It’s an honor to welcome CEO & Founder of Stem Audio, Jacob Marash to the show. We record from the conference room of their corporate headquarters in Irvine, CA, discussing the purpose behind founding the company, the awesome line of conference and classroom microphone, speaker, and control systems. We talk about the importance of user... Read More
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It’s a special one today. A year ago I met Corey Moss at InfoComm; Corey has always been a huge supporter of me and what I do. So, it’s an honor to host the premier return episode of The AV Life as this week’s episode. I encourage you to listen back to the tribute episode... Read More
Kari Martinez is back on the show with a follow up to her original Girls + Women in AV Lifestyle Study (see it here). This time she has partnered with Women In AV to examine the professional side of the industry. We go over the results as well as her key takeaways. We also catchup... Read More
After months of COVID-19, we actually bring you an episode that took nearly 50 minutes before we discussed the pandemic. I welcome Mark Eggert, Audio Visual Technician, from Macalester College to the show. We discuss his path from working for a rental and staging integrator to moving into higher ed. Mark has covered all areas... Read More
It’s another crossover episode with Justin Dawson from University College Dublin and the All Things Techie Podcast, who also happens to be a fellow AVNation “AV Professional of the Year.” We discuss the COVID-19 response from the Ireland and UK perspective, while exploring how the impact will drive workplace change moving forward. How and what... Read More
The stars have aligned for an epic crossoverpalooza between AVNation’s EdTech Podcast and the Higher Ed AV Podcast. Bill O’Donnell, host of EdTech Podcast and AV Network Design Engineer at William Paterson University, joins the show to continue our discussion about COVID-19 impact and what we are doing at our institutions to prepare for the... Read More
John Cheatham, Senior IT AV Systems Engineer at the University of North Georgia joins the show, discussing practically all things AV! We jump from his path from undergrad student worker to being back on campus as staff to his MDiv and how the ability to counsel can help with customer service. As a campus that’s... Read More
We all love a good success story, and there is none better than that of Lex Peters, Learning Environments Support Analyst at the University of Southern California, and recent inductee into the 2020 Class of Systems Contractor News (SCN Magazine) “The Nine.” Lex began her AV journey as a student worker at California Baptist University,... Read More
I’m not really sure why I agreed to this, but the parody Twitter account @itsjoesjoe takes over the show to turn the tables and interview me. There’s really no rhyme or reason to any of the questions, but here are some shenanigans with my two staff members, Jimmie Singleton and Lex Peters, who enjoy finding... Read More
Justin Curtin from the Cal State University Office of the Chancellor joins the show, discussing how to support and serve as a resource for 23 campuses spread across California. As IT Support and Multimedia Specialist with a programming background allows for the Chancellor’s Office to continually be ahead of the curve. We talk about the... Read More
I welcome a true Higher Ed AV Rockstar to the show. Chris Dechter, Principal Learning Space Engineer, from Indiana University, Bloomington, and I discuss what we are doing on our campuses in light of COVID-19 and what changes we will be making moving forward. Oh, and what is an AV Superfriend?!? Connect with Chris Dechter... Read More
It’s been a long couple weeks! 28 of us serving the higher ed vertical took a couple hours to just relax and reflect over a beverage of choice while discussing how COVID-19 is impacting our institutions. Take a listen to our conversation and see who joined me for a live podcast recording over a virtual... Read More
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