Full Service Live Event Audiovisual

BRAND PROMISE

We are a a full-service audiovisual provider which means we believe in relationships. In fact, our name, The AV Department, is a brand promise to our clients that we will be an integrated member of their event team and a valued extension of their organization. This promise comes from an understanding that given a choice clients will always chose to work with a service driven company that offers great value and is easy to do business with. We are in it for the long-run and year-after-year we want our services to make a difference to our clients, drive their content, and ultimately inspire results.
SERVICE & APPROACH

Our Service

The AV Department is a live event audiovisual company based out of Portland, Oregon. We provide AV services such as sound, projection, and lighting to hotels, venues, meeting planners, nonprofits, and corporate clients. We are experts at making the presentation side of an event a success. However, we are much more than an equipment company. In fact, more than anything we provide a culture of service, professionalism, and cost-effectiveness in an area of the event industry that needs it the most. 

Our Approach

The AV Department believes in focusing on your event and your event alone. To this end, we do one event per day with our best team every time. You will get to know us and we will get to know you.  We pride ourselves on communication and professionalism, but also on a relaxed confidence that comes from experience and sustained success.   We own our gear and bring the entire show. Because of this our team is well trained and our gear is perfectly suited for our approach. During the quote process you will notice that our all systems come in package form which means they include everything you will need. Frankly, we bring all the best stuff because that is what our techs like to use. Ultimately our approach is to compete on value and service, and we believe no other vendor in town offers such a comprehensive event system for our proposed pricing and service level. 

TRUSTED PARTNER

The true measure of success for an audiovisual company is word of mouth. To generate that sort of organic promotion requires successful events (every time), brand recognition, and strong relationship building. We believe we check all the boxes and would be happy to provide a complete set of references. Below please find a cross section of our client list:
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TESTIMONIALS

What a delight to be working with your great team of professionals to create such a successful fundraising experience for PFHS on Friday night! The auction flourished due to people's ability to hear the message being communicated through superior sound...As the auctioneer, I admired your team's intuitive sense, of knowing just what I needed, most times before I asked. I felt supported, with a genuine desire from your team to equip me with everything I needed to do my personal best for the client. Plus, your' team is fun, jovial and light-hearted while being extremely professional. I always enjoy working with you.

JillMarie Wiles

Auctioneer, Benefit Auctions 360
Thanks so much! The A/V was flawless...the best team we have had in years! Thanks so much for everything!!!!

Brandi Tuck

Executive Director, Portland Homeless Family Solutions
Thank you again for all of your help with this year's Pixie Party! The fundraiser was a huge success and we're so grateful for the amazing work of your entire team. It would not have been the same without you - and we're looking forward to next year!

Jessica Berg

Pixie Project
Thank you again for the incredible job you and your team did for us this year. As usual, you were all so great to work with as you always had such a positive attitude with any little changes we needed to have you make. Thank you! Thank you! Again, many thanks to you and your crew!

Lori Sobelson

Director of Corporate Outreach, Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods
I wanted to thank you again for all your terrific guidance and assistance which contributed to a successful event for us. It was a wonderful event and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I hope we can do it again next year too!

Lynne Bierut

National Jewish Health
Everything went as planned. thanks a lot for being so willing and flexible, and making it easy. the event was a big success and it is always a relief when there are no technical difficulties. It was a pleasure!

Mark Alejos

Central City Concern
We loved working with you and appreciate how much extra are you gave us to make our event so successful. I look forward to working with you and your team again soon!

Lauren Tietsort

Parkinson's Resources
Thank you for the great support. I've heard wonderful feedback from our guests. Great to work with you! The AV was perfect and seamless.

Noreen Murdock

Executive Director, Portland Youth Philharmonic
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