The Bosch DCN Wireless Discussion Conference System

The Bosch DCN Wireless Discussion System offers organizations exceptional functionality and freedom. Conferences and seminars in both small and large venues can now be setup with the ultimate ease and functionality.

Quick set up
The Bosch DCN wireless discussion system is designed to be the most flexible discussion system available and offers the perfect solution for challenging locations such as multi-user venues and historical buildings.

For multi-user venues, the wireless system allows clients to better communicate with their audience. With minimal time required for setup and breakdown, multiple events can take place in sequence, meaning better and more effective use of space.

No impact on location
For historical locations, the benefits can be even more pronounced. A discussion system can be installed, rearranged and operated with virtually no impact on the integrity of the historical location. One no longer has to worry about damaging antique materials or ruining the aesthetics of a grand hall. No cables have to be laid or holes drilled. The entire system has been designed to be beautiful and unobtrusive so that all participants can focus on the event in hand.

Rent or purchase the Bosch DCN Wireless Discussion Control System for you next board meeting, conference or live event.

The LIVE! Technologies’ Bosch DCN Package Includes:
- Up to 22 wireless discussion units
- Wireless Access Point (WAP)
- A central control unit
- Congress control software
- Information displays and installation equipment
- Simultaneous interpretation and optional language distribution equipment

Functionality
- Set up quickly with no impact on location
- Easy to organize conferences anywhere
- Award winning design
- Stable and secure digital communications
- Immune to mobile phone interference
- Easy to connect to other Bosch conference products
- Works easily with in house speaker systems, teleconferencing and videoconferencing

McDonald’s All American High School Basketball Awards Banquet

Pictured: Jamie Foltz, Dee Anders, Shawn Loevenguth, Grant Ripp, Sarah joyce

Columbus, Ohio – LIVE! Technologies is pleased to support the Ronald McDonald Charities of Central Ohio through sponsorship, and as their audiovisual production partner, this year.

In March, McDonald’s All American High School Basketball Games were held in Columbus, Ohio. As the hometown of the second largest Ronald McDonald House in the world, the excitement of this three-day event generated hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Central Ohio Ronald McDonald House Charities.

In addition to the games held at the Schotttentstein Center, the McDonald’s All American High School Basketball Awards Banquet was held in the Battelle Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency. The awards banquet honors the nation’s best 48 male and female High School basketball players, while raising funds for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio. Nearly a thousand people attended the dinner reception, silent auction and awards presentation. LIVE! designed and built the custom stage, as well as provided the audio, video and lighting for the event.

In May, LIVE! Technologies was proud to partner with the Ronald McDonald Charities for their annual fundraiser, “A Toast to Tinseltown”. As VIP’s walked the red carpet, LIVE!’s video and audio departments captured each moment…utilizing the plasma televisions and in-house speaker systems throughout Sushi Rocks restaurant to broadcast the events of the evening. With special appearances by Patrick Preston of WCMH Channel 4, and Mike Davis and Andrea Cambern of WBNS 10TV, organizers and supporters enjoyed an evening of “Hollywood” treatment provided by LIVE! Technologies.

LIVE! Technologies believes in the passion of the Ronald McDonald House Charities to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well being of children, and we proudly support them as their audiovisual production partner, as well as with a donation of 20 thousand dollars in 2010.

To learn more about Ronald McDonald Charities of Central Ohio, click here.

LIVE! Technologies would like to welcome two new associates to our team!

First, Tom Howell joins our Systems Integration sales team. Tom came to LIVE! from Walsh Sound in Mansfield OH with forty years of experience. Like many in the industry, Tom started in live entertainment as a sound engineer. He worked for regional and national acts, such as: The Strawbs, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, and John Michael Talbot.

After approximately fifteen years in live entertainment, Howell moved into Systems Integration. From then on, he has developed extensive knowledge in designing, installing and programming audio, video, and lighting systems. Through the years, he has earned certifications in: Audia/Nexia Processing, SMAART, EASE, Media Matrix, and continues his education through NSCA.

Secondly, Thomas Marks joins LIVE! as our new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Marks has spent the past four years with Stonehenge Partners, Inc., a Columbus based private equity group, specializing in providing capital solutions for buyout and recapitalization transactions for middle market businesses. Prior to Stonehenge, Mr. Marks functioned as Treasurer of Kirtland Capital Partners, a Cleveland Ohio based private equity group and as a Manager with Price Waterhouse LLC in their Corporate Finance/Transaction Services and Audit groups. Mr. Marks earned his accounting and business finance degree from Mount Union College and an MBA from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.

Once again, we welcome both Mr. Howell and Mr. Marks to LIVE! Technologies and we look forward to the value added skills they bring to our team!

Each year, LIVE! Technologies’ Creative Services department writes, produces and edits a seven minute promotional DVD about the Arnold Sports Festival. Festival organizers recruit sponsors and vendors, educate civic leaders and visitors, and encourage new sporting associations to become a part of the weekend through this DVD.

Capturing so many events over the course of four days is no easy task. Three different video production crews follow a detailed shooting schedule and script, in order to cover all of the sports.

“We try to identify athletes ahead of time that will be great ambassadors of their sport on camera, and we make sure to schedule interviews with them, as well as video tape their competition. But my favorite part about producing the DVD is finding inspiring stories along the way… like an athlete that wasn’t expected to place suddenly makes it to the final round…then we drop everything we can to send a video crew to capture their moment.”
- Anna Headley, Creative Services Manager, LIVE! Technologies

With 18,000 athletes from over 80 countries competing in 37 sports and events, festival organizers and LIVE! Technologies brainstormed this year to create a visual symbol that would show the magnitude and excitement of the weekend.

“We wanted a moment… a sort of opening ceremony…that included representatives from all the sports. Arnold, himself, tries to visit each sport, but this year we decided to have the athletes come to him. And we made sure that the cameras were rolling!”
- Stephanie Lorenz, Promotional Director, Lorimer Enterprises

Once the weekend is over, LIVE! Technologies’ Creative Services editors will review nearly 72 hours of footage in order to find the best moments to be included in the seven minute DVD. With so many stories to tell, LIVE! will also create three-minute web videos that highlight specific sports.

“LIVE! Technologies partners with Lorimer Enterprises all year long to develop branding, marketing and communications for the festival…our Creative Services producers, artists and editors don’t just reflect on 2010… but think about how to tell the story of the weekend for many years to come…through print, web, and video.”
- Anna Headley, Creative Services Manager, LIVE! Technologies

In addition to Saturday night’s main stage at Veteran’s Memorial, LIVE! Technologies also provides audio, video, lighting and staging for the Arnold Sports Festival at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. The Arnold Expo contains700 vendor booths and features a competition stage constructed and managed by LIVE! Technologies. This year’s Expo stage featured a brand new backdrop developed by the artists at LIVE! Technologies.

LIVE! Technologies fulltime technicians, craftspeople and artists spend months developing the look and feel of the weekend. They take great pride in producing an event that attracts the best athletes from around the world to Columbus, Ohio.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, January 20, 2010 - NSCA announced the winners of its 2010 Excellence in Business Awards today:

LIVE! Technologies will receive the Professional Development award

“Despite the fact that the past 12 to 18 months have been extremely challenging for many companies, NSCA received more applications for these awards this year than ever before,” said Chuck Wilson, NSCA executive director. “It was exciting to read the submissions and realize how extremely talented and creative the business owners are in our industry. The winners and numerous applicants are a positive sign for the future electronic systems.”

This year’s recipients used creative, visionary strategies to build successful business models and receive the distinct honor of an NSCA Excellence in Business Award.

LIVE! Technologies, winner of the Professional Development Award, encourages associates to outline their long-term professional goals. The company then uses these personal goals to create individual plans encompassing a variety of professional development and training. Incorporating this plan into employees’ regular routines and meetings with managers allows LIVE!’s in-house trainer to develop and monitor individual progress and success. The company understands that an investment in professional development not only increases employee satisfaction and loyalty, but also increases customer satisfaction as well.

Systems integrators who showed exemplary and successful business strategies were selected to receive an Excellence in Business Award from self- or peer-nominated applications. Award winners receive one complimentary admission to the NSCA Business & Leadership Conference, February 25-27, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, as well as recognition during the opening ceremonies.

About NSCA
NSCA is the leading not-for-profit association representing the commercial electronic systems industry. With more than 2,500 member companies worldwide, the National Systems Contractors Association is a powerful advocate of all who work within the low- voltage industry, including systems contractors/integrators, product manufacturers, consultants, sales representatives, architects, specifying engineers and other allied professionals. NSCA is dedicated to serving contractor members and all channel stakeholders through education, advocacy, outreach and member services. NSCA University offers a variety of courses on topics such as project management, business, sales, design and technical knowledge. Courses are delivered through a variety of methods including conferences, regional trainings, online learning and webinars. NSCA works in conjunction with a variety of industry partners to provide relevant and meaningful education and certification programs. It also provides leading industry research and market intelligence, insurance solutions, the industry’s most comprehensive manual of practice, Essentials of Systems Integration^TM and other business tools. For more information, visit www.nsca.org.

Columbus, Ohio - For nearly 30 years, Mid-Ohio Food Bank has been working with grocers, food companies, Ohio farmers, the USDA, and community partners to obtain food and distribute it to more than 500 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, after-school programs, and senior housing sites across central and eastern Ohio.

Four years ago, Mid-Ohio Food Bank realized their facility would need to grow in order to handle the demands of the community.  A capital campaign was established and funds were quickly raised. Luckily, Mid-Ohio Food Bank opened their new facility just in time for the 2009 holiday season!

Because advocacy, education and training are key components of Mid-Ohio’s mission, their advisory board understood the need to outfit their state-of-the-art, green facility with audiovisual capabilities.  And LIVE! Technologies Systems Integration department was ready for the challenge!

The new facility not only has triple the warehouse and refrigerated space, it also provides three times more space for volunteers. The new community room, with a commercial kitchen, is one-of-a-kind in Central Ohio.  With seating for over 350 people, LIVE! designed and installed audio and video capabilities for large presentations and cooking demonstrations.  Cameras capture the details of food preparation in the kitchen, and projectors display the chef’s work on large screens for the audience.  All audiovisual components are seamlessly linked and controlled by a central rack.

Businesses can volunteer their time for the food bank, as well as hold team building and off-site meetings in multi-purpose rooms located throughout the building.  LIVE! made sure to fit each of these rooms with large LCD monitors, speaker systems and control panels for audiovisual presentations.

From learning labs to green technology to feeding hungry people in their greatest times of need, LIVE! Technologies takes pride in being the Mid-Ohio Food Bank’s audiovisual design, installation and service partner.

Columbus, Ohio – On December 10th, 2009, LIVE! Technologies held their annual Holiday party. Associates and their families were treated to food, fun, and a special presentation showcasing LIVE!’s innovative technology and artistic talent. The evening concluded with recognition of associate achievements in 2009.

“Dedication To Improve” – Grant Lawhorn

“Rental/Production Technician of the Year” – Scott Cook

“Installation Technician of the Year” – Joe Tipple

“Customer Service of the Year” – Pete Finck

“Associate of the Year” – Steve Quinn

Along with recognizing accomplishments, LIVE! Technologies proudly honors the tenure of their associates.

Bryan Bower – 5 years

Roger Salyer – 10 years

Andy Elble – 10 years

Dawn Jacobs – 10 years

Pete Finck – 15 years

Bobby Owens – 20 years

Rusty Ranney – 30 years

Dave Mead – 30 years

Steve Quinn – 30 years

Mark Merchant – 30 years

Congratulations to all of LIVE! Technologies “Real Live Pros”

“We understand businesses that invest in audiovisual technology…be it a Sports Bar with multiple televisions or a conference room with a projector… need maintenance from experts who respond quickly. LIVE! has a variety of Service packages based on a Client’s specific need.”
- Dave Mead, LIVE! Technologies

Our Service department will never leave clients hanging; we also provide education and training. Clients will no longer say, “Well, Bob set up the system and he no longer works here…so we can’t get this thing to work”. Our professionals will guide your internal staff on the setup and appropriate use of your audiovisual equipment.

For more information or discuss a Service Package, contact Dave Mead at 800-83-STAGE or email: dmead@reallivepros.com