Pitch In: Relay For Life April 18, 2012 by Dave Haynes Tom McGowan of Four Winds Interactive sent a note around last night asking for a little profile for something his daughter, Heather Torgersen, is doing – raising money for cancer research. If you were at The Preset Group DSE Mixer this year, you saw three women handling check-in and throwing out the unruly. That was …
Company Q&A: Silver Curve’s Bryan Crotaz April 16, 2012 by Dave Haynes A note came in from the UK technology consultancy Silver Curve about a new hire. Given I’m not sure that many people on this side of the pond know much about the company, I asked Managing Director Bryan Crotaz if he’d do a quick interview with me to lay out some background on the firm. …
DSF Gets Its Education Co-Chairs April 11, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation got a couple of people to stick up their hands and volunteer to co-chair the DSF’s Education Committee. Karen Varrone, President of the Mission Group, and George Yunis, Senior Director, Creative Services for ARAMARK, are the happy tag-team. Says the release: In addition to curating the programming for our monthly webinar …
DSF Looking For Legislators March 28, 2012 by Dave Haynes If your heart races at the mere mention of things like committees and strategy initiatives, subsections and ratifications, you have my condolences … and my suggestion that you might be one of the few and proud who would actually enjoy being on the Legislative Committee of the Digital Signage Federation. The organization’s 2012 Legislative Committee …
Miller Learns Secret Handshakes, Gets Launch Codes, For DSA March 27, 2012 by Dave Haynes Jared Miller has been briefed on the secret handshakes, fitted for his robes and handed the briefcase with the launch codes as he takes over as President of the Digital Screenmedia Association, aka the DSA. Miller, by day just the mild-mannered Managing Director, Self-Service & Emerging Technology for United Airlines, was elected to the post …
DSE2012 Preset Group Mixer Photo Gallery March 10, 2012 by Dave Haynes We made the wise decision of assigning someone the task of walking around and taking snappies of the mob at the 2012 DSE Preset Group Mixer at the Golden Nugget.
DOOHgood: Get Ads Up To Help Red Cross With Tornado Relief March 2, 2012 by Dave Haynes I was just watching the news and listening to the shattering description of how a town in Indiana took a direct hit this afternoon from what was probably an EF4 twister. Awful. A LOT of help will be needed for this outbreak, which could last for weeks, as it is waaay early for tornadoes and …
Preset DSE Mixer: Sponsor/Partner Profiles – DMG, Planar, Content Interface February 29, 2012 by Dave Haynes And finally, phew, we reach the last but not least of the sponsor and partner profiles for the Preset Group DSE Mixer on Tuesday night in Lost Wages … Sponsor Profiles – Diversified Media Group Known mostly as DMG, this company has been a sponsor for all three Preset Mixers and were quick, as always, …
CODACAN Names New Board, New Strategic Plans February 28, 2012 by Dave Haynes The Canadian Out-of-Home Digital Association (CODACAN) had its Annual General Meeting last week, electing a new slate of Directors and signing off on plans to build up the organization and industry profile in 2012. The new Board is Bruno Pupo of LG Electronics, John Brosseau of Consumer Media Solutions, Haroon Mirza of Intel, Joe Cotugno …
Preset DSE Mixer: Sponsor/Partner Profiles – rAVe, Flixio February 28, 2012 by Dave Haynes Sponsor: rAVe [Publications] My content partner on this blog is also one of the sponsor partners for this year’s Preset Group DSE Mixer. If you are on the AV-tech side of this business you probably know all about rAVe and its Type AAA founder-owner Gary Kayye. rAVe provides coverage of the commercial (ProAV) and residential …
