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4 Event AV Contracting Tips to Consider

Smart Meetings

With an event production career that spans over 26 years, Frankel was a perfect choice as speaker to educate our audience on the fine details of AV contracting. Details on set up, rehearsal, show and strike are crucial to top-tier execution by AV teams, and the sooner you can provide them with those details, the better.

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*?#! AV People Say – Whiteboard Wednesday

Endless Events

They’re willing to stay up till 3:00 in the morning rehearsing it as many times as the CEO wants to and then turn around and come right back down again at 4:00 in the morning. ” A lot of times the more casual and smooth that something looks, chances are they rehearsed the snot out of it, right? But let us take a look at it.

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The 15 Biggest Event AV Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Endless Events

In fact, you should ideally hire your AV company before you even sign your venue contract. Pre-plan where each item will be hung to avoid additional costs and check with your venue before you sign the contract whether or not rigging points and included in the cost. As an extra precaution, schedule a rehearsal with your AV company.

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Welcome to the AV Audit

Endless Events

This can be a great deal but you want to ask a few things before signing the contract and locking in. If either of these doesn’t turn out to be the case, you can probably negotiate this out of your contract but only before signing! Does this labor include rehearsals? The first panel has 4 speakers, the second panel has 4.

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10 Best Tips to Make the Most of Your Event WiFi

Endless Events

Livestream or have speakers? Maybe they are running dress rehearsals and notice that videos are buffering, or the AV company tells them they don’t have adequate speeds to Livestream, they find dead zones and can’t get WiFi in certain rooms and the list goes on. Think about how your exhibitors plan to use the WiFi. Plan Way Ahead .

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AV Team Management: The Ins & Outs Of Navigating The Audiovisual Jungle

Endless Events

“Is this going to be where you’re putting top-end speakers from your company, is your CEO going to be talking in these breakouts and having small panels? So, it is kind of at that point hopefully the show is contracted. rehearsal now you’re talking about seven hours off for the guys. ”, he continues.

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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Social Tables

Neglecting to test your technology Any event that includes digital presentations, sound, or lighting cues should be rehearsed prior to the big day. Whether hosting a live, virtual, or hybrid event, rehearsing is an important part of the planning process, especially when digital technology or media are involved.