Jim Pierret (Carleton College) and Rodney Fillmore (St. Catherine University) join the podcast to talk about upcoming the Midwest College and University AV Summit v6.0 happening at Winona State University on Thur and Fri, March 14–15, 2019, in Winona, MN. We talk of the importance of building and connecting to your community of local higher ed AV professionals, the conference, and what you can expect as an attendee. I will also be presenting the keynote address on "More than Black Boxes."

Jesse House, Assistant Director, Digital Media, from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (@NJIT) joins the podcast to discuss AV at NJIT. Oh, and electro-acoustics? Check him out on instagram @instant_photons.

10-Minute Take: Dante AV. Audinate's (@Audinate) Senior Product Marketing Manager, Brad Price, joins us to discuss the big announcement.

Joe talks to manufacturers and attendees of the largest trade show for the music industry to discuss what's new at NAMM 2019. Hear quick takes from: Allen & Heath, Audinate, Blue Microphones, Bose, DPA Microphones, Nexus Institute of Creative Arts, Nord Keyboards, QSC (with the great Cory Schaeffer), Sennheiser, Shure, Solid State Logic, Soundmarker, Sound Productions, Yamaha, and Zoom Recorders.

Bonus content! As a follow up to our conversation with Jim and Tyler from Utah State, we invite Alexa to show off her skills.

Jim Wellings and Tyler Clair from Utah State University join the podcast to discuss their voice control proof-of-concept room. Hear how they are harnessing the power of Alexa and Amazon to create integrated classroom spaces.

Nathan Paterson CTS from Scotland and recent transplant to Australia joins the show. We talk AV from his former institution and the global state of the AV industry.

I'm not at CES this year, but I know a lot of random end users and tech-philes are. What are your thoughts on consumer grade electronics in higher ed installs? Do you leverage the lower costs? Here's my 10 minute take.

Scott Tiner from Bates College in Maine joins the show. We talk customer service, help desk, AVaaS, service quality gamification, and campus AV at Bates. Scott also writes for rAVe Pubs and presents at conferences, including CCUMC.

Merry Christmas from the Higher Ed AV Podcast. Today we go through my tech manager AV Christmas wish list. What are those things we need answered, fixed, and solutions for going into the new year that we wish Santa would bring us now? Based on the #AVinTheAM from December 16, 2018.