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TRANSFORMING AV

Empowering Women, Driving Change, Shaping the Future

Rise AV exists to break barriers, elevate women’s careers, and build a diverse, skilled AV workforce.

The AV industry is growing fast, but facing a 2.3M worker shortfall by 2026. Meanwhile, women make up just 9% of the workforce, and only 2% in technical roles. If the future depends on fresh talent, we can’t afford to ignore half the population.

How We Create Change
We help women thrive, stay, and lead through mentorship, professional development, and a supportive community. At the same time, we work with AV businesses to transform culture, policies, and practices - because fixing the pipeline means addressing both people and systems.

Get Involved
Inclusive workforces are 25% more profitable, innovative, and effective. Join us as a mentor, sponsor, or member, because building the future of AV is a job for all of us.

OUR MISSON

Inspire, Support, and Build a Diverse AV Community

Rise AV, built on the success of Rise Women in Broadcast, is committed to real change by attracting talent, providing mentorship and development, fostering education, and driving systemic industry change by embedding diversity into AV business practices.

At Rise AV, we’re committed to driving equity, representation, and long-term change for women across the AV industry — from entry-level to executive leadership.

In May 2025, we proudly launched the Rise AV Mentoring Programme in the UK, offering aspiring women across AV, Residential AV, and live events expert mentorship, confidence-building, and career support from experienced industry leaders.

Now, we’re building on that momentum with the launch of the Rise AV Elevate Programme, a high-impact leadership accelerator designed to fast-track mid-level women into senior leadership.

Applications open in June for this transformative six-week programme starting in October 2025, which blends in-person and virtual learning, real-world business challenges, and personalised mentoring from AV leaders. It’s the next step in our mission to create sustainable pathways for women to thrive and lead in this industry.

Whether you’re early in your AV career or preparing to step into senior leadership, Rise AV offers meaningful, supported development opportunities that create lasting change for individuals, businesses, and the industry as a whole.

This Is Just the Beginning

The skills shortage isn’t just about gender—we need more young people entering AV, too. That’s why we’re building on Rise WIB’s Rise Academy, which introduces students to broadcast careers, by launching Rise AV Academy to inspire and attract the next generation of AV professionals.

But first, we mentor, develop and create a supportive community for women already in the industry. If we can’t retain the talent we already have, how can we expect to attract more?

Our Focus Areas

Attract and Retain Talent:

Inspire women to join, stay and thrive in AV.

Mentoring:

Tailored programmes to support women at all career levels.

Representation:

We shine a light on female talent and give them the mic.

Networking and Community Building:

Creating communities and connecting female talent with industry leaders.

Free Membership For All:

We believe men are part of the solution. Our memberships are open to all genders and our goal is to foster learning and inclusivity.

Advocacy for Change:

Promote actionable diversity initiatives into AV business practices.

Elevate and Leadership Programmes:

Empowering women to break through the glass ceiling.

Rise AV Academy:

Inspiring students (ages 11–18) through AV workshops.

Rise AV Awards:

Celebrating outstanding women, advocates and companies in AV

Global Expansion:

Launching chapters worldwide to amplify our impact.

Welcome to Rise AV - a group for gender diversity and professional growth