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Dec 19, 2018, 21:36
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Krystle Murphy
It’s getting harder to say a company is absolutely an AV or an IT integration firm. By some measures, nearly one-third of the open technology positions at AV Integration firms are IT-related.
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Dec 19, 2018, 15:05
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Allison Tardif
The “human factors” conversation definitely established a firm foothold among AV practitioners in 2018. Which human factors will be most important to AV experience design in 2019?
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Dec 12, 2018, 15:21
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Allison Tardif
Celebrate AV this season! No matter where you are, you can get out and see some majestic mapping and hear some great tunes.
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Nov 28, 2018, 13:54
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Allison Tardif
Our blogger catches up with the folks at Mood Media to learn why planning for in-store holiday sounds (and scents) starts mid-summer, plus how the company seeks to personalize the "muzak" experience.
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Nov 28, 2018, 13:49
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Allison Tardif
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.
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Nov 28, 2018, 13:30
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Allison Tardif
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.
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Nov 20, 2018, 17:59
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Allison Tardif
Whenever I want to see sound elevated as an art form, I go to the Fridman Gallery which is filled with pieces reflecting the interplay of light and sound.
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Nov 16, 2018, 17:05
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Allison Tardif
A look back on the contributions of Hedy Lamarr, an extraordinary woman in the AV and technology field.
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Nov 15, 2018, 17:12
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Allison Tardif
In the age of “busy,” lots of customers don’t have a lot of time for endless meetings where they search their souls for pain. Decision makers prefer to be presented with surprisingly accurate insight into their needs
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Nov 2, 2018, 20:28
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Krystle Murphy
Ally Hepp has her eyes on a future career in AV, and to say she’s well on her way is an understatement. She’s currently a senior double majoring in Audio and Music Production, and Music Business at Lebanon Valley College (LVC) in Annville, Pa., with a long list of extracurricular AV activities.
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Nov 2, 2018, 20:23
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Allison Tardif
To investigate how we can improve the workplace environment in open-plan offices, I recently made the journey to Santa Cruz to visit Plantronics. Plantronics is bringing the California factor to the equation with its Habitat Soundscaping creation.
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Oct 30, 2018, 15:31
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Krystle Murphy
A hot area of growth in the commercial AV industry — one that might perhaps be overlooked as “old school” these days: solutions geared toward performance and entertainment in fixed-venue settings.
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Oct 25, 2018, 14:03
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Brad Grimes
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.
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Oct 1, 2018, 20:43
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Alejandro Smith
As I look back on my time over the past four years on the Certification Steering Committee, the past three as your chair, I am so proud of what the industry has achieved.
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Sep 28, 2018, 15:56
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Brad Grimes
During the last show of Bon Iver’s summer 2018 North American tour, the band conducted an experiment: connecting the sight of a musical performance with its sound.
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Sep 6, 2018, 13:36
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Brad Grimes
Read how one established AV integrator has cultivated a carefully honed, strategically-vetted new experience-centric marketing and branding approach.
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Sep 5, 2018, 15:59
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Brad Grimes
As the global tourism market grows, competition in the hotel industry is heating up. Smart hoteliers are responding with services and designs that enable socialization, productivity, and personalization.
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Sep 4, 2018, 16:17
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Krystle Murphy
IBM gave us the PC. It gave us the ATM, the floppy disk and the relational database. It popularized the mainframe and artificial intelligence (AI) through its seemingly ubiquitous Watson platform. So, it was sort of revolutionary, to me, to hear an IBM executive recently speak like an AV professional.
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Aug 28, 2018, 21:01
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Brad Grimes
Lititz is legendary. Those seeking the roots of the experience design business quickly learn that this South Central Pennsylvania town is where the biggest, most famous, most legendary productions begin.
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Aug 16, 2018, 19:59
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Krystle Murphy
Although a secure network is something of a moving target, a lesson can be learned from the massive breaches that could have been prevented.
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