**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. UCC platforms like Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet have revolutionized classrooms and meetings. But what about meeting equity? To not consider designing HyFlex spaces, those who join future meetings and classes remotely will feel unequal. They may not participate and could, eventually, […]

Digital Signage has always been linked to the advertising market – replacing menu boards, static signs in airports, bus stops and even delivering messages to captive audiences in bathrooms. But, signage is now driving EV charging stations, wayfinding in grocery stores following COVID-19, managing capacities in retail stores, driving experiential events in malls, on campuses […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. Microphones in meeting rooms and classrooms are not new. And it’s always been easy to mic one presenter (unless the battery died on you). But what about when you need to mic five, or even 50, people in the same room? That was […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. The Future of Events Is #Live and #Hybrid — Here’s What to Do Projection mapping, trade shows, roadshows, experiential marketing and events were some of the fastest-growing parts of AV, while 2020 was predicted, by all accounts, to be the biggest year in […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. Once just a proof of concept, hybrid and hyflex classrooms are now in high demand as universities worldwide look to implement solutions. The college classroom or lecture hall is no longer a confined space within four walls. Every classroom needs hybrid capabilities, while […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. Collaboration technology is, all of a sudden, everywhere. Once relegated to the meeting room or maybe huddle spaces, it’s now allowing digital signage displays to become wireless sharing monitors. Collaboration technology is making it possible to implement IoT and analytics for both meeting […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. We’ve been living in a tech-renaissance of the AV classroom, boardroom and meeting room for 25+ years. More than two decades in, our industry is designing and installing, for the most part, the exact same way. Sure, the technology and products have changed […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. Just five years ago, LED wasn’t considered a serious contender to projection. Now, LED is considered in applications that used to be exclusively projection and LED is taking business away from the 75″ and 84″ LCDs too! All while the projection is actually […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. 2021 is NOT going to be like 2020. Or is it?  For the past 20 years, Gary Kayye, founder of THE rAVe Agency and rAVePubs.com, has written the industry’s go-to piece for predicting how the upcoming year will evolve. Every year, Gary asks: […]

Informative webinar on August 27 offers proven tips and techniques on how to successfully implement new procedures, product introductions, and organizational changes seamlessly and efficiently. BOSTON, MA (August 18, 2020) In times like this, change is inevitable. Businesses, including home systems integration firms, need to quickly realign and adjust to thrive. To help home systems […]

In the face of a global pandemic, Almo Professional A/V offers its partners with a distance learning plan comprised of Revenue Generating Connectivity Solutions, products and the preparation needed to be a valuable asset to educational institutions for the 2020-21 school year and beyond. Today’s educators face the start of a school year unlike any […]

COVID-19 made us all keenly aware of the value of collaboration. And, collaboration without video is just like watching a silent movie. Not only is audio a heck of a lot more profitable than video but, the post-COVID-19 world is going to bring us a plethora of opportunities to sell  “personalized professional audio gear. Oh, […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. Esports is giant — did you know that? I realize most of us look at gaming as something that teenagers do in their basements instead of studying but, did you know that universities like Ohio State, Florida, the University of Missouri, Penn, Miami […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. Do you design, sell or use UCC-based collaboration systems like Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Teams or BlueJeans? Do you prefer one ecosystem over the other, or are you tired of interoperability problems? Are you thankful for Zoom’s simplicity and frustrated by Microsoft’s inability to […]

This videocast is all about why you should register for rAVe’s very-own Gary Kayye’s annual Kayye’s Krystal Ball webinar Wednesday, January, 29th at 2:30pm EST — register here. As a benefit for registering, you will get a copy of the Krystal Ball article before ANYONE ELSE in the industry – a full 24-hours! Can’t beat […]

AVaaS isn’t new; in fact, we’ve been writing and talking about it here at rAVe since 2016 — it’s just new in AV. What? Ok, well, aaS (as a service) is the ecosystem of the entire software world — nearly nothing is purchased anymore, its’ “rented” but, it’s rented with the understanding that that it […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. Interactivity used to be relegated to the most expensive plain-old whiteboard anyone ever purchased – the SmartBoard. As you know, most of them were installed with good intentions but ended up being used as, well, just a whiteboard. But, companies like Avocor and […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. You may not have been able to attend InfoComm 2019, the largest AV trade show in North America, but you can still learn what the top-10 things Gary Kayye saw there this year. InfoComm 2019 was home to nearly 1,000 exhibitors, with too […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. This webinar is designed to be the perfect “state of the audio industry” session. AV includes audio. The V in “AV” gets all the glitz and glamour, but the A, ironically, is more profitable. While video is an art, audio is a science […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. The digital signage market is only a decade old but it’s already been anointed “the future of advertising”. Just a few years ago, nearly $180 Billion was spent worldwide on TV ads. But, as fewer people are watching what’s known as “linear TV,” […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. This is the one webinar you DO NOT want to miss. Gary Kayye’s annual Krystal Ball series, which comes out each January, is likely the most-read news article in AV every year. Why? Well, he’s usually right — like 90 percent of the […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. It all started with Barco’s ClickShare, the market leader in BYOD and wireless collaboration, back in 2012. But, now Crestron, AMX, Extron, Vivitek, Lumens, Kramer and even a tiny company called AirTame all have wireless sharing and BYOD devices aimed at small meeting […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. LED has experienced explosive market growth over the past three years. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find any other display technology that’s experienced the market growth that LED has. And it’s not Just for stadiums, arenas and billboard anymore. Now, LEDs are […]

**Note: CTS RUs are not available for webinar or educational session recordings. The V in “AV” gets all the glitz and glamour, but the A, ironically, is more profitable. While video is an art, audio is a science. And, that science basically grew this industry. AV started with A. And, the A is where all […]

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST We get it. Understanding Direct-View LED can be a challenge. Pixels,  modules, the cabinet, controller and system diagrams..it can quite complicated. But don’t worry, Almo Pro AV and LG can help! Don’t miss this webinar as Dan Wheeler, LG’s Key Account Manager for Vertical Signage demystifies this technology and highlights […]

If it says “interactive” you can bet that USB is being leveraged. From interactive white boards and displays, to teleconference systems and collaborative meeting spaces, they all feature USB connectivity as a core technology. In this second of a four-part webinar series from InfoComm, learn to specify, integrate and troubleshoot USB technology:  Discover the limitations […]

Last week, ihiji asked rAVe founder Gary Kayye to kick off its new quarterly AV Thought Leaders Webinar series. He was asked to address where the convergence AV and IT stand at this moment in the industry. It’s a short, 30-minute webinar that addresses where we are and where we’re likely headed in the not too distant future with networked AV […]

The Digital Signage Federation has a new webinar — “The Second Screen Comes to DOOH: Social, Mobile, and the Future of Audience Engagement,” a presentation on DOOH and Social TV from two industry veterans, Jason Kates, founder of rVue, Inc. and Ken Goldberg, CEO of Real Digital Media, on July 18th at 2:00 pm EDT. Participants who partake of the webinar can […]

In order to better suit the educational needs of CEDIA members and electronic systems industry professionals, CEDIA developed a new webinar series that focuses on bringing convenient, but relevant education throughout the month. CEDIA created the Power Hour Webinar Series to make it easier and more cost-effective for electronic systems contractors to further their businesses […]

As no surprise to anyone, the housing and construction pinch continues to travel down the line. How are you ensuring your company’s survival through this period of market slowdown? As your industry organization, CEDIA designed an initiative that helps CEDIA members continue to thrive despite changing market conditions. The popular Survival of the Fittest webinar […]