Educational & Community Events
In-Person & Hybrid Event Organisation
Practical technical production, multi-room hybrid streaming, and tailored professional development workshops for schools, conferences, and non-profits.
What We Offer
Practical Production & Hands-On Support
We handle the technical details and live streaming infrastructure so your presenters can focus on sharing ideas.
Hybrid Sessions & Multi-Room Streaming
Planning an event with both in-room and remote attendees? We help set up and manage reliable live streams across concurrent rooms or keynote halls, managing the feed so your team can focus on the program.
Remote Presenter Support
Bringing in a guest speaker over video? We test with remote presenters beforehand and bring their audio and video cleanly onto your venue projection screens or live stream.
Accessibility Built In from Day One
Accessibility is often left to the last minute. We help you plan it into the event setup from the start, including live captions, assistive listening considerations, and clear visual presentation.
Google for Education & Custom PD Workshops
Beyond day-of event tech, we deliver customized, practical PD sessions for teachers, administrators, and business teams on Google Workspace, Gemini AI, assistive tools, and inclusive educational technology.
Google for Education Training & Custom Workshops
Real, practical training led by working educators and Google certified specialists. Whether you need a focused pedagogical day for your school staff, a hands-on session on Gemini AI, or practical Google Workspace training for your business team, we tailor sessions to what you actually need.
Chris Webb
Co-Founder & High School Computer Science Teacher
- Google for Education Certified Trainer
- Google for Education Certified Innovator
- Google Educator Group (GEG) Leader
- Google Certified Educator (Level 1 & Level 2)
- Google for Education Gemini Certified
- Google for Education Champions Ambassador
James Petersen
Co-Founder, Cloud Architect & Former Educator
- Google for Education Certified Innovator
- Cloud Architecture & Secure Data Pipelines
- Open Source & User Privacy Advocate
- Practical Automation & Google Apps Script
For Schools & School Boards
- ✓Google Classroom & Workspace in Practice: Streamlining day-to-day teaching, assignments, student feedback, and reducing administrative load.
- ✓Gemini AI for Educators: Thoughtful, practical use of generative AI for lesson design, differentiated resources, rubrics, and time-saving workflows while respecting student privacy.
- ✓Built-In Accessibility: Leveraging ChromeOS and Google Workspace accessibility features (screen readers, dictation, captions, reading aids) under Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
- ✓Custom PD Days: Flexible half-day or full-day hands-on sessions aligned directly with your school or district priorities.
For Businesses & Organizations
- ✓Google Workspace Collaboration: Helping teams get the most out of Google Docs, Drive, Sheets, and Meet for efficient, organized daily teamwork.
- ✓Practical Gemini Workflows: Introducing staff to AI tools for drafting, synthesizing information, meeting summaries, and everyday productivity.
- ✓Connected Spreadsheets & Dashboards: Building straightforward data views and tracking sheets without complex enterprise software.
- ✓Tailored Team Coaching: Targeted sessions focused on your team's specific bottlenecks, whether in-person or remote.
Flexible In-Person or Virtual Delivery • Fully Bilingual (EN / FR)
We deliver on-site sessions across Quebec and Canada, or interactive virtual workshops via Google Meet.
Collaboration Workflow
How We Work Together
Initial Consultation
We talk through your schedule, venue layout, audio equipment, and what kind of streaming or recording you need.
Pre-Event Planning & Testing
We help plan the technical flow, test remote connections in advance, and confirm audio and display setups.
Event Day Support
Hands-on technical assistance to help your presentations, streams, and attendee accessibility run smoothly.
Events & Sessions We Support
Whether your gathering is fully in-person, fully virtual, or a hybrid mix across multiple breakout rooms, we tailor our technical setup to your venue and audience needs.
Have questions about your specific venue or equipment?
Solving Real Classroom, Venue & Production Hurdles
Real-World Questions & Practical Answers
Hotel and convention center AV quotes want $5,000+ per room just for hybrid streaming and live captioning. How do you keep event costs realistic for schools, non-profits, and associations?
Traditional venue AV quotes mark up proprietary hardware encoders, dedicated video trucks, and per-hour stenographer feeds. Because we engineered the Zip Captions broadcast stack ourselves, we tap directly into your venue's existing soundboard, use lightweight vMix/OBS switching, and stream live captions simultaneously to stage projectors and attendee smartphones via QR code—eliminating thousands of dollars in rented hardware.
When a remote speaker joins our in-person conference over Zoom or Google Meet, why does the room audio often echo—and how do you prevent it?
Feedback loops happen when a podium laptop's speakers bleed back into the room microphones or when the soundboard sends the remote guest their own voice back. Before your event day, we run a dedicated tech check with every remote presenter and configure a clean 'mix-minus' audio feed into the room PA and livestream so virtual guests sound crisp in the hall with zero echo.
What if the hotel or school gymnasium Wi-Fi gets congested once 300 attendees walk into the room?
Crowded venue Wi-Fi is the #1 killer of amateur hybrid events. We always prioritize hardwired Ethernet for the main production and captioning rigs, bring cellular bonding/failover backups for on-site productions across Montreal, Quebec, and Canada, and use ultra-low-bandwidth WebSocket text streams so attendee QR caption relays stay responsive even on congested mobile networks.
Most teacher PD days feel like generic slide decks where staff tune out by 10:00 AM. How are your Google for Education workshops different?
Our workshops are built and led by practicing educators—Chris Webb (Google for Education Certified Trainer, Certified Innovator, GEG Leader, and Champions Ambassador) and James Petersen (Google for Education Certified Innovator). Instead of abstract lectures, teachers spend the session building real classroom accommodations, Gemini AI lesson workflows, and Google Workspace tools they can use with their students the very next morning.
Where can we book your team for on-site event production versus remote support or virtual PD?
We are based near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Our team travels on-site for conferences, school conventions, theatre productions, and in-person PD days across Greater Montreal, Quebec, and throughout Canada. We also provide remote technical production direction, custom live captioning rooms, and virtual Google for Education PD workshops for schools and organizations worldwide.