{"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":"Special: HETMA Presents... Live Keynote from the HETMA Virtual Conference","slug":"special-hetma-presents-live-keynote-from-the-hetma-virtual-conference","published_at":"2026-02-25T06:13:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-it-amplifier-6369183/special-hetma-presents-live-keynote-from-the-hetma-virtual-conference","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/av-it-amplifier-6369183","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/special-hetma-presents-live-keynote-from-the-hetma-virtual-conference--70261873","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70261873/presents_feb_combo.mp3","summary":"Recorded live as the Friday keynote on Day 3 of the HETMA Virtual Conference, this AV/IT Amplifier crosspost pulls a fast moving hybrid conversation from sister show HETMA Presents, combining #Roadto10K and This Month in Higher Ed AV into one session. Host Ryan Gray is joined by Britt Yenser, Tim Van Woeart, and Gina Sansivero to unpack the month’s community theme, Time to Level Up, and get specific about what leveling up actually looks like in real careers, real teams, and real life. The first half is personal and practical: leadership shifts, classroom design growth, mentoring, self awareness about learning styles, and the uncomfortable reality that documentation and continuity can feel emotional because it forces us to admit we will not be in the role forever. The second half pivots into a timely industry conversation sparked by a UK trade piece that framed education AV spend as wasteful and trend driven, followed by an AVWeek discussion and a HETMA board response op ed. The panel digs into why the framing landed as dismissive, why collapsing K 12 and higher ed into one story produces bad conclusions, and why higher ed AV decisions are shaped by governance, accessibility, security, procurement, and lifecycle realities, not shiny object chasing. Articles Discussed: Original article: https://www.avinteractive.com/news/systems-design-integration/are-educational-institutions-wasting-their-money-on-av-14-01-2026/ Discussion on AVWeek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FLQnVhkwlA HETMA response op ed: https://www.avnation.tv/2026/02/04/oped-higher-ed-is-not-wasting-money-on-av-but-we-are-tired-of-being-talked-down-to/ Join the conversation at community.hetma.org Host: Ryan Gray LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanagray/ Panel: Britt Yenser LinkedIn: https://www.linke…","meta_description":"Recorded live as the Friday keynote on Day 3 of the HETMA Virtual Conference, this AV/IT Amplifier crosspost pulls a fast moving hybrid conversation from…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3491,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/av-it-amplifier-6369183/episodes/special-hetma-presents-live-keynote-from-the-hetma-virtual-conference/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/special-hetma-presents-live-keynote-from-the-hetma-virtual-conference.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}