What Is a Board Room?
A board room is a gathering room used for meetings between a company’s Board of Directors and senior management. These meetings are scheduled to discuss issues of importance and the directors are accountable for ensuring that decisions are made by the company in line with the interests of the shareholders. In spoken communication, the word “boardroom” can also be used to refer to events assumed to take place in a business boardroom however they do not actually take place in one.
A boardroom can be found in any structure, but is usually found in corporate offices. It can easily seat twenty or more people and is usually equipped with large touch screens for visual presentations during meetings. A typical meeting will involve an agenda which is distributed ahead of time so the participants know what to expect during the meeting.
The majority of boardrooms have storage cabinets that can be used to store various kinds of audio-visual equipment if not being used. A typical boardroom system will include a doc cam, Blu-ray player, an LCD display and projector. Based on the dimensions and layout of the boardroom, it may be necessary for several screens to be installed together with an Extron DVS605 Plus scaling switcher to support various sources. Most boardrooms have video conference equipment that permits participants to join in the meeting from a different location than the meeting room.