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Welcome to the fourth episode of techXchange, a podcast show about technology, news, trends and more. It’s not just AV or IT, it’s techX covering numerous technologies, discussions – and exchanges with a measure of opinion inserted as well. Join host Jane Johnson and regulars Corey Moss (AV Power Up), Johnny Mota (AV Power Up […]

Do you even know what that means? 

Welcome to a special episode of AV Power Up as Power Crew members Host Christa (@AVChrista) Bender, Corey (@Cbmoss) Moss and Johnny (@JMOTA3) Mota welcome George Fournier (@GeorgeVFournier) of FSR Inc.  On this show we talk about: George’s background in AV as well as one of the best known and respected manufacturers in the industry, his young […]

Gary finally caught up with new Proxima owner Sam Malik to talk about the company’s future and how it plans to differentiate itself from the myriad projector companies out there. Proxima is a familiar brand name — it actually dominated the install segment of the market in the late 1990’s (before being bought and destroyed […]

Just like this show, there has been a widespread shift from a focus on simply green (not the cleaning product) to generating “good” AV. Part of this equation is still sustainability, but it also takes into account innovation, creativity and doing things such as treating your people better. This conversation with Richard Blackwell, founder of […]

We’ve all heard of FAB selling, selling based on Features, Advantages and Benefits. However, selling based on talking points can be boring. In this episode we talk about developing tracks that can make sure your FAB isn’t drab. Think of it as your five-minute sales manager.

Extron’s new CCI Pro 700 looks and feels like none other they’ve ever build – in fact, no other control system company has a design quite like it. At first glance, it looks like a speaker phone – yet it’s a fully-functional Extron TouchLink Pro conference and collaboration control Interface. And, it simplifies the integration of Skype, […]

After all of this time and all of the talk, we here at AV Power Up finally decided to do a show about that thing this industry likes to talk about and Hope and Johnny like to shout about. Yes, it’s the cloud! And according to our (cloud collaboration platform provider) guest’s website: The human […]

Watch Gary’s videocast today with ALMO’s Brian Rhatigan as he tells you about two (limited to 10 people) workshops at the Fall E4 AV Tours in Houston next month and in New Jersey in October. Both are hands-on and one will literally teach you how to build creative content for digital signage systems in less […]

TJ Adams, lead imagineer (install DSP manager) at QSC Systems, speaks to host Johnny Mota about his baby, the Core 110f, along with many other things new at QSC thanks to TJ. They cover software DSP and a few other firsts that QSC is paving the way for in the industry. As always, Johnny and his […]

In today’s podcast, Gary gives his opinion on the impact of Extron’s purchase of Entwine. He believes that the lecture capture market could go from niche to mainstream corporate AV. Listen to hear why.

Welcome to the third episode of techXchange, a podcast show about technology, news, trends and more. It’s not just AV or IT, it’s techX covering numerous technologies, discussions – and exchanges with a measure of opinion inserted as well. Join host Jane Johnson and regulars Corey Moss (AV Power Up), Johnny Mota (AV Power Up […]

 It’s a great idea to differentiate your products and services when talking to your customers. It works even better though when you don’t get down in the FUD. Listen in to hear the dangers of FUD selling.  

There’s a dedicated mobile cart for the new SMART Kapp 84.

Whether you want to admit it or not, you have used a consumer TV in a commercial application a time or two. So, which is the best of the consumer options to use? Listen to my podcast and I’ll tell you!

Tim Bigoness, vice president of sales and marketing at D-Tools, speaks with Johnny about Mobile Install. SI 2015’s new Mobile Install (MI) functionality gives users the power to publish install tasks and service orders to a portal powered by the D-Tools cloud that can be accessed by technicians and installers in the field from any Web-enabled […]

There’s been a lot of talk recently about what happened with Sharp and their divesture from the consumer TV business. Is commercial AV affected? Listen to my podcast.

Today, Extron debuted a totally new control interface that looks like phone! Listen to my podcast and you’ll understand why.

Our businesses are centered around technology and our systems are full of parts and pieces. But is that really what people pay for? Listen in to hear Mark’s thoughts.

Here at AV Power Up, when we get our hands on certain topics there are two things you can be certain of, one – that our crew and guests will bring you excellent tech discussion on the subjects and two – that it will be approached as seriously as useless swag handed out at trade […]

Extron just launched a box that system integrators will love as it incentivizes you to specify consumer-based or cloud-based videoconferencing systems in commercial applications. Have you ever considered integrating Skype or Skype for Business in the meeting room? With the MP 200 from Extron, you should now. Listen to my podcast today and I’ll tell […]

Welcome to the second episode of techXchange, a podcast show about technology, news, trends and more. It’s not just AV or IT, it’s techX covering numerous technologies, discussions – and exchanges with a measure of opinion inserted as well. Join host Jane Johnson and regulars Corey Moss (AV Power Up), Christa Bender (AV Power Up) […]

I talked to a few AMX employees yesterday and got the inside scoop on the details of the reorganization Harman announced and debuted to everyone, inside the company, on Monday. Although the big news, on the surface, appears to be the CEOs resignation, the details of their future plans are the meat of the story. […]

This episode talks about how pretending you’re the customer can assure proper AV design and demonstrate the value in your proposal. The customer may not always be who you think it is though. Listen below to find out more.

Welcome to the first episode of techXchange, a podcast show about technology, news, trends and more. It’s not just AV or IT, it’s techX covering numerous technologies, discussions – and exchanges with a measure of opinion inserted as well. Join host Jane Johnson and regulars Corey Moss (AV Power Up), Christa Bender (AV Power Up) […]

The Best of InfoComm 2015 Awards are out! 

We have been required by rAVe management to let you know that we experienced a bit of a disruption (eh?) in the schedule at the beginning of the week, and while we fully expected to deliver that usual experience, a certain delay in production has caused us to actually cut some time off of this […]

Is sympathy a sign of weakness in sales? Can being too sympathetic keep you from selling something? These are the kinds of questions that are addressed in a blog I talk about in today’s podcast.

Have you registered yet for the CEDIA Expo? 

I think it’s obvious to everyone that Extron is moving into the programmable control system market. And their most recent addition of a 15-inch touch panel is proof that they are focused on control. What do you think?

Today’s podcast is all about the impact that different people, at random times, have had on Gary. He wonders if you have had the same experiences in your life too?

You know there are those days when you get up, go through your routine and pretty much have the day you expected. You get home and you say “that was a good day” and head right into relaxation mode. Well, for the producer of this show, this week he had none of those. First, a […]