5 Benefits of Hosting Corporate Events Home Guide Share: 5 Benefits of Hosting Corporate Events Corporate events such as seminars, conferences, trade shows, charities, product launches, holiday parties, and networking events help you engage and communicate with your clients, employees, and investors, and are a fabulous way to show appreciation. Did you know that almost nine out of ten CEOs believe that events will increasetheir marketing reach and help them generate more sales? Did you know that almost nine out of ten CEOs believe that events will increase their marketing reach and help them generate more sales? A corporate event has many benefits and is a great vehicle to: 1. Show gratitude 2. Improve company culture 3. Be a thought leader 4. Educate your staff and clients 5. Strengthen team cohesion With Solotech’s live production expertise, your event will have more impact than your competition. Our team of audiovisual experts will ensure your company event, whether it’s hybrid, in-person or online, is unforgettable and simply spectacular. DELVE INTO INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES * indicates required Email * * indicates required Email * Company events help: Show gratitude 1 Giving awards to key performers in your team and even some of your clients can make an impression that lasts for years. Improve company culture 2 Corporate events are a great way of highlighting your company’s core values and culture. Employees want to work for companies where they feel engaged and empowered. Be a thought leader 3 Clients prefer working with experts because they have a proven track record of success and forward-thinking. Corporate events can elevate your company to the status of thought leader. Employee and client education 4 Corporate events can educate your employees on topics and materials specific to your company and even present new features to your clients. Strengthen team cohesion 5 Team building company events are a wonderful way to bring your team closer and bridge the gap between leadership and employees. At Solotech, we have the resources and equipment necessary to translate your vision into reality. Corporate events help improve company culture, strengthen teams, promote creativity, and show gratitude. Knowing these key benefits, we make it our priority to create spectacular events that will set you apart from your competitors. Learn More About Corporate Events CONTACT OUR EXPERTS TO STARTPLANNING YOUR EVENT TODAY SEE OUR RELATED WORK C2 Montréal Orchestre Métropolitain Le Bal des Grands romantiques – 25th edition See all of our work KEEP READING Delve into AVL industry best practices View More
Event planning: a world of new possibilities Home Guide Share: EVENT PLANNING: A WORLD OF NEW POSSIBILITIES FOUR FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN PLANNING YOUR EVENT UP THE ANTE…TO WOW 1 We live in a fast-paced attention economy and engaging your audience to maintain focus is crucial. How will you communicate your message in a persuasive way — before, during and after the event? How will technology be used to contribute to a unified and compelling message? NETWORK, NETWORK, NETWORK 2 While an eye-popping light show and top-tier entertainment are bound to impress, the unique value of an in-person event, especially a business-centric function, is the networking opportunities it offers. Thus, how can you best use technology to boost attendance and bring more people into the conversation? GET IT IN WRITING 3 Draw up clear agreements regarding technological content. Questions about the content are bound to arise. Who owns the rights to the audio and video content created for the event? How will that content be used? What permissions are outlined? Ensure that all speakers, presenters and suppliers are on the same page with your company— and have signed the appropriate waivers. GO PRO 4 This cannot be stressed enough. Ask yourself what your vision for the event is. Taking into consideration the limitations of your budget, then work with established AV professionals to guide you within those parameters and optimize location, setting and ambiance to boost audience engagement. GET IT IN WRITING 3 Draw up clear agreements regarding technological content. Questions about the content are bound to arise. Who owns the rights to the audio and video content created for the event? How will that content be used? What permissions are outlined? Ensure that all speakers, presenters and suppliers are on the same page with your company— and have signed the appropriate waivers. GO PRO 4 This cannot be stressed enough. Ask yourself what your vision for the event is. Taking into consideration the limitations of your budget, then work with established AV professionals to guide you within those parameters and optimize location, setting and ambiance to boost audience engagement. DELVE INTO INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES * indicates required Email * * indicates required Email * BORING IS OUT In an era where “the bigger the better” rules, expectations about event experiences have escalated accordingly. Event planning is a booming industry of spectacle and community — and ordinary just won’t do anymore. That’s where we come in. Our expertise provides the “wow” factor. Engagement is the key word — and the key to a memorable event. That’s what all industry pros aim for. That’s always been our stated goal. HYBRID AND VIRTUAL Audiences now have familiarity with virtual gatherings. The possibilities of event planning have become endless. An event can be held in Montreal featuring a speaker remotely based in Australia!Event organizers can have big names “pop in” for an hour or partake in a multi-speaker panel. Events such as these could also be as interactive and immersive as required as Solotech’s state-of-the-art equipment and specialists make every configuration possible. POST-EVENT CONTENT OPPORTUNITIES Event professionals are increasingly interested in capturing content and making it available for future re-broadcasts. TED Talks are the perfect example of packaging an event experience and making it available to anyone unable to attend. But industry pros need to proceed with caution and ask some important questions including who owns the rights to that content. INTERACTIONS AT THE FOREFRONT Regardless of how spectacular a digital event may be, nothing can replace the impact of one-on-one interaction. There’s nothing like being in the same room together. More companies are recognizing this fact and placing greater emphasis on the participant experience. Solotech’s customized solutions, in all cases, will ensure that audience engagement is the number one priority.LEARN MORE ABOUT CORPORATE EVENTS > CONTACT OUR EXPERTS TO STARTPLANNING YOUR EVENT TODAY KEEP READING! Article Lighting Up the Stars at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards Solotech + DX7 Design + ACME Pixel Line IP = Simply Spectacular! Read More Article Deployment in atypical environments A project of this magnitude required its share of cutting-edge equipment to honour the designers' astonishing vision. That's where the Solotech team comes in. Read More Article Spotlight on our work in the shadow Nothing is left to chance, and every detail is considered to ensure a seamless performance from the first note to the final ovation. Read More Article Four Trends In Command And Control Centers A spectacular event on-stage and behind the scenes thanks to Solotech Read More View more
7 steps to increase productivity on videoconference calls Home Guide Share: HOW TO KEEP PEOPLE CONNECTED BY IMPROVING HYBRID WORKING We are all aware of some challenges that can arise when colleagues are not in the same room together. With the hybrid workplace model becoming a new staple, AV and IT departments want to provide their colleagues with a high-quality virtual meeting experience that lets them hear and see each other and share content as if they were in the same room. Off-the-shelf consumer solutions will cover the basics, but staff pitching a client for new business or collaborating with remote colleagues deserve a better experience. Make sure to provide high-quality unified communications and video collaboration systems that can be managed and monitored remotely and offer security features that safeguard your firm’s confidential information. Learn more about how Solotech can help improve hybrid working for your organization. DELVE INTO INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES * indicates required Email * * indicates required Email * 7 STEPS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY ON VIDEO CONFERENCE CALLS A range of uncontrollable external forces, from inadequate technology and inconsiderate room design, often make meetings frustrating and alienating, especially for those working from a home office. And while no one can stop the neighbour’s dog from barking, considering these points will help make hybrid remote work better for everyone. THE ROOM 1 Consider the room size and how many meeting participants will fit comfortably in the space. A meeting room near a noisy section of the office is not the best location. Choose spaces that do not have open ceilings or are located away from heavily trafficked areas. 2 ROOM ACOUSTICS A good-sounding room is the first piece of the puzzle. Open ceilings, exposed brick and glass walls make the room aesthetically pleasing, but these hard surfaces create reverberant spaces that degrade the quality of the interactions between colleagues meeting virtually.There are subtle alterations to the room that can be made to reduce reverb and enhance the intelligibility of the talker’s voice being sent to the far end. Proper guidance on acoustic products will help you with these problems while keeping the aesthetic of the room. 3 CONSIDER REMOTE PARTICIPANTS Will several people in the room need to be heard by people joining remotely? If so, consider supplying microphones for each participant or technology that will adequality pick up all the in-room participants so that remote workers will feel engaged in the discussion.In addition, cameras that use artificial intelligence can improve the viewing experience for remote callers. IN-ROOM PARTICIPANTS 4 The meeting participants will all need a good line of sight to the screen, especially if documents are being shared. Proper room configuration and choosing a screen that is large enough to suit the space with resolution will enable meeting participants to see and listen to each other and collaborate on shared documents. Speaker selection and placement also need to be considered to ensure everyone in the room can hear the remote callers properly. You can achieve less table clutter by installing ceiling-mounted microphones. STAY FLEXIBLE 5 Once it is determined what you want to do with the room, AV technologies that best serve the application can be chosen. Flexibility and leaving options for future upgrades are key to keeping ahead of the curve. REMOTE MONITORING 6 Once the technology is installed, software like Service+ helps you be proactive and fix a problem before the CEO’s important presentation is delayed by technical difficulties. SOLUTIONS THAT FIT THE BUDGET 7 From the executive board room to huddle spaces, the cost of an installation for each room is determined by the potential use case of that space. There are technologies available that can fit conservative budgets. Solotech offers room design and acoustic consultation, installation, and support services for the hybrid work environment on a global scale. We are also certified by Zoom and Cisco and a Microsoft Partner. Learn more CONTACT OUR EXPERTS TO STARTPLANNING YOUR EVENT TODAY KEEP READING! Article Lighting Up the Stars at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards Solotech + DX7 Design + ACME Pixel Line IP = Simply Spectacular! Read More Article Deployment in atypical environments A project of this magnitude required its share of cutting-edge equipment to honour the designers' astonishing vision. That's where the Solotech team comes in. Read More Article Spotlight on our work in the shadow Nothing is left to chance, and every detail is considered to ensure a seamless performance from the first note to the final ovation. Read More Article Four Trends In Command And Control Centers A spectacular event on-stage and behind the scenes thanks to Solotech Read More View more
