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LEGEND Happy Retirement
es. " If we keep looking in the same places
we've always looked, " Schaeffer warns,
" then we're never going to get there. " This
requires intentionality; it also requires a
commitment to genuine diversity, rather
than mere tokenism.
'How You Made Them Feel'
At the conclusion of our interview, Schaeffer
shares a Maya Angelou quote that has been
a personal and professional lodestar: " I've
learned that people will forget what you
said, people will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you made them
feel. " That quote thrums with resonance as
Schaeffer writes the final few pages of her
commercial AV career. " I want my legacy
to be that people remember how they felt
when they interacted with me, " she says earnestly,
her voice again tinging with emotion.
" It's about how we make each other feel -
feel welcomed, feel included, feel like we
can contribute, feel like we're seen, feel like
we're valued - in everything we do. "
It's widely accepted that technology
innovation characterizes commercial AV, but
our industry is marked equally by personal
growth and reinvention among we who
work within it. Schaeffer knows that people
will only push beyond their comfort zone
when they feel supported...when they feel
like it's safe to do so. A big part of her legacy
- both as she wishes it and as it indeed
is - is emboldening young women to push
past the boundaries of comfort and achieve
beyond their wildest imaginings. And, honestly,
it's hard to think of something better
for which to be remembered.
Although Schaeffer is ready to relinquish
her frequent-flier status and stow
her luggage for a while, she makes clear
that her days helping aspiring AV professionals
are far from over. " I want to create
an environment in this industry where
anyone - from entry level to CEO - feels
comfortable reaching out to me if there's
something I can do to help them, " Schaeffer
concludes, irrepressible in her desire to
serve. " If there's anything I can do to help
them, I absolutely will. "
Schaeffer frames the decision always to
help others as a parallel of the reasoning
underpinning her decision to retire: " If you
can, " she smiles, " why wouldn't you? " CI
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Working in close partnership with Brandy Alvarado-Miranda - a woman she also counts
as a mentor and a personal confidante - Schaeffer co-founded the first local AVIXA
Women's Council group, located in southern California.
Schaeffer, as a co-founder of Listen Technologies, took a huge chance and invested her
own assets to make a meaningful difference, working to democratize experiences for
hard-of-hearing people.
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