Recorded September 17, 2021

Fire up your RGB LEDs, put on your headset, and get caffeinated!  For this month’s episode of On Topic, the AV SuperFriends are joined by Josh Kell, CEO of Horizon AVL System Integration, to talk about eSports. Josh has been working with Larry on a new eSports arena at UNCG and he provides a fascinating look at developing an eSports program holistically and not just piling a bunch of computers into a room and calling it good. 

Despite this being an AV-focused show, the technology itself isn’t the most important aspect of eSports and we talk about laying the groundwork for a successful, long-term, and competitive eSports program, tying into existing academic programs on your campus, dogged persistence to get buy-in from university leadership, and ensuring everyone understands that eSports is not just video games.

We also give a preview of the two workshops the AV SuperFriends are leading at InfoComm 2021.  Join us on Tuesday, October 26 for the Higher Ed AV Project Life Cycle Crash Course, and the Higher Ed AV Design Challenge: Developing Flexible Institutional AV Standards. 

Links for Josh:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-kell-50a24735/ Tweeters: https://twitter.com/AVLKell Company: https://horizonavl.com

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