{"podcast":{"title":"AV/IT Amplifier","slug":"av-it-amplifier-6369183","podcast_index_feed_id":6369183,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5852785/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/av-it-amplifier--5852785","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5aef038415b10e89f1ad3f15195eaf45.jpg","author":"Ryan Gray","episode_count":139,"summary":"Higher education institutions rely on audio-visual (AV) and information technology (IT) solutions as a key backbone for modern teaching and learning. The AV/IT industry plays a critical role in providing these solutions, and it is important to highlight the latest trends, innovations, and perspectives in this sector. The podcast “The AV/IT Amplifier” aims to fill this gap by featuring interviews with people from Higher Education Institutions and the AV/IT Industry who have an idea, concept, perspective, event or product that would be helpful or interesting to the target audience of higher education technology managers. The host of the podcast is Ryan Gray, Assistant Director of IT at Yavapai College. “The AV/IT Amplifier” podcast will have a bi-monthly schedule with two recordings per month, each being split in half to provide for weekly episodes. Each episode will be targeted for 30 minutes to be about the length of an average commute. The first half of each recording will focus on the primary topic for that guest, while the second half will be a profile of the person. The podcast will not only focus on technical topics but also on non-technical ones such as effective people mana…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T06:21:32.404147+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-it-amplifier-6369183"},"episode":{"title":"132: The AV Nerd with Tom Segers","slug":"132-the-av-nerd-with-tom-segers","published_at":"2026-02-18T08:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-it-amplifier-6369183/132-the-av-nerd-with-tom-segers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-it-amplifier-6369183","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/132-the-av-nerd-with-tom-segers--70119818","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70119818/episode_132.mp3","summary":"Ryan is back on the ISE 2026 show floor for Part 2 with Tom Segers, an AV professional supporting Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium across multiple campuses. Tom shares what it looks like when a hobby becomes a career, and why being detail minded is not just a personality trait, it is survival in higher ed AV. From WhatsApp culture in Europe to the very real complexity of LED walls, 4K workflows, and teacher friendly BYOD realities, this episode stays practical and human. It ends on a simple truth that will feel familiar to anyone in our line of work: if nobody is calling, that might be the best news you get all week. Topics Discussed Supporting seven campuses with a small AV team When your hobby becomes your job The value and downside of being detail minded Communication habits and coordination in Europe WhatsApp as an operational tool at events What it really takes to make an LED wall succeed in teaching spaces Power, input, and workflow surprises with LED deployments The gap between BYOD policy and BYOD reality Duplicate vs extend mode issues in real classrooms Why lack of complaints can be a success metric in AV Connect with Tom Segers: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-segers-19b89676/ Connect with Ryan @Ryan_A_Gray https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanagray/ ryan@higheredav.com Voiceover by Chris DechterHave feedback or guest ideas? Let us know! This show is a production of Higher Ed AV Media. Visit www.HigherEdAV.com for fresh content every day!","meta_description":"Ryan is back on the ISE 2026 show floor for Part 2 with Tom Segers, an AV professional supporting Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium ac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1739,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/av-it-amplifier-6369183/episodes/132-the-av-nerd-with-tom-segers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-it-amplifier-6369183/132-the-av-nerd-with-tom-segers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}