What Is a Board Room?
A board room is a meeting area used for meetings between a company’s Board of Directors as well as senior management. These meetings are held to discuss issues of importance and the Board of Directors is accountable for ensuring that decisions are made by the company in accordance with the interests of the shareholders. In spoken communication, “boardrooms may also refer to activities that are assumed to be taking place in the boardroom of a business organization even though they are not actually happening in one.
A boardroom is a common feature in any building, but it typically, it is located in the corporate offices. It’s able to comfortably seat twenty or more people and is often fitted with large touch screens that can be used for visual presentations during meetings. The typical meeting will have an agenda that is given out ahead of time to ensure the participants know what to expect during the meeting.
The majority of boardrooms have cabinets for storage that can be used to store different types of audio-visual equipment when it’s not being used. A typical boardroom will include a doc camera, Blu ray player, and LCD display. Depending on the size of the boardroom, it may be necessary to install multiple display screens as well as an Extron DVS 605 Plus scaling switcher in order to accommodate a variety of sources. The majority of boardrooms also have video conference equipment that allows participants to join in the meeting from a different location than the room.
