SimSA5_person_talks_to_person

Description:  A person talking to another person in a face-to-face or side by side arrangement between at least two people.  Brief breaks in face-to-face orientation during a conversation should be included within the same “people talking” event.  The people must be close in proximity and involved in a conversation (this specifically differentiates talking from lecturing to a classroom or crowd).  Additionally, people may join or leave the talking activity as long as a nexus of individuals remain involved in the “people talking” event.  A new track should be started for an individual leaving and returning to “people talking”.  Active listening maintains a person’s involvement in the talking activity and can occur with one (or more) person in a group of individuals looking away/down; therefore, when there is a large group of people involved in a conversation (e.g., around a table) then they do not all need to be actively talking to be part of the “people talking” activity.

Start:  This event begins when the face-to-face or side by side arrangement is initiated.

End:  This event ends when the face-to-face or side by side arrangement is broken.
Minimum Duration: 5 seconds
