North America’s largest ProAV dealer tour will
once again team up with InfoComm International to bring together the best
manufacturers and ProAV dealers, when Stampede Presentation Products, Inc. brings its 2013 Big
Book of AV Tour to Denver, Colorado, on August 8, 2013. This stop is the second event hosted by
Stampede and InfoComm International, and will be held at the Denver Tech Center
Marriott, located at 4900 South Syracuse Street in Denver, Colorado. The
exhibit floor will be open from 9:00AM through 7:00 PM.
“Our 2013 Big Book of AV
Tour has made it possible for dealers throughout North America to gather
together to learn about the newest products and training in ProAV today, and
we’re excited to give our dealers in the Denver area the same opportunity,”
said Kevin Kelly, President & COO of Stampede. “This tour stop marks our
second collaboration with InfoComm International, and by partnering with them
our dealers can take part in the InfoComm Dealer
Roundtable Event, an excellent networking and business opportunity that allows
dealers to talk with industry colleagues and receive invaluable advice on how
to improve their business. Our partnership with InfoComm has been an amazing
success thus far, and we look forward to joining together for future tour
stops!”
According to Kelly, all attendees at the Denver
stop will receive a $50 AMEX gift card, and be entered into a drawing for the chance to win a 42" LG LCD HDTV!
Additionally,
all attendees will receive one $500 Stampede Credit that can be applied to any
order over $5,000 that is placed with Stampede before September 8th, 2013. Additionally,
attendees with receive a $100 Restaurant.com gift card for each training
session they attend.
Stampede will provide a complimentary continental
breakfast from 9:00AM - 11:30AM, and a lunch buffet from 11:45AM - 1:00PM will
also be provided.
Two CTS Certified trainings, each worth .5 CTS RU,
are scheduled to take place from Sony Unified Communications and NEC. Sony
Video Conferencing Director of Engineering, Paul Dragos, will present a session
that includes demonstrations of Sony Video Conferencing products, MediaPointe
streaming, Automated Workflow process for content management, and Radvision
United Communications. Jason Shelton,
Senior Field Sales Engineer at NEC, will be showing dealers how to properly and successfully deploy a
videowall solution. These sessions will take place from 9:45AM – 10:30AM, and 12:15PM –
1:00PM, respectively.
Jonathan Brawn, from Brawn Consulting, will be
on-site to discuss the benefits of videowall
displays, displays and processing technology that are available in the market
today, and an overview of Samsung’s product offerings to address videowall
needs. This session will take place from 11:00AM – 12:00PM and is worth 1 CTS RU.
In
addition to the Stampede schedule,
InfoComm
has scheduled a number of speakers to address
dealers
throughout the day. The InfoComm schedule is as follows:
• 1:30pm - 2:00pm - Registration
• 2:00pm - 4:00pm - What’s New? What’s Next? — AV Industry and InfoComm Update
–
Duffy Wilbert, CTS, CAE – Senior Vice President of Member Services at InfoComm International,
will be talking about the changes in the industry, challenges on the horizon,
and the InfoComm programs that will help businesses stay competitive.
–
During a guest presentation, Paul Steffon, MBA, CTS-D, CTS-I,
Network+, Senior Staff Instructor at InfoComm International, will lead a seminar that will
help equip dealers to plan touble-proof AV projects.
• 4:00pm - 5:30pm - Roundtable
Discussion
–
Dealers will have an opportunity to voice their opinions and give
feedback directly to InfoComm staff about what the associations should be doing
to serve them better.
• 5:30pm - 7:00pm - Networking Reception
Dealer registration is open now at www.bigbookofavtour.com, where directions and participating manufacturer
information can also be found.
Stampede’s 2013 Big Book of AV Tour will resume on
August 28th, 2013 in Niagara Falls, New York.
About Stampede
Known
for its value-added distribution, Amherst, New York-based Stampede is the
leading distributor of presentation equipment including LCD/DLP projectors and
flat panel displays. Stampede provides a complete range of brand name
presentation equipment to a variety of audio/video, computer, and home theater
resellers and integrators in the United States, Canada and Latin America. These
resellers rely on Stampede for value-added services in distribution, marketing
and solution- based sales. Stampede annually produces the “Big Book of AV,” a
1000-page catalog and companion website (www.BigBookofAV.com) providing
hundreds of sales, installation and spec tips for Stampede’s dealers in
addition to product details on more than 5,000 SKUs. For more information on Stampede,
log onto www.stampedeglobal.com.
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