Sharpen the Saw | Community Connections with Ryan

I’ve been thinking a lot about how tired everyone looks in December. Not the “I stayed up too late binging a show” tired. The kind of tired that sits in your shoulders, that makes you stare at your inbox for a full minute before you remember what you were about to do. The kind of... Read More

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November 12, 2025

125: RTM Higher Ed Fall 2025 | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast

125: RTM Higher Ed Fall 2025 | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast Subscribe wherever you get your Podcasts: Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Amazon Music YouTube Music Recorded on-site in Austin, this cross-conversation episode (in partnership with RTM Business Group’s Inside Innovation) brings together fast takes from the Fall Higher Education CIO Congress. We open with... Read More

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October 15, 2025

124: Gray Matter Moment: Leadership Odyssey | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast

124: Gray Matter Moment: Leadership Odyssey | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast Subscribe wherever you get your Podcasts: Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Amazon Music YouTube Music Sometimes leadership doesn’t begin with a grand vision—it begins with a text. In this introspective Gray Matter Moment, Ryan Gray records from the shores... Read More

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October 14, 2025

Does It Hurt? | Community Connections with Ryan

Does It Hurt? By Ryan Gray We ask a lot of questions we don’t really want the answers to. They sound caring, they sound human — and they are — but sometimes they’re also a quiet plea for reassurance. “You’re okay, right?” “It’s not that bad, is it?” “Does it hurt?” We mean well. But... Read More

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October 8, 2025

123: The Dude with BC Hatchett | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast

123: The Dude with BC Hatchett | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast Subscribe wherever you get your Podcasts: Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Amazon Music YouTube Music BC Hatchett returns for week two with a laid-back, life-and-leadership conversation that ranges from higher-ed purpose to… blacksmithing. We kick off with Halloween costumes (the Dude abides), detour through... Read More

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October 1, 2025

122: The Godfather with BC Hatchett | The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast

122: The Godfather with BC Hatchett| The AV/IT Amplifier Podcast Subscribe wherever you get your Podcasts: Apple Podcasts Spotify iHeart Radio Amazon Music YouTube Music This week, Ryan catches up with BC Hatchett, Director of Classroom Technology at Vanderbilt University and co-founder of HETMA. They talk about shifting from “manager” to “leader,” handing the reins... Read More

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