JOURNAL
Notes from the room, the stream and the build.
Written by the person building EventBlok, mostly about the parts of live events that go wrong quietly. Practical, specific, and occasionally about a night that did not go to plan.
The diagram from the featured article
origin / five copies, one eventONE SPINE
SPREADSHEETone event structure
WEBSITEone event structure
SPEAKER DOCSone event structure
SHOWFLOWone event structure
SCRIPTone event structure
The journal
What is a showflow? A practical guide to the live-event running order
How to write a run of show for a live event
Event agenda vs showflow vs run sheet: what each document is actually for
What event production software should connect — and what should remain separate
How to manage live agenda changes without confusing attendees or crew
What makes a good attendee event portal?
How to prepare speakers for a live event without chasing documents
How a live-event teleprompter should work with a running order
Showflow examples and a free showflow template you can download
How to crew an event: which roles you need, and how many
How to choose an AV company you can trust
Why publish an online agenda for delegates?
How to design a great event stage
Voice recognition and auto-prompting: how speech-following teleprompters work
Real-time showflow updates: getting a change onto every device
LED walls for live events: pitch, processing and what to ask for
vMix for live events: a producer’s guide to the vision mix
Beyond the sheet: how to source and vet a hybrid event technical crew
How EventBlok started: from live event chaos to an AWS-supported proof of concept
Why an event should have one source of truth
The agenda is not just for attendees
What a production showflow should do that a spreadsheet cannot
Why live events still need human judgement in the age of AI
From multi-venue conferences to hybrid events: designing for real event complexity
A better way to prepare speakers for the room
What happens when the running order changes five minutes before doors
Shoflo, Cvent, Sched: what each is actually for
How the sync layer works