Continuum Navigate Conference

Continuum is the IT management platform company that lets Managed IT Service Providers maintain and back up servers, desktops, mobile devices, and other endpoints for small and medium businesses. Navigate is their annual user conference focused on the latest innovations in peer-to-peer networking, training, and system solutions. Working directly with Continuum’s technical and creative teams, Stagedge was asked to deliver “The Big Story.”

The challenge

Continuum raises the bar each year, and Navigate 2018 was no exception. This 1,000-attendee event spanning three days is their flagship program, combining general-session presentations, noted keynote speakers, and a trade-show-style Innovation Center where partnering providers share products and services. Continuum had several baseline needs that required unique technical solutions to tell their diverse story while showcasing many of their systems in action.

The Stagedge solution

We answered “The Big Story” with a powerful opening video — why is Continuum changing industry paradigms, how do they do it, and where is the future going — that set the table for three days of building excitement. Next came the Security Operations Control Center, an experience-theater exhibit staged on the trade-show floor that took attendees on a journey from the first signs of a network threat through identification and resolution. It ran continuously to full-house crowds each day and generated valuable leads for the sales force. Finally, Continuum asked for a grand entrance to the main ballroom. Taking our cue from “show business,” we built a larger-than-life LED marquee that announced sessions and speakers and displayed sponsor logos in dynamic content. Throughout the event, Stagedge camera crews captured full coverage and produced a recap video.

The outcome

In the end, it’s all about the experience — for attendees and for the collaborating teams. The Continuum team and Stagedge merged as if we’d worked together for years. Each aspect of the event outmatched the last, and as the bar rose, so did the quality of the relationship. Stagedge camera crews were there with full coverage, creating a recap video that reminded each attendee why Navigate 2018 was the best tech conference they’d attended all year.