Displays are playing varying roles from people-counting kiosks, to imparting critical information, to providing touchless wayfinding, and creating a calming environment. Large-scale video walls and projectors create engagement and a new sense of community in outdoor spaces. On the network, more displays are able to provide data and share content. This panel explores the enhanced role of displays inside and out.

Enhanced Role of Displays Webinar: The Agenda

• A new welcome: digital signage, kiosks, and mobile
• Networked AV and SoC play a major role in the hybrid environment
• Touchless and Interactive displays
• Utilizing near-field communications (NFC) A new role for outdoor displays 
• Artificial Intelligence and displays

Join AV Technology and a panel of experts from Absen and Legrand|AV, as well as our own Cindy Davis on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. ET. For more information and how to register, click here.

When a team is in sync, the energy is tangible. Decisions are made quicker. Ideas take root. But to bring people into alignment, you need the right technologies integrated into a supportive environment.

Enter the huddle space—a smaller, BYOD-friendly ideation solution that enables real-time content sharing. Huddles facilitate and inspire collaboration by giving every employee a voice. Huddle spaces also help build trust by democratizing access to content.

This webinar will explore the business and technology trends driving the next generation of huddle spaces. Barco’s Lieven Bertier will share the huddle space tools, techniques, and bold new collaborative approaches that are transforming business culture and improving team dynamics.  

Speakers

Lieven has been with Barco for more than 15 years, taking up different technical-commercial and marketing roles for the company. Since 2014 he has been part of the company’s Meeting Experience business unit, heading up the ClickShare product management team before taking on responsibility for the business’ go-to-market and marketing strategy. Today he is responsible for all wePresent and ClickShare marketing activities globally.

An early fascination with psychoacoustics and radio's intimacy sparked Margot Douaihy's love for technology. For nearly two decades, she has covered AV technological developments as a reporter, editor, and analyst, with specialties in audio technology, EdTech, soft codecs, net neutrality, and AV over IP. For nearly a decade, Margot served as the Editorial Director of AV Technology magazine whichwon the coveted Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence) category in the 2018 Jesse H. Neal Awards. She was awarded the 2018 Mattera Mentorship Award for outstanding stewardship in B2B publishing. She teaches at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire.

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FREE Webinar | August 29, 2018 | 1:30 PM EDT

Meeting rooms and their technologies are evolving at a rapid pace. This webinar explores unique insights into the audience perspective, what elements affect their engagement and the critical factors – including technology - to maximize collaboration environments. Whether your company has meetings or creates meeting environments – both dedicated meeting rooms and huddle spaces – you will want to hear Barco’s technology collaboration expert, Lieven Bertier, talk about the factors critical to conducting successful meetings and engaging participants. We’ll also have a little fun exploring some data and statistics about what makes meetings productive.

Moderated By: Margot Douaihy, Editor-at-Large, AV Technology
Speaker: Lieven Bertier, Director GTM Strategy & Services, Meeting Experience

Register Here : https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8938029370060900097

Although new technology can make it tempting to do AV over IP with a ‘plug-n-play’ approach, properly and carefully tailoring the solution to each application is the only way to succeed in this market– for you and your clients. Find out how to evaluate application needs and solutions to make the right AV over IP solution choice.

Click here to access the archived webcast.

Differentiating AV-over-IP technologies - the where, when and why to use them – can be a challenge in today’s market. It doesn’t have to be. Join this practical overview to optimizing AV-over-IP technology for modern systems design and their application into real world solutions.

Click here to access the archived webcast.

Featured Speaker Steve Seminario

User demand has pushed the rise of touch solutions for fine pitch direct view LED. What are the applications that drive it? What are some of the key considerations when considering a touch solution for an LED video wall? What are the pros and cons of various touch surfaces, including the newest "Pliable LED Touch Surface" material? What are the considerations for sales, installation and service? Join us as we answer these and other questions about the latest trend in direct view LED technology.

Click here to view the webinar on-demand now.

Sponsored by Audinate

Presented by AV Technology

Now available on demand

This webinar reveals highlights from an AV Technology whitepaper of the same name and will educate IT managers and AV managers working with IT departments on how AoIP solutions interact with the corporate network, and best practices on implementing AoIP solutions within the enterprise.

Educate yourself on:

· building blocks of an audio-over-IP solution,

· how it interacts with an enterprise network

· best practices from IT managers who have implemented AoIP solutions.

· using AoIP technology to enable new, revolutionary conferencing solutions that weren’t previously possible with analog connectivity.

Audinate landing/reg pg link: https://event.webcasts.com/viewer/event.jsp?ei=1119419

Workers are demanding better collaboration tools, but is IT/AV delivering? Join this webinar with Forrester Research, Prysm, and AVTechnology to find out. The webinar, Building the Business Case for a Modern Digital Workplace, will take place September 27th at 12noon Eastern time. Click Here to register for the webinar.

Recent major research has identified a technology collaboration gap in most organizations– the gap between what users need for more efficient collaboration and what IT is currently providing them. This gap is actually widening in enterprises whose collaboration tools aren’t up to today’s challenges, and leads to employee disengagement that hurts productivity.

• In a major new study conducted in March 2016, Forrester Research examined the effectiveness of collaboration technology in the enterprise. The study surveyed 1,000 professionals at organizations in the U.S. and U.K.– all companies with 1,000 employees or more. Two hundred of those surveyed work in IT and facilities, and 800 are “information workers”—those who ostensibly taking advantage of the benefits collaborations systems provide. The results of the study will open your eyes to the nature of the technology collaboration gap– and what you can do to help close that gap.
• Join JP Gowdner from Forrester Research, David Schweer from Prysm, and Moderator Margot Douaihy of AVTechnology magazine, who will reveal surprising findings about the challenges involved with workplace collaboration. You’ll also get tips that will help you build the business case for moving towards a modern digital workplace.
• In this one-hour webinar, you will learn:
• The top technology issues frustrating workers and driving disengagement
• The perception gap that exists between IT/facilities leaders and information workers, in regard to collaboration solutions
• How enterprises are modernizing work with visual workplace solutions
• How to demonstrate the productivity and ROI improvements possible with a modern digital workplace

Click Here to register for the webinar.

The archived webinar is available here.

Were you unable to attend InfoComm this year? Or, maybe you missed some of the products on the floor with all the hustle and bustle around? If you answered yes to either of the questions, then this webinar is for you.

Join audiovisual industry experts as they review the hottest trends seen at InfoComm this year. They will cover some of the new and innovative technologies that they feel are transforming the AV industry. From top digital signage, wireless and audio-visual solutions, to videoconferencing equipment, large-format touch displays, and more, you'll learn all about these trending technologies and how they will affect you and your business.

Join Systems Contractor News and Peerless-AV on June 22 at 2:00 p.m. EDT for this free webinar.

Webinar attendees earn one (1) InfoComm RU credit.

Attend this free, one-hour webinar, moderated by the editors of AV Technology and Systems Contractor News, for a deep-dive into 15 new product highlights at InfoComm 2016. This year’s show is on track to break all records, but don’t get bogged down by PR puffery and news you can’t use. This webinar will offer AV/IT integrators and technology managers an insightful and candid preview of key products to watch for as you peruse the show. Whether you’re looking to solve a specific problem, keep a step ahead of the latest innovations, or just want to watch a trailer for this summer’s main AV event, tune in on Wednesday, May 25, at 2p.m. EST.

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AlmoProfessionalA/V has launched a free five-part webinar series on the transition from selling products to selling services in the AV industry. Based on an educational session from Almo’s E4AVTour, the series is led by TomStimson and availablenow for viewing.

“Selling outcome-based services was easily the most talked about subject on the 2015 E4 AV Tour,” said Melody Craigmyle, vice president of marketing for Almo. “All of Tom’s sessions were packed with resellers and integrators eager to learn how to transform their business from selling products to selling services. Our partners see the value in this model and the benefits of delivering greater customer satisfaction. Breaking it down into a five-part series gives them the opportunity to learn how to do this in digestible sessions that they can re-watch as their schedule allows.”

“One of the most frequent requests I receive is ‘how can I grow my business?’” said Tom Stimson, owner of The Stimson Group. “Everyone seems to agree that service is the highest profit margin work anyone can perform in the AV business, but we struggle with closing the sale because our roots are in transactional box sales. Almo is dedicated to its dealers’ success. We’ve worked together to create this five-part series to teach resellers and integrators how to capture outcome-based growth and profit. This is the next big step in the evolution of Pro AV as an integral value-added service.”

In this series, Stimson will explore four key areas to help dealers evolve:

• The importance of “Getting in front of the RFP”
• Five reasons why services are the best engagement point for new customers
• The three things that every service pricing model needs
• Seven things that integration sales reps need to add to their toolbox

To view the five-part webinar series, clickhere.

Brawn Consulting will conduct a 30-minute webinar, on Monday December 21st, covering a macro view of digital signage as it exists today: who is using it and how, as well as the basic elements that go into a successful digital signage deployment.

The webinar will be talking about one screen in a lobby, office, or store, all the way to thousands of screens across the nation. It will introduce some simple best practices and key elements and also answer questions about what is involved in the Digital Signage Expo, the Digital Signage Federation and Digital Signage Certified Expert program and why these resources should be important for you and your contacts.

The session is being hosted by Dave Haar, Director of Business Development at Brawn Consulting.

You can register for Digital Signage 101 on Dec 21, 2015 11:00 AM EST at:

• Digital signage kiosks are popping up everywhere: from retail stores to hotels to educational facilities. So how can you make kiosks work for you?

Peerless-AV's digital signage experts Mike Luttrell, sales application engineer, and Todd Mares, director of emerging technologies, will host a webinar online on October 22, guiding you through Kiosks 101. Through this webinar, you will learn all about the inner-workings of kiosks including hardware, software, interactivity, and how to put it all together, and discover the tools you need to have a successful kiosk integration. Each attendee will receive one InfoComm RU credit for attending this webinar.

This free webinar is hosted by Systems Contractor News and Peerless-AV on October 22nd at 2:00 PM EDT. To register, visit: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1080286

The Analytics in QSR Digital Media Application webinar is now available to view online. This webinar by three digital media veterans outlined practices in using data to enhance revenues, margins, customer experience and operating efficiencies, delivered through the inherent capabilities of digital menu, promotion and order confirmation boards.As QSRs seek to modernize the customer experience, analytics provide quantified, actionable insights into what works best for the QSR brand, operator and franchise owner.

Analytics drive the investment and optimization in the use of digital menu, promotion and order confirmation boards in Quick Serve Restaurants. A webinar to take place Tuesday August 11th will include several case studies, and outline practices in using data to enhance revenues, margins, customer experience and operating efficiencies.REGISTER here.

Attendees will learn:

• How to move beyond the soft criteria typically applied to digital signage investment
• Specific ways of capturing data points that can be applied to content optimization.
• What some leaders in digital media application are doing and why.
• Where biggest "bang for the investment buck" are achieved.
• How to attribute digital signage contributions to business benefits.

This live webinar including the Q&A element is open to QSR operators only. Powerpoint slides will not be provided but the recorded session will be provided for online viewing.

REGISTER NOW

Webinar: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 2-3PM EDT
(No cost - Participant registration required)

The session will be presented by three veterans of digital place-based media planning and application in food services.

• Lyle Bunn (Ph.D. Hon.) is an independent analyst, advisor and educator who has been focused on dynamic place-based and enterprise media for the past 13 years of his 40-year technology career. He has assisted end user organizations in retail, food services, banking, stadiums, education, military and government in the planning of their initiatives and has helped to train professionals. He has published over 300 articles, whitepapers and guides related to digital place-based media and has played a role in introducing the opportunities of digital signage to the audio video/information technology integration, sign, brand agency and facilities planning communities.
• Lyle has been named as one of the 11 Most Influential People in Digital Signage and one of the 50 Innovators and Influencers in the Sign and Digital Graphics sectors. He has been a member of the Adjunct Faculty of InfoComm International since 2006 and is member of the Distinguished Faculty of Digital Signage Expo (DSE) and serves on the advisory board of Customer Engagement World (CEW) and on the judging panels of several digital media award programs.

Richard Elliott is President of TechKnow, Inc. which holds new patents on analytics-driven food services merchandising. Rick is an executive with over twenty five years of experience. He has previously worked as a managing director in several Fortune 500 companies with products ranging from security systems, point of sale, wireless headsets, handheld computing devices, digital signage, order confirmation boards, drive thru timers, and mobile networks. The last five years have been focused on the Food Services sector, specifically on products and software used to optimize drive thru performance.

Adrian Weidmann is Founder and Digital Shopper Marketing Architect of StoreStream Metrics, LLC. As a digital media workflow transformation consultant, Adrian bridges the 'business objective' gap between the Chief Marketing Officer and Retail IT. Spanning more than 30 years of introducing various digital media technologies, Adrian now assists brands, retailers and agencies designing and creating digital media strategies and activating intelligent cross-channel shopper marketing communication and media delivery tactics that connect brands and shoppers whether at home, in life or in-store.Adrian has spent the past 17 years pioneering all aspects of digital media communication from content creation, curation, configuration, publishing and delivery to digitally empowered shoppers by way of media channels of their choice. Leveraging various emerging and innovative technologies to acquire shopper data, StoreStream Metrics incorporates transactional data and vision science to determine a range of shopper marketing insights including in-store media valuation and design to predictive recommendations.

Visix will host "AxisTV v.9.2: Data Integration Made Easy," a webinar about new tools for creating and managing content, on July 16.

• Ellyce Kelly, Visix software trainer, will show attendees the new dashboard, large video file uploading, the new Utilities app, new data integration options, and more.

JULY WEBINAR:

AxisTV v.9.2: Data Integration Made Easy

Thursday, July 16 | 1:00PM (EDT)

AxisTV v.9.2 has lots of new tools to make content creation and management easier. Publish news-in-pictures feeds, show secure SharePoint pages in playlists, and import XML and Excel data directly into digital signage messages.

Register online here.

• Kramer digital signage solutions is hosting webinars on July 20 and 27. During the one hour seminar, VP of Strategic Partner Sales Dave Haar will be talking about the importance of covering the basics of a digital signage network. Haar will also discuss the practices to use when looking at content creating, management, screens, extension and distribution systems.
• This webinar is limited to the first 100 attendees to register, in order to allow for an effective Q&A session at the end. This webinar is being recorded and is part of a series that will be repeated again later in the year.

July 20 webinar: register here

July 27 webinar: register here

• We’ll take that dive today at 2pm Eastern time, in a unique, interactive Webinar where we’ll analyze what’s new and what you need to know, because all LCD Video Walls are not created equal. If you aren’t up to speed on the latest advances in bezel reduction, calibration, installation and maintenance, off-board architecture designs, and integrated mounting systems, then you won’t be offering your customers the best solution possible – and you won’t be ensuring your own company’s profitability. (And we'll be looking a few really interesting case studies of wow video wall design/installation– not your father's video walls!)

Join us 2pm eastern, today. To register (free of charge), click here.

Accessibility and inclusivity are keys to getting digital signage right. On Tuesday, Oct. 14th at 2pm Eastern time, a special Webinar with industry expert Mike Luttrell will guide digital signage and AV professionals through the most recent ADA (American with Disabilities Act) guidelines. Lutrell will conduct a basic review of guidelines such as height and depth requirements for Displays and how they will affect applications. He will also cover the more complicated topics of accessibility, including hardware and software options, equipment considerations and review common digital signage applications and how they are affected.

Register for the Webinar here: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1043069

Mike Luttrell, Sales Application Engineer at Peerless-AV
The Webinar will be hosted by NewBay Media's Digital Signage magazine, and is Sponsored by Peerless-AV. NewBay Media Executive Editor David Keene will moderate.

Mike Luttrell is Sales Application Engineer, at Peerless-AV. Luttrell has over 18 years of experience, having served as an installer, systems programmer, sales engineer and project manager. In his current role, Luttrell provides installer training, consultation and application engineering, along with system integration expertise, utilizing a wide range of Peerless-AV products.

Profit Margins in Rental & Staging have been shrinking steadily for a decade, according to industry consultant Tom Stimson of the Stimson Group. The reasons are plentiful, but too often owners cite excessive discounting (by their competitors) for driving profits down.

The problem is much more complex, according to Stimson, who says that years of market transparency have allowed customers to dictate their own pricing structures. At the same time, intrepid Rental-Staging companies have circumvented their own pricing systems and are in effect stealing profit from themselves. It’s a vicious cycle that can be curbed with some simple steps and a passion for profit.

Stimson Group will host a webinar titled, Introduction to Pre-Job Costing: How to Stop Price Erosion on September 12, 2014 at 2:00 pm Eastern US (1:00 pm Central US). The session will be recorded for later viewing.

Register HERE

The one-hour webinar will explore how traditional job costing is driving down margins and what to do about it.

Looking to build the perfect video wall? Join Systems Contractor News editor Kirsten Nelson, and Peerless-AV industry experts Todd Mares and Brian McClimans, tomorrow, July 23, for a webinar on "Advanced Video Walls." They’ll take you through all the steps you need to consider when building a video wall, including site visit and consultation, budgeting, structural engineering, and maintenance and service. Register here.

Kirsten Nelson, Editor, Systems Contractor News

When: Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Time: 2 PM EDT

Register: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1038842

Kirsten Nelson, Systems Contractor News

Kirsten Nelson is the editor of Systems Contractor News (SCN) magazine. She started covering AV integration for the publication in 1998, starting as assistant editor and working her way rapidly through senior editor and managing editor positions until she was named editor in 2000. She also co-launched Residential Systems magazine in 2000, and served as assistant editor for Medialine magazine from 1998-2000.

Throughout her career, Nelson has also held editorial positions on the InfoComm Daily, the NSCA Daily, the AES Daily, and the CEDIA Daily off and on since that publication was inaugurated in 1998. She remembers the days when polaroid photos and late-night press checks were required for "live coverage" of shows. But the technological evolution has been good to her, as she is now able to attend industry events instead of going to the printer every night.Nelson received her Bachelor of Science in Magazine Journalism from Boston University in 1998. In her spare time, Nelson writes fiction and cultivates her understanding of music, art, literature, yoga, pilates, running, knitting, cynicism, and single malt scotch.

Todd Mares, Peerless-AV

Todd Mares, Peerless-AV

Todd Mares joined Peerless-AV in 2011 after a decade of installation and integration work for cable TV and specialty audiovisual and electronic solution companies. In his current position, Mares’ primary responsibilities involve testing and deployment of Peerless-AV digital content delivery solutions. He also works directly with Peerless-AV customers to solve site-specific implementation and integration challenges and provides direct support, including feedback as to proper use of Peerless-AV TV products and correct implementation strategies. Mares is CEDIA Certified, CTS Certified and AMX Designer/Installer Certified. He earned a Bachelor of Natural Sciences from Colorado State University.

Brian McClimans, Peerless-AV

Brian McClimans, Peerless-AV
Brian McClimans serves as Vice President of Global Business Development at Peerless-AV. In his current role, McClimans is responsible for establishing new markets, developing new products and managing strategic relationships for Peerless-AV throughout North America, South America, EMEA, and Mexico. With more than 20 years of experience in the audiovisual manufacturing and distribution industry, McClimans has played a key role in the development and implementation of numerous national digital signage projects including video wall, menu-board and interactive kiosk solutions. He frequently speaks at industry conferences including InfoComm and the Digital Signage Expo.

Today, a week after InfoComm, is a good time to revisit some of the hot technologies and trends that we saw– or missed in the fog of tech wars on the floor– last week. 4K. Outdoor digital signage. Wireless. Yes, and more.

Join SCN and AV experts Nick Belcore and Mike Luttrell today as they review the hottest items seen at InfoComm 2014. They will cover some of the new and innovative technologies that they feel are transforming the AV industry. From 4K to wireless transmission, learn all about these trending technologies and how they will affect your business.

Join Systems Contractor News and Peerless-AV today, June 26th at 2:00 PM Eastern time for this Free webinar. To register, click here.

The Webinar will be moderated by NewBay Media Executive Editor David Keene. And the main presenters are:

Nick Belcore, Executive Vice President, Peerless-AV.

Nick Belcore draws on over 17 years of sales and management experience to oversee the strategic development of business relationships at Peerless-AV. Belcore, a Digital Signage Certified Expert (DSCE), works closely with his Business Development Team to manage global digital signage installations for large-scale retail and commercial customers. He also confers with the Peerless-AV Product Management Division to ensure the success of each product launch.

• Mike Luttrell, Sales Application Engineer, Peerless-AV

Mike Luttrell has over 18 years of experience, having served as an installer, systems programmer, sales engineer and project manager. In his current role, Luttrell provides installer training, consultation and application engineering, along with system integration expertise, utilizing a wide range of Peerless-AV products.

To register to today’s webinar, click here.

After focusing on general and weather-related event safety issues in its first two precedent-setting webinars, Take1 Insurance and the Event Safety Alliance (ESA) will take a more focused, practical look at how to best utilize the ESA Event Safety Guide (available now at the web site eventsafetyalliance.org). “The ABCs of the Event Safety Guide: A 60-Minute Primer on Putting the Event Safety Guide to Work for You” will take place on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 2:00PM eastern time, and will be hosted by New Bay Media’s Rental & Staging Systems– and moderated by Executive Editor David Keene.

Register to attend the Webinar here.

• “More than 1,200 industry professionals registered to participate in our first two event safety webinars,” according to Scott Carroll, Executive Vice President & Program Director of Take1 Insurance, “and we couldn’t be more proud of the response received to date and the requests for follow up information that each webinar has generated. The live event industry is taking safety to heart and, as the entertainment industry’s leading insurance provider, we understand just how important this is to producing safer live events.”
• In addition to Event Safety Alliance Executive Director Jim Digby, the July 2014 webinar will feature Joseph Pred, founder and CEO of Mutual Aid Response Services (MARS), based in San Francisco, California. MARS provides the special event industry, as well as the non-profit, industrial and corporate sectors with comprehensive consulting, risk management, and operations with a focus on emergency medical, communications and fire services to supplement on-site resources and provide contracted first response to any emergency. Pred has been an active member of the Event Safety Alliance since 2012 and has more than 20 years of experience working in the event management and safety industry.
• Pred’s presentation will include an overview of the Event Safety Guide, how it ties in to existing standards such as the public safety incident command system, and how to use the guide in areas both familiar and unfamiliar to specific areas of expertise. He will walk participants through a demonstration of a typical event and explain how to apply the guide to various aspects of planning and operational phases. A variety of special considerations, such as electronic music events, unfenced or un-ticketed events will also be reviewed. The webinar will conclude with a Q&A period for those who have specific questions about their event and integrating the use of the Event Safety Guide.

“The partnership between Take1 Insurance and the Event Safety Alliance becomes more important every day,” ESA Executive Director Jim Digby said today. “Take1’s continued sponsorship of these vitally important webinars demonstrates a commitment to event safety that is second to none in the industry today. They are to be commended for all they do to promote the production of safer live events.”

Register to attend the Webinar here.