Clearing Up HR Problems Using Digital Signage May 13, 2016 by Kenneth Brinkmann Guest Post: Debbie DeWitt, Visix A good Human Resources team is indispensable to the smooth running of a company or organization. Companies today are investing more in their HR departments1. They are often the interface between management and staff, and can make the difference in having an engaged workforce that knows what’s expected and wants to …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts Seeing Healthy Download Numbers After 1st Week May 13, 2016 by Dave Haynes The Sixteen:Nine Podcast series just launched a week ago but it’s already doing quite well – with more than 300 downloads off the host pages and more than 1,000 if you lump in other podcast platforms that grab, distribute and play episodes out using the RSS feed. Now … compared to something like Serial or The …
Ontario Tears Down Its Beer Wall, Goes Interactive May 12, 2016 by Dave Haynes American friends who’ve come up to Toronto for a visit or on business have tended to marvel at the sight of big buildings along major roadways that say simply: BEER STORE. They are Ontario government-regulated stores that only sell beer, and many of them are set up like small warehouses, with a front order desk …
Defining The Digital Workplace May 12, 2016 by Joel Dart Guest Post: Brandon Harp, Barco/X20 Media The digital workplace has many different meanings, and as someone selling visual and software solutions into that space, I constantly find myself asking customers what the digital workplace means to them. Very few have clearly defined answers. The IT research and advisory firm Gartner describes the digital workplace as a …
Sixteen:Nine Podcast: Stephen Randall of Monster Media May 11, 2016 by Dave Haynes Stephen Randall is the EVP Social and Mobile at the out of home media firm Monster Media. Randall was doing mobile operating systems before they were ever called smart, as a co-founder of Symbian. He then started LocaModa, which was doing visualizations of user-generated content as far back as 2005, before social media was even …
Projects: UK Burger Chain’s Switch To Digital Menus Sees 50% Sales Boost May 10, 2016 by Dave Haynes It’s one location, so keep that top of mind, but word that cutting over menu boards at a UK burger stand from static to digital menu boards jumped sales by 50% is nonetheless interesting. The small hand-crafted burger chain, Prime Burger, cut over its three locations to digital, working with Eclipse Digital Media and using Samsung’s …
Delivering On The Promise Of Electronic Paper May 9, 2016 by Jennifer Davis Guest Post: Luka Birsa, Visionect Electronic paper is now making it possible to put digital signage in places and situations that were long thought too difficult and costly. The technology that first made its mark in the e-book sector is now being used outside as digital signs on roadways and at transit shops – conquering …
Solving Menu Board Challenges … With Print??? May 6, 2016 by Dave Haynes Here’s something odd to end the week – a fast food chain and its marketing services vendor touting how it uses on-demand printing to get menus localized to each of 900 sites. From Retail Touchpoints: Bakery franchise Auntie Anne’s is leveraging Print On Demand technology from retail marketing services provider GSP to print customizable menu boards …
Sixteen:Nine Podcast: Nanxi Liu of Enplug May 6, 2016 by Dave Haynes In this episode, I’m chatting with Nanxi Liu, the CEO of Enplug, a Los Angeles-based digital signage CMS company she started with a group of new friends after graduating from Cal-Berkeley, just four years ago.. Nanxi talks about being a Millennial Asian CEO in an industry mostly run by middle-aged white guys, growing a company …
Sixteen:Nine Podcast: Bill Dunn of LG MRI May 6, 2016 by Dave Haynes Bill Dunn is the founder and CEO of LG MRI, a suburban Atlanta company focused on producing ultra-reliable, long-lasting outdoor LCD displays. You can see LG MRI product on urban sidewalks, attached to bus shelters and placed around busy outdoor areas like shopping centers and campuses. Dunn, an engineer to the core, talks in this …
