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Associations Focus: InfoComm Shines

NEW AND FREE STREAMING MEDIA InfoComm Academy has just added to its OnDemand library of streaming media presentations and made it easily accessible and

Associations Focus: InfoComm Shines

Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM

NEW AND FREE STREAMING MEDIA

InfoComm Academy has just added to its OnDemand library of streaming media presentations and made it easily accessible and free. In an effort to help AV professionals benefit from a variety of topics discussed by industry experts, the presentations are all located in one convenient spot. No registration is necessary — in two seconds you can view many topics of interest, including Improving AV Project Flow, Specifying and Assessing Projected Image Quality, Using Category 5/5e/6 for Audio and Video Applications, and Wi-Fi for the AV Professional. Visit InfoComm at www.infocomm.org.

INFOCOMM BECOMES ANSI-ACCREDITED STANDARDS DEVELOPER

InfoComm has been recognized as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited standards developer. InfoComm’s standards will be developed as international standards and, as warranted, will be presented for adoption by the International Standards Organization (ISO).

For more information, please visit www.infocomm.org/standards. Interested volunteers can contact Joseph Bocchiaro III, Ph.D., CTS-D, CTS-I, InfoComm’s director of performance standards, at [email protected].

INFOCOMM SHINES

InfoComm Shines challenges members to work together to benefit nonprofit organizations and raise visibility and goodwill for the AV industry. In 2005, the initial InfoComm Shines project included the donation of nearly $100,000 in AV products and services to the Helen Keller National Center. In 2006, the headquarters of Southface, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally friendly practices, was selected as an InfoComm Shines project.

Recently, the ICIF Board selected the Walker School in Needham, Mass., as its latest InfoComm Shines project. Recommended by Stewart B. Randall, CTS-D, of Communications Designs Associates, the Walker School is exploring potential uses of assistive communications technology for more effective classroom teaching of emotionally, behaviorally, and learning disabled children and youth in the classroom.

Through InfoComm Shines, the Walker School will create a web-based communications system for the Walker staff and families to use to conduct meetings, seminars, parental conferences, and staff supervision. This will involve the development of basic video and graphics production. The project will also increase and enhance the instructional technology available to teaching staff in the Walker School. This will involve a partnership with one or more local universities to employ graduate students to research and develop technology solutions for this population. During the study, various technologies will be employed for evaluation and testing with the possibility of being incorporated into the Walker curriculum. An arts and technology curriculum at Beacon High School will also be developed and implemented with support from the companies contributing to this project.

So far, Extron, Crestron, Polycom, HB Communications, Vbrick, AMX, FSR, and others have pledged their support. If you are interested in getting involved with this project, please contact Stewart B. Randall, CTS-D at [email protected]. If you are interested in submitting an InfoComm Shines project proposal, visit www.infocomm.org.

ICIF AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS

The International Communication Industries Foundation, the nonprofit foundation administered by InfoComm, has issued nearly $70,000 in scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year. Twenty-three students who are employees or dependents of employees of InfoComm-member companies were awarded $1,500 each. Twenty-nine students who are outside the industry were awarded $1,200 each.

To be eligible for ICIF scholarships, students must be majoring in audiovisual subjects or related fields, including audio, video, telecommunications, electronics, technical aspects of the theater, data networking, software development, and information technology. Students with other majors may be considered if they can demonstrate a relationship to career goals in the AV industry.

DON’T MISS TECHWEEK

Leaders from the National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) and InfoComm announced the first presentation of a new systems integration training event, NSCA TechWeek, sponsored by InfoComm. The event, which will take place Oct. 20-24 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, focuses on product-specific manufacturers training and provides educational opportunities in popular applications, including professional audiovisual, fire and life safety, access control, and closed-circuit television.

The event will feature expert education from NSCA University and the InfoComm Academy, manufacturer training, certification testing, networking opportunities, and tabletop exhibits. Classes will run throughout the week and will vary in length from 2 hours to four days, depending on the subject matter.Tabletop exhibits will begin the night of Oct. 21 and end at 4 p.m. on Oct. 23, with closures during morning-class sessions. Companies interested in providing manufacturers training, sponsorship opportunities, and tabletop exhibit space should contact Mike Doolittle, CTS, InfoComm director of exposition sales, at [email protected].

WAVELENGTHS

Wavelengths, the new podcast series from InfoComm International, goes behind the scenes with a look into some of the programs and projects InfoComm and its members are involved in, as well as issues facing the AV industry.

Some of the topics covered so far include: InfoComm Green AV Special Interest Groups, social-media programs, performance standards, the Market Forecast Survey, ANSI accreditation of the CTS program, and InfoComm 08. Subscribe to the RSS feed today by visiting www.infocomm.org. Wavelengths episodes are also now available on iTunes.

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