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Spreadsheets, USB sticks and shared drives, or one calm system?
Most events still run on a tracking spreadsheet, a pile of USB sticks and a shared folder. It works until a file is renamed, a stick goes missing or the venue wifi drops. Here is the same workflow, side by side.
| Step | Spreadsheet + USB + shared drive | With Tribuna |
|---|---|---|
| Collecting files | Email attachments, USB sticks and a shared drive. Someone tracks deliveries in a spreadsheet. | Speakers upload against their session; the ready room sees who is missing files. |
| Late revisions | A new file name like "final_v3_REAL". Operators guess which one is current. | Each replacement is a new version of the same file. The room gets the newest one. |
| Getting files to rooms | Someone walks a USB stick to each room, or each machine downloads from the shared drive. | Files are copied to each room machine ahead of time over the local network. |
| Running order | A printed programme and a folder sorted by file name. | Each room machine shows its own queue in running order. |
| Opening on cue | The operator browses folders while the speaker waits. | One click opens the next talk in PowerPoint, Keynote, PDF or video. |
| Venue internet drops | Shared drive unreachable; files that were not copied are stuck. | Machines keep syncing with each other on the LAN. |
| Timing | Hand signals and a phone stopwatch. | Speaker timer and confidence monitor controlled from the desk. |
| Who changed what | Unknown, or reconstructed from email. | Audit trail with user and time for every upload and change. |
| Access control | Anyone with the drive link or the USB stick. | Role-based access and kiosk mode on room machines. |
A generic comparison of workflows, not of any specific product.
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