This article teaches event planners about which audiovisual equipment is mandatory and which things are optional.

A venue can look perfect in photos and not make sense for your event. The room might be beautiful, but if the space wasn't planned with AV equipment in mind, that beauty can turn into real problems on event day. Here's what actually matters when a venue is being evaluated for AV. LOAD-IN ACCESS Before anything gets set up, the gear has to physically get into the building. That means: a door or entrance big enough for large equipment cases to fit through. a loading dock an

Most people don't actually know what an audiovisual company does. Not in detail, anyway — and there's no real reason they should. It's not their job to know. AV is a short way of saying "audio and visuals," but a real AV company does a lot more than that. Here's a simple breakdown of the 5 main things an AV company handles. AUDIO Audio means anything to do with sound. A proper audio setup includes: microphones, so people can be heard clearly. speakers, so everyone in the room

Years ago, I was on-site for a hybrid meeting for a Fortune 500 client — the kind of company you'd assume gets the best of everything. Their entire Canadian workforce was watching the stream. To my surprise and horror, the AV company I was working for at the time handed me a cheap little mixer that lacked all the crucial functions that reduce feedback. It didn’t go well. I was embarrassed and forced to apologize to the client even though I wasn’t given the tools to succeed. T