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Leadership Isn’t for Cowards: Being a Better Leader for Your Business or Org

At NSCA BLC, Mike Staver discussed how we allow excuses to get in the way of our intentions, and how that bad habit can bleed into our entire organization.

March 26, 2020 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

“Where in your life is there too much push, and not enough attraction?” asks Mike Staver, author of Leadership Isn’t for Cowards and NSCA BLC keynote speaker. “Successful leaders create an environment that attracts people to them. Not have to push so hard to get it. And yet every person in this room, including me, […]

Over $83M in DOJ School Safety Grants Now Available

OJP school safety grants support wide array of services, such as programs designed to tighten school security and improve the reporting of threats.

March 26, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Over $83 million in Department of Justice grants is available to help communities improve school security and protect students, teachers and faculty from threats of violence, according to a recent announcement from U.S. Attorney Bill Powell. “Schools should be a safe haven for students, a place to learn and grow. No child, parent, or educator should […]

Huddle Space Trends in 2020

These huddle space trends for 2020 only prove that today’s collaboration technology cannot be defined as “one-size-fits-all.”

March 26, 2020 Dana Corey Leave a Comment

Today’s collaboration technology cannot be defined as “one-size-fits-all”. Businesses today, whether large or small, require customizable employee collaboration, stemming from designated meeting spaces, including huddle rooms. A huddle room, or huddle space, is an area where in-office, global, and remote teams can come together to focus on their company-wide collaboration efforts. Generally smaller than the […]

Impero Education Pro Makes Remote Monitoring Software Free to Districts

Impero Education Pro software allows teachers to manage students’ devices remotely and is temporarily available for free for districts.

March 25, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

In order to help teachers keep students on task throughout the school day when they are at learning at home, Impero Software Impero Education Pro web-based software free for the remainder of the school year to districts that do not already have remote monitoring software in place. The cross-platform product combines tools for online safety, […]

The European Union recently announced details for legislation that may incorporate smartphones into its right-to-repair laws.

March 25, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Two years after the European Commission passed laws enabling the right-to-repair appliances, it’s now looking to move forward with right-to-repair laws for smartphones, Vice reports. A recent statement from the European Union details what the new legislation would hone in on, including new initiatives that would apply to smartphones: “The new Action Plan announces initiatives […]

Cybersecurity Incidents at K-12 Schools Nearly Tripled in 2019, Report Says

For the first time since the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center began collecting data, schools have canceled classes or closed due to cybersecurity attacks.

March 25, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

As schools become increasingly reliant on technology for teaching and learning, it is putting them at greater risk for cybersecurity incidents, which is apparent in the findings of a new cybersecurity report. “The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2019 Year in Review,” released by the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, found there were 348 cybersecurity incidents reported at 336 K-12 […]

Higher Ed Tech Managers: This is the Type of COVID Response You Should be Getting from Your A/V People

This is a great example of the kind of campus tech-related higher ed COVID response you should expect from your facility's A/V folks.

March 25, 2020 Josiah Way Leave a Comment

It started Thursday, March 6, 2020. The University of Washington released a statement that all classes would be moved online for the remainder of the quarter. Then Friday came Stanford’s announcement. The dominoes continued to fall. Within the next 48 hours, every major institution in the United States announced some version of transitioning on-campus classes […]

VuWall Releases Free Visualization Tool to Help Coordinators on the Front Lines of COVID-19 Response

VuWall is offering its VuWall2 visualization tool as a free download, allowing organizations fighting COVID-19 to create a temporary video wall solution.

March 24, 2020 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Managing the overflow of information as the coronavirus outbreak continues across the U.S. and around the world has become a complex challenge for everyone involved. VuWall is looking to partner with those who are on the front lines working to keep communities safe and healthy by offering its VuWall2 visualization tool as a free download, allowing organizations to […]

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Building Control & Automation ROI: Time, Cost Savings and Efficiency

Building control and automation systems can bring considerable returns to both facility managers and occupants via time, cost savings and efficiency.

March 24, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Have you ever wanted to have more control over your building’s infrastructure and thought your organization would benefit greatly if you didn’t have to spend so much time managing the facility? Maybe you’ve thought to yourself that if only you could automate some functions of your facility, you’d save a lot of money and resources […]

Mass Notification System Best Practices: Getting the Most Reach

Cell phones have become incredibly useful mass notification tools, but they can't replace a fully-integrated mass notification system.

March 23, 2020 Richard Roe Leave a Comment

On Jan. 10, 2019, Kevin Limbaugh opened fire and killed Davis, Calif., police officer Natalie Corona. Limbaugh fled, sparking a city-wide manhunt that ended hours later when he killed himself. During the hours-long chaos, the University of California, Davis — which is just blocks from where the rookie officer was killed — sent text and […]