Is Retail Ready For Stratacache’s Play Time January 15, 2013 by Dave Haynes I’m going to file this under Hmmmm. Stratacache CEO Chris Riegel is as smart as they get in this space, and not even vaguely one to engage in wastes of time. So there is a rationale I am clearly, entirely missing as to why the company has launched what it calls its Digital Play service …
Preset Group DSE Mixer Set For Hard Rock Cafe On The Strip January 14, 2013 by Dave Haynes For once, I will actually have stepped inside the venue booked for the annual Preset Group DSE Mixer before the day of the event. It’s an interesting approach, and I have warmed to it. In fact, I’ve been twice and even had a drink. Hellberg passed over the company credit card Friday and after much …
Corporate Video Production Team Planning Low-Cost Shoot For DSE Week In Vegas December 14, 2012 by Dave Haynes My guys at Studio 10 in Regina, Sask. have developed what I think is a really good little program to run in Las Vegas in the immediate run-up to the Digital Signage Expo trade show in late February. I call them my guys, but they are merely friends I have worked with a little and …
Pix: Snowy DSA-CETW Cruise November 26, 2012 by Dave Haynes A photo gallery is now up from the DSA Crown Awards, held a week after Superstorm Sandy and in the middle of a pretty good snow storm. Nothing but fun. This is from the boat.
MultiTouch Plans Toronto Demo Days November 21, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Finnish company MultiTouch has organized a pair of Demo Days for next week (Nov. 28-29) in Toronto – giving people in the signage, event and interactive spaces a hands-on look at some pretty slick technology. I have seen this company’s stuff at a few trade shows, and liked how they are think about and present …
CETW Opts Out Of Spring Vegas Show To Focus On Growing Fall NYC Event November 20, 2012 by Dave Haynes JD Events, the company behind Customer Engagement Technology World, has announced it will not be going ahead with a show this coming spring in Las Vegas, opting instead to be entirely focused on a single show each fall in New York. The decision, said CETW show general manager Lawrence Dvorchik, was made prior to the …
Meet The Sponsors … November 20, 2012 by Dave Haynes We are so far ahead of schedule in terms of planning the 2013 Preset Group DSE Mixer it’s almost weird. It’s November, and the sponsors are in place, and we have the budget together, a venue tentatively booked (great place), and an events planner who will soon start, well, planning. We’ll probably get the tickets …
Sold Out DailyDOOH Awards Set For Next Week In UK November 20, 2012 by Dave Haynes Tickets are now sold out for the DailyDOOH Gala Awards, an event billed as the “First Annual International Awards Totally Dedicated to Digital Out of Home.” The black tie evening is next Thursday in London in what would be locally described as a very posh establishment, the main hall of the Banqueting House – …
Preset Mixer 2013 Coming Together Nicely November 18, 2012 by Dave Haynes Preset Mixer FINAL from studio10productions on Vimeo. For once, I am not heading deep into January or February and thinking, “Hmmm, guess I should start getting the Preset Mixer together …” Instead, it is pretty much together already. New venue. More people. And best, we have engaged an events planner who actually knows how to …
Awards: Two West Takes The DSA Creative Crowns November 9, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Digital Screenmedia Association found some electricity in New York and had its DSA Crown Awards the other night, following the first day of the just-wrapped Customer Engagement Technology World. There were awards in several categories and the big winner was the Kansas City-based firm Two West, which does a pile of work for Sprint …