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Conference Rooms: What are they good for anyway? One acoustician’s perspective.

The conference room – vital, ubiquitous and often in short supply – is the place for people to meet and collaborate. There’s almost never enough conference space, especially in this era of open-plan office layouts and huddle rooms (that’s another acoustics article). So what makes a good conference room? Why is one always booked over Conference Rooms: What are they good for anyway? One acoustician’s perspective.

Waveguide Adds Staff, Reaches a Milestone

Waveguide Consulting announces four new employees. All are firstwave™ technicians who started on November 3, 2014. They include: David Campbell, Ed Lewis, Paul Noblin and Daniel Peterburs. “These are exciting times for Waveguide,” says CFO Andy Beach. “Thanks to the contributions of each and every employee, we are growing and reached a new milestone – 61 employees, which Waveguide Adds Staff, Reaches a Milestone

Less structure, more learning coming to Portola High School

Plans are drawn and the first shovel of dirt turned – signaling big changes for the new Portola High School in Southern California’s Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) opening in fall 2016. The 2,400-student high school has been designed from the ground up around the concept of collaboration and “active learning.” “Technology is an essential Less structure, more learning coming to Portola High School

Georgia Regents University Opens New Medical College

It’s official. Georgia Regents University has a new medical college, placing it atop the list of state-of-the-art medical colleges. The ribbon-cutting on October 20, 2014, was cause for celebration as students, faculty and school officials toured the classrooms, lecture halls and simulation center, proclaiming “awesome,” “wow” and “breathtaking.” The J. Harold Harrison, M.D. Education Commons Georgia Regents University Opens New Medical College

The Video-Enabled Law Firm

The use and prevalence of video is changing everything in our lives. In coming years, we’ll see successful law firms become truly video-enabled. Successful because video tools can result in stronger attorney-client relationships. Video can enhance communication among staff and attorneys. And it can improve one-to-one communication among subject matter experts. But each meeting has The Video-Enabled Law Firm

Technology, Best App for Learning on Campus and Online

“While David Gales, principal and director of California Operations at Waveguide Consulting Inc., an audiovisual and communication technology consulting group headquartered in Decatur, Ga., concedes that students expect technology to be part of the instruction and learning process—and that technologically advanced facilities will have a competitive advantage—he also believes that there will still be room Technology, Best App for Learning on Campus and Online