Volume 18, Issue 6 — March 24, 2020

March 24, 2021 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 6

One of my great friends once told me the trick to not crying when you’re cutting an onion.

“Just don’t cook with onions,” he joked.

For Tony “the AV Guy” Sprando, however, that trick probably wouldn’t cut it. Sprando loves to listen to loud music while he works, and for him, the solution isn’t just to stop listening to loud music to limit noise in a work-from-home environment.

So what do we do?

“When working from home, the noise of neighbors, family members and roommates can sometimes be disruptive. But once the problems are identified, you’ll find the most basic noise issues come with basic noise solutions,” says Sprando and Kate Couch in their co-written column this week. Find their noise-masking suggestions here.

Product news, industry news and more columns below in this issue of rAVe HomeAV. Enjoy.

—Leah McCann

COLUMNS

+ Training From the Learner’s Perspective [Lee Distad]

Ongoing training and education is, ideally a fact of life. Continuing education or work will include seminars, certifications and ongoing product training. And if you’ve been around long enough, you’ll have spent plenty of time on both sides of the equation as both the learner and the presenter. Training programs, whether they’re presented by a vendor or a trade association, are intended to deliver a comprehensive learning experience students, both from the material in the curriculum, but relying on the real-world experiences of both the instructors as well as the experiences of the students.

+ Whistle While You Work [Tony Sprando]

With most people working in different environments these days, little noses add up and can become unbearable. With some quick identification and problem solving, you can fix your noise issue before the next work week.