Making Waves (AV Magazine)
Episodes
Making Waves, Episode 25 - AV Apprentice of The Year
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Much progress has been made in opening new pathways into AV through apprenticeships – for eg, studying for the AV Technician Level 5 Apprenticeship ...
Making Waves, Episode 25 - AV Apprentice of The Year
29 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Much progress has been made in opening new pathways into AV through apprenticeships – for eg, studying for the AV Technician Level 5 Apprenticeship ...
Making Waves, Episode 24 - What's the point of AI?
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded at the recent Midwich Tech Xpo show, a special panel of AV and digital signage experts debate with Clive Couldwell about how artificial intel...
Making Waves, Episode 23 – Clive Couldwell, AV Magazine + Electronics Weekly
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
All Things TechIE podcast’s Justin Dawson takes some time out to talk about the other Clive Couldwell – his colourful life before AV Magazine, as ...
Making Waves, Episode 22 - David Berman
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a number of years, our celebrated Head of Multimedia – Mr David Berman – is leaving us for pastures new. David has built the multimedia team...
Making Waves, Episode 21 - Byron Tarry
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence. It’s coming and we need to do something about it…. Apparently. But what? Really, just what has AI got to do with AV? Well...
Making Waves, Episode 20 - Greg Jeffreys
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When we were talking with Mel Leach the other week, it became obvious that communicating through video conferencing media, say, can be a positive, but...
Making Waves, Episode 19 (Part 4) – Keith Dutch
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Allen and David Berman talk to Keith Dutch, Managing Director/Vice-President of Peerless-AV EMEA who gives us some insight into the company’s ...
Making Waves, Episode 19 (Part 3) – Sanjit Hurst, Hanieh Motamedian, Sadie Groom, and Carla Maroussas
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s all things Rise AV with Sanjit Hurst, Director of Global Procurement at Diversified and her mentee, Hanieh Motamedian, Pure Audio Visual’s Bu...
Making Waves, Episode 19 (Part 2) – Steve Hudson, Siya Fakher, Neil Fluester and Tanya Houston
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about leadership and how having a strong team can get you through anything with Steve Hudson, Owner/Director of Project Audio ...
Making Waves, Episode 19 (Part 1) – Adam Harvey, Adele Thornton
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AV solution architect for AV and Digital Media at the University of Hertfordshire, and Co-Chair of LTSMG (Learning and Teaching Space Managers Group),...
Making Waves, Episode 18 - Melanie Leach, Founder + CEO, Flame Proof Limited
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We often assume everyone’s a natural on video calls, but let’s be honest, that’s rarely the case. Don't just assume staff will take to tech like...
Making Waves, Episode 17 - Faye Bennett, Founder + Managing Director, Faye Bennett Consulting
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does a good user experience look like? How should AV technologies be supporting the business? Does today's generation of customer understand that...
Making Waves, Episode 16 - Graham Burgess, CEO of digiLED + Bob Kronman, Director, Kronman Associates
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clive Couldwell has an amazing conversation with the LED aficionados – what they don’t know about LED and projection isn’t worth bothering about...
Making Waves, Episode 15 - Denise Hughes, Director, Woopjobs!
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Specialist recruiter, Denise Hughes is a much valued member of the AV community with a deep knowledge of the industry's landscape. Who better then to ...
Making Waves, Episode 14 - Higher Education Special (Part 2)
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two, more interesting observations and comment from: Mark Affection, Head of Digital AV Solutions, Information Services, University of Greenwi...
Making Waves, Episode 14 - Higher Education Special (Part 1)
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After our recent Higher Education Roundtable, David Berman caught up with our guests to reflect further on some of the subjects discussed in our sessi...
Making Waves, Episode 13 - Julian Phillips, Senior Vice-President + Managing Director + Christine Rogers, Vice-President, XTG at AVI-SPL
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AVI-SPL's XTG (Experience Technology Group) emerged in 2022. We have to admit, we took our eye off it, and guess what? It's become a fast-growing orga...
Making Waves, Episode 12 - Nancy Knowlton, President + CEO, Nureva
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1987, Nancy Knowlton co-founded SMART Technologies Inc alongside husband David Martin in Calgary, Canada. The company's interactive whiteboard chan...
Making Waves, Episode 11 - Christine Schyvinck, President + CEO, Shure
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of our InfoComm interviews with Clive Couldwell, Christine Schyvinck outlines what it takes to successfully run a diverse organisation, ...
Making Waves, Episode 10 - Joe Pham, Chairman + Chief Executive, QSC
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first of a group of interviews conducted by Clive Couldwell at InfoComm in Vegas, we kick off with the ever lively Joe Pham who we caught post his...
Making Waves, Episode 9 (Part 2) - Mina Patel, Chair, NVCEG + Online Safety and Video Conference Lead, London Borough of Redbridge
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We talked in Part 1 about the way video conferencing is being used in schools, but what we didn’t address was the subject of safety. This is quite a...
Making Waves, Episode 9 - Mina Patel, Chair, NVCEG + Online Safety and Video Conference Lead, London Borough of Redbridge
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a question we haven't asked in quite a while: What role is AV playing in schools? Now, in quite a revealing conversation with the amazing Mina ...
Making Waves, Episode 8 - Jamie Brothwell, Chief Sales & Commercial Officer, Exertis UK
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clive Couldwell talks to Jamie about business transformation, leadership, hears her honest thoughts about the UK AV industry and learns more about Jam...
Making Waves Episode 7 - Meet Laila Hede Jensen , CEO of Zenova & Avixa Board Member
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Laila Hede Jensen about her almost 20 years experience in the pro AV industry, digital signage trends, attracting young ...
Making Waves Episode 6 - Meet Faye Bennett our Consultancy of the Year Winner
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Faye Bennett our AV Consultancy of the Year Winner and returning guest Iffat Chaudhry of Involve about AV Awards entries,...
Making Waves Episode 5 - Meet Mike Lammas our AV Professional of the Year winner
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 of Making Waves, Mike Lammas talks about being an AV Award winner, the importance of training, inclusivity, disability, and his amazing s...
Making Waves Episode 4 - DEI and well-being
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our fourth episode of Making Waves we ask the question, why in 2023 is there still a need to talk about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and ...
Making Waves Episode 3 - Extended reality
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of Making Waves we explore extended reality and its impact on multiple areas, from the workplace and training through to entertai...
Making Waves Episode 2 - AV workforce development and diversity
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of AV Magazine's Making Waves podcast we explore workforce development, training, recruiting new talent and creating a diverse a...
Making Waves Episode 1 - Covid-19's impact on AV
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Making Waves - a new podcast from AV Magazine exploring innovation, creativity and business in the audio visual world - we tak...