NSCA Recognizes Three Deserving Industry Leaders in 2020
February 6, 2020
Michael Hester, Steve Emspak, and Nate Ross to be honored with prestigious awards during NSCA’s 22nd annual Business & Leadership Conference
Soft Skills: Interns Don’t Know What They Don’t Know
December 10, 2018
The Importance of Teaching Soft Skills in Internships Lisa Miller, marketing and product manager at RoomReady, took advantage of the Ignite Pilot Internship Program this past summer. She recently spoke with me about the challenges (and rewards) of hosting three interns – and, honestly, what she said took me a bit by surprise. Soft skills. Read the full article…
Conference Technologies Takes Talent Development In-House
September 7, 2018
Without giving away the secret to the sauce, I wanted to highlight (and basically give mad props) to Conference Technologies (CTI) for creating a really kick-arse audiovisual internship program. Developed five years ago by CTI’s leadership team, CTI University currently hosts 12 interns across four different locations with the intent to grow each summer. For Read the full article…
How Bluewater Technologies Uses Mentorships to Improve Employee Confidence
August 14, 2018
To help employees feel empowered – and to help them learn new skills – Bluewater Technologies in Southfield, MI, developed a new employee mentorship program that combines professional and personal development opportunities. To participate, mentors and mentees can apply online and provide some information on their interests and what they’re hoping to learn. From there, Read the full article…
NSCA to Host Charity Team-Building
August 8, 2018
As part of its annual Pivot to Profit conference, held October 23-24 in Atlanta, GA, the NSCA is hosting a Bike-A-Thon team-building event. Integrators will come together the night before the conference begins, for a charity team-building workshop. Read the full article…
An Insider’s Look at This Year’s Drunk Unkles Fundraiser: A True AV Experience
June 14, 2018
Every year at InfoComm, I heard about the Drunk Unkles event. And, every year, I had a company dinner in the middle of it. Over the years, I made it a few times, showing up at the tail end of the performance. By that time, the room was usually about 500 degrees, very moist, and Read the full article…
Drunk Unkles: Seems Like Only Yesterday …
May 22, 2015
It’s almost impossible for me to believe that 2015 marks the 10th year of the Drunk Unkles’ partnership with the NSCA Education Foundation. What started as a simple night of music has turned into a major annual fundraiser for our foundation. Read the full article…
“Unkle” Steve says… Bring Your Dancing Shoes & Get Ready for INSANITY AT VANITY! 6/18/14…
June 10, 2014
I’m awed every single time that someone brings up a discussion about the Drunk Unkles. It happens often, at all kinds of events, meetings, casual conversations, what have you. It never ceases to amaze me that something that was born out of sadness has become such a significant annual industry event, earning a good deal Read the full article…
Giving Back to Your Industry
May 31, 2013
I am quite impressed at how many people in our industry actively look for ways to invest their time, treasures and talents. In a time where we are all so busy and everyone seems to be doing more with less, we have some great people willing to contribute in various ways to improve and enhance Read the full article…
Exploring New Markets
October 16, 2012
It seems each day that systems integration companies with a traditional or even a unique scope of services are moving closer and closer to competing with one another. You see more examples of how network connectivity and the integration of new digital applications are driving this. But that’s not news. What is news is the Read the full article…