AVI Systems Blog - Interactive Whiteboards

New Product from SMART Technologies

Robyn — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Introducing the LightRaise 40wi interactive projector from SMART Technologies

The new LightRaise 40 wi interactive projector will enable educators to deliver interactive SMART Notebook lessons on nearly any surface.

Check out the video here.

To learn more about SMART Technology and other communication technology that can help you increase engagement, check out theTechnologies we Integrate section and contact AVI Systems today.

Win a SMART Board for the school of your choice, enter today!

Robyn — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Enter SMART Technologies early education contest between December 1, 2011 and January 31, 2012, and you could win a SMART Board 885ix for the school of your choice. The SMART Board can help encourage young learners to explore together through its multitouch surface and interactive content. Its intuitive interface encourages play and makes it easy for young students to start using it without instruction.

Check out the contest details here...

2011 PRO AV Brand Leaders

Robyn — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Pro AV announces its AV Brand Leaders for 2011. In April, Pro AV gave readers a link to an online survey and asked them to indicate which AV product brands they used, specified, or installed most. They were allowed to select more than one in 29 product categories. Overall, 303 registered and 275 qualified AV pros completed the survey. Check out the results here...

SMART Exchange

Robyn — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Hundreds of free resources from Discovery Education now on the SMART Exchange. Check it out...

InfoComm 2011 News

Robyn — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Check out rAVe Publications review of InfoComm 2011 part 2.

Click here...

Observations from InfoComm 2011

Robyn — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Check out this article from Gary Kayye, CTS on his observations at InfoComm 2011.

InfoComm 2011

Robyn — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Unable to make InfoComm this year...no problem! Check out a few great product highlight videos here.

Christie Digital - Pre-show demo of their projector to rAVe

AMX - the new Modero X Series

Chief Manufacturing - Demos their Interactive Wall System

Polycom - shows its OTX100 line

Consult the Expert: Why AV Technology?

Robyn — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Audio visual technology is an effective tool that serves a variety of purposes. Though organizations have a broad range of reasons for implementing audio visual technology, generally the reasons fall into four basic categories.

Efficiency & Effectiveness

Presentation technologies and video conferencing tools can help you conduct more efficient meetings. By ensuring that everyone in the room can see and hear the presentation, easily take notes, and interact with the presenter, you ensure that participants are more engaged and will walk away from the presentation with a stronger sense of involvement.
In addition, your meetings can be much more effective. Video conferencing technologies allow people to see one another and interact almost as effectively as if they were meeting in person.
Audio visual technology can be used for more effective and efficient training deployment with presentations that can be distributed throughout your organization using broadcast or IP technologies, you have the ability to reach your entire audience quickly, efficiently and effectively.

Community Building

Video conferencing technology can create and enhance a sense of community between employees in a geographically dispersed company. By enabling many participants to be involved, and everyone to be seen, as well as to have a voice, people can get to know each other and interact with one another almost as effectively as they would if they were in the same room.
In addition, technology can improve multi-level communications. For instance, managers and executives can meet face to face with employees in multiple locations across multiple time zones.

Workforce Attraction & Support

With all the advances in technology, it’s becoming increasingly important for organizations to upgrade their technologies, simply to stay competitive.
The technology trend has a lot to do with this fact: to attract and retain top talent from the workforce pool, organizations have to create environments in which motivate their employees.

Image & Reputation

Digital Signage is one of the most cost-effective and efficient methods for deploying an organizations message, generate maximum results and make an immediate, meaningful connection with their audience.

To learn about some of the real-life technologies that we integrate as a part of an audio visual systems integration project, contact AVI Systems today.

AVI Systems Brings Audio Visual Know-How to Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.

Robyn — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:00:00 GMT

The bright new star of the University of Wisconsin/Madison campus is the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (WID). This unique facility, completed in December 2010, is designed to further collaboration and interaction between public and private research, in the diverse fields of biology, information technology and engineering, vital to advancing human health.

Click here to read the project spotlight.

AVI Systems Brookfield, WI Open House

Robyn — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Congratulations to our Brookfield, WI office on their successful Open House! It was a great day! Thank you for all our customers and manufacturers that attended the event for all your support!

Check out a few photos from the event on our Facebook page.