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You're managing a workshop session as part of a live in person event. Here's some tips on how to make your session work well. On screen timer On the main presentation screen the slide shows the topic for discussion, and of course the amount of time your groups have allocated to spend on it, but add a live countdown timer and you can have a clear visual reminder of how much time you have left. As the timer gets closer to the end an audible or musical sting can be a formal, but

At every gig, live event professionals engage in two particularly wasteful practices involving tape. 'Gaffa' tape is used to secure cables on the floor to prevent trip hazards, and 'Sparky' tape is used to secure coiled cables ready for safe transit. Both products use a variety of difficult to recycle materials such as polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride. Confidence Digital puts reducing environmental impact as a high priority, and we do what we can to reduce waste and incr

Whilst many modern venues have screens installed permanently for guests to use, sometimes you are running an event in a venue where you have to bring your own screen. At the most basic level this can be a free standing screen, but that can look very bare, and lost against the Projector and free standing screen walls of room you are in. The addition of a simple curtain or drape to trim the screen and hide any thing behind that might distract the audience. But it's far better t

According to the Local Government Act 1972, a meeting deemed "open to the public" requires that members of the public be allowed to attend in person at the location where the meeting takes place. Historically, this has necessitated organizing seating and security, and often, due to space limitations, renting an external venue at considerable expense to accommodate all attendees. Since the COVID pandemic, we've all become accustomed to the benefits of video conferencing. As a