Pose suggestions please.

Hi there, I just won a job and they changed their requirments. I company is having a Christmas party and they want to give all of their employees photos.
I have a nice Christmas "scene" that I have brought to a lot of events and I was planning to bring this to this one. But the company now tells me they want a plain photo that can be put up all year round.

Any ideas on what would be the best for this setup? What poses? There is about 150 people coming so has to be pretty fast for each pose.

I was thinking simple white or black background. But open to suggestions. Any pose ideas would be appreciated. I like to do things a bit different!

Thank you pros.

I'd use a standard portrait backdrop, some sort of painted muslin or canvas in neutral colors (gray, off white, etc) since you'll be shooting lots of different clothing against it. I think pure white or pure black would be a bit much and also more difficult to light properly (though, you can make either white or black look grey by controlling the background exposure). In terms of poses, shoot themin a 3/4 pose and not straight on (body a quarter turn from the camera, head turned to face the camera),

Mark

Thanks for the advice... Do you think I should have the same pose for everyone? Or should I have a couple of poses for men and woman to choose from.