Collaborative Tech Talk

Nuestros invitados Flavio Calonge (desarrollador de negocios para Latinoamérica de Screenbeam) y Pablo Velez (CEO de COMSULTING SAS) nos cuentan como la marca LABERINT del grupo COMSULTING nos brinda soluciones para el trabajo híbrido, tanto en ambientes educativos como corporativos.

Fundada en el año 2014, COMSULTING ha marcado la pauta en Latinoamérica creando soluciones técnicas que se adaptan a las demandas de los clientes tanto para trabajo remoto como para la educación a distancia.

“Poco a poco habrá un regreso a las oficinas, pero este no será al 100%” nos dice Velez. Esto significa que los empleados van a necesitar espacios para trabajar desde su casa. Es así que LABERINT brinda soluciones de comunicación según las necesidades de cada empresa. Reuniones de negocios más efectivas, rápidas y que se adaptan a las nuevas demandas de comunicación en espacios abiertos (open space)

“Nuestro reto ha sido generar los indicadores de gestión y tener las herramientas de medición para asegurar que las personas son productivas fuera de la empresa” nos dice Velez. Al respecto, Calonge nos dice: “Ese cambio de ambiente de trabajo ha afectado no solo a los trabajadores, sino también a los gerentes. Ellos estaban acostumbrados a tener a los empleados cerca. La realidad es que el modelo de trabajo ha cambiado y que las personas pueden ser tan productivas en forma remota como en forma presencial.”

LABERINT tiene soluciones como sistemas de proyección inalámbricas, sistemas portátiles de videoconferencia, y todo en uno para salas de juntas de cualquier tamaño, manteniendo una experiencia de usuario única. “Hemos visto empresas que han reducido el tamaño de las oficinas y los espacios de cooperación tipo WeWork se están volviendo más populares”, indica Calonge. “Soluciones inalámbricas, abiertas, confiables, fáciles de utilizar es hacia donde va el mercado.”, agrega.

Nuestros invitados Flavio Calonge (desarrollador de negocios para Latinoamérica de Screenbeam) y Pablo Velez (CEO de COMSULTING SAS) nos cuentan como la marca LABERINT del grupo COMSULTING nos brinda soluciones para el trabajo híbrido, tanto en ambientes educativos como corporativos.

Fundada en el año 2014, COMSULTING ha marcado la pauta en Latinoamérica creando soluciones técnicas que se adaptan a las demandas de los clientes tanto para trabajo remoto como para la educación a distancia.

“Poco a poco habrá un regreso a las oficinas, pero este no será al 100%” nos dice Velez. Esto significa que los empleados van a necesitar espacios para trabajar desde su casa. Es así que LABERINT brinda soluciones de comunicación según las necesidades de cada empresa. Reuniones de negocios más efectivas, rápidas y que se adaptan a las nuevas demandas de comunicación en espacios abiertos (open space)

“Nuestro reto ha sido generar los indicadores de gestión y tener las herramientas de medición para asegurar que las personas son productivas fuera de la empresa” nos dice Velez. Al respecto, Calonge nos dice: “Ese cambio de ambiente de trabajo ha afectado no solo a los trabajadores, sino también a los gerentes. Ellos estaban acostumbrados a tener a los empleados cerca. La realidad es que el modelo de trabajo ha cambiado y que las personas pueden ser tan productivas en forma remota como en forma presencial.”

LABERINT tiene soluciones como sistemas de proyección inalámbricas, sistemas portátiles de videoconferencia, y todo en uno para salas de juntas de cualquier tamaño, manteniendo una experiencia de usuario única. “Hemos visto empresas que han reducido el tamaño de las oficinas y los espacios de cooperación tipo WeWork se están volviendo más populares”, indica Calonge. “Soluciones inalámbricas, abiertas, confiables, fáciles de utilizar es hacia donde va el mercado.”, agrega.

On this episode of the podcast, Host Tyler Kern talked with Christina Armstrong, Director of Global Marketing and Communications at ScreenBeam, and Ashley Flaska, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Exertis Pro AV. Exertis is the leading technology distributor of consumer, business, and enterprise products from established and emerging technology brands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of parent company DCC PLC, an FTSE 100 company.

The trio talked about the “Plug-in to Exertis ProAV & Tech Tour” coming up and the partnership with ScreenBeam. They’re taking the show on the road this year, as these events will hit regional centers across the country. Exertis partnered with vendors, including ScreenBeam, and invited all of their resellers in a specific region.

“Typically, we do ten of these throughout the year, and so we can hit all of the main regions,” Flaska explained. “We select different areas that would be metro areas in some of the bigger cities, and then we also have some mid-sized cities to make sure we incorporate the full gamut of the country within these shows.”

Obviously, the country is still under a cloud of COVID, so having these shows back in person allows for a lot of exciting opportunities. This includes the formal, in-person meeting of ScreenBeam’s reps with their Exertis reps instead of behind a screen.

The next event is on Oct. 15. in New York City.

Other dates:

Nov. 10 in Los Angeles.

Dec. 2 in Toronto.

Dec.16 in Atlanta.

Visit the site here to learn more about the events: https://www.exertisna.com/plugin

On this episode of the podcast, Host Tyler Kern talked with Christina Armstrong, Director of Global Marketing and Communications at ScreenBeam, and Ashley Flaska, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Exertis Pro AV. Exertis is the leading technology distributor of consumer, business, and enterprise products from established and emerging technology brands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of parent company DCC PLC, an FTSE 100 company.

The trio talked about the “Plug-in to Exertis ProAV & Tech Tour” coming up and the partnership with ScreenBeam. They’re taking the show on the road this year, as these events will hit regional centers across the country. Exertis partnered with vendors, including ScreenBeam, and invited all of their resellers in a specific region.

“Typically, we do ten of these throughout the year, and so we can hit all of the main regions,” Flaska explained. “We select different areas that would be metro areas in some of the bigger cities, and then we also have some mid-sized cities to make sure we incorporate the full gamut of the country within these shows.”

Obviously, the country is still under a cloud of COVID, so having these shows back in person allows for a lot of exciting opportunities. This includes the formal, in-person meeting of ScreenBeam’s reps with their Exertis reps instead of behind a screen.

The next event is on Oct. 15. in New York City.

Other dates:

Nov. 10 in Los Angeles.

Dec. 2 in Toronto.

Dec.16 in Atlanta.

Visit the site here to learn more about the events: https://www.exertisna.com/plugin

The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced a lot of educators and teachers to reconsider how they educated and engage with learners. Some teachers are considering hybrid and flexible classrooms. HyFlex classrooms are another option and one that is gaining popularity for its ability to offer remote and in-person learners the same experience.

With the signing of the American Rescue Plan Act, a portion of the $1.9-trillion federal relief fund will be directed into the nation’s educational system. However, the challenges faced by educators all over the country aren’t over yet.

Mark Coxon, Technology Leader at Tangram Interiors, Digital Workflow and AV Professional Blogger, and Podcast Host, stopped by Collaborative Tech Talk to talk about the impact of COVID-19 – specifically, the pandemic’s effect on integrators from a planning standpoint.

In this episode of Collaborative Tech Talks, Tyler Kern hosts Mike Ehlenberger, Vice President and General Manager of ScreenBeam. With nearly a full year gone by in the world’s efforts to adapt to COVID-19, professional careers have been impacted in major ways. Ehlenberger shared important elements that professionals have lost due to COVID and how to move forward into 2021.

Educational institutions must maximize their year-end budgets by getting the jump on 2021. David Lopez, Senior Manager of Strategic Alliances for ScreenBeam, provided some much-needed tips and advice for educators looking to make the most of their 2020 budget without leaving available funds on the table.
Lopez admitted that 2020 was a unique and challenging year for education. Institutions had to learn new technology and new ways to communicate during the pandemic. How have all of these changes affected education and school districts' budgets?
“What we’ve seen on in the education technology industry is a lot of district’s budgets have stretched when it comes to the buying cycle, when they’re able to buy things, and how they’re looking to use that money,” Lopez said. “The government provided some relief to a lot of districts, so when they’re wrapping up their budgets and looking at how to utilize their money, a lot of them are saying we’re not going to spend money for right now, but for what’s going to happen in the future.”
While the CARES Act provides funds to schools to help with budget shortfalls due to the ongoing pandemic, schools must utilize those funds by Dec. 30. And there is a lot of interest in purchasing technology products to assist with the challenges COVID-19 brought to the classroom. The problem? High demand created supply chain issues.
“You’re seeing a lot of districts want to purchase devices or move on purchasing devices, but they’re not necessarily able to get them,” Lopez said.

Ultimately, school districts want to provide classroom solutions to make a better and safer environment for students and teachers. And Lopez said ScreenBeam's focus is on being part of those solutions.
“We’ve had school districts come to us to figure out how to put our products in place for when their teachers do come back, and, in some schools, they’re already back and making that experience better,” Lopez said. “At our core, (ScreenBeam) is meant to be a device that you plug into your screen and your projector, and you don’t ever have to touch it again.”
In these times, when social-distancing and safety are paramount, touchless is everything.

On this episode of ScreenBeam’s Collaborative Tech Talks, Dr. Judy Fields, CEO of Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, and David Lopez, ScreenBeam Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances joined host Tyler Kern to outline the partnership between the two companies and how it will benefit K12 schools.

Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Fields said, has worked for almost two decades to empower educators through the company’s assessment process to achieve excellence in learning, leading and more.

It’s about identifying areas that can improve, but also about identifying strengths of schools and working to reinforce them.

Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence and ScreenBeam have partnered to pursue a similar goal of encouraging a future of education that is collaborative and active learning driven.

“Once we heard about what they do, how they operate in schools and who they’re able to talk to, we thought it would be a great opportunity to form this partnership,” Lopez said. “One of their [evaluation] components is focused around technology and technology in the classroom, and we feel like the stories that we tell aligned really well with what they’re trying to do.”

That’s because, like ScreenBeam, Blue Ribbon’s overall focus is giving teachers and leaders the tools they need to succeed and to enable active teaching and engagement, not pushing any one product.

The companies are set to present a webinar series that will explore these concepts through the lens of renowned professionals and educators.

For more information, visit screenbeam.com/webinars.