Karen Mitchell
Latest articles by Karen Mitchell

The Importance of AV in the Restaurant Business
By Karen Mitchell published
In order to be successful in the highly competitive restaurant landscape, owners must consider customer-based innovations to increase the attraction level of their restaurant experience.

The Big Time: Managing Mega Projects Efficiently and Effectively
By Karen Mitchell published
In the world of AV ventures, a mega project—one of those huge, campus-wide undertakings—has the potential to make or break an AV firm’s entire year.

Maximizing System Performance Through Training
By Karen Mitchell published
The best-designed AV system is rendered less than optimal, at best unless the end user understands how to use it.

AQAV's Maltese Advocates a Team-Oriented Future
By Karen Mitchell published
Quick Bio Name: Mario Maltese

AV Enables New Approaches to Education
By Karen Mitchell published
Remember when the mere mention of classroom AV conjured up a vision of an AV presentation? Luckily, AV in higher education isn’t what it used to be.

Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Undergoes Major AV Overhaul
By Karen Mitchell published
Several years of growth have transformed Charlotte into a “new city,” a high technology hub attracting top shelf, Fortune 500 corporations.

Inside the Industry’s Overlooked but Critical Departments
By Karen Mitchell published
On the occasions when Advanced AV clients come face-to-face with accounts receivable coordinator Kristine “Kris” Buck, they may be taken aback.

Breaking into the Boom of Healthcare AV
By Karen Mitchell published
There are two separate types of AV for the healthcare vertical: hospital AV and hospital public address.

LINX Multimedia Takes Part in Denver’s New Collaborative Project
By Karen Mitchell published
It may be the most exciting technology project to hit Denver since the city’s first telephones were installed in 1878.

Manufacturers Employ Various Methods to Share Product Use and Install Information
By Karen Mitchell published
Sometimes it’s good practice to blur your lines.

Tipitina's Uptown
By Karen Mitchell published
New Orleans native Miguel Barrosse discovered Tipitina’s as a teenager—soaking up whatever act the legendary club had going on from a national rock act to a local band.

Hollywood Bowl
By Karen Mitchell published
Perhaps no other venue defines the term "audio icon" better than the Hollywood Bowl.

Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater
By Karen Mitchell published
What do you get when you combine an amphitheater with a state-of-the-art PA, flowing water, big oaks, and legendary barbecue, all in the heart of a downtown Austin?

New Technologies Making Everyday Installs More Profitable
By Karen Mitchell published
Whenever a statement begins with the phrase, “In a world,” we know something big is coming.

SCN's 2015 Hall of Fame: Bob Schluter
By Karen Mitchell published
Middle Atlantic founder Bob Schluter recaps how he started Middle Atlantic Products in a garage in New Jersey, and how he grew the company to what it is today.
SCN’s 2015 Hall of Fame: Loyd Ivey
By Karen Mitchell published
The tenacious president/CEO of Mitek, Loyd Ivey, says he “came from nowhere with nothing” and was able to take what he had and turn it into something.
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