The Integration Conversation

Creating lasting change is much easier said than done. How do you know what change is needed? How do you get your team on board? How do you make it stick? OneVision's Jason Griffing walks us through the steps of change management.

https://www.onevisionresources.com/

By the way, Griffing will be presenting a webinar on this very subject soon:

https://www.onevisionresources.com/create-lasting-change

CEDIA's Steve Rissi and Samantha Ventura break down the philosophy behind the curriculum in the new CEDIA Academy coursework, and the differences between holistic and utilitarian educational styles.

https://cedia.net/education

Dr. Rebecca Homkes outlines her three-step strategy for actually growing your business during a downturn.

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From 5G to cybersecurity to managing streaming content for your clients, our twice-yearly highlight wrap-up features clips from the five most popular shows we recorded this year.

Also -- here's the link for nominations to the CEDIA Board of Directors:

https://cedia.net/about/leadership/board-of-directors/cedia-board-nominations

Walt and Ed once again dig into the world of delivering clean, surge-free power to the integrated home. What's the latest UPS technology? How are best practices developing? And what should an integrator avoid? Our guests are Nyron Kahrim from Middle Atlantic/Legrand, and Vince Luciani and Jimmy Paschke from SurgeX.

https://www.legrand.us/middleatlanticproducts.aspx

https://www.ametekesp.com/surgex

The CEB28 HDMI System Design and Verification and CEB22 Audio Design best practice guidelines are nearing completion with the ongoing efforts of CEDIA/CTA R10 Working Group. CEDIA's Senior Director of Technology and Standards (and podcast co-host) Walt Zerbe is a big part of that effort, as are Technical Research Consultant David Meyer and CEDIA Board Member Peter Aylett (HTE). Here's a progress report.

Mitch Reitman of the Reitman Group – regular contributor to the CE Pro family of publications – walks us through changes in small-business stimulus, and some pitfalls you need beware of.

https://www.reitman.us/

As Grandcare's Laura Mitchell tells us, "With COVID19 we have just seen aging and senior housing turned on its head with social isolation, lack of healthcare workers, and the fear of hospitals. We are inundated with calls and requests for the video chat, telehealth capabilities, and activity monitoring." Mitchell joins us to talk about the state of the post-COVID aging industry and best practices to stay safe.

https://www.grandcare.com/

How do you change products or services to fit a lockdown situation or match your client's comfort level? Can you do that even without having techs in the house? Pete Trauth (Nirvana Home Entertainment), Mike Ranpura (Smart Life AV), and Mike McMaster (Wilshire Media Systems) have all been working on solutions to that problem. Peter Aylett (HTE), meanwhile, has some ideas about business opportunities created by this pandemic that he offered on a recent CEDIA webinar.

https://www.nirvanahomeentertainment.com/

https://www.smartlifeav.com/

https://www.wilshirehe.com/

https://www.hte.design/

Paul Gionfriddo, President and CEO Mental Health America joins us to speak about mental health as it relates to the small business owner (and their employees) during this pandemic. What are good coping mechanisms? How does one deal with these added pressures? What should someone be on the lookout for; the danger signs that things are getting away from them?

https://mhanational.org/