[This is an ongoing series. Send us your comments and suggestions.] If you’re a meeting planner, trade show manager, caterer or client, you’ve probably heard the complaints about loading docks, elevators, ballrooms and other aspects …
Industry Luminaries on Stage — WBUR 2018 Gala
The 2018 WBUR Gala was a great event that treated 300+ people to great food and drink as well as a celebration honoring three luminaries in public radio including legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg, retired hosts of …
The Medium Can Be the Message — Holographic Presentation
Philips is a diversified technology company, focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation. It might seem that with over 48,000 registered patents it should be easy to illustrate the innovative nature of Philips. But innovation can’t …
Do-It-Yourself TED Talks
Have you thought about doing your own TED Talk? We’re talking about an event for your company or organization. If you’re not familiar with TED you only have to watch one of their videos to …
OMG — What a nice testimonial.
“Murray, the founder of AVFX, is the first person I met in this business back in the 1980s and thirty years later I still hire them all the time. They are the only, and I …
Customer Event — Welcome Surprises
Our client gave clear directions for the off-site meeting. They wanted the SNMMI Annual Meeting Off-Site Customer Event to be different from previous years. • Provide a unique, intimate and memorable hour of conversation and opinions …
Intelligence Quest — The MIT Challenge
On March 1st in Kresge Auditorium at MIT there was an official launch of the MIT Intelligence Quest (The Quest). The goal of the event was to convene MIT faculty, alumni, students, and friends to talk about …
MIT VC+Innovation Conference 2018
2018 was the 20th anniversary of the influential MIT Venture Capital + Innovation Conference. The event showcases the latest cutting edge research and technology in development at MIT. The audience also experienced TED-style talks …
Rest-in-Peace BAD R.F.P.
An ill-considered RFP can compromise your event planning. After responding to many RFPs we’ve developed some strong opinions about how you can create an RFP that will help you find the best partner/vendor to fill in …
Experiential Donor Engagement — An AV Case Study
From traditional development tools such as direct marketing, in-person asks, online fundraising portals, and customer-relationship management platforms to techniques and technologies like social media that were barely known even fifteen years ago — it must …