VCI-Group May Schedule of Events.

Announcing "Alliance Member Spotlight" Webinars!
Presenter:
 
Eric Murphy
Global Solutions Manager
Compunetix

VCI-Group is proud to announce a new monthly webinar series intended to introduce our Alliance members to our VCI-Group membership and guests. This series will allow you to get to know a service provider in more detail and increase your industry knowledge of available products and services. Our Alliance Members will leverage this forum to update you on their current offerings and how they can add value to your organization.

Our first presentation will take place on Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 1:00-2:00 PM ET. It will be an interactive session featuring Chorus Call/Compunetix, a leader in the visual communications industry. They are focused on providing a wide spectrum of conferencing solutions including Audio, Video, Web and Streaming components. This session will provide a brief background on the company and cover recent announcements made at Enterprise Connect. Chorus Call/Compunetix will also review their Total Solution Initiative highlighting their products and services. A special offer will be made specifically to VCI-Group members. The session will conclude with a Q&A session enabling you to participate directly.

Eric Murphy is the Global Solutions Manager for Compunetix and will lead the session. Mr. Murphy has served with key industry leaders including PictureTel, ViaVideo, Polycom and VBrick, and is now focused on developing strategic alliances and growing partnerships to promote and expand end-to-end communications and collaborative offerings.

Click here to learn more and to register for the first Alliance Member Spotlight.
VCIG Live! 
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Register for the May "VCIG Live!" session focusing on "Integrating Desktop Video Into Your Organization" on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 at 1:00 PM ET.
  
Presenters:
Indika McCampbell, Video Services Application Specialist, Kansas Research and Education Network
Mark Noble, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Vidyo
Jules Trono, President, COMPASS Business Solutions 
Host - JD Vaughn, former talk show host and industry veteran
Join us for a session discussing the deployment and use of desktop video within various organizations. Our panelists will share their perspectives on the considerations that need to be addressed before deploying desktop video in an organization. They will share lessons learned from their experience with desktop video deployments. They will also discuss which aspects of their implementation worked well and which didn't, and how integration with existing room video systems is working

Date: Thursday, May 16th, 2013 - 1:00 PM ET
Topic: Integrating Desktop Video Into Your Organization
Register: Click here to register for this event
Speakers:

Indika McCampbell Kansas Research and Education Network, Video Services Application Specialist	Mark Noble Vidyo, Senior Director of Product Marketing	Jules Trono Compass Business Solution, President

Registration is free to VCI-Group members and guests alike. The session will be recorded for future delivery as well. Please visit the VCI-Group Website for more information and to register.



This VCIG Live! event is sponsored and hosted by:



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VCI-Group Distance Learning Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting

Save the date for the next Distance Learning SIG meeting on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013, 1:00-2:00 PM ET.

Moderator:
  

Julie Best
Communications Director
Idaho Education Network - Department of Administration

This interactive discussion group will focus on practices and policies that are aiding in increasing adoption and usage of distance education technologies. Come and share your thoughts on this topic!

More information and registration will soon be available on our VCI-Group Special Interest Groups page.

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VCI-Group Healthcare Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting
Join us for the Healthcare SIG meeting on Thursday, June 13th, 2013, 1:00-2:00PM ET.

Moderator:


Chris DiFiglia
Senior Telecom Video Engineer
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System

The Healthcare SIG will be a fast-paced lively interactive roundtable discussion with your healthcare VCI-Group colleagues. We will discuss the common, and not so common visual communication issues we have in each of our healthcare facilities.

You will have a chance to learn from your peers as well as share your solutions and best practices. So bring your problems and solutions and let's spend this time networking and learning from each other.

More information and registration please visit VCI-Group Special Interest Groups page.