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CEDIA Learning Labs Celebrate First Anniversary
Primary sponsor ADI says it's committed to bringing hands-on education to CEDIA for the long term.
System designer Ben Savage (right) of A to Z Security & Sound learns how to terminate cable for the first time from Mike Morrison of ICM in the CEDIA Learning Labs.
The CEDIA Learning Labs, which started as a gleam in the eye of CEDIA Education Council head Mike Creeden of M+R Digital Innovations, celebrated their one-year anniversary with some pomp and ceremony.
CEDIA leaders and sponsors gathered for some cookies and congratulations outside the lab rooms at CEDIA Expo 2009 in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
The four hands-on training labs are a venue for dealers and their technicians to “get their hands dirty” performing some actual installation tasks while being educated at the same time. The labs were sponsored by ADI, which pulled together a myriad of manufacturers to help fulfill the vision.
The four labs were:
Creeden said the need for the Learning Labs is greater than ever, adding that dealers need to continue to educate themselves “to stay relevant.”
Some of the training that took place included: terminating fiber, terminating cable or even understanding the specific fasteners that should be in every truck for wood, metal and concrete TV mounting.
CEDIA leaders and sponsors gathered for some cookies and congratulations outside the lab rooms at CEDIA Expo 2009 in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
The four hands-on training labs are a venue for dealers and their technicians to “get their hands dirty” performing some actual installation tasks while being educated at the same time. The labs were sponsored by ADI, which pulled together a myriad of manufacturers to help fulfill the vision.
The four labs were:
- Cable, Connectors and Testing
- Video Display Technologies and Calibration
- Computers
- Audio and Component Installation
Creeden said the need for the Learning Labs is greater than ever, adding that dealers need to continue to educate themselves “to stay relevant.”
Some of the training that took place included: terminating fiber, terminating cable or even understanding the specific fasteners that should be in every truck for wood, metal and concrete TV mounting.
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Jason Knott, Editor, CE Pro
Jason has covered low-voltage electronics as an editor since 1990. He joined EH Publishing in 2000, and before that served as publisher and editor of Security Sales, a leading magazine for the security industry. He served as chairman of the Security Industry Association’s Education Committee from 2000-2004 and sat on the board of that association from 1998-2002. He is also a former board member of the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation. Jason graduated from the University of Southern California.
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