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16:9: New Research Suggests Average AV Tech In US Earns Far More Than Those In Other High GDP Nations

New AVIXA research, based on a large survey, suggests full-time pro AV techs make an average of $65,000 in the US, well above the pay for equivalent work in similar countries.  The research, based on feedback from almost 4,000 AV people across 77 countries, also suggests that while the pandemic has been a big kick in the nether regions for the industry as a whole, that has not forced down salaries. […]

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Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 12:50 PM

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16:9: InfoComm 2020 Is Next Week, But All Online With Demos And Learning

In normal times – remember those? – many of you would be getting yourself organized to get in a car or hop on a flight to get to Las Vegas next week for the 2020 edition of the big pro AV trade show InfoComm. While Vegas is re-opening its casinos and other attractions (amidst 100+ daily new COVID-19 cases in Nevada), the trade show cancelled weeks ago. […]

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Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:48 AM

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16:9: AVIXA’s Latest Impact Survey Suggests Reality Of Long-Term AV Industry Pain Sinking In

The latest weekly industry impact survey done by the AV trade association AVIXA suggests the reality is really starting to settle in that the COVID-19 pandemic is going to hurt business for a long time. The top takeaways this past week:   Short-term blows to pro AV, while still landing, are no more prevalent than before. Companies still continue preparing to weather declines in revenue. […]

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Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 5:50 PM

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16:9: Hints Of Business Coming Back In Latest AVIXA COVID-19 Impact Survey

There are hints of business starting to turn around in the most recent Pro AV industry Impact Survey put out by the trade association AVIXA. One survey respondent said POs tripled In April over the March number. More broadly, the weekly survey of 100s of industry people says:  Overall sentiment is in a third week of plateau, though revenues continue to be under negative pressure. […]

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Sat, May 9, 2020 at 12:46 PM

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16:9: Positive Hints In AVIXA’s Latest Weekly Pro AV COVID-19 Industry Impact Survey

The latest weekly COVID-19 industry impact survey done by the AV trade association AVIXA suggests that while things are anything but rosy, they aren’t just steadily spiraling down. The latest survey of AV pros and end-user suggests: The share of respondents saying they experienced no impact in the last week rose significantly. […]

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Mon, May 4, 2020 at 3:34 PM

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16:9: AVIXA’s Latest Impact Survey Says Pro AV Industry Pessimism Has Bottomed Out

AVIXA’s latest weekly Impact Survey on the pro AV industry in the midst of the pandemic and recession suggests the levels of pessimism have bottomed out. The top takeaways from the past week: Overall, survey respondents feel the same this week as they did the week before. New, limited data indicates some companies have seen work returning. […]

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Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 2:15 PM

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16:9: AVIXA’s Latest Impact Survey Confirms Pro AV Business For Many Has Dried Up, Mass Layoffs

The latest COVID-19 Impact Survey, based on feedback last week from more than 325 Pro AV people globally, confirms what we all pretty much know – the pandemic continues to hammer businesses all over. […]

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Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 8:00 PM

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Reminder: 4 PM ET Webinar On Using Touch When A Contagion Is Loose

Quick reminder that I will be co-hosting a webinar later today that discusses how interactive displays get used when a contagion may be left on the screen. […]

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Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 8:34 AM

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16:9: How Will Customer Engagement Technologies Work When Touching Screens Is Intimidating?

16:9 is working with the AV trade association AVIXA, and Munich-based consulting/publishing firm invidis on a virtual roundtable next week focused on the touchy issue (sorry for the pun, but … ) of asking consumers to use touch screens when they’ve spent weeks and months being warned to stay the heck away from anyone and anything. […]

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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 1:44 PM

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16:9: AVIXA Impact Survey: AV Sales Have “Cratered” Because Of Pandemic

The Pro AV trade organization AVIXA has pushed out the latest version of its weekly industry impact survey, launched a month ago to track the tangible and less tangible impacts of the pandemic on integrators, service providers, consultants, vendors and techs. […]

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Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:29 PM

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16:9: AVIXA’s Research Head Sean Wargo On COVID-19’s Impact On Pro AV Industry

AVIXA, the trade association for the pro AV industry, has started doing a weekly impact survey with members in North America and internationally – as a way of understanding how hard the pandemic is hitting business, and the collective point of view on what is happening, and will happen. As you might imagine, things don’t look so hot. Sales are down, and revenues with them. […]

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Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 4:25 PM

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16:9: AVIXA Pro AV Impact Survey Suggests Pandemic, As Expected, Clobbering Industry

It will surprise no one that the pro AV industry is taking a big hit because of the near shutdown of business in the midst of the panic, and the trade association AVIXA has been taking the pulse of the ecosystem to understand what’s happening and prevailing sentiments. […]

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Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 5:38 PM

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Pitching In: Live Event Pros Pivot To Battle Pandemic

GUEST POST: David Johnston, AVIXA The COVID-19 pandemic has affected hundreds of markets, thousands of businesses, and millions of individuals, but perhaps no single entity has been impacted as much as live events. […]

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Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:54 AM

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16:9: AVIXA CEO Labuskes Says Premature To Make A Go/No-Go Call On InfoComm 2020

Via rAVe Publications and Gary Kayye … This is a statement AVIXA CEO Dave Labuskes put out today, re InfoComm (short version – it’s too early to make a call on running or postponing the June show, but AVIXA is anything but oblivious about the situation). A Letter to the AV Industry I , as many of you, continue to watch the news on a moment-by-moment basis. […]

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Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 10:40 PM

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Kramer Academy Mobilizes with AVIXA-Approved Pro AV Courses

Jerusalem, Israel, September 2nd, 2019 – Kramer Electronics has raised the bar with its online and face-to-face training sessions – providing certified industry training in a choice of languages. […]

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Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 9:21 AM

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