AV Career Mastermind

We're crossing over once more for an extended conversation! We join Erica Carroll from the Women in AV Podcast to talk to Jasmine Coble. This time, we're looking at her AV career journey and the opportunities within digital signage. We look from the outside in and how we can get more of an understanding of just what we do in the AV industry.

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Host: Jennifer Weaver and Erica Carroll

Guests:

• Jasmine Coble – YCD Multimedia

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Michael Corkery discusses his role in the federal court system, focusing on the integration of AV technology within courtrooms. He shares his unique background as a network engineer and the challenges of transitioning to AV management in a government setting. The conversation covers the importance of building a skilled team, innovative hiring practices, and the need for cross-department collaboration. He also addresses the challenges of standardization, procurement, and funding in the judiciary, as well as the significance of in-house installations and digital signage. The episode concludes with insights on the future of AV roles in the court system.

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Host: Jennifer Weaver

• Guests:Michael Corkery – Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

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We talk to Jake Voss about his experiences in the AV industry and where he'd like his career journey to continue. We discuss how he got involved in the higher education space, the value of eSports for students and campuses, and more.

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Host: Jennifer Weaver

• Guests:Jake Voss – Jake on LinkedIn

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On today's episode we are joined by Erin Maher-Moran, host of our very own EDTech show but also the IT Manager for Classroom Technology at Johns Hopkins University. She has an interesting opportunity for those in higher education, and we discuss the greater higher ed landscape as it applies to AV. We look at retaining talent and the challenges within and what goes into building a solid team to support classrooms and campuses.

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Host: Jennifer Weaver

• Guests:Erin Maher-Moran – Johns Hopkins University

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On this episode, we sit down with Sophia Negyesi, Global Events Manager for Korbyt. We discuss her journey into AV, adapting to the space, and her perspectives into the industry for young professionals. We also discuss the networking within the AV community, a space with a unique bond amongst integrators, manufacturers and dealers.

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Host: Jennifer Weaver

• Guests:Sophia Negyesi – Korbyt

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NextLVL Learning brought three people to InfoComm to experience one of the biggest AV trade show for the first time. In our final piece of this segment, we sit down with Brandon Lynch, Georgia King and Elena Jastrzembski to talk about their experiences at the show. What was their biggest takeaways? Was there a career path they found worth pursuing? And most importantly, will they want to go again when we all go to Vegas in 2026? We answer all this and more on this episode.

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Host: Jennifer Weaver

• Guests:Georgia King – Pace University
• Elena Jastrzembski – Fordham University
• Brandon Lynch – UCF

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Now that we're out of trade show territory for at least a little bit, let's sit down and discuss the pressing issues of the AV industry. Where are we going to see the next generation of AV workers come from? On today's episode, Jennifer Weaver looks at the importance of apprenticeship and hands-on training, and what we can do as an industry to ensure a sustainable future for our workforce.

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Host: Jennifer Weaver

• Links to sources:AVIXA – Workforce Development in AV Industry

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InfoComm is not just an amazing trade show for seeing the latest innovations in technology from the AV industry. It's also an opportunity to reach out and meet many different people in the same field and interests. Especially if you're looking for some kind of employment in the AV industry.

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On this episode of AV Career Mastermind, we talk to Nathan Danek, who has had over a decade of exeperience in different parts of AV. We discuss what it means to talk to the AV community at a show like this, and the potential for a career fair-like during a show like InfoComm.

Host: Jennifer Weaver

Guests:

• Nathan Danek – Nathan on LinkedIn

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NextLVL Learning is sending three first-time attendees to InfoComm 2025, one of the biggest trade shows for the AV industry. We talk to Brandon Lynch about his start in AV, experiences at the University of Central Florida and expectations for the show in June.

Host: Jennifer Weaver

Guests:

• Brandon Lynch – UCF

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If you've been following our series for the past few episodes, we have been talking about InfoComm 2025. But this time, in the lens of people making their way to one of the biggest AV trade shows for the first time. NextLVL Learning is bringing fresh talent from our space to the show to see what AV can offer. This episode we are joined by one of those attendees, Elena Jastrzembski from Fordham University, about what to expect from the show in June.

Host: Jennifer Weaver

Guests:

• Elena Jastrzembski – Fordham University

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