Tide Pool Productions is pleased to announce that www.AVProjectManagement.org has been re-launched to better serve audiovisual design, engineering and installation professionals who work in all types of buildings, facilities and industries. The site, now hosted by a more robust service provider, contains information bulletin boards on products, problems and solutions as well as tips, tricks and ways to work faster, more consistently and profitably.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 18, 2006 -- Tide Pool Productions is pleased to announce that www.AVProjectManagement.org has been re-launched to better serve audiovisual design, engineering and installation professionals who work in all types of buildings, facilities and industries. The site, now hosted by a more robust service provider, contains information bulletin boards on products, problems and solutions as well as tips, tricks and ways to work faster, more consistently and profitably.
"The previous Internet Service Provider could not provide the level of service needed for this site to work as envisioned" stated Steve Thorburn, a principal of Thorburn Associates, Inc, one of the founding members of the site. "The site now functions much better and is a valuable resource to the audiovisual industry."
Originally launched in 2004, the concept for this site evolved from the AV Project Management class developed by Thorburn Associates, Inc, for ICIA/INFOCOMM. Many of the students attending the 4-day course commented on the lack of resources available for project managers in the audiovisual industry. “Most of the information available on Project Management is geared towards larger, multi-million dollar projects, not the smaller projects our industry is typically involved in.” states Thorburn. “These resources assume that a project manager is only involved in one, or at most two, projects at a time and has support staff available to help manage and track the various parts of the project. In our industry, project mangers often have 15 to 30 active projects at one time. We need a resource, such as the AVProjectManagement.org forum, where we can get advice from others in our industry who are facing similar challenges on a daily basis.” Members of INFOCOMM’s sister associations, NSCA and CEDIA also found the site very useful.
In addition to the forum, the site includes a regular column where visitors can ask questions about the human side of project management. The “Ask Bill” section is hosted by Bill Sharer, CTS, Exxel Management and Marketing. Here readers can find the answers to such nitty gritty questions as “Is going to a trade show really an employee reward?”
Other items included in this site are daily headline news articles on current happening in technology and audiovisual sectors, links to just about any company involved in the AV industry, press releases and updates from AV manufacturers and industry companies, as well as a library section with book reviews, definitions for common industry terminology, article reprints and other resources.
This is a site every AV industry professional will want to book mark and visit on a regular basis!
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Top 10 reasons to go to www.AVProjectManagement.org every are are:
10. Book Reviews let you know which books are actually considered useful and helpful to our industry.
9. The “glossary” provides the meaning for all of those silly terms we stumble across throughout our day.
8. Easily find AV Industry web sites for manufacturers, design consultants, integrators, etc.
7. AV industry publications, white papers, and associations are just a click away. No more searching Google, trying to find that link to the white paper you know is stored somewhere on your server!
6. Be the first to know what is going on in the industry by reading the latest press releases.
5. You can buy a “7Ps” t-shirt or baseball jersey or other swag.
4. Technology news – headlines change hourly.
3. The Speaker’s Corner is the place to get an opinion from an industry leader – for free!
2. Participate in a lively forum with fellow industry members on topics ranging from audio to visual to control to human resource issues – whatever questions or concerns you may have – here is the place to discuss it and get the answers you need!
And finally, the number one reason to visit www.AVProjectManagement.org every day…
1. Proper Prior Planning Prevents Pitiful Poor Performance! The AV Project Management web site is the place to go to get the Tips, Tricks, and Ways to work faster, more consistently and profitably!
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Tide Pool Productions, is the host for this site. Contact Lisa Thorburn at 510.727.8808 for additional information.
Steve Thorburn is the co-founder of Thorburn Associates and recognized the need for the site and helped to create the concept. Thorburn Associates, Inc. is an audiovisual and acoustical design and engineering firm with offices in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Raleigh-Durham, NC areas. Steve can be reached at 510.886.7826.
Bill Sharer has 25 years of ICIA® seminar, workshop, and IPD course design and leadership. He is a seasoned consultant to the communications industry in marketing, management, sales and human resources. Bill can be reached at 609-397-0933.
Website: www.AVProjectManagement.org
Text File at www.AVProjectManagement.org/dailies.htm
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