TalkBeam for Events & venues
TalkBeam is a push-to-talk walkie-talkie app that gives every event team its own channel (security, gates, medical, production and volunteers) with a live staff map, supervisor all-call, SOS and a searchable log of every call.
CH 01The problem
Renting radios for every event, handing them out, collecting them and paying for the ones that don’t come back.
Radio rentals, sign-out sheets and the missing-radio bill after every event.
With TalkBeam
Staff use their own phones and join with a company code. Remove them from the console when the event ends.
Security, gates, medical and production fight over a handful of channels.
With TalkBeam
Unlimited channels, one per team, with supervisors on all of them and an all-call for everyone.
Supervisors call around to find the staffer closest to an incident.
With TalkBeam
The live map shows staff who are sharing their location, and who’s talking.
A thunderstorm or high winds need to reach every team at the same moment.
With TalkBeam
Automated broadcasts read thunderstorm and severe weather warnings aloud, and an all-call carries your instructions.
After an incident, you need to know who said what, and when.
With TalkBeam
Every transmission becomes searchable text. Enterprise adds retention and CSV export for incident files.
Radio etiquette takes training you don’t have time for on show day.
With TalkBeam
It’s an app on their own phone: hold to talk, or tap an earbud in Hybrid mode.
CH 02A day on TalkBeam
A two-day outdoor festival runs security, gates, medical, production and volunteer channels on TalkBeam Enterprise.
The next morning the operations lead exports the transcript for the incident log and the post-event review.
Illustrative scenario. People, places and times are made up; the features are real.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Harbor County until 4:15 PM. Damaging winds and hail possible.
All teams: pause the main stage and move guests to the shelter areas. Gates, stop entry.
Gates copy, entry stopped.
Main stage pit is clearing.
Medical tent: one guest with a minor fall at the west exit, handled.
The warning has ended. Gates reopen at 4:40, main stage at 5.
CH 03What you get
Everything a two-way radio does, on the phone, headset or vehicle your people already have, plus the things a radio never could.
A channel per crew, site, shift or job, and the people who need each one. Supervisors can sit on all of them.
Supervisors cut through the chatter mid-sentence, or reach every channel at once with one hold.
See everyone who’s sharing their location on one map, and who’s talking right now.
Severe weather warnings, thunderstorms, earthquakes, air quality and extreme heat near your sites or crews, read aloud on your channels automatically.
Hold SOS and the channels you choose get an alert with your location. Teammates tap On my way.
Every transmission becomes text with a time and a name, so anyone can scroll back or search what was said.
Choose how long transcripts are kept, and export them as CSV for QA, incident reviews or claims.
Add people, set roles and build channels from a browser. Share one company code and your crew is in.
Features marked Enterprise are part of the Enterprise plan. TalkBeam isn’t an emergency service and doesn’t contact 911.
CH 04Plans
Both start with a 14-day free trial for up to 50 people. No credit card.
$8per person / month
or $6 billed yearly · 5–50 people
For event teams of 5 to 50: team channels, the staff map, all-call, SOS, direct talk and transcripts.
$15per person / month
billed yearly · 25+ people · $13 from 100 · custom from 500
For venues and festivals with 25 or more staff: automated thunderstorm and severe weather broadcasts, retention and exports for incident files, single sign-on, an audit log and an uptime SLA.
Weighing it against your radios? Compare three years of costs, or read the 30-day radio replacement playbook.
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CH 05See it in action
In our 2½-minute demo, a fictional ambulance company dispatches with an all-call, reroutes a crew over private direct talk, hears a flood warning read aloud in every unit and reviews it all in the transcripts. Every feature in it is real.
Or try the demo company yourself. In the TalkBeam app, open Me → Company and enter this code:
HCEMS247
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CH 06FAQ
Often, yes. One caution: big crowds can congest cellular networks, so put staff on venue Wi-Fi where you can, and test TalkBeam at a busy event before you drop radios entirely.
Yes. Share your company code, put people on their team’s channel, and remove them from the console when the event is over.
On Enterprise, add your venue as a site in the console and choose what to watch, such as National Weather Service warnings, thunderstorms and heat. TalkBeam reads the alert aloud on your channels and can announce the all clear. Thunderstorm alerts come from forecasts, not a lightning detector.
Yes, for staff sharing their location on a company channel. Sharing is per channel, and staff can see when it’s on.
No. SOS alerts the channels you choose with the staffer’s location. For emergencies, call 911 and follow your event’s emergency plan.
Teams is $8 per person per month, or $6 billed yearly, for 5 to 50 people. Enterprise is $15 per person per month billed yearly from 25 people, $13 from 100.
Try TalkBeam free for 14 days with up to 50 people. No credit card, and no radios to buy.