Corporate Anniversaries

Overview -

Corporate anniversaries for our clients have been centered around a dinner or party and often involve employees, vendors and customers. These meetings usually involve a lot of old photographs, movies or videos and advertisements. They are a great opportunity to get old friends and business associates together. One meeting we staged for a car dealership required that we return to the show site two weeks later for an encore showing.

Services –

Planning

Usually our client has chosen the time and place to hold these meetings, however we may be involved in selecting the best meeting room within the facility and help chose the facility itself. For nearly all of these meetings we will create a scale drawing of all elements going into the room, which is often a hotel meeting room or ballroom.

Equipment

Computer Graphics/Video Projection –

Most of these meetings make use of computer graphic and video projection. We may be given stacks of old photographs, newspaper ads, 16mm films, scrapbooks, etc to create the presentation from. A script and storyboard would then be developed generally writing around the materials available to present as much as possible. Very often additional research and materials are required. The end result can be very powerful.

Audio –

An audio system for an event of this type will nearly always include a podium and lavalier microphones for the presenters which are often people that have played an important role in the companies history. High quality audio is a very important aspect of this type of meeting, and a full-range ballroom sound system is utilized. Of course, high quality audio for the various video elements are also included.

I-Mag –

The use of I-Mag is sometimes used in an anniversary meeting. Very often, the audience may be 100 feet back or more from the presenter.  The ability to project an image of the presenter on a large screen can make every seat a “front row” seat. We provide the cameras, switchers, lighting and personnel to handle any I-mag needs.

Theatrical Sets/Props -

We have our own carpentry shop where various theatrical sets and props can be built. In addition, we work with several prop builders that can supply many different items.

The use of theatrical sets takes the meeting “up a notch”. From the minute the attendees walk into the room, they know this meeting is special. The set can be a company “timeline” or significant image of the companies past.

Lighting -

At a minimum, we usually light the podium and stage area. This helps keep the focus of the room at the front, where the podium/stage/screen(s) are located. The use of special lighting effects work very well when theatrical sets are used.

Audio/Video Recording –

We often audio or video record these meetings. This allows the tapes to be sent to those unable to attend as well as provide a permanent record for corporate archives. These meetings can be tapes on a variety of formats for editing and distribution including DAT , mini-DV, and BetaCam SP.