{"id":687,"date":"2017-04-25T12:24:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T11:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/?p=687"},"modified":"2017-04-25T12:24:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T11:24:44","slug":"who-reads-the-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/who-reads-the-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Who reads the schedule?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who reads the schedule?<\/p>\n<p>Interesting \u2013 you can write a book, add columns, add colours, link pages to additional information and still no one reads the paperwork<\/p>\n<p>Keep it simple is my advice. If possible agree the schedule with heads of departments pre event in a face to face meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Use less colours \u2013 include factual information \u2013 the start time\u2013 lunch and dinner times if it is a particularly long day and the show start time. Most importantly the expected time for completing tasks.<\/p>\n<p>No one is interested in reading lots of words \u2013 particularly a lot of content relevant to others or information that is of benefit to a customer but not the crew.<\/p>\n<p>The less information to take in the quicker crew seem to grasp the task in hand.<\/p>\n<p>I have spent hours on schedules over the years\u2013 looking for ways to break down the tasks to be done and the most success I have had with passing key information onto crew is when I have kept the words short \u2013 the look of the document simple and the content concise.<\/p>\n<p>A simple audio visual rig example with no rehearsals on the rig day.<\/p>\n<p>09.00\u00a0 Unload lighting<\/p>\n<p>10.00\u00a0 Unload staging<\/p>\n<p>13.00\u00a0 Lunch<\/p>\n<p>14.00\u00a0 Graphics on site<\/p>\n<p>Video and Audio unload<\/p>\n<p>16.00\u00a0 Stageset &amp; Graphics complete<\/p>\n<p>17.30\u00a0 Video and Audio complete<\/p>\n<p>18.00\u00a0 Lighting focus<\/p>\n<p>19.30\u00a0 Lighting Focus complete<\/p>\n<p>20.00\u00a0 Crew finish<\/p>\n<p>Busy time in Madrid this week on a retail exhibition, nicely set out design with the use of floating dividing panels to segregate areas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/who-reads-the-schedule\/attachment\/img_1099\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-688\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-688\" src=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1099-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1099-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1099-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1099-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who reads the schedule? Interesting \u2013 you can write a book, add columns, add colours, link pages to additional information and still no one reads the paperwork Keep it simple is my advice. If possible agree the schedule with heads of departments pre event in a face to face meeting. Use less colours \u2013 include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/corporateeventsplus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}