Kevin Jahnke is the Manager of Classroom Services at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee and has been with UWM for over 20 years in progressively responsible roles in addition to completion of both BA and MLIS degrees through UWM. In his current position he is responsible for technology oversight of 170 General Assignment Classrooms, 7 full... Read More
What happens when you’re the IT person and all of a sudden in charge of the AV department? What is the transition like? What do you need to know and how do you find the right resources? Ben Lewis, AV Manager at the University of Oklahoma, discusses his transition from the IT side to the... Read More
ISE 2020 has come to a close. What were the takeaways? Did it live up to the hype and did Coronavirus or the weather truly impact the feel? I discuss the show with Adam Harvey, Stephen Bell, and James Scutt from the University of Hertfordshire. We cover the products that stood out to us, the... Read More
ISE 2020 is off the a crazy start! I am excited to kick off the conversation with two incredible women in AV, Amy Redfearn from Involve VC & AV Jam UK and Alesia Hendley (aka The Smooth Factor) from Access Networks. We talk about the major issues facing the show including CoronaVirus, travel weather, and... Read More
I love when I get a chance to chat with some of our incredible #AVTweeps! This week, I welcome on Jon Bannan, Associate Director of Media & Technology Support Services at The College of New Jersey, located in Ewing, NJ, where he has been for over 22 years. Jon started out working for a private... Read More
While giving the keynote at the Northwest Managers of Educational Technology (NW/MET) Conference last year, the show quickly became my favorite regional AV event. This year’s conference is being held at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, April 22-24, 2020. Jon Loney, Manager of Instructional Multimedia Services (IMS) joins the show to discuss this year’s... Read More
Technology on campuses is always evolving. The longer you’re around, the more change you see. No one knows that better than Willie Franklin, Senior Technology Specialist at Otterbein University in Westerville, OH. We discuss the changes throughout time, his current and previous roles, and campus projects including digital signage, active learning classrooms, servicing live events,... Read More
AV in higher ed is more than just making sure our classrooms are functional, there is a human factor as well. How should we communicate with our teams, run meetings, deal with generational differences, and even have the hard conversations of performance management and disciplinary actions? Kathy Dooley joins the show to discuss. Connect with... Read More
In what ways do the women in AV have to sacrifice their femininity in order to thrive or even just survive in the industry? Do women have to be “one of the boys”? Are there resources available to find other women with similar life situations in order to support one another. Kari Martinez explored these... Read More
Listen & Subscribe Happy New Year! Happy New Year The AV Life followers!! As we enter this new year of 2021 we start not by looking back but looking ahead. We are leaving the craziness of 2020 behind and moving forward with hope and optimism that by the end of this year we will have some... Read More
That’s a wrap! The inaugural HETMA Virtual Conference closed with a bang. This week we bring you the audio recording of the “Ask Us Anything” AV Happy Hour moderated by Gary Kayye of rAVe Pubs. Along with the HETMA Steering Committee, we explore all the hot topics that came up during the week’s sessions including... Read More
What is the State of Higher Ed? The 2019 Higher Education Technology Managers Alliance Virtual (HETMA) Conference is happening this week. Co-Founders Joe Way of USC and BC Hatchett from Vanderbilt deliver the opening keynote address to discuss where we are as an AV vertical, as well as give a preview of the sessions to... Read More
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