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How Inflammation Changed My Life

How Inflammation Changed My Life

How It Started In April of 2018, I had my first experience with pericarditis. In a nutshell, this is the inflammation of the pericardium surrounding the heart. It felt like a heart attack but drawn out over a few days. I won’t go into what transpired over the next...

IT Service Calls for AV Companies

IT Service Calls for AV Companies

As we all know, the IT world is converging with the AV world more and more every day. For most of us this is quite exciting and for others, this can be daunting. In facilities where the IT and AV world are working together and something goes wrong, who do you call? If...

Who Are The Players in Designing Your AVL System

Who Are The Players in Designing Your AVL System

Whether it’s a major project around your home or a major project you have been assigned to manage at work, when it comes time to find people and companies to get the job done, the choices and process can seem overwhelming. In the commercial AVL world, we come across...

Is Digital Wayfinding Right For You?

Is Digital Wayfinding Right For You?

The Dilemma - You are Lost When you visit a large school campus, or a hospital, or a large corporate center for the first time you do your best to find the main entrance. Sometimes it is easy to spot, but other times you end up in the wrong place or across the campus...

Should AV Be Seen?

Should AV Be Seen?

In the AV industry, for as long as I can remember, the idea of being able to have an AV system of some kind and making it as invisible as possible has been a request of clients. At the end of the day, can you ever really hide all of the equipment in a system?...

Demystifying Piano Mics

Demystifying Piano Mics

Over the years of designing AVL systems, I have had the pleasure of walking into many churches of all denominations, and shapes and sizes.  It is always a treat because I get to see the wide variety of equipment used, new and especially old.  Because digital pianos...

Find Your Fears and Overcome

Find Your Fears and Overcome

Every once in a while I feel I need a swift kick from the behind when it comes to both my personal and professional life. It's usually when I feel overwhelmed, anxious or a little stressed about something. Then my thought process is, I need some motivation to get my...

The 3 P’s

The 3 P’s

In many aspects of our life, we are tasked with or faced with challenges. Some of these challenges are assigned to us, others are self-appointed, and some are life challenges that you never see coming until they are staring you in the face. A lot of people get stuck...

Cloud File Sharing For Your Business

Cloud File Sharing For Your Business

As groups of individuals strive to go paperless, and companies try to avoid sending files over email for projects or archival or security reasons, and photographers needing a secure place to store and share their work from, and organizations working with people...

Sell and Stay Within Your Scope of Expertise

Sell and Stay Within Your Scope of Expertise

An article by guest blogger for Audio Visual Bend, Erik Beyer – Regional VP of Sales – CLAIR Solutions   How do we, as professionals in the AV industry, help small businesses recognize the opportunities that are better serving of their needs? Systems that will...

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