This informative event will be held at the The Club at Key Center, Downtown Cleveland! March 11, 2010.  Manufacturers' Reps will be providing hands-on demos and conducting instructive workshops on Energy Management (Green Technologies) including Polycom Video Conferencing as well as the latest in Life-Safety, Fire Alarms, Security/CCTV Systems.  Select Courses provide AIA/CES credits.  The Expo/Trade Show runs from 3-7PM.  Feel free to drop in at your convenience.  Registration for courses and to attend this free event below.

Guest Speakers/Presenters: 

Kathie Rose, North Central Regional Sales Manager, Silent Knight by Honeywell Fire Systems Group
John Knox, Honeywell System Sensor

 Greg Tomasko, Regional Sales Manager, Honeywell Video

Adam Gold, Crestron, presenting "Control by Design" (AIA Credit)

Terry Rafferty, Crestron, presenting “Intelligent Efficiency” (AIA Credit)

George Borden, Digital Signage National Sales Manager, BlackBox iCOMPEL

Daniel LeJeune, Regional Channel Manager, Polycom
 

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Areas to be represented include: Crestron Control and Green Technologies, Honeywell Access Control, CCTV and Fire Alarm Systems, Polycom’s Teleconferencing & Telepresence, NEC’s Flat Panels for Digital Signage and Healthcare Applications, Lutron Shade Control & Energy Management, Soundtube, Tannoy, Audio Technica, Listen Technologies & Ashly Audio. Screens for presentations provided by Da-Lite.
There are no fees for courses or for attending the Expo, but we ask that you register.

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Digital Signage 101: 7 Key Considerations to Identify Where and How to Start

Presented by George Borden, Digital Signage National Sales Manager, Black Box

This session is designed for organizations considering digital signage or those who are in the early stages of planning and deploying digital signage programs. If you are interested in adding digital signage to your venue or organization, or looking to use digital media for informational or promotional purposes, this is a must-attend session. It is also useful for organizations that have had first-generation experience setting up digital signage, but now have additional or new staff who will be part of the next stage of deployment. Whether it's for a small business selling handmade goods, a fast food restaurant, or internal and external communications for a large corporation or a public service agency, digital signage provides an affordable and effective method to deliver communications in real time. Attend this session and learn:
* Strategic Planning: Defining goals, objectives, applications and action plans.
* Content creation, management, maintenance - who is responsible for what?
* Identifying and educating stakeholders on the value of digital signage for the organization and to the individual stakeholder.
* Demonstrating the Value Proposition of digital signage - Examples of the most commonly used applications and the problems they solve.
* Common pitfalls and problems, and ways to avoid them at the start.
* Interactive technology: Should I be using it? Best practices to implementing it.
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 The New Age of Digital CCTV: The Basics of IP Transmissions as it Pertains to CCTV and Recoding Platforms

Presented by Greg Tomasko, Regional Sales Manager, Honeywell Video

This course will cover the basics of IP transmission as it pertains to CCTV and recording platforms. The focus will be on Camera technology, Bandwidth, Storage, IP Networking setup and execution for CCTV and user authority. This course will also cover the Newest Honeywell products including MaxPRO VMS, Fusion 4 NVRs and IP cameras – including a NEW generation of IP camera, to this point unknown to the CCTV industry. Come see the best Honeywell has to offer in this 1-hour crash course on CCTV in the Digital World.

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Fire Alarm Systems, Carbon Monoxide detection and applications with Silent Knight Farenhyt and System Sensor

Presented by Kathie Rose, North Central Sales Manager, Silent Knight & John Knox, Honeywell

Anyone involved in Fire Alarm or Life Safety Design, Specifying or Maintenance will greatly benefit from this informative 2-Hr. course.  (.2 National NTC/NBFAA CEUs)

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Crestron's Intelligent Efficiencies (1 AIA/CES Credit)

Presented by Terry Rafferty, Crestron

 This one-hour presentation is for the AIA continuing education seminar series. Architects learn how fully integrated controls must be a priority in intelligent, green building; the role of the systems integrator; what "intelligent efficiency" is; how asset management and scheduling software enables systems management and control that can be implemented locally and globally, and why an integrated solution is so important.

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Crestron's Control by Design (1 AIA/CES Credit)

Presented by Adam Gold

This one-hour presentation is for the AIA continuing education series for architects lighting designers, specifiers and other design professionals involved in the commercial Audio Visual market place discuss the fundamentals of control technology as it impacts spatial design and is valued at 1 Learning Unit.

Safety Technologies publishes its newest edition of "The Integrator", our news letter.  Please feel free to down load a copy and find out what is happening with our customers, company, and staff!

Sending Safety Signals

Is your facility meeting the minimum requirements for notifying employees in the event of an emergency?

by Keith M. Riggs