Getting a remote CEO onto the stage
When a leader presents from elsewhere, we bring them in on a dedicated link, put them full-screen on the room's main displays, feed them a return camera of the audience, and set up mix-minus so they hear the room but not their own delayed voice. A scheduled technical check confirms their camera, microphone and upload well before they're needed — not in the last five minutes.
Q&A that includes everyone
Questions from in-room microphones and from the online audience feed into one moderated queue. A moderator screens them and passes them to the host, so remote employees get a fair shot at being heard and nothing unvetted reaches the stage.
What makes this event different
The audience is your own workforce, so expectations are unforgiving and the content is often sensitive. Two things dominate planning: bringing remote executives onto the stage as real participants (return video of the room, mix-minus so they don't hear themselves, a tech check well before air), and keeping access private to employees via SSO, unique links or allow-listed domains coordinated with IT. Global town halls add time-zone logistics — a live primary showing plus a prompt, captioned recording, or a second live playback for another region.
Sample camera plan
- Camera 1Wide master of the stage
- Camera 2Presenter close-up on a long lens
- Camera 3Audience / Q&A microphone positions
Typical for a stage town hall with an in-room audience. A single-presenter update from a studio may only need two.
Sample run of show
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| -60 min | Crew check: audio, cameras, encoder, backup path, remote-speaker link |
| -30 min | Remote executive tech check and green-room hold |
| -10 min | Holding slide live on the private page; captions armed |
| 0:00 | Open on wide; host welcome |
| 0:05 | CEO segment (in-room or remote), presentation full-frame |
| 0:25 | Business updates with lower thirds per speaker |
| 0:45 | Moderated Q&A — combined room + online queue |
| 1:00 | Close; recording published to the internal library |
Frequently asked questions
Can you keep the town hall private to employees only?
Our executives are in three different cities. Can they all present live?
How do we handle a global workforce across time zones?
Can employees ask questions anonymously?
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