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Dateline: Seattle, WA
Friday, January 14, 2022

 
<![CDATA[AVaStar Archive Feed]]>https://us4.campaign-archive.com/feed?u=a822569c90239e4bdda10797c&id=5d30b381a2Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:44:25 +0000Zend_Feedhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss<link>https://mailchi.mp/avastar/collaboration-is-the-key-to-successful-events-10403432<guid>https://mailchi.mp/avastar/collaboration-is-the-key-to-successful-events-10403432</guid><description><!-- NAME: TITLE BAR --><!--[if gte mso 15]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Why Meeting Planners Want to Pay for Built-in AVOkay.  Maybe "want to" is a bit strong, but here's the thing...
Happy Holidays from all of us at TechTalk and Best Wishes for a successful 2022!
New Articles
Why Meetings Planners Should Want to Pay for Built-In AV
Okay, so maybe “want” is a little bit of a stretch, but here’s the thing. Even when things were going great for the meetings and events industry before the pandemic, most meeting planners had the feeling that pricing in the in-house AV industry had gotten out of control. And you know what…they weren’t wrong.
Tips for Managing the Costs of AV Services
If you were to do an Internet search for “ways to control hotel AV costs” you will find that most results address the differences between using in-house versus outside service providers. While these articles contain valid points and useful information they don’t address simple things that meeting planners can do to help keep AV costs from getting out of control. 
Industry News and Information
5 Business/Utility/Reference Sites

Corbin's Meetings Technology Links

The web's most complete events and tradeshow tech listing
 
QUOTES OF THE MONTH:

"If the rate of external change exceeds the rate of internal change, failure is imminent" - Jack Welch

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud and clear for all to hear" - Buddy the Elf
 

LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN

Got helpful business or meeting planning links or something just for fun (workplace friendly please)? Send them to techtalk@avastar.io

RECENT MENTIONS AND QUOTES:
  1. Hoteliers Acknowledge Post Pandemic Reset; Discuss Changes During BITAC Panel
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At Cadmium we focus on the technology needs of event planners. We specialize in technology tools and services to collect, manage and distribute educational materials at conferences and events.  Our services include: Call for Papers, Speaker Data Management, Conference Proceedings, Audio Recordings, Electronic Meeting Posters, Online Itinerary Planners, Conference Apps and Online Evaluations.

Hubb is re-inventing the way people experience events. The Hubb Platform makes virtual, onsite and hybrid events with powerful attendee engagement tools that bring brands to life. Hubb powers many of the world’s largest conferences. Built by event-management veterans for event professionals, Hubb gives event planners unprecedented control and agility

AVaStar, Ltd. is the first and only AV Services management platform built specifically for use by internal venue staff to manage the day-to-day needs of presentation technology services. By combining a web-based, subscription SaaS with on-line, on-demand AV training and an over-arching level of management consulting AVaStar is the above-property support resource that venues have been looking for.

Electro-Media Design is THE AudioVisual and Acoustical consultant of choice for the world’s best hotels and conference centers. Offering services ranging from feasibility surveys and master planning to venue technology design, project management, and commissioning for new construction, renovations, and additions. Since 1990, EMD has completed over 1,000 hospitality technology projects worldwide.

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Happy Holidays from all of us at TechTalk and Best Wishes for a successful 2022!
New Articles
Why Meetings Planners Should Want to Pay for Built-In AV
Okay, so maybe “want” is a little bit of a stretch, but here’s the thing. Even when things were going great for the meetings and events industry before the pandemic, most meeting planners had the feeling that pricing in the in-house AV industry had gotten out of control. And you know what…they weren’t wrong.
Tips for Managing the Costs of AV Services
If you were to do an Internet search for “ways to control hotel AV costs” you will find that most results address the differences between using in-house versus outside service providers. While these articles contain valid points and useful information they don’t address simple things that meeting planners can do to help keep AV costs from getting out of control. 
Industry News and Information
5 Business/Utility/Reference Sites

Corbin's Meetings Technology Links

The web's most complete events and tradeshow tech listing
 
QUOTES OF THE MONTH:

"If the rate of external change exceeds the rate of internal change, failure is imminent" - Jack Welch

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud and clear for all to hear" - Buddy the Elf
 

LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN

Got helpful business or meeting planning links or something just for fun (workplace friendly please)? Send them to techtalk@avastar.io

RECENT MENTIONS AND QUOTES:
  1. Hoteliers Acknowledge Post Pandemic Reset; Discuss Changes During BITAC Panel
SUGGESTION BOX:
Please send along any questions, ideas or suggestion on how to make this newsletter more useful for you: 
SPONSORSHIP:  
Want to help sponsor Tech Talk News sent to over 7,000 subscribers in more than 70 countries interested in meetings, events, trade show and hotel technology?  Please email us at techtalk@avastar.io for more information on sponsorship. 
PRIVACY STATEMENT:
Your, e-mail address and any other information will never be sold, traded, rented, bartered, or given away. Nor will it be used for any other purpose than to communicate with you.    
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At Cadmium we focus on the technology needs of event planners. We specialize in technology tools and services to collect, manage and distribute educational materials at conferences and events.  Our services include: Call for Papers, Speaker Data Management, Conference Proceedings, Audio Recordings, Electronic Meeting Posters, Online Itinerary Planners, Conference Apps and Online Evaluations.

Hubb is re-inventing the way people experience events. The Hubb Platform makes virtual, onsite and hybrid events with powerful attendee engagement tools that bring brands to life. Hubb powers many of the world’s largest conferences. Built by event-management veterans for event professionals, Hubb gives event planners unprecedented control and agility

AVaStar, Ltd. is the first and only AV Services management platform built specifically for use by internal venue staff to manage the day-to-day needs of presentation technology services. By combining a web-based, subscription SaaS with on-line, on-demand AV training and an over-arching level of management consulting AVaStar is the above-property support resource that venues have been looking for.

Electro-Media Design is THE AudioVisual and Acoustical consultant of choice for the world’s best hotels and conference centers. Offering services ranging from feasibility surveys and master planning to venue technology design, project management, and commissioning for new construction, renovations, and additions. Since 1990, EMD has completed over 1,000 hospitality technology projects worldwide.

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Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:45:00 +0000<![CDATA[Technology, Color and Sound, Shedding Light on Site Inspections]]>https://mailchi.mp/avastar/collaboration-is-the-key-to-successful-events-10326292https://mailchi.mp/avastar/collaboration-is-the-key-to-successful-events-10326292Technology, Color and Sound, Shedding Light on Site InspectionsTechnology can take us all on uncharted creative journeys as we launch into cyber-space.
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Can You Hear Red? - Technology, Color and Sound
Technology takes us on unchartered creative journeys. We are no different than the explorers and discoverers from the 1400s to the 1600s, where navigators of ships including the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria used maps and compasses to direct their sails and take them to unexplored territory. We sit at our ‘cockpits’, our workstations, a park bench, the beach, and we launch into space - cyber space. 
Shedding "Light" on Venue Site Inspections
Conducting a site inspection can be a complex process for meeting and event planners, and a key element to consider is often overlooked, the physical environment of the function space itself. An important environmental factor in choosing a site is lighting, both the lighting system capabilities as well as ambient (natural) light. There are questions that need to be addressed in the meeting design stage to ensure a facility will pass the site inspection.
 

Corbin's Meetings Technology Links

The web's most complete events and tradeshow tech listing
 
QUOTES OF THE MONTH:

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination" - Jimmy Dean

"Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant." - Scott Adams

LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN

Got helpful business or meeting planning links or something just for fun (workplace friendly please)? Send them to techtalk@avastar.io

VIDEO OF THE MONTH
Joshua Seth on the Future of Meetings and Events

RECENT MENTIONS AND QUOTES:
  1. IACC Shorts: Technology - Defining Reality, Dealing with Today's Demands
SUGGESTION BOX:
Please send along any questions, ideas or suggestion on how to make this newsletter more useful for you: 
SPONSORSHIP:  
Want to help sponsor Tech Talk News sent to over 7,000 subscribers in more than 70 countries interested in meetings, events, trade show and hotel technology?  Please email us at techtalk@avastar.io for more information on sponsorship. 
PRIVACY STATEMENT:
Your, e-mail address and any other information will never be sold, traded, rented, bartered, or given away. Nor will it be used for any other purpose than to communicate with you.    
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

 

At Cadmium we focus on the technology needs of event planners. We specialize in technology tools and services to collect, manage and distribute educational materials at conferences and events.  Our services include: Call for Papers, Speaker Data Management, Conference Proceedings, Audio Recordings, Electronic Meeting Posters, Online Itinerary Planners, Conference Apps and Online Evaluations.

Hubb is re-inventing the way people experience events. The Hubb Platform makes virtual, onsite and hybrid events with powerful attendee engagement tools that bring brands to life. Hubb powers many of the world’s largest conferences. Built by event-management veterans for event professionals, Hubb gives event planners unprecedented control and agility

AVaStar, Ltd. is the first and only AV Services management platform built specifically for use by internal venue staff to manage the day-to-day needs of presentation technology services. By combining a web-based, subscription SaaS with on-line, on-demand AV training and an over-arching level of management consulting AVaStar is the above-property support resource that venues have been looking for.

Electro-Media Design is THE AudioVisual and Acoustical consultant of choice for the world’s best hotels and conference centers. Offering services ranging from feasibility surveys and master planning to venue technology design, project management, and commissioning for new construction, renovations, and additions. Since 1990, EMD has completed over 1,000 hospitality technology projects worldwide.

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Technology, Color and Sound, Shedding Light on Site InspectionsTechnology can take us all on uncharted creative journeys as we launch into cyber-space.
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