Whether your team struggles with resistance to change or training that doesn’t resonate with your personnel, AV solutions for training and development can dramatically enhance your team’s training initiatives. Immersive video and audio technologies can significantly enhance how your team perceives training. Furthermore, they can also help team members with retention to ensure the training is of the utmost effectiveness.
Audiovisual technologies are increasingly shaping corporate training processes. Today’s audiences are used to digital experiences, captivating visuals, and engaging marketing campaigns. This immersion has created an expectant public climate in which we rely increasingly on digital methods of engaging our audiences.
Here, we have the crossroads—a place where audiences’ attentions intersect with engaging digital communication strategies. This ‘sweet spot’ is where the audience’s preferences for digital experiences meet the effective delivery of information, creating an ideal environment for training and development.
In this guide, we’ll explore how audiovisual solutions for training are impacting the effectiveness of communication and training practices within organizations. We’ll show how recent studies support enhanced employee learning with immersive AV solutions for training. We will also provide some tips you can use to enhance your organization’s training initiatives and communications. We’ll start by showing you supporting information to clarify the need for enhanced employee engagement in training and development.
Why AV Solutions Matter in Employee Training and Development
Studies have shown that students involved with audiovisual storytelling as a means of training provide conclusive results that the impact is dramatically positive. (1)
Other studies have shown that using a highly engaging audiovisual training process involving virtual reality enhanced learning. The study even used fMRI to show how highly immersive audiovisual training heightens specific areas of brain activity. Furthermore, the study showed how training correlated with behavioral performance. (2)
These studies and their presented results exemplify the need for AV solutions within training environments and delivery in order to enhance the effectiveness of employee training.
One thing to note about using AV solutions for training is that although several studies have shown positive results, as mentioned, the method of delivery of information and how it is planned still matters. For example, one such further study indicated that although audiovisual training was greatly enhanced, the means of delivering information that intends to provide memory cues and the number of cues played heavily on the memory retention of those in the training process. (3)
In other words, repetition helps the retention of information, and immersive audiovisual creates more stimulating training experiences.
Critical AV Solutions for Training and Development
Getting audiovisual equipment set up in your training room or for training sessions at your organization is a smart move, and studies support it. In the following sections, we’ll examine what options are available for training enhancement within your organization.
Interactive Displays and Digital Whiteboards

Interactive displays and digital whiteboards are both relatively new technologies that organizations are using for greater communication and immersive training. Digital whiteboards allow real-time collaboration, enabling team members in different locations to contribute simultaneously.
Many of today’s available digital whiteboards offer features that help further enhance the training process. Interactive features, such as drawing tools and sticky notes, make brainstorming and idea-sharing more dynamic and inclusive.
Trainers can use multimedia elements like videos, animations, and interactive segments to make sessions more engaging. Furthermore, when training sessions include interactive digital audiovisual technologies, employees tend to stay attentive and participate actively, enhancing knowledge retention.
Video Conferencing and Remote Training Systems
Remote training and video conferencing have been an essential part of business since before the pandemic, even if working remotely has decreased. In fact, as reported in CTV News, Statistics Canada stated that in May of 2024, 18.7% of employees mainly worked from home, while in May of 2021, it was as high as 24.3%. (4)
While remote working-from-home trends have been decreasing for the last few years here in Ontario, remote training is still a popular means of delivering training content. Many organizations today subcontract parts or all of their internal training programs to third-party companies, who often offer much of the required training in online formats.
Due to the ease of finding appropriate training online to cover generic workplace training topics, many organizations are ensuring that their training centers are equipped with AV solutions for more immersive and engaging training. Smaller organizations and companies often utilize their boardroom or conference room AV equipment to act as visual and audio training delivery devices.
Immersive Audio Systems and Sound Masking
Organizations that create dedicated training areas can focus on making immersive training available to their team. However, immersive training may be disruptive to those outside the training area, especially in open-office environments where a training area might be in the same large room as other office workspaces.
In the above case, sound masking systems are used to do two things effectively:
- Reduce the perceived disruptive sounds coming from an immersive training station.
- Reduce the ability for those in the office to overhear conversations, thereby enhancing privacy and focus capacity in the open office environment.
While the immersive audio systems used for training stations are conducive to learning by impacting focus for those immersed in the training, sound masking systems enable the rest of the office to serve their daily work responsibilities better and be free of distractions. That is, with proven lowered distractions. Sound masking does not actually remove audio distractions in the workplace; instead, it helps ‘drown them out’ with targeted frequency sound generators similar to ‘white noise’.
To learn more about sound masking, read our guide: The Ultimate Guide To The Sound Masking System.
Advanced Presentation Tools
We’ve already examined the interactive whiteboards currently available, but there are other advanced presentation tools and equipment you can include in your AV solutions for workplace training. Solutions like video projectors equipped with presentation-ready remote controls and remotely dimmed lighting systems further enhance presentation capabilities. These sorts of AV equipment solutions can greatly enhance both remote and in-person training sessions.
Other high-impact technologies used for today’s training presentations include touchscreen displays or networked tablets, which enable team members to interact with the training presentation in real time. These sorts of technologies invite team member training engagement and have been highly successful with the organizations in Canada that have implemented them, making them worthy of consideration.
3 Quick Tips for Choosing the Right AV Solutions for Your Training Needs

Assessing Organizational Training Goals
The first step in planning an effective AV-supported training area is to assess the organizational needs. Ask questions like:
- What is the room or area like? Is it small and enclosed? Is it large and open?
- What are the ambient sounds in the area like? Does sound echo easily in the area?
- If there is audio or video played in the area, how disturbing is it to neighboring work areas? How many people do you want to train at one time?
- Are there existing AV systems that must be compatible with training equipment?
- What type of training do you want to provide?
Identifying these elements is essential to planning appropriate training AV solutions.
Working with Professional AV Providers
As you may have guessed from the questions above, planning a successful AV solution for your training area relies heavily on various elements that could benefit from the trained eyes and ears of a professional AV technician. That’s why at Century AV, we strive to provide all our clients in Southern Ontario and beyond with customized solutions that work with your budget, equipment, and project parameters to find unique solutions that will significantly enhance your training initiatives.
At Century AV, we understand AV solutions for training, as we have installed many of them right here in Southern Ontario. Many organizations are benefiting right now from the AV systems we installed. Just take a look at some of our case studies to learn more about how Century AV supports our clients with professional AV solutions for training, boardroom and conferencing room solutions, sound masking, and more.
Staying Future-Ready with Scalable AV Systems
This last tip to ensure your AV project is future-ready. Technology can change quickly, and manufacturers know how to market their products well, so don’t be fooled by equipment that is not up to the task of being reliable in the foreseeable future. That’s why we recommend you consult a professional like the team members here at Century AV.
We work hard to ensure that any AV equipment we provide to our clients is up to the task of being standardized and scalable for future inclusions or improvements. We want the AV systems we repair, install, or consult over to work well for our clients in the long term. That’s why Century AV is one of the top audiovisual companies in Canada for providing professional, long-term support to all our clients.
Unlocking Potential: The Future of Training and Development with AV Solutions
AV solutions have reshaped the way organizations approach training and development, turning traditional methods into immersive, engaging experiences. By being proactive and integrating tools like interactive displays, immersive audio systems, and advanced presentation technologies, companies, and organizations are not only equipping their teams with new knowledge but also fostering a deeper connection to the training material.
Incorporating AV systems is more than an investment in technology. It’s a push to improve your team; it’s a commitment to growth, innovation, and employee engagement. By implementing planning thoughtfully, working with experienced AV professionals like our team, and staying future-ready with scalable solutions, your organization can position itself at the forefront of Canadian training excellence.
The time to act is now. Leverage the power of AV solutions to revolutionize your training programs, enhance learning outcomes, and build a culture of continual improvement. Your team members (and your company’s future) will thank you.
Article Sources
- Johnston, Sandra, Christina N Parker, and Amanda Fox. “Impact of Audiovisual Storytelling in Simulation Learning Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Students.” Nurse Education Today 56 (June 24, 2017): 52–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.06.011.
- Kholoud Alwashmi, Georg Meyer, Fiona Rowe, and Ryan Ward. “Enhancing Learning Outcomes through Multisensory Integration: A FMRI Study of Audiovisual Training in Virtual Reality.” NeuroImage 285 (December 2, 2023): 120483–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120483.
- Pearson, Hilary, and Jonathan Wilbiks. “Effects of Audiovisual Memory Cues on Working Memory Recall.” Vision 5, no. 1 (March 19, 2021): 14–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision5010014.
- Fewer. “Fewer and Fewer Employers Letting Canadians Work from Home, Data Shows.” CTVNews, August 26, 2024. https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/percentage-of-canadians-working-from-home-keeps-dropping-statcan-1.7014726.