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Notes from the booth
How to build a run of show that survives contact with a live room: importing the spreadsheet you already have, giving the stage its own clock, and what we get wrong while building the console. Written by the team, with real screenshots.
- Run of show6 min read
The rundown is in Sheets, the timer is on a phone, and nobody agrees what time it is
Nobody chose to run their show from four different apps. It happens one workaround at a time, and you only find out what it costs when something slips.
Read - Show calling5 min read
The person who can fix an overrun is the only one with no information
Think about who can actually shorten a segment that is running long. It is the person holding the microphone, and in most rooms they are the only person who cannot see a clock.
Read - Craft3 min read
Your rundown should hold durations, not clock times
The most common thing wrong with a run of show is that it is written in clock times. It looks precise. It is the reason your afternoon falls apart.
Read - Research9 min read
Six complaints live event teams keep making online, and what we did about each
We did not start from a feature list. We started from what people were already complaining about, and worked backwards. Here are the six that came up over and over, and the honest answer to each.
Read - Church tech7 min read
The volunteer who arrives twenty minutes before the service
Most writing about running services assumes a trained operator who was at the planning meeting. Many teams do not have that. Here is the version that works when the person driving arrived twenty minutes ago.
Read - Import6 min read
You should not have to retype your rundown to use a tool
The first hour with any new tool goes on fighting its format. That hour is the reason most teams stay on the spreadsheet, and it is the part we decided to delete.
Read - Guide8 min read
How to run a show in PilotCue, one screen at a time
Every screenshot below is the real product, captured by a script that drives the app the same way you would. If something looks different when you sign in, that is a bug in this post and we want to hear about it.
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Start from a timed template
Free run of show templates for church services, conferences, weddings, and webinars, with real durations already in them.
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