Welcome back to AV Truth , a weekly series where we share the unfiltered truths behind real AV projects. In Week 1, we tackled meeting rooms. In Week 2, we stepped into the high-pressure world of command centers. This week, we enter a space that looks simple on paper but rarely is: the training room.

Let’s get something straight:
A training room is not just a projector and a few tables; it’s a live performance space.
A tech-enabled classroom.
And sometimes, it’s also a storage room, a breakout room, and a crisis meeting room… all in one.

Where Most Training Room Designs Fall Apart

• Audio Distribution: The presenter walks away from the mic. Someone in the back misses half the sentence. Now you're getting a support ticket.
• Content Flexibility: Today it’s a slide deck. Tomorrow it’s a video call. The day after, it’s a whiteboard session. If the room can’t adapt in seconds, it’s going to frustrate more than it educates.
• User Control: Trainers aren’t AV engineers. If they have to decode a touch panel just to switch inputs, they’re going to call someone. Or worse, they’ll wing it and break something.

One Mistake That Keeps Repeating

We assume trainers will follow the tech plan.
They won’t.
They’ll unplug the HDMI and plug in their phone.
They’ll roll in a portable screen.
They’ll use Zoom on their laptop with audio blaring from the room speakers.

You know why?
Because they’re focused on teaching, not on making your system happy.

What Makes a Training Room Actually Work

• Distributed audio with voice lift
• Multiple content inputs and outputs
• Room layouts that support both movement and visibility
• Control panels with presets that make sense
• And yes, good Wi-Fi. Always.
  
  

  I’ve seen training rooms with world-class tech sit unused because no one knew how to power them up.
  And I’ve seen simple, well-planned rooms become favorites across entire organizations.
  The difference?
  We designed the second one around the trainer, not the gear.

  So ask yourself:
  “Is this room helping the trainer focus on their content, or forcing them to focus on the AV?”