Or: “What types of audio visual screens are there?” Or: “There’s no good way to phrase this like a question a human being would ask but people probably wouldn’t mind knowing about it?”
So you sign an audio visual proposal for an event at a great price, and after arriving at the venue you walk into the room for your plenary session. But the set up doesn’t look anything like you expected. Continue reading What are my screen options?
Or: “How do I quiz attendees?” Or: “How do I take a poll?”
In public speaking classes they suggest you ask the audience questions. When you involve attendees in a discussion they retain more information. Easy enough for small groups, but how can you translate that engagement to a larger audience? Continue reading What is ARS?
Or: “Is this a good price?”
When I’m going to make a decent size purchase I like to research beforehand. I don’t like being sold; I’d rather know what I want in advance and what the cost “ought” to be. If you’re the same, I feel your pain when I tell you that unfortunately, event audio visual is difficult to price out, and usually requires talking to a few people.
Or: “How can all of my attendees see the presenter?”
You’ve probably heard people joke about getting nosebleed seats at a game and how they would’ve had a better view at home. Big meetings can feel like that too. (Except there’s no TV coverage of the meeting at home) There’s more to a game than being super close to the players, and there’s more to a meeting than being super close. But you can help keep attendees engaged using IMAG. Continue reading What is IMAG?
Or: “What are lumens?”
Becca Not-her-real-name-son had her sales reps bring their own projectors for the meeting. This sort of thing can be a good way to lower costs. But when one of the reps pulled out a book sized projector fifteen minutes before a general session with 150 attendees I anticipated some trouble. Continue reading Is this projector bright enough?
The client wasn’t unusual – she needed someone to handle audio visual for her meeting and the hotel salesperson informed her the property had an in-house provider. “They’re great!” And so I sent a quote, got a signature and handled the event. But why hadn’t she talked to anyone else? Continue reading How do I find an audio visual partner?