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10 Design Tips for Better PowerPoint Presentations

Follow these steps to make sure that your PowerPoint presentations are as engaging and compelling as possible.

January 19, 2017 Debbie DeWitt Leave a Comment

Over 100 million people use PowerPoint to create business and education presentations. Yet, so often, slideshows come across as confusing or monotonous to audiences. The best PowerPoints have great content, presented clearly, in a beautiful design. Use these simple tips to create better PowerPoint presentations that will wow your audience: 1. Understand Aspect Ratios We’ve […]

How Professional Development Leads to Technology Adoption

Training employees is the key to getting the most out of technology that your company adopts.

January 18, 2017 HB Communications Leave a Comment

Technology has integrated so seamlessly into our lives that it’s hard to imagine a day without it. Software and device advancements have truly changed the way we live and work—use a smart watch to track your sleep, or program your digital thermostat at home from the office—that such conveniences are now expectations. Our phones read […]

How Video Can Be Used as a Mainstream Business Tool

According to data from Commercial Integrator, video will make up a whopping 74 percent of all internet traffic by 2017.

January 4, 2017 Anthony Cuellar Leave a Comment

As you no doubt have noticed, video is already becoming a mainstream business practice and we’re seeing savvy brands in both the B2B and the B2C space use video in innovative ways. Why the popularity of video? Low-cost tools and software for deploying video technology have made it easier to effectively integrate these innovative real-time […]

How One Company Is Moving Toward IT and Bringing AV Along

Interview with Kramer executives reveals how the company sees big opportunities on the IT side while staying true to AV roots.

December 30, 2016 Tom LeBlanc Leave a Comment

It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes or Woodward and Bernstein to notice that something is up with Kramer. The AV solutions manufacturer appears restless and ambitious. It’s not just that Kramer, which had done little more than dabble in automation, launched at InfoComm 2016 Kramer Control aiming to virtually eliminate the need for programming with the […]

Why Becoming a Partner of Tech Providers Helps Schools

A principal shares how collaborating with a classroom audio company helped her serve her students better.

December 29, 2016 Dolores Gribouski, Ed.D. Leave a Comment

When I was the Principal of Columbus Park Elementary School in Worcester, MA, I often had companies try to convince me to buy their products. For the most part, I would say yes or no to what they offered, and that would be the end of it. Once, though, my colleagues and I went beyond […]

Make Digital Signage Interactive for Today’s Millennial Students

There are many ways to augment digital signage with interactivity to appeal to new generations.

December 26, 2016 Debbie DeWitt Leave a Comment

Call them Generation Y, Generation Now or Millennials – they are already a huge part of the workforce, or attending colleges and universities to get educated and trained. They are easily the most technologically savvy generation in history, using a vast array of interactive technologies to meet, chat, plan, shop and work. It stands to […]

Promote and Support Extracurricular Activities with Digital Signage

There are numerous benefits to offering a comprehensive ECA program, and your digital screens can be an integral part of promoting it.

December 22, 2016 Ellyce Kelly Leave a Comment

Studies show what educators already know: students that participate in extracurricular activities (ECAs) – such as performing arts, sports, publications, practical labs, student government, honors society and academic clubs – have higher GPAs, score better on assessment tests, have better attendance and frequently go on to higher education. This is especially true in high school, […]

Universities Can Play a Key Role in Creating Smart Cities

A university is very much a part of the city it's in, and universities and cities can work together to work toward the future.

December 21, 2016 Mark Francis Leave a Comment

Imagine a city in which buildings alert you when they need repair, there is Wi-Fi on every street corner, sensors tell the garbage trucks where, when and how often to collect, and where data is analyzed in a way that tells us which streets are more likely to be crime hotspots based upon traffic and […]

How Can Immersive Technologies Improve Learning in Higher Ed?

Immersive technologies like augmented and virtual reality can help solve real world problems.

December 19, 2016 Mark Christian Leave a Comment

The way students learn about subjects from the Middle East to Mars and from history to health care is undergoing a remarkable transformation. No longer will faculty be limited by pictures in a textbook or videos on classroom televisions. A new wave of technological innovation is redefining what it means to learn — bringing to […]

4 University Technologies That Will Become Obsolete by 2020

Progression in technology abilities and increased adoption has resulted in massive changes in how universities look and act over the past several decades.

December 12, 2016 Jason Konesco Leave a Comment

Higher education leaders likely remember a time when the prominent technology that was highlighted on campuses included computer labs, payphones, emergency poles, typewriters, electronic library systems, and perhaps a baseline learning management system. While many of these technologies have gone by the wayside, several remain and have evolved and retained relevancy with students. While technologies […]