Printable session plan · Trade Shows and Conferences
A practical, time-bounded plan for startup demo-day producers in a pitch event. Use it to rehearse one clear activity without improvising the room, camera, or participation rules.
The practical question is how to reset the room between presentation blocks when audience energy drops during repeated stage transitions and technical resets.
This is a run-of-show companion to the broader Demo-Day Audience Games use-case guide. Its purpose is narrower: help the operator or host run one thoughtful session with a defined start, a clear option to pause, and a prepared fallback.
Webcam games create an observable loop—invite, move, react, score—that works without handing shared controllers from person to person. The screen demonstrates interaction before the visitor commits to a conversation.
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Mark and test the operating footprint. Mark a presentation-side footprint clear of stage steps, projection sightlines, camera aisles, sponsor displays, and audience exits. PaddleGuard is first only when its medium-width movement zone fits the room during a scheduled reset.
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Rehearse the exact opening moment. At the pitch event, the station event host starts with PaddleGuard because audience energy drops during repeated stage transitions and technical resets. The host demonstrates side-to-side body movement, runs one bounded turn, and hands the station to the next participant so the program can reset the room between presentation blocks.
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Assign and rehearse the operator sequence. For the pitch event, the station event host checks the camera mark, explains PaddleGuard's side-to-side body movement, invites one voluntary turn, resets the result, and offers Reaction only while the flow remains clear enough to reset the room between presentation blocks.
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Brief privacy and contingency choices before opening. Keep webcam play separate from attendee registration, pitch scoring, investor notes, and the event recording. Explain the camera interaction before inviting a voluntary turn. If the stage manager shortens the transition, switch to a host demonstration or close the station immediately; otherwise move from PaddleGuard to Reaction without expanding the marked footprint.
Decision standard: The format can reset the room between presentation blocks without interfering with the main purpose of a pitch event.
The first choice for a pitch event should leave room for conversation, late arrivals, and a clean handoff. Use these games as a short test against audience energy drops during repeated stage transitions and technical resets
side-to-side body movement
Paddle Guard is included for Demo-Day Audience Games because it uses side-to-side body movement in medium-width standing space with moderate movement.
Play fit: quick score rounds built around readable lateral control For demo-day audience games, plan for medium-width standing space with moderate movement.
whole-body movement toward visual targets
Reaction is included for Demo-Day Audience Games because it uses whole-body movement toward visual targets in medium clear space with moderate movement.
Play fit: fast-reset score challenges and hosted rotations For demo-day audience games, plan for medium clear space with moderate movement.
head-position aiming
Laser Eyes is included for Demo-Day Audience Games because it uses head-position aiming in seated or standing space with low movement.
Play fit: quiet, contained participation when floor travel is unsuitable For demo-day audience games, plan for seated or standing space with low movement.
Later choices: FruitSlash. For Startup demo-day producers in the pitch event, offer LaserEyes first to anyone choosing a lower-movement or seated role: its head-position aiming uses seated or standing space with low movement. Also provide spectator, scorekeeper, and no-camera roles.
Mark a presentation-side footprint clear of stage steps, projection sightlines, camera aisles, sponsor displays, and audience exits. PaddleGuard is first only when its medium-width movement zone fits the room during a scheduled reset. Test camera framing and backlight from that exact zone before the first PaddleGuard turn.
For Startup demo-day producers in the pitch event, offer LaserEyes first to anyone choosing a lower-movement or seated role: its head-position aiming uses seated or standing space with low movement. Also provide spectator, scorekeeper, and no-camera roles. Keep webcam play separate from attendee registration, pitch scoring, investor notes, and the event recording. Explain the camera interaction before inviting a voluntary turn. Everyone has the right to opt out, choose an observer role, or stop the activity without having to explain or justify that choice.
If the stage manager shortens the transition, switch to a host demonstration or close the station immediately; otherwise move from PaddleGuard to Reaction without expanding the marked footprint.
Use the plan for startup demo-day producers to make a pitch event easier to host, not to make a health claim. If someone has a health or mobility concern, invite qualified professional advice and offer a genuine way to pause or observe.
The WHO Guidelines can frame the wider movement conversation; this plan still needs to follow the privacy, access, and supervision rules that apply to startup demo-day producers. WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour.
What to observe here: The format can reset the room between presentation blocks without interfering with the main purpose of a pitch event.
At the pitch event, the station event host starts with PaddleGuard because audience energy drops during repeated stage transitions and technical resets. The host demonstrates side-to-side body movement, runs one bounded turn, and hands the station to the next participant so the program can reset the room between presentation blocks.
Mark a presentation-side footprint clear of stage steps, projection sightlines, camera aisles, sponsor displays, and audience exits. PaddleGuard is first only when its medium-width movement zone fits the room during a scheduled reset. Test camera framing and backlight from that exact zone before the first PaddleGuard turn.
If the stage manager shortens the transition, switch to a host demonstration or close the station immediately; otherwise move from PaddleGuard to Reaction without expanding the marked footprint.