Virtual Events Are Dead – Long Live Virtual Events
“I hate this virtual stuff” – A line I hear, often slightly salty, from events professionals, both in management and in the trenches. “Why are we still doing this Zoom […]
Read MoreIs This Position Remote? Because I’m in Jail…
It’s been raining for a week where I live. It has been raining. It has been around the holidays and I have been in jail. I’ve been incarcerated and have […]
Read MoreThe Farm Resolutions, 2023 Edition
This time we mean it. No messing around here. These are legal and binding New Year’s Resolutions and they will be upheld, executed, and adjudicated to the full extent of […]
Read More2020—Hold My Beer.
Time flies when you are getting kicked in the junk. When we were locked down, drinking to-go cocktails out of mason jars and looking at cardboard cutouts in baseball stadiums, time seemed […]
Read MoreMerry CRMstmas from The Farm
It is that time of year. Everyone has made their lists and is eagerly awaiting that amazing evening. Jolly Old St. Benioff is checking to see if you’ve been naughty […]
Read MoreWhy We Grow
I suspect a lot of what I am about to tell you applies to the company you work for or own. Ambition is important but is rarely the primary driver […]
Read MoreAdapt or Die. (Well, Hear Us Out).
EAW is back. The legendary brand from the 80s and 90s is back, and back with some seriously killer-sounding speakers. I spoke with EAW President, TJ Smith, and they’re coming […]
Read MoreIs My Head Big Enough?
EquityI googled “equity.” It wasn’t the first time. I have been googling “equity” for years. Maybe I am hoping to find a new definition. Maybe I am looking for some deeper […]
Read MoreMy Friend Jim
I was a dog food palletizer. I was good at it. Stacked up dog food on the pallets and wrapped it up in shrink wrap. Put the heavy stuff on […]
Read MoreVisionary is Pretty Cool
And not just cool because they dress super hip, but because they actually have AV-over-IP products in stock. And it works. And it’s designed and built by real people in […]
Read MoreAudio-Technica Homecoming
Many of my readers have asked, “John, why did you leave your lucrative career in dog food palatalizing for a job in audio/video?” I know it seems crazy, but I […]
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