James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss why communities exist, the value they provide, how their members benefit, and what having a community of AV programmers could mean for programmers throughout the industry.

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James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Jeff Hopkins, Technical Director, Crestron Services Providers, to discuss why programmers tend to be risk averse, the impact it has on them and the industry, and the benefit of expanding outside one's comfort zone.

Jeff Hopkins can be reached at [email protected]. Crestron can be reached at crestron.com.

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James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Jeff Hopkins, Technical Director, Crestron Services Providers, to discuss his AV journey, opportunities for programmers and CSPs, and the value of trade shows to expand perspective and new ideas.

Jeff Hopkins can be reached at [email protected]. Crestron can be reached at crestron.com.

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James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Hope Roth, Professional Services Engineer and UCI Specialist at Q-SYS, to discuss her work with WAVIT building opportunities and support for women in AV and programming.

Hope Roth can be found on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hope-roth-0a44b8a/ and on the Q-SYS Communities: https://developers.qsc.com/s/.

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James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome Hope Roth, Professional Services Engineer and UCI Specialist at Q-SYS, to share her AV journey and discuss details of her automated dollhouse project and involvement with the Girl Scouts and STEMfest.

Hope Roth can be found on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hope-roth-0a44b8a/ and on the Q-SYS Communities: https://developers.qsc.com/s/.

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James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss the current and future impact of AI in AV including the positive and negative effects of making products and systems smarter, leveraging efficiencies in projects and coding, and how AI can add value to AV professionals and organizations.

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James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss the importance of system monitoring, the difficulties of delivering an effective solution, and why simply collecting data is misleading.

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James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss what bloatware is, why it exists, the impact it can make, and how to make it manageable.

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James King and Steve Greenblatt discuss strategies, techniques, lessons learned, and tips for training a team.

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James King and Steve Greenblatt welcome back Jamie Rinehart, Education Resources Director at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and Host of AV Superfriends podcast to discuss the value of both Configuration and Programming approaches for AV control systems.

Jamie Rinehart can be contacted via email [email protected]. The AV Superfiends podcast can be found at avsuperfriends.com, via YouTube https://bit.ly/3vNSDVt, or your favorite podcast player.

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