AV guys are the smartest guys in the room

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If you're the smartest guy in the room, you're in the wrong room.


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Re: AV guys are the smartest guys in the room

Randy Pence said:
AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIANS ARE THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM | Treffen Saint John

got this from a colleague. My foray into corporate stuff only taught me to stay away from self-service checkout lines. and the catering works a bit differently over here :evil:
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Not sure how different things are between Germany and the USA, my experience regarding catering is that clients who understand we're stuck in the ballroom or tucked in under a staircase for hours on end, often waiting for other people to make up their mind about something trivial (or spend an hour revising their powerpoint during their 20 minute rehearsal slot). They know that in spite of the apparent civility of everything, there is some "suck" involved and that good food and beverage hospitality is appreciated. The other clients either don't know, don't care, or don't have sufficient budget. They have grumpy crews. :(

Overheard from a medical client's meeting planner: "...and the afternoon session is Coma Inducing, I've ordered espresso service for the AV technicians." That could be interpreted a couple of ways; probably a good thing lobotomies are out of fashion.

The gigs I've learned the most from have been industrial safety conferences and aerospace product introductions. Met and worked with some awesome folks, both presenters and technicians.

I keep saying this: it's a great time to be in audio.
 
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Tim McCulloch said:
Not sure how different things are between Germany and the USA, my experience regarding catering is that clients who understand we're stuck in the ballroom or tucked in under a staircase for hours on end, often waiting for other people to make up their mind about something trivial (or spend an hour revising their powerpoint during their 20 minute rehearsal slot). They know that in spite of the apparent civility of everything, there is some "suck" involved and that good food and beverage hospitality is appreciated. The other clients either don't know, don't care, or don't have sufficient budget. They have grumpy crews. :(

Overheard from a medical client's meeting planner: "...and the afternoon session is Coma Inducing, I've ordered espresso service for the AV technicians." That could be interpreted a couple of ways; probably a good thing lobotomies are out of fashion.

The gigs I've learned the most from have been industrial safety conferences and aerospace product introductions. Met and worked with some awesome folks, both presenters and technicians.

I keep saying this: it's a great time to be in audio.
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Berlin is one of the busiest cities in the world when it comes to this sort of thing, but for some reason ive almost only ended up sitting on pharma and really dry financial topics. I've always either been hired by an in-house av company or a provider with its own clients. In the case of the hotels, the av company never hired enough staff, so whenever there would be a break in one room, the poor techs would have to run around to prep or break down others. Depending on the hotel (same company had contracts with several), we would eat with the clients, but usually had to hope that the staff cafeteria was still open when we had a chance to breathe.

I also met some really interesting people, mixed audio for some very powerful people, but the work was generally too soul-crushing for me
 
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I didn't notice at first but... that article is so old it's almost out of date! ;)

Randy Pence said:
...stay away from self-service checkout lines.
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I've found that the self service lines are often the fastest because everybody avoids them.

Corporate AV is such a mixed bag in terms of learning and smarts. Some meetings are borderline riveting and some are just acronym fests. But I am still pondering one of the first pieces of advice I ever got from a presenting doctor: move to Costa Rica. That was something he said to me personally and not part of his presentation. Once this winter is over I may be convinced to take it seriously.
 
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