AV & Connectivity
Prepping Industry Speakers for Your Events
You may think you do a good job of preparing your presenters, but there’s a lot at stake. Here are tips to help them do their best and provide the greatest value to your audience.
5G in the Event Space: What Can Strategists Expect?
What should strategists expect this year and next?
Do Phones Belong in Meetings? There’s No Black-or-White Answer
Author Liza Kindred says that phones should be put away during meetings, but only sometimes. She offers recommendations on how to embrace the technology.
Making Analytics Count at Data for Good Exchange
Bloomberg built a sold-out event focused on the ways data science can make the world a better place.
Are Event Strategists Ready for Multi-hub Meetings?
Meeting Design Institute President Maarten Vanneste says rapid tech evolution is driving this format but many planners are not yet embracing it.
Is Telepresence Coming to a Screen Near You?
The next chapter of digital events will include speakers who are streamed as holograms. Learn about Vimeo’s new feature that will make the sci-fi-sounding world of 3D holograms a reality.
Rotary International Tells Immersive Story with VR ‘Empathy Machines’
Rotary International wanted to give attendees a unique glimpse into the organization’s efforts to eradicate polio and establish peace. So they created a massive simultaneous virtual-reality viewing experience.
Commerce + Creativity Does not Equal Cacophony
C2MTL stages its boldly designed program in large, open-air spaces — and through trial and error has learned how to calibrate its sound
Scene and Heard: 10 Tips for Getting the Best Sound Mix at Events
Getting the perfect sound mix at events and meetings can be difficult, but if you follow these best practices provided by our three experts you’ll make some sweet noise.
The Complete Guide to Audio at Meetings
Leading AV providers, audiologists, and meeting organizers offer best practices for fine-tuning the sound mix at your meetings and events.
Sound Advice on the Audio Dynamics of Live Events
Music-engineering professor Colby Leider shares his acoustic expertise — from the cocktail-party effect and appropriate intelligibility to loudspeaker placement and open-air environments.
Can Attendees Improve Acoustics at Meetings?
Cognitive scientist Josh Mcdermott on why people hear what they do — and why the auditory conferences he attends often have terrible acoustics.