The Daktronics Experience

Justin and Matt are joined by Adam Leach, director of athletic marketing and events for Northern State University, to talk about their recent project including the largest collegiate centerhung in the state of South Dakota. Adam also talks about his role at Northern, how they produce multiple sports on campus and future projects they have coming up.

- Daktronics and Northern State University news release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/Pages/Northern-State-University-Boasts-Largest-Collegiate-Centerhung-in-South-Dakota.aspx
- Northern State University Educational Impact Campaign: http://educational-impact.com/ 

How has COVID-19 impacted the use of digital signage by both small and large businesses? Justin and Matt are joined by Gina Kuck, Business Development for National Accounts at Daktronics, and Jess Bern, Strategic Marketing for On-Premise Business at Daktronics, to find out. The conversation also includes the free content Daktronics is providing, what communities are doing to show support during this time and more.

• Free COVID-19 content: daktronics.com/covid19content
• Sioux Falls Facebook Post: https://www.facebook.com/jeremybrech/posts/10156911425710778 
• Sioux Falls Helicopter Video: https://www.facebook.com/raysofhopeandhealing/videos/246068913234910/
• Business Signage Blog Post: https://blog.daktronics.com/2020/03/16/how-your-display-technology-can-help/?fbclid=IwAR1RWx0bLd1VaQM3eKSbzEI0OpeVK9g8EBdYSR_RS2NCdFmD_lgRw7oCRoI
• IPAWS news release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/Pages/Daktronics-Integrates-Control-Solution-with-IPAWS-for-Automatic-Emergency-Alerts.aspx

Justin and Matt are joined by Steve Ackermann, Daktronics supervisor of event production, to talk about everything that Daktronics provides relating to event production. This includes producing the events, helping hire and staff production crews, additional services, how they share ideas, and even what they are doing during these uncertain times.

• Contact Steve: 608-556-1641 or Ackermann@daktronics.com
• University of Georgia Video: https://youtu.be/XhADX-_wBCA
• Daktronics Event Production Website: daktronics.com/eventproduction

To talk about image quality, Justin and Matt are joined once again by Shannon Mutschelknaus, Engineering Manager for Daktronics Laboratory Services Group. He shares information on contrast ratios, why contrast is important, how to test for it and much more.

• LED vs Projection Tech Note: https://p.widencdn.net/d2d8ri/TECHNOTE_LED-vs-Projection
• Brightness and Contrast Tech Note: https://p.widencdn.net/0fbt1f/TECHNOTE_Brightness-and-Contrast-Differentiators-In-Outdoor-LED-Video
• Light leakage definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_leak

Justin and Matt recently sat down with Jim Vasgaard, National Sales Manager of Spectacular Projects for Daktronics, to hear more about our video wall applications and how they are perfect for the military niche including command centers, conference rooms and other areas. Jim is leading our efforts in this area with our narrow pixel pitch products, how they’re compliant for these applications, their operational requirements and more.

• Daktronics LED Video Walls: www.daktronics.com/videowalls
• Military Niche Brochure: https://p.widencdn.net/ywljuy/BROCHURE_Military-and-Government-High-Resolution-LED-Displays 

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Justin and Matt sat down with Patti Phillips, CEO of Women Leaders in College Sports, to talk about their organization and their goals. Patti shares her journey to becoming CEO of the organization, changing their name, their move to Kansas City, their annual conference and so much more.

• The 40th Anniversary of Women Leaders in College Sports: https://40th.womenleadersincollegesports.org/

• Learn and Lift Leadership Series Videos

• Member Circles

• Women Leaders Performance Institute

To talk about the integration of statistics for baseball with our systems, Justin and Matt sat down with Tony Kuck, Daktronics Product Manager for Live Events Show Control. The conversation covers the new Data Studio Baseball offering for MLB and MiLB, the new data available to the sport, how teams can use that information to tell a story for their fans and more.

• MLB Package Overview
• MiLB Package Overview

Ahead of baseball season, Justin and Matt are joined by Dustin Culhane, Daktronics account service manager, to talk about getting everything ready for the season. He talks about preparations from a team’s perspective as well as from Daktronics' perspective, the checks our services team performs, display washing, preparing content and more. He even shares what happens when he attends a baseball game as a fan. (Hint: a Daktronics employee always notices the video displays.)

• Texas Rangers project: https://www.daktronics.com/news/Pages/Texas-Rangers-Introducing-Nine-LED-Displays.aspx
• Cincinnati Reds project: https://blog.daktronics.com/2019/12/04/cincinnati-reds-first-to-install-all-hdr-system/
• Chicago Cubs display washing video: https://www.facebook.com/Daktronics/videos/10154157074024434/ 
• MySupport - set up an account and request display washing: www.daktronics.com/mysupport  

What’s going on behind the scenes of professional baseball? During our Baseball User Group in Brookings, SD, Matt sat down with Tim Gunkel, Executive Director of Ballpark Technology and Procurement for the New York Mets, to find out. He shared his experience in baseball, how his team is focusing on the fan experience and what activities they employ, and his thoughts on the user group where teams are actively sharing ideas and learning from one another.

• New York Mets project photo: https://www.daktronics.com/en-us/photos/details?pn=WP-19900&cid=137135
• What’s new in baseball blog: https://blog.daktronics.com/2020/03/06/6-things-to-know-for-the-2020-mlb-season/

As Daktronics prepares to exhibit at Integrated Systems Europe 2020 in Amsterdam, Jason Melby joins Justin and Matt to talk about the show. Jason works in International Marketing for Daktronics and covers our presence at the show, what we’re bringing to our stand, his favorite parts of the show and more, including interesting technology that he’s seen in recent years.

• Daktronics Webpage for ISE: daktronics.com/ise
• Daktronics ISE News Release: https://www.daktronics.com/news/Pages/Daktronics-Showing-New-High-Brightness-Chip-On-Board-Product-at-ISE-2020.aspx