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The CEDIA Podcast 2014b: Battery Storage and Power Solutions Apr 03, 2020

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Joe Piccirilli of Rosewater Energy, Rich Green of Rich Green Design, and Gordon van Zuiden of cyberManor join Ed Wenck and Walt Zerbe to talk power: cleaning it up, storing it, and generating it in the residence.

https://rosewaterenergy.com/

https://cybermanor.com/

The CEDIA Podcast 2020_14US: SPECIAL -- On The Paycheck Protection Program Apr 02, 2020

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Details on one aspect of the U.S. government's CARES Act to help small business during the pandemic, The Paycheck Protection Program. The PPP "provides small businesses with funds to pay up to 8 weeks of payroll costs including benefits. Funds can also be used to pay interest on mortgages, rent, and utilities." Our guest is Phil Agresta of the firm Agresta, Storms & O'Leary. Applications begin 4/3/2020!

https://www.asocpa.com/

The CEDIA Podcast 2014UK: Legal and Financial Advice for the UK Apr 01, 2020

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In this special edition of the CEDIA podcast, we address our members in the UK – but there's actually some pretty great advice in here for everyone. Regarding response to the pandemic, we speak with an accounting firm, a legal practice, two integrators and a trade supplier.

Luke Desmond, crispaccountancy.co.uk/

Stuart Tickle, www.awe-europe.com/

Adam Kent, www.installautomation.com

James Ratcliffe, www.homeplay.tv/

Charlotte Marshall and Emma Vennesson, www.faegredrinker.com/en/locations/london#!#tab-Overview

The CEDIA Podcast 2014a: Coping with the Pandemic Mar 31, 2020

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How do you talk to your clients? Manage your business and your employees' morale during this? How do you keep everyone safe? Jason Knott (CE Pro) shares the stories he's collecting, and we talk to several firms, too: The Premier Group, Nirvana Home Entertainment, and Inspired Dwellings (the latter led by CEDIA's Board Chairman, Rob Sutherland).

https://www.nirvanahomeentertainment.com/

https://premier-group.com/

https://inspireddwellings.com/

https://www.cepro.com/

The CEDIA Podcast 2013b: Coping with Obsolescence Mar 27, 2020

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A lot of what an integrator installs can become obsolete -- to the point of failure -- at some point in the future. So how do you prepare a client for this obsolescence, and how do you design systems that can adapt? Peter Aylett (HTE), Rich Green (Rich Green Design), and Hamish Neale (Hero Labs) join Ed Wenck and Walt Zerbe to discuss the inevitable.

https://www.hero-labs.com/

https://www.hte.design/

The CEDIA Podcast 2013a: Client Care Programs Mar 24, 2020

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CEDIA's Director of Technical Training Steve Rissi has developed a class on client care programs that's he'll be teaching at CEDIA Expo in Denver. (Meanwhile, a recent conference call among 35 CEDIA members was set up to discuss this very topic and compare notes.) Rissi shares his expertise -- which includes years as the head of an integration firm's service department -- in this podcast with hosts Ed Wenck and Walt Zerbe.

The CEDIA Podcast 2012b: Financial and Legal Tips During the Disruption Mar 20, 2020

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As COVID-19 disrupts lives and business, Pete the Planner (Peter Dunn) has advice on handling your finances (business AND personal) in an emergency, and Susan Kline from the law firm Faegre Drinker has legal info for employers and employees of CEDIA firms during the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.faegredrinker.com/en/

https://petetheplanner.com/

The CEDIA Podcast 2012a: SPECIAL -- On Business Disruption Mar 16, 2020

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Employees working remotely, spikes in absenteeism, supply chain issues -- the current state of a world coping with a virus can profoundly affect your livelihood as an integrator. Craig Caldwell, Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Programs at the Lacy School of Business at Butler University is here to offer his expertise on those disruptions in this special edition of the CEDIA Podcast.

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

The CEDIA Podcast 2011: Talks on Video Compression and Selling to Boomers Mar 13, 2020

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We've got highlights of two CEDIA talks from ISE 2020. In one, CEDIA's David Meyer gives us everything we ever wanted to know about video compression, and in the other, Michael Heiss (M Heiss Consulting) talks about the unique issue of selling to Baby Boomers as the population ages.

For more on CEDIA, check out cedia.net.

The CEDIA Podcast 2010: The Chairman of the Board and Workforce Development Mar 06, 2020

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In this two-parter, we sit down with CEDIA's new Board Chairman, Rob Sutherland, and give you an update on a challenge we've all identified: workforce development. We stopped by the integration firm TRIPhase to talk with the owner, Robert Haecker, about a recent hire -- Brett Jagger -- who graduated from the inaugural 12-week CEDIA Electronic Systems Integration Technician Training program.

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