The Daktronics Experience

When it comes to delivering an amazing fan experience using the latest and greatest Daktronics technology, Abbey and Jen at Gillette Stadium know all about it! Abbey Thistle is the Director of Event Presentation and Fan Engagement and Jen Gahan is the Manager of Game Entertainment and Fan Engagement for the stadium and sat down with Justin and Matt after a big win to discuss everything that goes into controlling their game-day experience as well as the largest end zone video display in America.

We’re set to host the inaugural Women in Sports online event on July 25! What is this event all about? We talked with Sarah Rose, Daktronics vice president of global services, to hear all the details, including information on the keynote speaker, Desiree Reed-Francois.

Links:

• Women in Sports Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/events/women-in-sports
• Women in Sports News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/daktronics-connects-women-in-sports-with-online-event
• Previous Podcast with Sarah: https://podcast.daktronics.com/e/40-a-high-level-view-of-daktronics-services-with-sarah-rose/

Our Creative Services team has been cooking up some great content over the past few months and we wanted to catch up with Diane Gonzales, Executive Producer at Daktronics Creative Services to hear all about it. She joins Justin and Matt along with new team member Buddy Rose, Creative Account Manager at Daktronics. Buddy shares his new role with the company and some exciting things he’s already been able to work on.

Links:

• Diane’s previous episode: https://podcast.daktronics.com/e/122-getting-creative-using-digital-signage-with-diane-and-mark/
• Daktronics Creative Services Website: daktronics.com/creativeservices

If you’ve ever wondered what’s on the horizon for venues to learn from their audiences to improve the fan experience at live events, you might want to look into CrowdIQ. Or maybe you’re looking for a picture of yourself in the crowd at a specific event, in which case you could look up the FanCam and zoom in. To hear more about each of these scenarios, Justin and Matt spoke with Chief Revenue Officer for FanCam + CrowdIQ Rachel Goodger.

• CrowdIQ's Website
• FanCam's Website

Justin's FanCam Picture

When unveiling their new display at Bo Ryan Court, the University of Wisconsin Platteville unleashed their creativity to make people take notice. Justin and Matt visited with Kristina Navarro, Director of Athletics and Recreation, Assistant Chancellor at UW Platteville, to hear about their fun unveiling video and much more about their LED display installations on campus. 

• UW Platteville Athletics Website: https://letsgopioneers.com/landing/index 
• Daktronics College Webpage: www.daktronics.com/college 
• National Lampoons Spoof Video: https://twitter.com/uwp_pioneers/status/1582070276795224064?s=20&t=0rRyGHT6kf8mabiG3yj5yQ  

To hear things from a student’s perspective, Justin and Matt are joined by Isabella Holterman, former student event producer at Oak Creek High School in Wisconsin. She shares her experience working with live event productions in high school as well as working with the production team at the Milwaukee Milkmen after graduation.

• Daktronics Crew Connect Webpage: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/markets/sports/high-schools/crew-connect
• Oak Creek High School Website: https://www.ocfsd.org/oak-creek-high-school
• Milwaukee Milkmen Website: https://www.milwaukeemilkmen.com/