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The CEDIA Podcast: After the Pandemic EMEA (2020_19b) May 08, 2020

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Industry pros from the EMEA offer their thoughts on what the landscape will look like when the lockdowns end. How will business shift? How can we prepare? Guests include:

Steve Moore, www.smc-uk.com

Wim de Vos, https://www.genesis-tech.eu/es/

Andrew Royall, e-h-t.uk

The CEDIA Podcast: Broad Economic Trends (2020_19a) May 05, 2020

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Ball State Economics Professor Mike Hicks joins us to talk about how the pandemic disruption is affecting the larger economy, small businesses, and what the long-range models look like in this honest, clear-eyed assessment of where we are in early May of 2020.

https://www.bsu.edu/academics/centersandinstitutes/cber

The CEDIA Podcast: Adjusting Your Business Model (2020_18b) May 01, 2020

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Leslie Shiner of the Shiner Group talks about cash flow and strategies to keep your business afloat during the pandemic. You'll learn how to carefully assess issues such managing overhead and "right-sizing" your business for your market – and your comfort level.

https://www.shinergroup.com/

For more resources that can help: CEDIASTRONG.org

The CEDIA Podcast: Get to Know Your SBA (2020_18a) Apr 28, 2020

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The CARES Act includes something that a lot of members are taking advantage of, the Paycheck Protection Program, administered by the Small Business Administration. While this podcast covers that, here's more to the SBA, though, and Ed and Walt are joined by Great Lakes Regional Administrator Rob Scott to uncover what else the Admin can do.

https://www.sba.gov/

The CEDIA Podcast 2020_17b: After the Pandemic? Apr 24, 2020

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In the first of several episodes on this topic that will cover the globe, CEDIA folks from the US offer their thoughts on what the landscape will look like when the lockdowns end. How will business shift? What segments will be affected – even grow? How can we prepare? Our guests are Gordon van Zuiden (cyberManor) and Amanda Wildman (TruMedia).

http://www.trumediahome.com/

https://cybermanor.com/

The CEDIA Podcast 2020_17a: Certification and Legislative Update Apr 21, 2020

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What's CEDIA up to – besides CEDIASTRONG? The other work continues. CEDIA's David Whitney gives us info on the work his team (including with CEDIA volunteer and former Board Chairman Dennis Erskine) is doing to update CEDIA Certification, and CEDIA's Darren Reaman clues us in on legislative moves.

Take the CEDIA Technician Job Analysis Survey here.

The CEDIA Podcast 2020_16b: Why Calibrate Audio? Apr 17, 2020

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CEDIA's Steve Rissi and Gerry Lemay of Homeacoustics.org join Ed and Walt in this deep dive into the techniques, business, and necessity of audio calibration. From speaker placement to room design and signal processing, this podcast separates the subjective from the scientific.

The CEDIA Podcast 2020_16a: Cybersecurity and Connectivity at Home Apr 14, 2020

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Join us for this chat on cybersecurity (and other issues) ESPECIALLY as they relate to the home network (now that so many more folks are working remotely).

Mike Maniscalco, https://pytheasenterprises.com/

Shawn Lemay, https://www.soundandtheater.net/

Nathan Holmes, https://www.accessnetworks.com/

The CEDIA Podcast 2020_15a: Immersive Audio Apr 10, 2020

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Some of the most knowledgeable minds when it comes to immersive audio – in both movies AND music – talk advances with Ed and Walt. The panel includes:

Peter Aylett, Home Theatre Environment https://www.hte.design/

Guillaume Le Nost, L-Acoustics Ltd https://www.l-acoustics.com/en/

Wilfred Van Baelen, Auro Technologies https://www.auro-3d.com/

Arnaud Laborie, Trinnov Audio https://www.trinnov.com/

Andreas Ehret, Dolby Labs https://www.dolby.com

The CEDIA Podcast 2015b: More on the CARES Act Apr 07, 2020

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We've got more details on the sweeping legislation (parts of which directly help small businesses like yours) with Victor Puleo, Davey Chair of Risk Management and Insurance in the Lacy School of Business at Butler University, and CEDIA's Director of Government Affairs Darren Reaman.

https://www.butler.edu/msri/faculty

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