110 - Live Streaming Your Events with Eric Edens

July 14, 2021

Expectations continue to rise for the streaming of live events. To find out how to get started and elevate your streaming game, Justin and Matt talk with Eric Edens, applications engineer for Daktronics. He covers how live streaming has evolved, the many levels and options for streaming that Daktronics offers, and his personal experiences working with people to live stream their events.

Big Stream: daktronics.com/bigstream
Live Book: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/products/software-and-controllers/show-control/show-control-live/live-book-gfx
NACDA Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p13T_VA3Tig&t=218s

103 - Digital Trends in High Schools

May 7, 2021

As technology advances and more video displays are used to communicate, we take a look at how these advancements are affecting today’s high schools. To share their expertise and insight, Justin and Matt are joined by Kyle Sydow, Daktronics High School Market Manager, Lisa Silveira, Daktronics Product Marketing for Digital Signage and On-Premise, and Jody Huntimer, Daktronics High School Strategic Marketing Manager. In this conversation, we cover digital trends at high schools for sports facilities but also other opportunities to communicate via digital signage inside and outside the school.

Digital Trends Video: https://daktronics.widen.net/s/tzgpkmxwbs/daktronics-school-of-the-future

102 - Student Production at Papillion La Vista High School

April 14, 2021

Event production skills learned in high school can help students at the next level. To hear an example of this, Justin and Matt spoke with Becky Hoch, Media Academy Director at Papillion La Vista High School, and Aidan Cho, former Papillion student and current student at the University of South Dakota. They share details of their video board production and implementation, the manual Aidan created and much more.

Papillion La Vista High School Project Photo: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos/details?pn=WP-21141&cid=PLSBNE-005
Daktronics Crew Connect: https://daktronics.widen.net/s/r83b7wthta/cutsheet_crew-connect_hs

87 - Waunakee High School with Jason McConnell

November 18, 2020

What do you need to know so you can effectively operate your video board? To hear about the event production curriculum being used at Waunakee High School, Justin and Matt talk with their video content creator Jason McConnell. He shares how the school has implemented the curriculum for virtual learning and how he’s teaching his students all the details of producing live events with a video board.

Event production curriculum webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/sports/high-schools/game-day-production-program

85 - Big Stream at Lincoln High School with Joey Struwe

November 4, 2020

As Daktronics Big Stream option starts to catch on, Justin and Matt visited with Joey Struwe, Activities Director at Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to hear about his experience with the streaming feature. Joey also shares his role with the school, the features of the product that they enjoy and much more.

Daktronics Big Stream Webpage: www.daktronics.com/bigstream

82 - Learning about the NIAAA with Phil Rison

October 14, 2020

To learn more about the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAA), Justin and Matt are joined by Phil Rison, the Associate Executive Director of NIAAA. Phil shares the organization’s goals, details of their upcoming national conference, how they’ve adapted due to the impacts of COVID-19 and much more.

NIAAA Webpage: https://members.niaaa.org/
NIAAA Conference Webpage: https://www.adconference.org/
NIAAA Professional Development Webpage: https://www.adconference.org/professional-development
NIAAA Registration Webpage: https://www.adconference.org/register

79 - Selling Sponsorships at River Falls High School with Sara Kealy

September 23, 2020

Justin and Matt recently spoke with Sara Kealy, River Falls High School’s head volleyball coach, to find out what it was like to sell sponsorships for their new video board this summer. She shares her experience in reaching out to local businesses, her team’s excitement for the new display’s arrival and other details of her journey to help their vision become a reality.

Daktronics Sports Marketing website: daktronics.com/dsm

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