What We Offer……
Experience and Commitment
Since 1992, Points West Audio Visual (PWAV) has been dedicated to
commercial audio visual products suitable for education, business and churches.
Points West Audio Visual has provided professional audio visual equipment to the schools and
businesses of British Columbia for 20 years including SMART Interactive White Boards. Installation, sales, service and support extends to customers in Northern BC, Fraser Valley, Okanagan, and the Kootenays. We proudly supply the full line of SMART Technologies products including SMART Interactive White Boards, document cameras, podiums, wireless slates, and projectors. We also carry NEC digital projectors, a variety of sound systems, microphones, projector screens, projector lamps, sound fields, plasmas, and visual presenters.
Throughout the year, PWAV sales staff visit all regions of BC, including: The Fraser Valley, Northern BC, Thompson Okanagan and the BC Rockies. Call to see when we’ll be in your area. In the event you are visiting Kelowna, visit our office where you can meet with a Points West Audio Visual representative to discuss your requirements. A demonstration room is now available with a variety of SMART, LifeSize, FrontRow, Da-Lite, Anchor, Ergotron, H.Wilson, and Chief products to try out.
How We Work
Professional Acceditation
Points West Audio Visual is a member of International Communications Industries Association (ICIA). ICIA provides Audio Visual industry members with education, training and conferences that enhance their ability to conduct business successfully and competently.
Many of our suppliers provide opportunities to educate ourselves on the products we carry, troubleshoot, and install. Our dedication to our customer’s satisfaction is our ultimate goal. Therefore, we spend many hours learning how we can provide the best product, service, design, installation and training. We are proud to now have two SMART Certified Trainers on staff to train teachers and other SMART Board users how to use their SMART boards effectively and develop lesson plans. Other certifications include:
- Chief Certified Partner Status - This certification has increased our knowledge of many different
mount solutions and allows us to put that knowledge to work for you; whether it’s helping our customers pick a product solution or if you are installing it yourself, this program was created to help us help you succeed and make the best decisions.
- SMART provides resellers with the opportunity to train and gain knowledge on their many
products. This is done online and in person at SMART’s Head Office in Calgary, Alberta. Many hours are spent on courses through the SMART Learning Space, SMART webinars, and face-to-face training in a classroom setting. We are very proud to now have two Certified Trainers for Notebook Software, Tracey Cochrane and Colleen Layton. Both Tracey and Colleen are available for training sessions for small groups in our boardroom or on location at your school or business. Tracey is also now a SMART Certified Sales Professional for Business.
- Points West Audio Visual is also a NEC Display Solutions “Complete Presentation Systems Provider” and Authorized Dealer.
- Colleen Layton & Rick Ponich have both achieved a Certificate of Achievement for
FrontRow. This was done by completing the Sound Field Dealer Training Workshops resulting in becoming an Authorized Dealer for FrontRow.
Community Support
Investors Group Walk for Memories, Alzheimer Society of BC – www.alzheimerbc.org
The Investors Group Walk for Memories is a Province wide fundraising event held each year in 
21 communities throughout B.C. Funds raised through the Investors Group Walk for Memories ensure people in our community, whose lives have been impacted by Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia, connect to a national network of information, services and support. Funds raised also go towards research into the causes and the cure.
Each Walk is held to honour someone in the community that has been impacted by Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia. Click here for more information.
Children’s Wish Foundation - www.childrenswish.ca
The British Columbia & Yukon Chapter has been granting wishes since 1987. This vast geographic area is the responsibility of 
our Provincial Office in Burnaby, with a staff of 7, backed by a team of dedicated volunteers and a supportive board. Like the rest of the Foundation, we never turn down a wish child. We are able to do this thanks to the generous support of the public, corporate sponsors, planned gifts, donated goods and services and funds raised through special events. Together, we are working to make life better for children all over British Columbia & Yukon .
Points West Audio Visual supported the the Children’s Wish Foundation Wishmaker Walk for Wishes in October of 2011 and we look forward to working with this great organization for future events.
Junior Achievement BC – www.jabc.org
PWAV is proud to support BC Junior Achievement initiatives and is an active 
participant in their Economics of Staying in School program. Junior Achievement BC’s (JABC) mandate is to teach students about the principles and dynamics of business through hands-on activities and open dialogue with volunteers from the business community.
Arts Council of the Central Okanagan - www.artsco.ca
Arts Council of the Central Okanagan is a non-profit organization that is the underlying support for anything and everything that is art. Art includes painting,
writing, music, sculptures, printmaking, media arts, dance, theatre, design. Art is culture, entertainment, recreation, lifestyle and worldview. We support the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan by providing meeting facilities in our office for the monthly board meetings. Points West Audio Visual will be pleased to have a presence at many of the events held throughout the year.
Playing On Our Heart Strings Benefit Concert – www.facebook.com/Playing-on-our-heartstrings
“Playing On Our Heartstrings” was a benefit concert for the new strings program (violin, cello, fiddle) that began in the fall 
of 2011 at George Pringle Elementary school in West Kelowna BC. Shamma Sabir who is one of Canada’s top fiddlers performed along with Chloe, Kyle & Company who are also Award Winning Fiddlers. The talents of Neil Wong – Jazz Pianist, Scott Gamblel – Drummer, Laura Mireau – Vocalist, Janel Fiipiak – Vocalist, John McMahon – Guitarist, Joe Lajoie – Guitarist, and the Bumbershoot Apprenticeship Performers were showcased. It was a fun filled, musical evening to benefit a wonderful school based strings program. We hope this was the first annual event.
Donations
Over the years, Points West Audio Visual has supported many local charities, events, and schools with their generousity through charitable donations and contra-donations. Funding is allocated each October and requests can be made in writing directly through our office.