QRPer show
Question Reader
Read community questions on air. You're the voice the panel responds to — the first broadcast role most people take.
→ On-camera composure
Sign up →COMMUNITY
The show is just where the conversation starts.
Five thousand-plus media and event professionals across nearly every continent. The hour of broadcast is the visible part, while the rest is Discord, Mukana, after-hours calls, and a handful of spin-off projects built by people in this community.
- live since March 2020
- Daily
- countries
- 50+
- After Hours room
- 24 hr
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- Free
DISCORD · THE HUB
Where the community discuss - 24/7.
Channels for production, audio, post, business, gear-deals, beginners, off-topic, and more. Decisions about the show get made by consensus here. Questions land on air from here. Side projects find their first collaborators here.
Get the Discord invite →Sign up for the email; invite link is in the welcome.
#generalEveryone, everywhere
#productionToday's questions, today's answers
#audioWednesday Audio Q&A overflow
#postColor, editing, motion graphics
#gear-dealsSpotted a deal, share it
#showcaseWork you're proud of
#beginnersAsk anything, no judgement
#off-topicThe kitchen sink
WEEKENDS · MEMBERS ONLY
Mukana
Members submit questions and other members approve or reject them via voting. The production team answers the most popular questions on-air. Home of Sunday Introspective Q&A, and the chat for Saturday Q&A. Signup for daily updates to gain access to the application link.
Open Mukana ↗OPEN 24/7 · ZOOMAfter Hours
A 24/7 open Zoom meeting where the community hangs out — be social, ask for help, or show your work, tech, studio, or anything else cool to the rest of the group. Free to use, any time.
Register on Zoom ↗DAILY · EMAILThe Daily Brief
One short email a day about today's show, The topic on the table, the link to join. A Discord invite is in the welcome message.
Subscribe →SPIN-OFFSShows that started here
Shows that started here
and forged their own path.
Office Hours is a launchpad. These projects came out of conversations on Discord or after-hours calls. Some are still running, some are archived — all worth a look.
● ACTIVE↗
The Rundown
With David Paskin & the crew
A deeper dive on the why behind the latest tech reshaping our industry. Thursdays, live on YouTube and Mukana.
● ACTIVE↗
Conversations with Tony Mobley
Hosted by Tony Mobley
A long-form interview show that grew out of Tony's panelist seat. Wednesdays, member-friendly.
● ARCHIVED↗
Birding With Lois
With Lois
Saturday morning birding. Not currently recording new episodes, but every prior episode lives on a dedicated YouTube channel.
STEP UPThe crew has open seats.
The crew has open seats.
Some of them might fit you.
Six years of "by consensus, not by committee" only works because new people show up each year. Doesn't require experience, high-end gear, or a daily slot. An hour a week moves things forward.
ON THE SHOW · REAL JOBS, VOLUNTEER HOURS
These map to real broadcast roles used in TV, live events and streaming. Crew are on comms — Unity Comms, Spacecommz as backup, Discord backstage.
QMPer show
Question Manager
Watch the Mukana queue in real time, curate On Deck, and keep the audience's questions flowing to the host
→ Editorial + live production
Sign up →PSCPer show · pre-roll
Pre-Show Coordinator
Be the first friendly face every panelist sees. Welcome them, run quick sound and camera checks, send them to the stage show-ready.
→ Live event production
Sign up →GEGuest days
Guest Escort
Run the green room for the day's guest — often the industry name everyone tuned in for. Make them feel at home before they go live.
→ Talent relations
Sign up →PLPer show
Panel Liaison
Run the Zoom panel — who's on, who's next, who needs a hand with their tech. The link between talent and production.
→ Talent coordination
Sign up →TDPer show
Technical Director
Drive the switcher — sources, cuts, graphics, audio. Start as TD assistant firing lower thirds; we'll train you on the rig.
→ Career-grade broadcast skill
Sign up →EICPer show
Engineer in Charge
Own the whole technical chain for a show: signal flow, system health, and the calls that get made under pressure.
→ Senior broadcast engineering
Sign up →RFIPer show · after
Room For Improvement
Log what broke, what confused, what could be better. The feedback loop that makes tomorrow's show better than today's.
→ Quality-systems thinking
Sign up →HOW YOU START
- 1Pick a seat
Sign up for a team. You'll get a welcome and a first session to sit in on.
- 2Shadow, then do
Every crew seat starts as a trainee. Watch first, then take tasks — most people are ready after about five shows.
- 3Take on the role
A trainer says when you're ready. From there you pick your own shifts, and you're never alone on comms.
What you need: a wired internet connection, a headset, and a proper webcam. That's it.
OFF AIR · ON YOUR OWN CLOCK
No fixed slot. Fits around a day job and a different time zone.
Web team
Manage and run the community site
Sign up →Pre-Production
Prepare upcoming shows and guests.
Sign up →Async · pick your show
Archive & data
Captions, metadata and automations that make six years of shows searchable.
Sign up →Async
Volunteer coordination
Look after the hundreds of people who keep this running.
Sign up →Social Media
Keep our YouTube page and other social channels healthy.
Sign up →Weekly
Podcast
Turn the broadcast into podcast feeds people can take on the road.
Sign up →Async · ~2 hrs/week
Community host
Keep Discord and the 24/7 After Hours meeting helpful and welcoming.
Sign up →Project-based
Design & thumbnails
Create thumbnails for shows, on-screen graphics, and social cards.
Sign up →Project-based
Grants & funding
Help a free, volunteer-run nonprofit find a sustainable path to funding.
Sign up →As you can
Shorts & clips
Cut a 60-second moment from this week's shows for Shorts, Reels or LinkedIn.
Sign up →Writers and Editors
Write and edit copy to deliver a clear message from Office Hours Global.
Sign up →FURTHER UP · WHERE IT GOES
Most people start by watching. Some end up running shows.
On-Camera
Decent audio and video? Raise your hand and join the panel. Bring your expertise to the live show. We need you as Host, Reader or Panelist.
Raise your hand →Host & creator
Host a day, produce a special, spin off your own show. The Rundown and Conversations with Tony Mobley started this way.
Raise your hand →Council seat
Pick the topics for audio, video, graphics or business days, shape the panel lineup, help decide where OHG goes next.
Raise your hand →WHERE THIS LEADS — REAL OUTCOMES FROM THIS COMMUNITY
Hired for the Olympics
Community members have gone on to professional broadcast work at the highest level — including the Paris Olympics.
Emmy winners in the room
The panel isn't hypothetical expertise. Award-winning broadcast professionals show up here from time to time.
Tools born here
Software the industry actually uses — like ZoomOSC — might as well have started as conversations in this community.
ARCHIVE · AI Q&A
Ask Office Hours Global Archive
Searches every episode using AI, answers in plain English with citations to the exact moment on YouTube.
Open ↗MERCH · PROFITS BACK TO OFFICE HOURS GLOBALOHG Shop
Hats, T-shirts, stickers. Every dollar of profit goes straight back into running the broadcast. Currently, no products are available.
Open ↗