Run of Show Downloadable Resource

Sample run of show spreadsheet listing times, sessions, speakers, audio and lighting cues

Event Production Tools

A “run of show” is a tool that our project managers use for every event. It is a way of simplifying information that is essential to running a live show. At its base, a Run of Show is a document that lays out the timing, program, and content for each second of an event. These documents help event staff like our project managers to keep shows of all scales running smoothly for our clients.

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Big moments are important, but the small moments & transitions between them can make all the difference – and each second of screen time or audio is significant. This is why our experienced project managers use Run of Show documents to better lead our on-site teams toward a successful event.

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To help you build your own event’s Run of Show, we’ve put together a template that you can use as a jumping off point! In this Excel document, you’ll find a blank template spreadsheet and some instructions to help you get started, as well as an example spreadsheet to give you an idea of how it might be used or filled out.

We hope that this is a helpful planning resource for your next event!

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victoria staszewski vp of marketing sight and sound productions florida

Victoria Staszewski

VP of Marketing, Sight & Sound Productions
Victoria Staszewski is VP of Marketing at Sight & Sound Productions, Florida’s event production company for the conferences, galas and trade shows that can’t go wrong. She joined the company in 2012 as a marketing coordinator, back when the job meant photographing events, mocking up stage looks for project managers and helping write RFPs. She ran marketing for Sight & Sound and its sister company Mugwump Productions as Marketing Manager and then Marketing Director for a decade before moving into the VP role in 2023. Before Sight & Sound, she ran game-day operations and video-board content for USSSA events in Orlando, which is where she learned that a show is only as good as the crew behind the screen. She writes about what happens between the first call and load-out: the planning decisions that keep a general session on time, the AV choices that make a hybrid meeting work for the people who aren’t in the room, and the questions most planners don’t know to ask until it’s late. When a planner reaches out through this site, Victoria is the first person who reads it.

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