Volume 20, Issue 45 — December 7, 2022

rAVe ProAV Edition — Volume 20, Issue 45

December 7, 2022 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 45

Creating the future of AV is quite the task. The most important part, I’d argue, is letting everyone know that the AV industry exists! If you’re having a hard time when it comes to recruiting talent, it could be time to start thinking outside the box. Check out Scott Tiner’s advice for finding and fostering the young people out there and helping them build careers in our industry.

Mark Coxon writes about the flexibility vs. performance trade-off in his latest column. There is a big need and want for flexible spaces right now — but will that last? How flexible does the space ACTUALLY need to be? If it needs to do a million things, it will have to be pretty bare bones, no? Read more here.

Enjoy the rest of the newsletter and your Wednesday!

— Steph Beckett

COLUMNS

+ Creating Future #AVtweeps [Scott Tiner]

A recent online discussion hit a familiar theme in AV. How do we attract people to this field? Many of the same questions and suggestions that have been discussed over the years came back up. Do credentials matter? Does credentialing help attract people? Should there be a track in a community college or trade school for AV?

+ The Flexibility vs. Performance Trade-off [Mark Coxon]

The word I hear the most from companies to describe the types of spaces they want to create is “flexible.” Because the types of meetings vary, and the amount of usage of the rooms themselves is still uncertain or sporadic, companies are looking to create reconfigurable spaces to facilitate several types of meetings of various types and sizes. On the surface, this strategy seems fairly sound.vFlexible spaces mean that businesses can create a few differently sized rooms and leverage those across departments, teams and tasks. However, flexibility comes at a cost.