How To Use Digital Signage To Engage Millennials In Your Workplace October 26, 2017 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix Millennials currently make up a third of the workforce, and that percentage will only increase in the coming years (by 2025 it’s estimated they will account for 75% of employees). Who are they, what do they want, what do they expect and how can you get the most out of them? These are …
Highway Billboard Color-Matches Paint Swatches To Surrounding Sky’s Color October 23, 2017 by Super User This a couple of years old, but just stumbled on it. The Quebec DIY store Reno Depot did a Digital OOH campaign in Feb. 2015 in Quebec that used a sensor to match conditions and color to house-brand paint swatches available at the store. Very clever.
How Video Walls Monitor Your Company’s Performance In Real Time October 23, 2017 by Hoa Tong Guest Post: Tim Griffin, Userful In business today, tracking your company’s performance is vital to ensure its success. Organizations track online traffic, stock performance, social engagement, eCommerce, support tickets, as well as external information that executives need to be aware of to help them make better business decisions—e.g. currency exchanges, local weather, international news. With …
After Weinstein: Reinventing Workplace Communications to Encourage Appropriate Behaviour October 20, 2017 by Aaron Cheesman Guest Post: Phyllis Zimbler Miller, Enplug The way we communicate in the workplace on the topic of appropriate behavior is clearly broken. Nothing shows this more clearly than the alleged sexual transgression charges against Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, and Roy Price. Of course, companies have policies against sexual harassment in the workplace. And that is, …
London Creative Shop Opens Deep Black, OLED-Filled Showroom October 19, 2017 by Super User This the new showroom of the London creative studio Projection Artworks, which includes several LG OLED displays. There’s nothing all that exciting about companies have showrooms, but I note this because of the smart decision to place the OLEDs on a piano black wall. OLED has its issues – like image retention, operating life and …
Digital Signage Awards Entry Deadline is Oct. 31st October 18, 2017 by Super User A reminder that entries close at the end of the month for the Digital Signage Awards, a global contest that sifts through and singles out the best work across a bunch of varied categories. Sixteen:Nine is media sponsor/partner in the awards, which are organized and managed by a UK company. As noted in the past, I’m …
Grocer Uses Dynamic Data To Manage Mass Content Updates On Digital Signage Network October 18, 2017 by Super User Here’s a simple but effective example of using data to handle what would otherwise by a nightmare job is done by one person running a digital signage network. The Quebec supermarket chain IGA is running a daily contest at its roughly 300 stores that gives away prizes and announces the winner on screens inside the stores, with …
The New Guinness Brewing Floor Experience In Dublin Looks Amazing October 18, 2017 by Super User Via Retail Design Blog Diageo hired the creative shop Love to design a new brewing floor experience at the storehouse of the famed Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland. The tasting at the end is worth the trip alone, but the new visitor experience looks pretty amazing, using video walls, display clusters and some interactive tablet …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Yahav Ran, Synect Media October 18, 2017 by Super User When I get asked about digital signage installations that I think really have it together, I tend to talk about Microsoft’s retail stores, and more recently, the crazy one by many 100s video wall at the check-in counters at Orlando’s airport. Turns out both projects were pulled together by Synect Media, a Seattle-area agency that …
Amazing 3D LED, Without Any Moving Parts October 16, 2017 by Super User There are a bunch of great observations, pro and con, on this post about the Coca-Cola mechanical LED spectacular in Times Square – with some noting that the fact that people are talking about it means it has had the desired effect, while others have said it must be a technical nightmare to manage, and …
