{"id":345896,"date":"2025-12-15T21:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/show-floor-theater-best-practices-velvet-chainsaw\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:09:07","slug":"show-floor-theater-best-practices-velvet-chainsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=345896","title":{"rendered":"Show-Floor Theater Best Practices &#8211; Velvet Chainsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9695 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/velvetchainsaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spotlight-Stage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/velvetchainsaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spotlight-Stage.png 754w, https:\/\/velvetchainsaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spotlight-Stage-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/velvetchainsaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Spotlight-Stage-332x190.png 332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Last month, I was able to experience InfoComm, billed as \u201cThe Coolest Pro AV Gathering on the Planet.\u201d Here\u2019s what I took away from that experience.<\/p>\n<p>InfoComm, held June 7-13, attracted nearly 31,000 AV professionals to Orlando. One of the events highly engaging features was the handful of large theaters on the show floor. Three of my big takeaways that may be insightful to convention organizers include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong> \u2014 The theaters were positioned in high-traffic areas of the show floor, not in the rear of the hall.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound<\/strong> \u2014 None of the theaters used headphones or overpowering sound systems. The audio speakers were placed a few feet off the ground and positioned near the audience providing a surround-sound like experience. Take a page from the AV experts: It worked well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Broadcast <\/strong>\u2014 The AVIXA Xchange LIVE theater attracted standing-room-only audiences while creating FOMO for those that couldn\u2019t be there in person.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Theater Experience Considerations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Whether your theater sessions are pay-to-play or content curated by you, consider applying these design principles:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Content\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Each theater should have a theme for the entire show, like innovation or sustainability, or for the timeframe programmed \u2014 use your session tracks for alignment. Use naming conventions like \u201cspotlight,\u201d \u201cfeature,\u201d or \u201cshowcase\u201d stage.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You want to have a lot of audience turnover. Lean into micro-learning with presentations that are no longer than 15-20 minutes. Group three to four presentations into a threaded timeframe.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage the use of case studies, not demonstrations or sales pitches. If it\u2019s a panel format, keep it small \u2014 two experts plus a moderator. Any more participants than that is a party, not a panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Environment <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re setting the theater up for 25 or 100-plus people, intimacy should be a guiding design principle. To best accomplish this, keep the stage at no higher than one foot. Don\u2019t put barriers, like lecterns or head tables, between the presenters and audience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set the space with a variety of seating. Include informal \u2014 couches, benches, or curved theater seating \u2014 with room for observers to stand in the rear. Don\u2019t use classroom or roundtable seating.<\/li>\n<li>Consider providing a lounge space off to the side of the theater for Q&amp;A or networking between presentations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Management <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Deploy a dedicated staff member or contractor to manage or emcee the theater and to help instill confidence in the presenters.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contract at least one AV technician to help cue up each presenter and to quickly fix any issue that arises.<\/li>\n<li>Use digital signage and slides to communicate what is going on now and what\u2019s coming next.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Sponsor Benefits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>At many events, show-floor theater slots are priced at a premium. To optimize that model, ensure that you include meaningful benefits to provide ROI and earn sponsor renewal. Benefits could include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coaching to ensure that they deliver thought leadership, not a sales pitch.<\/li>\n<li>Marketing assets to make it easy for them to promote their theater session(s).<\/li>\n<li>Digital signage that includes their logo.<\/li>\n<li>Attendee badge-scanning for potential leads.<\/li>\n<li>A video of the session provided to the sponsor after the event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Adapted from Dave\u2019s Forward Thinking column in\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmaconvene.org\/\">PCMA\u2019s Convene<\/a><em>. Reprinted with permission of\u00a0<\/em>Convene<em>, the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. \u00a92025.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"printfriendly pf-button pf-button-content pf-alignleft\">\n                    <a href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pf-button-img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.printfriendly.com\/buttons\/printfriendly-pdf-button-nobg-md.png\" alt=\"Print Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\" style=\"width: 124px;height: 30px;\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I was able to experience InfoComm, billed as \u201cThe Coolest Pro AV Gathering on the Planet.\u201d Here\u2019s what I took away from that experience. InfoComm, held June 7-13, attracted nearly 31,000 AV professionals to Orlando. 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