The AV Life
Episodes
228: Let's Hear It...
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we let it be heard! Let's hear it for the Women in AV!!! Let's hear it for young girls who are going to break barriers!!! Let's hear it ...
227: Infocomm '22 Live!
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are LIVE at Infocomm '22!! listen in to our awesome conversation, take aways from the conference, and special guests who drop in along the way!!
226: Ready! Set! Infocomm!!
05 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome the TITAN of the industry Richard Hutton from Sharp/NEC and the incredible Joe' Lloyd from AVIXA!! We talk about all your last mi...
225: It Needs To Be Said
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Memorial Day to all of our US listeners. Thank you to all who have lost their lives so that we can maintain the freedoms we love. We have a lot ...
224: ISE and Infocomm - We Want Badges!
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's Tim and the awesome Women of AV this week! Nancy brings us her insights from ISE, we talk about the lack of badges there, we talk about the excit...
223: The State of Cinema
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for fun episode! Ok maybe we're a little biased but this is awesome! We welcome Alex Delvecchio, the Manager for the Rutgers Cinema, Sean Lo...
222: Cinco De AV Life
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome AV Rockstar Tammy Fuqua and multi-time guest David Pequeno to the show! We talk fun times, Infocomm times, and times where we hav...
221: Getting Back to Business
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy and Renee have rejoined us! Nancy shares her stories from the road, we talk about the burger poll from Twitter, we lament about the continuing s...
220: Springing Into Spring
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim, Murphy, and James have a great conversation this week and tackle so many topics. Infocomm, Supply Chain, the PM Minute and much much more!! sit b...
219: And The Oscar Goes To...
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week it's the Firing Range! David Pequeno joins Tim and Murphy and boy did we have some good targets to take aim at! We have our PM Minute and ...
218: A Few Of Our Favorite Things
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week it's just a few of our favorite things... first off the return of our favorite Kym Frank!!! Then our favorite segment The PM Minute. Then w...
217: St. Paddy's With Mr. Dreamy Sparkly Pants
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week is truly a Happy Hour! Mr. Dreamy Sparkly Pants aka Joe Way, makes a very special appearance and Erin Maher-Moran joins us for all the St. P...
216: The AV Pro of Infocomm
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome 2021 AV Professional of the Year, Lex Peters! We are beyond thrilled to have her with us. We have our PM minute with our Minutre...
215: The New Cyber War
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the ongoing conflict over in the Ukraine and its effects on the global cybersecurity of all verticals. We have Murphy's PM Minute...
214: Celebrities, Cilantro, and Chaos
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's Firing Range time and BC Hatchett, co-founder of HETMA, joins us to take aim on Celebrity Sausage and Cilantro Ice Cream. We are filling our bell...
213: Post-HETMA Conference Havoc
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim wasn't ready for what was ahead of him. We bring in Joe Way and the crew just a few hours after the close of the HETMA conference and Tim lost con...
212: Glitches, Conferences, Listeners, and Our Love
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Valentine's Day to all of our listeners!! We love you all!! This week Tim and the crew take on a bunch of topics... the upcoming HETMA conferenc...
211: HETMA Takeover
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The HETMA Conference is coming! The HETMA Conference is coming!! HETMA has taken over The AV Life this week to give us a sneak peak into their Annual ...
210: Hitting The Lottery With Dairy
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's Firing Range time!!! This month Tim and the crew take aim at Lottery winners and their spam filters and Dairy Transporters helping with the suppl...
209: Buckets of Football Systems
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode: Tim, Renee, Murphy, and Nancy tackle football, Project Management Systems, Nancy's experiences at CES, the Omicron Variant, an...
208: A Time To Celebrate
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tim and the crew are celebrating the entire episode! It's James's birthday, the opening of the Prism Scholarship with HETMA, Playoff Football, Our ran...
207: Christmas With Val Kilmer
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year AVTweeps!! We have returned and are looking back at our Holiday time off. We branch off into the extensive career of the one and only V...
206: Spicy Food, Perfect Humans
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tim and the crew welcome back Harry Meade to the podcast as we take aim at two articles in... The Firing Range!! Pew Pew!! Is serving spicy food to ...
205: The Holiday Party
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week is the Holiday Party!! We get festive with our backgrounds and for some of us our apparel. We welcome, Troy Powers, Will DeWitt, and Mike Pe...
204: Bold Predictions for 2022
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tim and James, as the two lone gentlemen, have a great group of Women in AV on this week! On this episode we welcome Cory Schaffer from QSC and Page S...
203: Death by Selfie, Saved by Toys
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tim and the crew have 3 awesome Firing Range articles and 3 awesome guests to join us on this week's ALL FIRING RANGE EPISODE! We welcome, Will DeWitt...
202: Embrace The Lollipop
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week it's just the crew! First we give thanks for those who have served our country and we celebrate the meaning of November 11 around the world...
201: InfoComm '21 First Timers
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Tim and the crew welcome Will DeWitt and Gabbi Dunn. They are InfoComm first timers along with Tim and James. We share our experiences (just...
200: The AV Life is 200!!
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 200th episode of The AV Life!!! We welcome Mark Coxon, Michelle Loret, Kym Frank, Gina Sansivero, Renee Benson, and Joe Way on to share...
199: Infocomm 21 Teaser
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another week and Infocomm is just getting fired up! We have invited Tim Albright and Richard Hutton on to the show to give us a little teas...
198: Infocomm First Timers
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Listen up all Infocomm First Timers and for those with some questions about this years Infocomm!!!! This week we welcome Joe' Lloyd from AVIXA and Jus...
197: Just Keep Swimming on TikTok
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Will DeWitt comes back to join the crew along with Joe Way! We talk about TikTok, Supply Chain Issues, Disney (as it relates to Project Mana...
196: One Year Later
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week celebrates 1 year with our host, Tim, at the helm of The AV Life! The crew talks about what it means to them and hint at our upcoming 200th ...
195: Augmented Reality in Reality
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Tim welcomes Aaron Peterson from Mechdyne on the show to talk Augmented Reality. We discuss practical and entertainment usage of the technol...
194: The Immersive Incompetence Experience
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Disney!! Infocomm!!! Immersive Experiences!! Incompetence on Projects!! Harry Meade!!! These are all the topics we dive into with Tim and the Crew on...
193: Labor Day BBQ
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Well the BBQ got rained out thanks to Ida, but Will DeWitt joined us from his beautiful backyard. Murphy and Tim decide that Will can be an honorary C...
192: Security Strikes Back
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Like we have always said: security will be an on going topic on the show. With LinkedIn being attacked and other devices being at risk Tim and the cre...
191: Higher Ed End of Summer Special
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome more guests than Crew Members! We have 4 esteemed members of our Higher Ed community. Thomas Love, Mark Eggert, Will DeWitt, and ...
190: Plug In The Code of Teamwork
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Steve Greenblatt from Control Concepts on to our show. The Crew and Tim have a great conversation that includes talking about Tea...
189: Who's Theme Is It Anyway?
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tim had a thought of what we were going to talk about tonight. Tim tried to stay on target (and it wasn't entirely Joe Way's fault) but, in typical Th...
188: The Bold and The Boats
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
And we're back! We took the Fourth of July week off to recharge our batteries and to celebrate America! We come back to a full house of The Crew and...
187: Summer, Summer, Summertime
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week it's just Tim and the Ladies of The AV Life (minus Kym, we miss you!). We hit the ground running with our usual conversations. We have a st...
186: No Guests, No Problem
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode leaves us guest-less, but that's no problem! Tim, Nancy, Murphy and James take on the PM Minute where we Dive Bomb all of our pro...
185: The Manufacturers - Back To the Show
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode we welcome back 3 awesome guests who bring the manufacturer's side of the return to in-person events and shows. Gina Sansivero,...
184: Back To The Show
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Tim and The Crew welcome back David Pequeno (now with Sony) and Erica Williams (still with Henderson Engineering) and we talk about gett...
183:Forest Fires and Cyber Security
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week it's just Tim, Spence, Murphy, Nancy, and James. We talk about Security (because it always needs to be discussed), Forest Fires (Only you ca...
182: The Rise of AV in IT
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we welcome back some old friends of The AV Life: Michelle Loret, Frank Padikkala, and Rich Ventura. We take a moment to remembe...
181: No Shop Talk
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've been through a lot over the last 15 months so for this week's episode we had two rules: No shop talk and no talk of COVID. We were mostly succes...
180: The Revenge of AV in IT
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Tim and the crew welcome back Aaron Peterson and Will DeWitt to the show. We finally come down to our final (maybe?) answer to the AV i...
179: AV and IT: A Beginning
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to May!!! May is AV and IT month here at higheredav.com! To kick things off we do a segue episode where we invite Rick Stanley from Userful t...
178: Podcast Crashers
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Tim and the crew welcome Andrew Kornstein from Sennheiser and Erin Maher-Moran to join in on the fun and excitement. Before we even get goin...
177: Truth, Chips, and the Robot Way
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode brings Tim and the Crew together as we discuss having the hard conversations as a project manager, the chip shortage and how thing...
176: While the Cat Is Away
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Tim is taking the week off to celebrate his birthday. While he is away Murphy takes the helm and leads the crew talking about a return to no...
175: The Meaning of AV
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have another great episode featuring our AV Rock Star (and newlywed!) Erica Williams! We also bring back an old friend of The AV Life, G...
174: Sports, Star Wars, and Interruptions
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode it's just Tim, Renee, Murphy, Spence, and James. We talk sports, the PM Minute with Murphy and the Star Wars Canteen, and the ...
173: Lifting Each Other Up
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've got another great one this week! We welcome Alesia Hendley as our AV Rock Star tonight and talk about herself and her newest Podcast adventure...
172: Fully Loaded
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Tom Milner from across the pond (and in the wee hours of the morning) to the show. We kick off with the PM minute and then we ope...
171: Not Your Grandma's COVID Conversation
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode we welcome Aaron Peterson and we start with talking about the integrator's point of view from our conversation from last week. ...
170: The Hard Truth
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we welcome back Will DeWitt and welcome for the first time Richard Hutton. We talk about some hard topics that need to be addressed in...
169: Dating in the Age of COVID
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode The Crew and Tim welcome a few of our younger (and single) AV professionals Jake Goldfarb, Page Stanberry, and Dave Pequeno as ...
168: For The Love of AV
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we welcome Aaron Peterson, David Pequeno, and Lex Peters to our craziness as we share all the things we love about AV. We also ...
167: HETMA and the Conference
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode we welcome Joe Way, Mike Pederson, Greg Koerner, and Will DeWitt who are all members of HETMA - the Higher Education Technology...
166: Network Security
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Mark Okern, Harry Meade, and Frank Padikkala. Make sure you make sure you are in a comfortable spot for this long and energetic d...
165: Welcome Nancy Blanchard
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this short episode the crew and your host, Tim, welcome the latest Crew Member to join our ranks: Nancy Blanchard! We let Nancy introduce herself b...
164: In Summmmmmer
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 2021! The Crew and I are back to our usual antics where we introduce an upcoming new segment "The AV Spotlight" where we will shine the spotligh...
163: Reflections
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this quick episode your host, Tim, gives his reflections over the last 10 years of being in Higher Ed AV as well as 2020 for The AV Life. He also g...
162: Holiday Edition 2020
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
HO HO HO!! Happy Holidays everyone! On this episode we welcome back some of our guests from 2020 as we reminisce about this roller coaster of a year ...
161: Bold Predictions for 2021
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The AV Life - Bold Predictions for 2021: Me and the crew (at almost full strength) welcome Harry Meade, Jimmie Singleton, and Joe Way (sort of as a gu...
160: Finding Joy in... Standards?
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The AV Life! We are short-crewed again (I think it's all the extra Turkey that we couldn't share with our big tables) and on this episod...
159: An AV Life Thanksgiving
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are a small group for this episode, but when you’re talking about Thanksgiving this year that’s the way it should be. Myself, James King, and M...
158: Let's Get Serious
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode we get serious. As our days get shorter and we bunker down for potentially another round of lockdowns we wanted to let our AVTw...
157: The AV Life and Control4
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Danielle Karr and Kordon Vaughn to the show as they discuss Control4's latest product: Chime. They join in on all the fun with o...
156: Villains and Villainy
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode we recorded officially being under the Higher Ed AV Media Group. It’s just me and the crew this week. We talk about Higher...
155: Oktoberfest, Disney, and COVID, Oh My!
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Strap yourselves in AV Folks!!! This marathon of an episode brings Harry Meade, Kaleo Lee, and Nancy Blanchard as guests to our show. Michelle Loret a...
154: For The Love of AV
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We have talked about AV Gurus and now we are continuing our conversation with Dan Goldstein, Lex Peters and Jimmie Singleton. This episode we delve in...
153: The AV Life and the AV Guru
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode brings three strong #WomenOfAV, Gina Sansivero of Atlas-IED, Cory Schaeffer of QSC, and Michelle Loret of Kramer. We also welcom...
152: The AV Life has the AVTweeps and the Blues - Part 2
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Here is part two of our incredible conversation with Chris Neto, Mark Coxon, and Lee Louie. We're "All about that Bass" and Saving Grandma! Hear our f...
151: The AV Life has the AVTweeps and the Blues - Part 1
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week the crew and I welcome, Chris Neto, Mark Coxon and Lee Louie for part one of a two-part conversation. We kick things off discussing the post...
150: Back to School
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode our crew welcomes James King from Stockton University in NJ, Jimmie Singleton, one of CI's 40 under 40, from USC and in a "gues...