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Event Management Versus Event Production: What’s the Difference?

Endless Events

You’re gearing up to plan your next event, but you already feel overwhelmed between finding a venue, planning your A/V, and picking the perfect caterer. Whichever option you choose, both vendors will make your event look effortless and high-quality. Sourcing vendors and crew. Venue selection. Vendor collaboration.

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4 Event AV Contracting Tips to Consider

Smart Meetings

Whichever direction you head in, both require a thorough needs assessment that goes beyond venue specs. 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. Ideally, there would also be an A2, stage manager and graphics op.

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The 15 Biggest Event AV Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Endless Events

Your AV company should be one of the first vendors you hire. In fact, you should ideally hire your AV company before you even sign your venue contract. If you hire them before the venue they can be your advocate in finding the best location for your event. They will also help negotiate out any unnecessary venue fees.

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10 Best Tips to Make the Most of Your Event WiFi

Endless Events

There are WAY too many variables to cover and every venue is going to be different. Often though, we don’t give the same attention to your vendors, exhibitors and event staff, but it’s critical to keep them in mind. However, with some planning and a great WiFi vendor, this is easily preventable. . Was it fast enough?

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*?#! AV People Say – Whiteboard Wednesday

Endless Events

.” You can’t really expect that, but if they want to do that, that’s a great partner, that’s a great relationship, and that’s someone who you wanna keep a hold of as you move on as a vendor. They don’t have to run off to another part of the venue, down the street to the sandwich shop or something like that.

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Tackling In-person Events as a Team at nSight 2022

Smart Meetings

Their staff and vendors were stretched thin by companies eager to return to events. The elaborate program was rehearsed many times over, giving everyone confidence that the event would be a success. Value your vendor relationships.” As a North Carolina-based company, TSEC has a limited pool of venues and services to draw from.

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Welcome to the AV Audit

Endless Events

10 years ago it was common to see a charge for using 3rd party AV vendors and AV restrictions on your quotes. When you are at your venue, you may hear “If you use this AV company we will give you the internet for free.” We have heard of WiFi costing upwards of 30K at venues. Does this labor include rehearsals?

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