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Sunday, November 02, 2025

VIP Goes All In on Sales Kickoffs

We’re all in on SKOs—and we proved it with this major corporate sales kickoff in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 500 attendees. The client needed an immersive, high-energy environment to motivate their sales team. We delivered with an expansive LED wall covering the…

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Getting back to work, safely

For many years, our clients have trusted VIP Audio Visual Company to create amazing A/V experiences. Now, the new world that we’re all living in means that trust is extended to helping keep us all safe. We take this responsibility seriously, and have devoted much of our time during this state-manda…

Tuesday, March 03, 2020

Using cameras at your corporate event

Cameras have a lot of uses in the world of corporate events. Whether we are showing your presenters on the big screens, broadcasting a worldwide web stream, or simply recording for archival purposes, having the right cameras set up in the right places allows us to provide exactly what your event ne…

Monday, March 02, 2020

How Virtual Events Can Ease Coronavirus (COVID-19) Impact

Northern California is starting to feel the impact from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) with corporate events, large and small, making the decision to either stay on the schedule, or pull the plug for the emerging health and safety concerns. The travel ban restrictions alone are making some event…

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Getting an AV quote: What we need to know

If you have spent any time at all reading our content, you know that VIP Audio Visual can create amazing experiences for your next corporate event. The events we handle range from super basic, to completely over the top. Our entire team is dedicated to providing the best possible experience for eac…

Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Why we recommend the gear we do

We can “do” AV at a lot of different levels. At VIP Audio Visual, we work with every client to understand the scope of their event, and the level of the show that they want to produce. When we provide a quote, we do our best to match the equipment we're providing to the client's needs…

Monday, January 13, 2020

Producing Creative Events with LED Walls

Corporate events tend to follow the same general mold. Two projection screens in a dark room with black or gray pipe and drape behind them. LED uplights coloring the drape, maybe a couple of banners here and there, and you’ve got yourself an event. Most of the time this is by design. Video project…

Monday, November 18, 2019

Great Sound Starts With Great Microphones

Ever been at an event where you feel like the presenter is standing an arm’s length away, speaking directly to you? Even with a couple thousand people in the room, a properly dialed audio rig creates a presence that can make any venue seem intimate and inviting. Good sound requires quality equipme…

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Audio Visual for Conventions

Conventions are a bit of a niche market in the A/V field, bringing a specific set of challenges that a lot of A/V companies aren’t prepared for. Supporting dozens or hundreds of rooms across a large facility - most of which all begin and end on the same set schedule - requires a lot of organization…

Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Conducting a Successful Site Visit

If you’re an event planner, you’ve got a million things to look at when you do a site visit. In the audio/visual world, we’ve got some very specific things that we like to know before we walk into a venue. If we have the opportunity we always like to do our own site visit, but tha…

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Filling Dead Air on Your Live Stream

A few years ago, live streaming was new and exciting. Now it’s basically expected. Whether it’s an internal event being broadcast to employees worldwide, or a public event targeted at customers or partners, live stream opportunities have become an essential part of the corporate communications worl…