Greetings and Salutations Everyone!
This past week was a busy one for GSA. We had our annual Texas Rangers event in Dallas, followed by an audience response event & game competition in North Carolina. At the same time as these two events, we were wrapping up our Bank or Bust promotion at Potawatomi and had a game show rental in South Carolina.
Below is a picture from our Texas Rangers event that shows you the difference in the “classic” style game show podium, and our new Video Podiums.
Game Show America Video Podium
For this event, we chose to utilize our classic podiums for the contestants and feature one of our video podiums for the host. The podium displayed the event logo, complete with an animated background. When the video podium is used as a contestant podium, it displays the contestant name, player score, and the game or company logo. When our clients call us for a game show production that requires contestant podiums, they have the choice of using the classic podiums with the LED digits or the video podiums. There are definite advantages to both types of podiums – it just depends on what you need them to do. Our next blog will showcase the features of our video podiums. They truly do take our productions to an entirely new level.
Because of the addition of our video podiums, it has allowed us to add ten classic LED podiums to our rental department. Our client in South Carolina rented three LED podiums for a simple Q & A contest. Our LED podiums pack nicely into a 26″ x 20″ box that we can ship everywhere. With many clients being budget conscious, sometimes an equipment rental is the best solution. It’s more of a do-it-yourself game show solution, but it is incredibly effective when the event doesn’t require a turnkey production.
For our event in North Carolina, our task was to think outside the box – literally. As a set design, we assembled a backdrop of equipment boxes provided by our client. They had boxes of all shapes and sizes that enabled us to create an amazing backdrop that assembled like a giant puzzle. With some large photographs, a rear projected video screen, LED bars and LED backlighting, we transformed a simple ballroom into a dramatic corporate theater setting.
Backdrop created from boxes
This was an incredibly creative way to create a spectacular backdrop and save quite a bit of money in the process. This allowed our client to put a stronger emphasis on other aspects of their event. The event theme was “Playing for Keeps.” The unifying element across the three-day conference was a series of games that challenged the attendees in numerous ways – building things, searching for things, answering questions, performing, speaking, taking photos, participating in team activities, and exercising. Each of the activities focused on a specific skill. In all, there were six regions all competing, with the winning region receiving a check in their name to donate to a charity they selected at the beginning of the competition. All of the activities were carefully crafted to allow for maximum individual achievement, which in turn, contributed toward their overall region score. It was a full three days of some of the greatest participation we’ve ever seen from a corporate group. For an event like this, our audience response was the key component that allowed us to ask questions and keep track of their scores over all three days. Each day, we displayed a scoreboard from the previous day’s competitions. The data gathered and overall return on investment for the client was priceless. The entire event was such a success, we were asked to repeat this production for another division of the company in October of this year.
Our Bank or Bust promotion at Potawatomi was also a huge success. We are currently talking with Potawatomi about bringing our Tic Tac GO! promotion to the casino and discussing dates for our Thrill or No Thrill show for their VIP events this fall.
That’s all for this post. Check back soon for our next post on our video podiums. We’ve also got two HUGE projects that should have some very exciting updates in the coming few weeks. We’ll definitely keep you posted!
Until next time, keep on playing!
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