The sales and marketing value of industry awards

AVSocial 33: AVIXA, CES, CEA, NAB, and nearly every publication (including AVNation) have awards of some type throughout the year. Our panel today discusses the value of pursuing industry awards from groups that are not in your home country.

Software defined AV networking

IT AV 17: Virtual machines, virtual servers, and then virtual audiovisual? Our panel discusses the possibilities and practicality of software-defined ProAV in an IT environment.

Everybody’s chasing Sonos

ResiWeek 116: The new Heos soundbar has a number of unique features including Amazon Echo integration. In the smart speaker market, the player to beat remains Sonos. What manufacturers will need to do to eventually overtake the distributed audio powerhouse.

Campus media playback

EDTech 62: Whether you are serving up content for the cafeteria or needing to relay a message across campus, media players are becoming prevalent at colleges and universities Our EDTech panel discusses how to choose the best one for your use case and culture.

Dante working with standards

AVWeek 347: Dante, the audio networking infrastructure, is now able to integrate with AES 67. This brings another standard with which the Audinate platform can integrate.

Ways to never lose an AV customer

The AV Profession 10: Author Joey Coleman joined us to talk about his latest book “Never Lose a Customer Again.” Coleman’s conversation today focuses on the ProAV integrator and ways they can use his strategies in the audiovisual industry.

When Amazon becomes your distributor

ResiWeek 115: In February of this year Amazon purchased Ring for a reported $1 billion. Recently the online retailer dropped the price of the first generation doorbell to below what residential audiovisual dealers can buy them through distribution. Our discussion today focuses on what this move, and Amazon in general, will do to the dealer/distributor relationship.

ProAV tech for school safety

EDTech 62: NSCA helped form the PASS Alliance. Its aim is to use technology to make schools a safer place. Scott Tiner from Bates College wrote a blog on rAVe about the PASS program and our panel talked with Tiner about his piece and the initiative.

Send your ProAV team away to camp

AVWeek 348: Each spring Crestron hosts their annual Crestron Masters event. This get together is geared for certified programmers. This year Crestron added designers as well. Our panel weighs in on the value of getting your customers together for collaboration and education and the value retreats like this brings to audiovisual dealers.

DDoS Defense for ProAV

IT AV 17: A new report out says the DDoS attacks are on the rise. There isn’t much you can do to prevent them. There is plenty you can do to protect yourself and your clients should bad actors take aim at you.