn't recognize this computer-generated tribute to Dumbo from its hilly terrain and its array of converted red-brick factories and dilapidated loft spaces, I might have known it from the disoriented feelings gathering in my gut.
Participants reflected on their role in information gathering, some feeling that they had taken on either a pro-active or a passive role by choice, but others noting how they took up their position rather by default, because they felt it was their only option.
It's excruciating for me to wait until he is done gathering his thoughts and feelings.
If you're the kind of person who'd walk into a gathering with feelings of "oh no, not this", you're likely to feel the same on Facebook.
There is the feeling of the night gathering speed.
For the eighth year, British comedian Sarah Millican has hosted a Twitter gathering to help people who are feeling lonely on Christmas.
