“What is the one thing you’re focusing on nowfor summer pre-planning?” Craig Shibley California Baptist University Removing all “band-aids.” We got thrust into Fall that not all solutions were permanent. Spring gave more time to plan, but in summer I want to remove all planned temporary solutions. As well as customizing technology for different schools/pedagogies.... Read More
A Day in the Life of Mike Pedersen 1. Thank you for joining me for this month’s New Year’s edition of the “Tech Manager Spotlight.” Start by telling us a little about what you do and a little about your background. Happy New Year! Thank you so much for choosing me for your Tech Manager... Read More
Summer (is anything but a) Break I’m guessing for most of us, the Summer of 2020 was a blur. Sure, we knew in March what we would have to do and had ideas on how to get there, but money, buy-in from interested parties, and/or marching orders weren’t given until around July. You did a... Read More
Designing Distance Learning Classrooms Using AVIXA Standards: A Case Study As schools and universities map out ambitious plans for summer 2021, it’s useful to look back at one of AVIXA’s most popular webinars from 2020, University of Aalborg: Designing Distance Learning Classrooms Using AVIXA Standards. Per Mouritzen, CTS® and Technical Manager at Aalborg University, Denmark, provides... Read More
At Sennheiser, we aspire to develop products that are flexible and adaptable to a broad range of applications and installation environments. We know that if we want to meet this goal, we will not be successful if we work in a vacuum. We continually engage key manufacturers and members of the A/V integration community during... Read More
Priority Planning: Lessons from the Fire Joe Way, PhD, CTS With no ISE to start us off sprinting into 2021, and the normal first-of-the-year email bombardment of new product announcements now completely non-existent, how we start to plan for our summer installs will have to be different. I have always enjoyed ISE—even when... Read More
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When us higher ed peeps get together to talk shop, good things happen. It was such good conversation that I asked the group if I could run the conversation as a podcast episode. Enjoy listening as we discuss buying direct, certifications, why you should vote Mike Pederson for AV Professional of the Year, HETMA for... Read More
As many are aware, this last week my life was turned upside-down from an electrical house fire that destroyed my home, the three cars, and nearly every one of our possessions. Thankfully we are all safe, but now begins the long journey of getting back to normal. The outpouring of support for me and my... Read More
This month’s Tech Manger Spotlight (Presented by Sennheiser) guest, Frank Alaimo, Senior Audio Video Systems Specialist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, joins the show to discuss my team’s recent visit out to UNLV. We talk about their user-first configuration of Crestron Fusion and touch panels and the new Dolby Atmos theater (and how... Read More
By now, we should all know the importance of locking down our AV systems. What is IEEE 802.1X and why is it important to think about on an enterprise network? Bill O’Donnell, AV Network Design Engineer at William Paterson University, and James King, Audio Visual Specialist at Stockton University, return to the show to discuss... Read More
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