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Improve Talent Attraction and Retention with Career Pathing

November 7, 2023

Instead of defining rungs on a career ladder, you can improve the employee experience through career pathing. Traditionally, conversations about career advancement involve talk of climbing the corporate ladder. Entry-level positions are at the bottom of the ladder, and each…

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NSCA Success Story: Estimating Labor Units Accurately

November 5, 2023

Coming from a 20-year history in broadcasting, Pat Vaughn felt a little behind the curve when he first joined integrator Simpatico in 2014 and needed to better understand loaded labor costs in his new role. “I started to quickly realize that labor is the single biggest factor impacting profit and loss for a project,” says Vaughn, Simpatico’s vice president of service delivery. While conducting a search online, he found the Labor Installation Standard guidelines. The document quickly became the most valuable tool he had to ramp up his level of expertise and experience with commercial installations.

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What the Best Integrators Are Doing Next: Business & Leadership Conference 2024

November 3, 2023

NSCA is excited to let integrators know that the 2024 Business & Leadership Conference (BLC) is set for Feb. 27-29, 2024, in Irving, TX.

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AI in Business: Where Are We Today, and How Far Do We Have to Go?

November 2, 2023

If you’re going to use AI in business, then the rewards can be great—but only after you understand the risks. AI is getting ready to explode. Case in point: The generative AI market is predicted to grow to $1.3 trillion…

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How EOS Helps Basepoint Rethink the Way Business Is Run

October 31, 2023

For its commitment to driving business through transformation, Basepoint Building Automations was named a 2023 Excellence in Business award winner in the Differentiating Strategies category. When a new president and CEO joined Basepoint Building Automations (formerly Control Installations of Iowa…

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Introducing Brand-New HDMI Active Optical Cables

October 31, 2023

Orion, MI, October 31, 2023 – In addition to our previously available 1, 2, 3, and 5-meter HDMI 2.0 cables, we now offer HDMI 2.0 AOC cables in additional lengths: 10, 15, 20, 30, and 50 meters. We must mention…

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New FX ECX Wall-Mount Fiber Enclosures Bring Fiber Connections Closer to Users and Devices

October 31, 2023

With the FX ECX Wall-Mount Fiber Enclosure, installers can now take advantage of the wall when floor space isn’t available for a rack-mount patch panel system. St. Louis, Missouri – Oct. 31, 2023 – Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), a leading…

Digital Signage Veteran Carrie Garcia Joins WAVIT Board

Digital Signage Veteran Carrie Garcia Joins WAVIT Board

October 31, 2023

Anaheim, CA – October 31, 2023 – Women in AV/IT (WAVIT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and empowering women in the AV and IT industries, has added digital signage veteran Carrie Garcia to its board of directors. “We’re…

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Lightware Deploys Taurus UCX In A New York-Based Financial Institution

October 26, 2023

Orion, MI, October 26, 2023 – RoomReady selects Lightware’s Taurus UCX to promote interoperability with Poly- and Windows-based system across hundreds of meeting rooms nationwide Headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, the world’s largest custodian bank and securities services company…

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Excellence in Product Innovation Awards Now Accepting Entries for 2024

October 24, 2023

NSCA is excited to announce that entries are now being accepted for the 10th annual Excellence in Product Innovation awards

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How to Teach Employees About Microaggressions in the Workplace

October 24, 2023

To create an inclusive work environment, it’s important to talk with your team about different types of microaggressions, their effects, and how to prevent them. Assumptions, insensitive comments, inappropriate questions, putdowns: Whether intentional or not, these kinds of interactions, known…

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North Carolina State University’s James B. Hunt Jr. Library Installs Sony’s Crystal LED to Give Students and Visitors a More Immersive and Rewarding Experience

October 19, 2023

North Carolina State University’s James B. Hunt Jr. Library serves a big purpose for our students, but it’s also open to the public. When the library was built more than ten years ago, multiple video walls were installed simultaneously, and…