Atlanta Telecom Professionals Awards 2009

Congratulations to, Glenn Lurie, President, Emerging Devices, Resale and Partnerships, AT&T Mobility,the 2009 Atlanta Telecom Professional of the Year award. It was beautiful evening despite the torrential downpour that was occurring outside.

Also honored-

2009 ATP Leadership Award: Van Williams, SVP and Group CTO, Depository Institution Services, Fiserv, Inc.
2009 ATP Innovation Award: Richard Batelaan, COO, Cbeyond.
2009 ATP Enterprise Award: Dan Darling, CIO and SVP of Technology Productions and Operations, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. "

Atlanta Intergrated Marketing Summit 2009

Thanks to all the great presenters who devoted their valuable time to help make The Atlanta Integrated Marketing Summit a wonderful conference. The hotel staff at the Waverly couldn't have been nicer or more responsive. The picture was taken by Color & Magic, they are undoubtedly the best event photographers in the business. Check them out at colorandmagic.com
We look forward to next year's summit!

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T.A.G. Excalibur Awards 2009

Congratulations to the 2009 Excalibur Award Winners!

Creative: TSYS
Educational: Morris Brandon Elementary
Small Company: Unicoi Systems, Inc.
Mid-Sized Company: Buckhead Church
Large Company: InterContinental Hotels Group

The Keynote speaker was Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the world renowned wireless solution. At RIM, Jim is responsible for driving corporate strategy, business development, marketing, sales, and finance.

Atlanta Pro AV provided a "turn-key production" for The Technology Association of Georgia's 2009 Excalibur Awards. Our services go far beyond that of a typical audio-visual company. In this case, we started by having one of our graphic designers create the logo that was used in all of the print and web based promotional materials. Then our attention turned to the production of over 30 videos for the nominees and the creation of several 3d flying graphics used throughout the event. From that point, we then focused on the live production- (2) 12ft rear projection screens, IMAG, seemless video switching, web streaming, decor, and the many other elements of the production. Know that Atlanta Pro AV can plan, design, manage, and execute all of your multi-media needs.

Many Thanks to our project manager and lead designer Darrell Hazelrig for making this a flawless event!

Atlanta Mayoral Debate 2009

On October 27th, The W hotel's, Whiskey Park, held a televised (CBS) mayoral debate for all 7 candidates for Atlanta's new mayor. Atlanta Pro AV was happy to supply the audio for the lively conversation. We have high quality press boxes for news cameras to patch into, providing clear crisp sound. Count on us to provide the blue drape and flags as well! We wish all of the candidates good luck.

ACVB, Atlanta Convention Visitors Bureau! 25% Off Special!!!

To celebrate our new membership with the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, we are offering a 25% discount on rentals and labor for all orders made in September. We are excited about the new networking opportunities and other benefits that come with being a member.

T.A.G. TV in 3D

We also offer services such as AV installation, videography, , and 3D video graphics w/ original sound.
Take a look at our latest design for The Technology Association of Georgia's- "TAG TV" Be sure to check out TAGTVonline.org for the latest news on the technology industry in GA.



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Drew Charter School Summer Camp

We had a blast spending the day with the kids and teachers of the Eastlake Drew Charter School Summer Camp! We set them up with a projector, screen, and JBL sound system. After watching a movie, they put on performances in singing and dancing that absolutely floored us! It was an impressive display of talent that kept us entertained all afternoon. Thanks for letting us hang out!

Microsoft Champions Awards

Atlanta Pro AV provided all of the audio visual for the Microsoft Champions Awards reception at The Omni Hotel @ CNN Center. We flew several pin-spots, par 46, and Source 4 Lekos from the ceiling to provide the stage lighting, gobo projection, and accent lighting for the beautifully arranged flowers, deserts, and hors d'oeuvres. We also designed the stage by rigging Lycra and we discreetly incorporated our JBL powered P.A. system and Shure wireless microphones.

It was my honor to meet Kevin Turner, the current Chief Operating Officer of MS. His story is one that fully realizes the "American Dream". He started as a cashier at Walmart and worked his way up to be named CEO of Wal-Mart's subsidiary corporation, Sam's Warehouse. He now is the #2 man at MS.

The best and brightest at Microsoft were recognized and we were happy to play a part.

iPhone and Mobile Camp 2009

Atlanta Pro AV was one of the sponsors of iPhone and Mobile Camp 2009! King Plow Art Center is one of our favorite places to work. We're looking forward to the next one!!!

Screen on Your Green! Summertime Special!!!

Summer always brings a slowing of the business conventions and meetings. We welcome the chance to do some more community and social events ! Take a look at our summer special, "Screen on Your Green!"

Biotech Summit @ The Omni

BIO Holds Diversity Summit at 2009 BIO International Convention in Atlanta.

Atlanta Pro AV helped create an elegant atmosphere for the social events of

The Biotechnology Industry Organization
(BIO).

We supplied the lighting, gobo projection,
and sound for their 2009 Summit held at
The Omni Hotel at The CNN Center.

The CIO: Doing More With Less

T.A.G. (The Technology Association of Georgia) held an event that featured the top CIOs in business. It was our privilege to get to meet and listen to these execs share their thoughts on finance as it relates to I.T. Along with providing the event technology we also captured the event in HD. It should be up on tagtvonline.org sometime soon.

Andy Azula for the Ad Club

We had the distinct pleasure of working with advertising genius and actor Andy Azula last Thursday at E. Andrews in Buckhead. You may know him from the UPS commercials, but he has been the creative force behind many of the best ad campaigns of all time. Including the Geico and Free Credit Report .com spots. He was very personable and great to work with. His presentation was fascinating and hilarious despite the somber topic, marketing in a down economy.

Our favorite commercial of the night-

Lessons from Obama

AMA Next Generation Marketing SIG: Lessons from the Obama Campaign
Winning Business Lessons from the Obama Campaign with Barry Libert

What an amazing presentation by Barry Libert on taking the positive and effective techniques from the Obama campaign and applying them to your own business. AMA events and are always well attended and extremely fascinating.

oh, and we also learn some of the many reasons Hillary lost the nomination. She was a lousy tweet. Seriously.

We are sponsors of AMA (American Marketing Association) and value our long term relationship with them. However, we still have lots to learn about marketing.

Georgia Organics Conference

Georgia Organics is a non-profit organization working to integrate healthy, sustainable and locally grown food into the lives of all Georgians. We fully support them in their cause and that is why we donated much of our time and equipment to help them have a fantastic and successful conference held at Agnes Scott College. We provided audio recordings of their educational sessions which amounted to over 60hours of audio. That's about 45 cds worth of audio!!! Massive!!! and every class was very informative on all aspects of growing and cultivating organic food. We also provided HD IMAG (image magnification) for their general session. Lots of home-grown fun, and we look forward to doing it again next year.

Infinite Energy

We don't only provide audio visual for live events, we also perform permanent installations of sound and video equipment as we just did for one of the south's fastest growing natural gas providers. We installed a ceiling mounted LCD projector and 7.5ft motorized projector screen w/ wireless remote for their conference room. We currently have the best prices on the Electric Draper "Accuscreens".

Georgia Technology Summit 09'

What a great event! The presenters were top notch! The best I've seen!!! The theme was "The Energy of Innovation". The two biggest names on the bill were Ron Clark, of the Ron Clark school in Atlanta and New York Times' Best Selling Author for his book "The Essential 55", and Thomas Friedman, another New York Times' Best Selling Author for "The World is Flat". Both gave outstanding presentations and were very nice people to talk with as well.

We had our #1 crew out to make this event sound and look as dynamic as possible. To create this event we used our ColorKey LED lighting, a very 'energy' conscious choice, (2) 10.5x14ft screens, pipe & drape, lycra spandex and truss, seemless switching, 7000 lumen projectors, and HD video capture. Many thanks to our crew and staff for working long hours to make this happen. Thank you!!!

AJC Media @ The W. Hotel Midtown & Fay Gold

It was a lot of fun to help create these two events to launch AJC Media's new look and website! We provided three 52" plasmas connected to mac computers to create interactive stations for demonstrating the usability of the new site. We also added LED lighting to create atmosphere without the power drain and heat of conventional lighting. LED is the brightest, cleanest, and greenest option around. We use ColorKey LED's exclusively.

AMA 2009 Collegiate Conference @ The Fox Theatre

It was an exciting debut at Atlanta's "Bazaar" for these college students to act as models for Banana Republic's new young professional line of clothing. It was equally exciting for all who attended the conference the following day. There were many dynamic speakers and lots of crowd interaction. We were happy to provide all the audio visual support including lighting for the fashion show and theatrical sound & video for the conference held at The Egyptian Ballroom inside The Fox Theatre.

Georgia Technology Summit!!!

We are happy to announce Atlanta Pro AV will be handling all the AV requirements for the Georgia Technology Summit 2009 at The Cobb Galleria Convention Centre!The theme will be -

"The Energy of Innovation"

more information at http://www.tagonline.org/

The Addy's 2009 @ Opera

We were thrilled to provide the audio visual equipment and support for The Addy's. The Addy's is the largest advertising awards show in the south and celebrates some amazing talent.

Cloud Computing!

This gathering of highly intelligent IT professionals made for fascinating conversations and insight on the new and exciting topic of Cloud Computing. If you haven't heard of it, you need to investigate! You can turn your business into a power house by utilizing this new technology! We provided the AV alng with HD video recordings of the event. Be sure to look for the videos on youtube in the next few weeks.

The Financial Crisis & Healthcare T.A.G.

Atlanta Pro AV provided the audio-visual support and video recording for The Technology Association of Georgia's forum on The Financial Crisis & Healthcare. The keynote & panel discussion are available for viewing on TAGTV- http://www.tagonline.org/tag-health.php

Keynote speech delivered by Kirk Wilson, President & CEO of St. Joseph’s Hospital Atlanta at the January 8, 2009, event focused on how an economic downturn will affect market opportunity for technology firms.

The Panel -
Dr. Ed Becker (Emory Rollins School), Reatha Clark (PriceWaterhouseCoopers), Dr. William Custer (Georgia State), Allen Moseley (Noro-Moseley Partners), Justin Barnes (Greenway Medical) Hon. Judson Hill (Georgia State Senate).

We are very proud to play part in bringing this important issue to light.

Atlanta Telecom Professionals & Social Media

Still a very hot topic. Every company on the planet is trying to understand the complexities and phenomenon of social media and viral marketing. This event was held at The Crown Plaza Ravinia on Jan 13th.