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Read AVI-SPL’s Smart Spaces Catalog for 2018

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AVI-SPL’s new Smart Spaces catalog is here, and it’s your source for empowering your organization’s employees with the ability to share ideas and be productive, whether they’re in the same collaboration space or working from remote locations. The core of this new publication is AVI-SPL’s Smart Spaces offering, which is our system for the quick deployment of collaboration spaces that are outfitted with AV and UC technology. This 2018 issue covers:

  • AVI-SPL’s value as a partner in your digital workplace transformation
  • Four keys to success in the digital workplace
  • How to create the collaborative workplace
  • Unify ME Symphony managed services platform
  • Two case studies

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Increase Employee Engagement With the Tools They Want

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Your company’s staff can’t collaborate with one another or develop knowledge if they don’t have the technology tools that are easy to use and give them the capabilities they need and expect. You’re likely familiar with these solutions, including video collaboration, interactive displays, advanced visualization and live video streaming. This AVI-SPL article looks at what you need to consider before implementing new collaboration technology, including:

  • How people want to work
  • The user experience
  • Interoperability with current systems

This article is part of AVI-SPL’s collection of resources for organizations that need to improve their efficiency and effectiveness in collaborating and communicating. AVI-SPL has dedicated a single landing page of articles and tech briefs as your convenient source for understanding how to attract and retain talent through digital workplace strategies.

When you have questions about improving, integrating and supporting your digital workplace, the experts at AVI-SPL are available. Contact us at sales@avispl.com or 866-559-8197.

 

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Emerging Trends in Higher Education Technology

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Teachers that use technology solutions like interactive whiteboards, video collaboration systems, and advanced visualization are creating learning spaces equipped for the way students want to learn. And as Brawn Consulting points out, they’re also taking important steps toward preparing their students for their lives after school.

Eighty-five percent of jobs that will exist in 2030 will be new — and will involve technology at a high level. Giving students access to technology solutions can also help them develop and hone life skills, including how to learn and think critically and create presentations.

Brawn Consulting, a venerable consultant to the audio-visual industry, has identified emerging trends in higher education, particularly those related to technology:

  • Students expect seamless technology in the classroom
  • Machine learning will predict student performance
  • Outsourcing more IT systems
  • Remote technical support will be more important to systems security
  • Increased group work and collaboration
  • BYOD adoption will be standard
  • Scalable school systems like cloud-based applications, infrastructure, and collaborative platforms
  • Collaboration tools and video communication will become more prevalent

In light of these trends, Brawn recommends that schools and their teachers:

  • Experiment with the technology that engages students and helps them retain their lessons
  • Focus on scalable cloud-based collaboration systems that include managed support
  • Rely on the International Society for Technology Education, a nonprofit that provides technology and learning resources

You can rely on AVI-SPL to help navigate these trends and integrate the seamless technology students expect and need. To create the classrooms that engage students and prepare them for the evolving job market, contact AVI-SPL at sales@avispl.com or 866-559-8197.

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Five Best Practices for Adopting UC and Video

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Unified communications and video collaboration tools improve the user experience when they align with business goals AND are used throughout an organization. AVI-SPL’s Customer Advisory Board, which includes Fortune 500 companies and large enterprises, met throughout 2018 to share the value of UC and video in their organizations, and how they increase user adoption so that the company and its staff reap those benefits. The result of those meetings is a brief that is summarized in a LinkedIn post by AVI-SPL SVP of Marketing Kelly Bousman.

Read “Five Best Practices for IT Leaders to Increase Video Adoption” >

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Webinar Recording: Future of Video Collaboration and How to Get There

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In this webinar, you’ll learn how to plan for video collaboration in your company or university, and you’ll see some of the video display solutions that Sharp is offering to meet the future of collaboration.  Saundra Merollo, senior sales engineer for Sharp, and Tim Hill, VP of engineering for AVI-SPL, lead this discussion of where video collaboration technology is going and offer advice for making sure video collaboration tools are used. They cover:

  • Stats that reflect how organizations are spending on video collaboration
  • How the changing workforce demos will affect collaboration tech
  • Collaboration trends like artificial intelligence and informal meetings
  • A sneak peek at a Sharp product for 2019 that brings together A.I. and collaboration
  • IT considerations for upgrading video

Saundra and Tim also answer customer questions about finding the right solutions, touch vs. non-touch displays, and how to advocate for video collaboration systems in your organization. Whether you work in a corporate environment or educational institution, you’ll find much value in this webinar.

Get the recording for “Video Collaboration: Where It’s Going and How to Get There” >

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The Value of AVI-SPL TechXchange Events for the Enterprise

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Research is among the most important parts of a plan to improve your company’s collaboration experience. AVI-SPL delivers that experience through its knowledge of space, design and technology.  It also helps provide valuable research information at its TechXchange events, which are held throughout North America. In this interview with My Tech Decisions, you’ll hear about these topics from Dale Bottcher, AVI-SPL executive vice president of global sales and marketing. Dale explains how AVI-SPL’s focus is on business outcomes and creating a better workplace experience, and how the TechXchange format supports that mission. Among the topics he addresses:

  • Our collaboration with JLL, a key TechXchange partner
  • What attendees get out of the TechXchange events
  • How these events will evolve for 2019

Watch the 12-minute interview:

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