What I Learned This Year

By Paul Flanigan DSE Executive Director What do  Las Vegas, Orlando, Sydney, Taipei, Dallas, New York City (three times), San Diego, Denver and about 95 airports in between have in common? Me. Those are the cities I visited this year. And next year is already gaining steam. At least six cities in the U.S., and […]

What I Learned This Year

What We Really Need Are Solutions

By Paul Flanigan Digital Screenmedia Association We need to get this together Last week I had the opportunity to speak in Seattle at the Future Stores conference. It was an event focused around understanding the consumer through an analytic microscope. I spoke about the Connected Consumer, bringing the worlds of mobile and digital signage together […]

What We Really Need Are Solutions

Two Reasons to Attend the Symposium in Dallas April 8-9

By Paul Flanigan DSA At this time last year, I was telling the DSA that I would sponsor the Dallas Symposium. Now I’m the Executive Director of the DSA, and responsible for it. What a difference a year makes. How many shows have you been to in the past year? A lot? I would need […]

Two Reasons to Attend the Symposium in Dallas April 8-9

Beginning With the End in Mind

By Paul Flanigan Executive Director, Digital Screenmedia Association While we love to talk about technology, we must never forget the real reason we create these solutions. I love to surf the web. I just love it. I cannot believe how much stuff there is out there. Tons of it. What I find particularly enjoyable is […]

Beginning With the End in Mind

Networld Media Group Names David Drain SVP of Events; Paul Flanigan is New Executive Director of DSA

Networld Media Group has announced the appointment of David Drain as senior vice president of events. Drain formerly served as executive director of the Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA), a not-for-profit trade association client of the company. They also announced the hiring of digital signage industry veteran Paul Flanigan to replace Drain as executive director of […]

Networld Media Group Names David Drain SVP of Events; Paul Flanigan is New Executive Director of DSA

Digital Signage That Reacts to Product Selection

The following is reprinted with permission from the Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA). For more information, go to http://www.digitalscreenmedia.org. Since, like, forever, digital signage next to a product on the shelf has proven valuable to sales lift. But exactly what about the content helps drive that engagement? That’s always the big question. In the video below, […]

Digital Signage That Reacts to Product Selection

Ultra-Thin Display Technology

By Paul Flanigan The following is reprinted with permission from the Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA). For more information, go tohttp://www.digitalscreenmedia.org. Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi have put together their techno-wizardry to come up with ultra-thin displays that can be used pretty much anywhere, even in car dashboard displays. I find this absolutely fascinating. One of the ever […]

Ultra-Thin Display Technology