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pen_gruntWith any business you develop a language and vernacular unique to the profession. It's easy to forget that the terms you use every day--and are industry-standard--sound really weird to the outside ear.
In the AV/Event industry, for instance, VOG is used all the time. It stands for "Voice of God". It's the term for the voiceover that announces things like, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the event will begin in 5 minutes...please take your seats" or the names of the next presenters. Occasionally people actually do use VOA (Voice of Allah), but mostly just to be smartasses.
SDSU Videos are also common. SDSU is "Sit Down, Shut Up". They are the videos that companies play at the opening of general sessions to cue the audience to take their seats and be quiet. My client was kind of appalled by this term. But it's totally standard.
COC is Client on Com. AV crews pretty much talk smack, make fun of presenters, tell dirty jokes, etc., over the communication headsets ALL THE TIME during the show. When it's COC time, everyone has to be good.
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Dude, in other news, this show totally beat the shit out of me. Using fitbit sleep tracking I got 5.01 hours of sleep over THREE nights. That is less than I would normally get in one night. I should get myself a present or something. Boss says I can work from home for the next week if I want. I guess a few 22 hour days are worth that. After this, I go to New Jersey.
Glamor, I tell you, the life I lead is all glamor.
In the AV/Event industry, for instance, VOG is used all the time. It stands for "Voice of God". It's the term for the voiceover that announces things like, "Ladies and Gentlemen, the event will begin in 5 minutes...please take your seats" or the names of the next presenters. Occasionally people actually do use VOA (Voice of Allah), but mostly just to be smartasses.
SDSU Videos are also common. SDSU is "Sit Down, Shut Up". They are the videos that companies play at the opening of general sessions to cue the audience to take their seats and be quiet. My client was kind of appalled by this term. But it's totally standard.
COC is Client on Com. AV crews pretty much talk smack, make fun of presenters, tell dirty jokes, etc., over the communication headsets ALL THE TIME during the show. When it's COC time, everyone has to be good.
--
Dude, in other news, this show totally beat the shit out of me. Using fitbit sleep tracking I got 5.01 hours of sleep over THREE nights. That is less than I would normally get in one night. I should get myself a present or something. Boss says I can work from home for the next week if I want. I guess a few 22 hour days are worth that. After this, I go to New Jersey.
Glamor, I tell you, the life I lead is all glamor.
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