The Daktronics Experience

Join Justin and Matt as they cover a packed month of announcements,10 news releases in total! From professional sports venues and universities to transportation hubs and international projects, the team recaps all the highlights and stories that made headlines in September.

News Releases:

• Daktronics Introduces All Sport Pro for Fixed-Digit Scoreboards
• CHI Health Center Omaha Refreshes Digital Video Experience with Daktronics Displays
• Daktronics Delivers 80-Foot Viewing Experience at Circa Kentucky Downs
• Daktronics Brings Messaging Opportunities to Pedestrian Bridges at Yas Bay Waterfront, Abu Dhabi
• Collaborative AV and Daktronics Partner to Upgrade Auditorium Experience at Marine Corps University Quantico
• OG&E Coliseum Brings Video Focus to Live Events with Daktronics Centerhung System
• Prospera Place Elevates Atmosphere With One of the Largest Centerhungs in CHL from Daktronics
• Eye On Crime Increases with Daktronics, High Point Networks Collaboration for Pueblo Police Department’s Real-Time Crime Center
• Daktronics Releases Data Studio Volleyball for 2025 Season
• University of Kansas Kicks Off Football Season with Huge Stadium Improvements Including New Daktronics Video Display

In this mini-series of episodes, we dive into Daktronics Services and all that entails. We’re starting with a conversation with Thair Kayed, Regional Services Manager in the Middle East. He shares his experiences working with Daktronics for 13 years, how our Dubai team sets customers up for success, how we remain available for support after the sale and much more.

What happens when art and Out Of Home advertising collide? ArtPop Street Gallery is finding out the answer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Justin and Matt talked with Wendy Hickey, Founder and Executive Director of ArtPop Street Gallery, to hear more details about how they are highlighting artists and their work with the community.

Links:

• ArtPop Street Gallery Website: artpopstreetgallery.com
• ArtPop Donation Website: https://artpop.flipcause.com/  
• @artpopstreetgallery on Instagram

In Our Backyard works to fight human trafficking in the United States and Daktronics has partnered with the organization to spread awareness by creating and using digital content on billboards and other digital signage. Justin and Matt are joined by Cheryl Csiky, Executive Director of In Our Backyard, to hear more about their efforts, real-life stories they’ve encountered and what you can do to help.

• In Our Backyard Hotline: 888-3737-888
• In Our Backyard Website: https://inourbackyard.org/
• Blog Guide to Using In Our Backyard Content: https://blog.daktronics.com/2022/04/25/daktronics-has-partnered-with-human-trafficking-in-our-backyard-in-efforts-to-end-human-trafficking/ 
• Daktronics content library: https://daktronics.widencollective.com/portals/7fai9frx/HumanTraffickingInOurBackyardContent
• CNN Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obBQWDdWZBo

Can digital signage help when selling tasty treats and engaging with your community? Tim LeFevre, President of LeFevre Corporation and owner of 10 Dairy Queen franchises in West Virginia, joins Justin and Matt to tell you the answer to that question is an emphatic YES! The conversation also covers Tim's history of selling cards as a child all the way to owning his own businesses, the impact digital signage has made at two of his Dairy Queen locations, and everything in between.

Sign codes, zoning and permits? There’s a lot going on behind the digital signs you see on a regular basis. To hear about those details, Justin and Matt are joined by Jen Clites and Shawna Hanson from Daktronics’ Sign Legislation team. They talk about LED signs in on-premise, off-premise and out-of-home applications, including some of the terminology, regulations and considerations that can go along with them.

• Daktronics Sign and Legislation Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/learning-and-resources/regulation-and-legislation

As the Out Of Home landscape progressed through the pandemic, a few things changed. Justin and Matt talked with Joni Schmeichel, Daktronics marketing strategist for OOH advertising, to hear about those changes, trends in the industry and the good things that we’ve seen since then.

• Daktronics OOH Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/out-of-home-advertising

While billboards are nothing new, digital billboards are becoming more accepted and used in our society. As such, Justin and Matt had a conversation with Chad Harris, Owner of Las Vegas Billboards, about his experiences in the OOH industry including how he got started, how he’s using his inventory of digital billboards and a few interesting stories from working in Las Vegas.

Links:

• Las Vegas Billboards website: lasvegasbillboards.com/
• Drone footage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/video-gallery/Las-Vegas-Billboards
• Daktronics digital billboards: daktronics.com/ooh

Justin and Matt sit down with Joni Schmeichel and Chaz Fuhrman, strategic marketer and sales for Daktronics OOH, respectively. They cover the topic of Digital Out of Home (DOOH) including the advertising trends associated with DOOH, some things to consider from both the display owner and advertiser perspective, and other fun things they’ve seen from the DOOH industry. They also mention how DOOH affects the routine drive to work and a child riding in the back seat of a car.

• Daktronics OOH webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/out-of-home-advertising
  
• Daktronics OOH Blog: https://blog.daktronics.com/category/out-of-home-advertising/
  
• Request a FREE Ad Sales Strategy Presentation: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/out-of-home-advertising/services/ad-sales-strategy
  
• Chaz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaz-fuhrman-b774985a/
  
• Joni on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joni-schmeichel-b6b02417/