Emergency Digital Signage

Digital Signage Expo is a week away and I'm ecstatic to report that MediaTile will have quite the presence at the event in Las Vegas. To reference a memorable Bill Crystal quote in The Princess Bride, we are "storming the castle."

We have a pretty good sized booth (#1427) at the convention center, but most importantly is that several of us (employees and customers) are speaking at various sessions.

You can check out the full schedule and details of those speaking at panels and Lunch & Learns, but here are the highlights:

• Wayne Ward, Sprint, VP,...

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It's been a busy week at MediaTile, but I didn't want to miss a big announcement we made earlier this week. Later this month, we will launch and add a new emergency broadcast triggering system to MediaCast (our digital signage Software as a Service).

What's unique about the Emergency Media Trigger (as we're calling it) is that in integrates within legacy emergency communication systems. This is especially huge for educational institutions and corporate communication departments who are always looking for effective and simple ways of delivering...Read More »

I enjoy speaking in front of large groups. But that doesn't mean it's easy. At the 6th Annual Summit for Emergency & Disaster Planning, the audience was largely from educational institutions. But there were teachers, and administrators, and principals, and health and safety directors, and fire chiefs, and you get the point. It's tough making a presentation that's then relevant to all of those groups.

Plus, I had the second-to-last slot so I was pleased with many stuck around for the full day. I was surprised to see so many hands raised when I...Read More »

That's the title of my topic at the 6th Annual Emergency & Disaster Planning conference in Toronto. The folks at the Strategy Institute always put on a good show.

I'm honored to present at the show, but am equally interested to hear what the other speakers have to say. I would imagine this is a hungry audience, especially with so many public institutions concerned over a potential flu epidemic. The two-day conference is focused on the education sector. Just glancing through some of the other topics and you see words like "infectious...Read More »

Growing up, I couldn't tell you how many times I heard that when I was a kid. AND it was always an annoyance because it seemed interrupt my GI Joe cartoons. And thankfully, it always only seemed to be a test. But the Emergency Broadcast System was in place a valuable crisis communication tool, giving the government the ability to alert communities if there was a crisis at hand.

We are now giving that same ability to MediaTile digital signage network operators. Just announced last week, users can now implement what's called an Emergency Media... Read More »

For the employee communications expert panel at this week's IABC World Conference, I was asked to talk briefly about a communications trend I've seen recently. Aside from the obvious one (social media), the only thing I've seen is internal communicators getting beat up on a daily basis. For the last six months they have been in crisis mode because announced layoffs, business cuts and other fun news.

So what I presented to the group was more a curiosity that I had. I'm really interested to see that as the economy moves from recession to recovery,...Read More »

I wasn't out at this year's Kioskcom but our friend Lionel Tepper of Digital Signage Universe was. Today, he posted this great review of the show's highlights. Lionel noted that though Kioskcom is a bit smaller than other industry shows, he feels the show always brings a broad range of attendees.

Follow the jump to read some additional information on the Employee Communications segment MediaTile's Keith Kelsen hosted. It sounds like the session went well and I think Lionel described the corp comm market with this:

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MediaTile's very own Keith Kelsen will be chairing a very cool session at this week's Kioskcom. It's titled "Employee Communication: Digital Signage to Communicate to Internal Customers."

I'm thrilled to see the corporate communication segment being addressed at an industry show. It's a rare occasion. If you're planning on being out in Las Vegas for this year's show, swing by to check out the session. Keith's session is on Thursday at 10:30 am PST.

Here's a session summary:

Employee Communication: Digital Signage to Communicate to Internal... Read More »

Every corporate communications department has (or at least should have) a crisis communication plan. For those who have gone through various business continuity exercises or emergency drills, you now how important these plans are.

And when I talk to customers, they ask me about how to incorporate their digital signage network into the crisis planning. My answer is simple. Do it on the front end. A plan is only as good as the people who know about it and are prepared to execute it.

If a plan exists and no one knows about it or isn't aware of...Read More »

At MediaTile, we are super excited to be a part of a special supplement appearing in today's USA Today in select markets around the country.

The special publication will be available in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, New York and Atlanta. And since we are on the cover along side our partner Sprint, we're hoping the circulation of 750,000 draws great attention to our digital signage technology.

So you say you're not in one of those cities? All is not lost. You can download the supplement direct from MediaTile.

If you are conducting digital...Read More »