A board room is a gathering room used for meetings between a company’s Board of Directors as well as senior management. These meetings are used to discuss important topics and the board is accountable to ensure that the company makes decisions in line with the interests of shareholders. In spoken communication, the word «boardroom» can also be used to refer to activities that are thought to occur in a business boardroom despite them not actually occurring in one.
While a boardroom could be found in any kind of building, it’s typically located in the corporate offices of a company or a corporation. It can accommodate up to twenty people and is typically equipped with large touchscreens that permit visual presentations during meetings. Agendas are usually distributed in advance to ensure that the participants are informed of what to expect.
In the event of not being used, most board rooms contain cabinets that can be used to store audio-visual equipment. A typical boardroom set-up will include a doc cam, Blu-ray player, an LCD display and a projector. Depending on the layout and size of the room, it could be necessary for multiple screens to be installed along with an Extron DVS605 Plus scaling switcher to support various sources. In addition to the AV equipment, a majority of boardrooms are equipped with a videoconferencing setup that allows attendees to participate from locations outside of the physical meeting location.