Insights
Thinking out loud about live events.
Weddings
Wedding AV Equipment: What Actually Matters
The gear decisions that shape how your ceremony sounds, how your reception feels, and whether the vows get recorded cleanly.
Technology
How to Rock Your Next Zoom Meeting with These AV Tips
Microphone position, lighting angle, camera height: the AV basics that determine whether your virtual meeting is watched or tolerated.
Technology
5 Audio Visual Ideas and Industry Trends for 2026
What was cutting-edge last season is standard equipment today. Five shifts in event production that separate good from great — from the team watching closely.
Technology
5 Audio Visual Ideas and Industry Trends for 2025
What was cutting-edge last year is standard today. Doug Kunnath on the five shifts in event production that still separate good from great.
Professional Tips
How to Choose the Best AV Partner for Your Next Event
The questions to ask, the answers to listen for, and the one thing that separates a real AV partnership from a vendor relationship.
Professional Tips
Top 5 AV Items and Why You Should Use Them
After years of on-site production, these are the five pieces of gear that prevent the most common event failures. Field notes, no sales pitch.
Professional Tips
Regroup After Your Breakouts: Essential AV Management
Running four breakout rooms simultaneously is a logistics problem, not a gear problem. How to keep audio clean, transitions tight, and no one waiting.
Professional Tips
Why Hire an Audio Visual Lead for Your Next Event
There is one person on a well-run show who catches problems before they become visible to the room. This is why that person matters, and what to look for when you're hiring one.
Corporate Events
How to Create an Engaging Presentation
Structure, pacing, and the AV setup that lets your content breathe. From the team that's watched thousands of presentations work and fail.
Corporate Events
Small Meetings Don't Have to Be Small
Small meetings get neglected at every level. Here's how to close the AV gap without overengineering the room.
Professional Tips
Make Time for Rehearsal: Why Practice Makes Perfect
The most skipped item on the event planning checklist is the one that saves shows. Why rehearsal matters and how to do it right, from the production floor.
Professional Tips
Why Switch AV Partners: Signs It's Time for a Change
Your current vendor says "We'll figure it out on-site." Your next one brings a run-of-show. Here's how to tell the difference before the show loads in.
Corporate Events
Presentation Tips for Speaking at Your Next Conference
The clicker that stops responding at minute four, the speaker who paces to the wrong side of the room — these are avoidable. Tips from the team watching every conference from the back of the house.