E44 | Bill Brown AV Career Spotlight

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Bill Brown AV/IT Technology Coach with Shattering The Box Consulting joins us to share his AV career story. Listen and learn about how he started as a hotel AV tech but eventually moved out of the shadows backstage and into consulting.

Show Notes:
Special Guests: Bill Brown
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Running Time: 54:03

Intro

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Bill Brown Interview

• Saint Vincent College
• Seton Hill University
• WQED Pittsburgh
• Knew a guy in Hotel AV
• Moved to North Carolina found an AV company in Yellow Pages
• Pivoted into Corporate AV with GlaxoSmithKline
• Became Hybrid Technology Professional
• Mindset shift: On-Stage vs Back-Stage
• Took over a 5 person events department at Elon University
• CCUMC (Consortium of College and University Media Centers)
• “if the technology WORKS – people will question why they are paying you”
• “if the technology DOESN’T WORK – people will question why they are paying you”
• Went to work for an integrator – realized he didn’t like the sales role
• “I have seen people make technology decisions void of their mission and vision”
• “I call it a TLC conversation, technology leadership & communication”

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Credits
Host & Producer: Nate Schneider
Episode Sponsor: Peerless-AV
Theme Music: Giants Causeway by Colin Owens
Voice Over Talent: John Perry