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Kirsten Nelson
Kirsten Nelson has written about audio, video and experience design in all its permutations for more than 20 years. As a writer and content developer for AVIXA, Kirsten connects stories, people and technology through a variety of media. She also directs program content for the TIDE Conference and Technology Innovation Stage at InfoComm. For three years, she also created conversations around emerging media and experiential design at InfoComm's Center Stage. Prior to that, Kirsten was the editor of SCN magazine for 17 years.
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Podcast: Can we use technology to make events more human?
The events and experiential marketing industries have arrived at a new phase in this dramatic and painful pause on in-person gatherings. We are learning a lot, and as we settle in for the long-haul with remote life and a gradual return to in-person events, we have an opportunity to completely reimagine the way we connect.
Podcast: So You Want to Be Diverse
In this episode, we pose a very real question for the AV and experience design industry: “So You Want to be Diverse… Now What?”
Podcast: Human Factors in Workplace Design
We have all learned how to work in new ways during the pandemic. By now, each individual has had time to consider what they miss about the old way of working, and what they have embraced about these socially distant times. The reactions are as varied as the types of people who share the workplace.
Morton Salt Adds More Flavor to its Live-Streamed Quarterly Meetings
Morton Salt is innovating the ways it connects with team members across numerous international offices, mining facilities and partner manufacturers during global quarterly meetings, which invigorate audiences with increasingly tech-enabled interactive and dynamic productions.
Going the Extra Mile for the Yard House Dining Experience
Crystal-clear sound at rock club levels and quality was one of the key atmospheric elements of Yard House when it opened in Long Beach, California back in 1996.
Podcast: How Museums Are Creating a New Narrative
One of the reasons we will return to public spaces is the search for a fuller sense of engagement. Remote life has us confined to separate and disembodied existences, communicating with each other primarily through the limited rectangles of video screens, in public spaces even the currents of air in outdoor spaces might provide new narrative information.
Podcast: Getting Creative with Technology and Personal Branding on Social Media
While networking remains relegated to mostly remote and virtual means these days, our on-screen personas matter even more. And as professional colleagues get a glimpse of each other’s personal lives in video meetings, it might be the perfect time to think about working on your branding.
Super Bowl Sound is a Fan Favorite
A year before the lights went up on Timberlake, work began on the live sound setup for his performance and the game-day audio.
The Task Is To Keep Everyone Safe, But Still Design It So That It’s Beautiful
Innovation on virtual events began early in the pandemic for Vita Motus, which felt the earliest effects of the shutdown when work paused on the televised concert productions it produces in China. A rapid refocus toward digital capabilities revealed a vast cache of virtual offerings that Vita Motus had already produced.
Audio Will Make Hybrid Venues More Immersive in 2021
There’s a lot of talk about pent-up demand as we head into 2021. Pent-up demand for fully engaging real-life experiences. Particularly in the performing arts, where the irreplaceable experience of being enveloped by sound and scene will draw audiences and create rewarding connections.
Renovated Grandstand Theater Amplifies Emotions at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame has entered the fan engagement era with its newly renovated Grandstand Theater, which immerses visitors in pure sporting nostalgia and excitement on a cinematic scale.
Collaborative Learning On Stage and in the Audience at AVEC 2019
This higher-ed panel, like many segments of the AV business at the moment, is all about opportunity.
Amplify Your InfoComm Schedule with Center Stage Sessions
Promoting new ideas at the heart of the InfoComm show floor for the third consecutive year, Center Stage 2019 (Booth 3161) is offering even more ways to advance conversations at the show.
How to Use Your Audio Prowess as a Happy Shopping Diversion Over the Holidays
To ready myself for the holiday shopping season, I did some intense endurance training on the mean midtown streets of Manhattan with retail and hospitality audio guru David Schwartz, president of Essential Communications.
NBA 2K Shoots for Live and Streamed Excitement
The NBA 2K Studio set a media-rich benchmark, populating its competition arena with plenty of video to provide engagement for today’s content-hungry sports fans.
Music Sets a New Tone for Hotels During COVID-19
Creating a sense of comfort is core to hospitality and much of that comfort comes with a sense that health and safety are top considerations throughout all hotel operations. In addition to the more clinical needs, guests can be put more at ease through careful cultivation of the atmospheric elements of a space, including music, lighting, decor, and aroma.
You Don’t Need a Glowing Red Nose to Find Immersive AV Holiday Experiences this Season
Celebrate AV this season! No matter where you are, you can get out and see some majestic mapping and hear some great tunes.
Summertime Live Music Gets Even More Immersive
The term “immersive” is used a lot, and it means many different things, but something new is happening in 2019.
Isolated or Not, Ready to Play Esports
As we witness changes to how people are connecting virtually in a time of strategic and vital social isolation, there is one area of entertainment that seems ready-made for these evolving times: esports.
Now is the Time to Start Shapeshifting Static Decor with Projection Mapping
With the right projection technology and irresistible content, it’s possible to change any space and get a bang for your buck. TAO Chicago offers this inspiration.