Interactive Merchandising Part of Future Retail Panel At DSE2013 February 13, 2013 by Dave Haynes The keynote breakfast panel on the second day of Digital Signage Expo 2013 is all about future tech and one of the guys who’ll be there talking about his company’s cool pots and pans is Jared Schiffman, co-founder and CEO of NYC-based PERCH Interactive. Speaking with Curt Bailey (Sundberg-Ferar), Tim Huckaby (InterKnowlogy), and Christine Outram …
Mixer Sponsor Profiles: Multiband USA February 12, 2013 by Dave Haynes The Preset Mixer is now just two weeks out and it is time to start profiles of the great companies that kindly chipped in financial support to pull off an event for some 300 people. First up is Multiband, which in very broad strokes does digital signage deployments. I asked Matt Weldon, the National Sales Director of …
Guzzle Energy Drink, Make It To Lightning Round February 11, 2013 by Dave Haynes So Day 2 of 2, at 4 PM, is not my idea of the feature speaking slot at a trade show, but hopefully a pile of people will grab a coffee or one of those crazily-overpriced cans of caffeine and make their way to the DSE session my Preset Group partner Pat Hellberg is running …
DSE’s New Products Area Will Set Ops Guys Hearts Aflutter February 11, 2013 by Dave Haynes Digital Signage Expo has a New Product Pavilion set aside on the trade show’s exhibit floor that features dozens of new products it touts as being shown for the first time. A lot of them are gadgets and gizmos that will set the hearts of ops guys fluttering, but not look like much of anything to mere …
Mixer Name Badges Ready For Printer Next Week February 8, 2013 by Dave Haynes We did name badges for the first time at last year’s Preset Group DSE Mixer, and the general response was good. With more than 300 mingling in a crowd, there’s a lot of people to meet and names to remember. I’m pathetic with names, so these little social tools help. Like last year, there’s a …
DSE Extends Early-Bird Registration Discount February 5, 2013 by Dave Haynes Digital Signage Expo is just three weeks out (yikes!) but the trade show has extended its early bird registration discount out to the middle of next week, which means you can save a pile on the costs of some of the educational sessions. For instance, the Gold Passport that lets you attend your choice of four seminars, …
Fifteen Mixer Slots Open Up. Register Now! February 4, 2013 by Dave Haynes Preset Mixer FINAL from studio10productions on Vimeo. Technically the mixer is sold out, but there are always some people who have changes in plans and also a number of people who – for reasons escaping me – register themselves twice. Maybe because they’re not sure the ticketing worked first time around? Doesn’t matter. The net …
Mixer Update: 30 Tickets Left January 28, 2013 by Dave Haynes There are just 30 slots left for the annual Preset Group Mixer. I thought they’d go on the weekend, but apparently people have lives. To grab one one of the last spots, register here: http://presetmixer2013.eventbrite.com/
DSE Sets Roster & Agenda For Ad-Based Network Conference January 25, 2013 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Expo people look to have developed a pretty solid set of speakers and panelists for its annual pre-trade show conference on digital out of home/digital place-based/whatever we’re calling it this week. There are a few “Oh, you again … ” people, but also some pretty interesting ones. Susan Danaher, President & CEO, …
The Mixer: About 75 Spots Left At 6 PM EDT January 24, 2013 by Dave Haynes There’s a nice pile of people already registered to fill the bar and this outdoor patio for the annual Preset Group Mixer at DSE in almost exactly a month, so if you want to attend for free drinks, nibblies, Inuit throat-singing and handling snakes, procrastination is not your friend. There are roughly 75 slots left …
