Volume 20, Issue 16 — April 27, 2022

rAVe ProAV Edition — Volume 20, Issue 16

April 27, 2022 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 16

Happy Wednesday, everyone! We have much to discuss. Next Saturday, the rAVe team will fly to Barcelona for ISE 2022! We absolutely cannot wait. If you need to register for ISE still, no worries. Click on the ad below. If you’re not attending this year, we’ve still got you: Check out our ISE rePLAY event! We’ll be offering this in two time zones: One for the U.S. and one for our EMEA friends.

Also, if you’re attending InfoComm, go ahead and click on the ad below and register with the code “RAVE” and get free registration! Can’t wait to see you in Vegas!

Finally, our Readers’ Choice Awards are back! Click here to learn more about how you can nominate all your favorite products, manufacturers and more for the awards!

I know this is a big newsletter; it just goes to show that trade show season is back! Enjoy!

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ The Art of the Site Survey [Murphy Daley]

The designer will dig deeper. What is the intent? How will this room be put to use? A good engineer will know how to ask the customer questions to understand their vision and what this room needs to do. The preliminary needs assessment happens prior to the site walk so the designer can begin the design outlining the scope of this AV system.

+ Rethinking Space [Mark Coxon]

If there’s one topic that has been totally exhausted and “overthunk” in the last year, it’s the post-COVID return to work. I don’t say that because it’s unimportant; I say that because most of the pieces we see written try to draw some new one-size-fits-all conclusion to what the… gulp… “new normal” will, or should, be. The problem with that is we have moved into the experience age, and experiences are very dependent on the people experiencing them — and those people aren’t the same at every organization.

+ Old Dog, New Tricks: What I’ve Learned About dvLED [Brian Rhatigan]

One thing that keeps me interested in my career is that our industry is ever-evolving as technologies are introduced and evolve over time. After 17 years of working in the world of ProAV distribution, I never stop learning new things. Most recently, I was tasked with learning about dvLED to help support our sales team and customers on projects. While I still have a lot to learn, below are some key takeaways that I can share based on what I have learned so far.