Have you ever been in a situation where the integration company, after you’ve awarded the job (and expected the A team), sends in the C team without tool kits (don’t tell Chuck), their own ladder, enough wiremold, and maybe even the wrong mounts? Have you ever been the integration company who was awarded the job and sent that non-A team in to do the job and the customer, like the one who is on this show, has a little something to say about it? Well, tune in and you will hear what one of those end users has to say about that, and – this is fair warning – you are about to get “schooled”…

Join Host Christa (@AVChrista) Bender and the Crew – Corey (@Cbmoss) Moss, Chuck (@madsoundguy) Espinoza, Hope (@BeerAndPie) Roth, Johnny (@JMOTA3) Mota, and Rich (@HotJobsRich) Prevete as they welcome: 

Greg Brown (@AVGreg) with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Michael Shinn (@axpmike) with IMS Technology

After Rich tells us about some of our great AV Power Up followers, he follows up with a still yet-to-be authorized segment telling us about a recent incident where let’s just say the mic drop was perfected in a whole different way. Christa gets to finally introduce the guests (after everyone pipes down) and we start talking to Greg about the trials and tribulations of AV integrations at UCLA (and Higher Ed in general), we also focus on one particular incident at the university where so many people commented on something he posted online, it almost broke LinkedIn. Nice going Greg…

Mike Shinn, one of our favorite AV Power Up fans (or should we say 1/7^th of our known listening public including Rich’s mom) chimes in again… and again… about those tech and industry topics he really cares about – we mean really cares about. If you don’t know Mike yet, you’ll find out more after listening to this one. And don’t talk about that team from Dallas in front of him – just sayin.’ We also stroll down memory lane and do some AV antique shopping with Greg and Mike – you may not believe some of the items we came up with (bet you vets will like this part of the show).

Chuck Powers Up with a shout-out to all of his best buds with the InfoComm Design Boot Camp, Johnny gets entirely random with his patented stuff & things (though he didn’t think of this one interestingly enough), and Corey brings some Bacon Strips as he talks about a big day of announcements from Polycom as well as his Convergent TechWeek articles. Hope of course does her required jingle that everyone has come to know and love (and our sponsor pays extra for).

So grab your books, put in your earbuds and remember – when it comes to bacon (since we’re the industry podcast show about tech, humor – and bacon), take it from Gwyneth Paltrow when she says: “I’m not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it’s incredibly delicious.” The Mad Sound Guy concurs.

And…

Power Up!

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