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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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Aug 7, 2018, 12:19
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Allison Tardif
Office environments remain the single largest source of audiovisual solution revenues for the pro-AV channel.
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Aug 2, 2018, 15:25
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Allison Tardif
What I didn’t realize though was that I wouldn’t need that caffeine after all. All I needed was some good lighting (and maybe some nice acoustics and excellent conversation) to boost my energy level and mood.
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Jul 24, 2018, 17:21
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Allison Tardif
Why is a celery stalk mascot making the crowds go wild? Well, that’s the kind of creativity that prompted Forbes to declare that Minor League Baseball is on a growth curve.
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Jul 16, 2018, 13:06
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Allison Tardif
AVIXA mourns the passing of Jack Emerson, Founder of CEAVCO Audio Visual Co. and former member of the AVIXA Board of Governors from 1993 to 1996.
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Jul 13, 2018, 14:26
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Allison Tardif
Immersive audio is appearing in live music, art installations and soul-healing meditations (try it, you might like it).
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Jul 12, 2018, 21:25
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Allison Tardif
My ask of all in our AV community is that we work to connect at least once per quarter LOCALLY. This will keep the support, help and conversation going all year long.
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Jul 10, 2018, 18:52
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Allison Tardif
AVIXA and our partner groups see that value in sports arenas, and we’re meeting end users eager to use AV to get people out of their houses — and back into the stadium experience.
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Jul 9, 2018, 18:46
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Krystle Murphy
One of the most exciting things I have seen since becoming involved with AVIXA™ and the CTS® program is the enormous growth. In my four short years on the CTS Steering Committee – three as chair – the program hit the milestones for both 10,000 and now 12,000 certified individuals.
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