Higher Ed AV Podcast

153: Robb Mann, Manager of Integrated Educational Technologies, University of North Carolina, Wilmington | Higher Ed AV PodcastHigher Ed AV PodcastEpisode 153Robb MannManager of Integrated Educational TechnologiesUniversity of North Carolina, WilmingtonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robb-mann-67bb776/

Higher Ed AV PodcastEpisode 152James KingAudio Visual SpecialityStockton UniversityTwitter: @AV_JamesKingLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-king-nj/

Higher Ed AV PodcastEpisode 151Mike Pedersen, CTS-D, CTS-IAudiovisual Experience ManagerIowa State UniversityTwitter: @ped1971 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-pedersen-cts-d-cts-i-7477191/

Higher Ed AV PodcastEpisode 150Josh FosterManager, Learning Space DesignIndiana UniversityLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-foster-iu/

Higher Ed AV PodcastEpisode 149John Cheatham, CTSManager, AV Engineering and OperationsUniversity of North GeorgiaTwitter: @jcheatham LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncheatham/

Higher Ed AV PodcastEpisode 148Troy Powers, CTS, DMCE-4k, ECSLead TechnicianGeorge Mason UniversityTwitter: @centxrzLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-powers-b5761393/

Joe Way does a solo episode sharing key takeaways from InfoComm including our people gathering and the announcement of the HETMA-AVIXA Prism Scholarship. Hear about what's happening personally with Joe and the future of Higher Ed AV.Connect with Joe Way on Twitter at @josiahway, and on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiahway.

What does it mean to have the title of "Instructional Media Engineer" as a one-man-band on your college campus? Tom Callan joins the show to discuss how he leverages wearing multiple hats in order to provide a high level of service to his campus in all areas from design, installation, and support. Likewise, with having been back on campus for a whole year, what can the rest of us learn as we return post-COVID?https://www.linkedin.com/in/tecallan/.

This week, we take a walk down memory lane with a sage of the AV industry. E.J. Hudock, Manager of AV Infrastructure at Lafayette College joins to discuss supporting campus with a smaller staff and how he has adapted various technologies to pedagogies over the past forty years of his career. Connect with E.J. Hudock on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejhudock/.

No matter how big your school is or where you are geographically located, we all face similar challenges in supporting our staff and designing our spaces. In this episode, Cody Bennett, Manager of User Services at the University of Alaska Southeast discusses the unique challenges in being located where vendors won’t regularly come, and how they are a true home grown department. He drops golden lines throughout the entire episode, like “leadership is influence,” “make principle choices, not technology choices,” and “the impact is in the people. People are still hurting.” And be sure to listen to the end for special “bonus content!”Connect with Cody Bennett on Twitter at @CodyJBennett and on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/codyjbennett/.

What value does earning both a CTS-I and CTS-D bring to your institution? Jim Spencer, Educational Support Technician at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, joins the show to talk about his AV journey, the impact of COVID on Notre Dame and higher ed, and his vision for the CCUMC Professional Development Committee.Connect with Jim Spencer on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jspence4. Learn more about Notre Dame at https://www.nd.edu.

Should AVIXA hold InfoComm or shouldn't it? The safety risks behind attending are for each person to decide, so Joe and Dave Labuskes, CEO of AVIXA, leave that conversation alone to discuss the business behind the show, how a trade organization like AVIXA benefits our higher ed vertical, and the value that tech managers bring to the AV industry. We talk about what attendees can expect this year's event to be like and how end users will make the most of the show. Also, how far off is Joe's prediction of 31,000 attendees? Connect with Dave Labuskes at dlabuskes@avixa.org and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlabuskes/. Learn more about AVIXA at https://www.avixa.org and on Twitter at @AVIXA.

It's a bitter-sweet episode for Joe as he bids farewell to Jimmie Singleton, his Manager of Learning Environments for Support Services. Take a listen as Jimmie discusses his higher ed journey, what's next for him, and things that tech managers need to know.

In higher ed, we talk a lot about design, installation, team leadership, and relationship building around campus, but the glue that holds it all together is the programmer who blends the UX with the desired technical outcome. Today, James King from Stockton University and Steve Greenblatt from Control Concepts join the show in a special "Ask the Programmer" edition of the Higher Ed AV podcast.

This week we spotlight on UNLV's "RebelFlex" classrooms, featuring Sennheiser, installed to support hybrid learning. Frank Alaimo, Scott Sanders, and Andrew Kornstein join the show to discuss the process and outcomes.