Webinars
What Every Integrator Needs to Know: NSCA Webinars and Roundtables
Register for NSCA webinars and roundtables to learn more about industry-specific business issues, research and trends, practical tips, tools, strategies, techniques, and resources on a variety of professional development topics.
Upcoming NSCA Webinars and Roundtables:
Building a Unified Approach to School Safety
Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 1:00 pm CDT
One of the biggest barriers to improving school security is lack of a unified approach. This results in various well-intended stakeholders – administrators, law enforcement, instructors, parent groups, security professionals, etc. – having different visions of how to improve school safety. Progress is impeded. This discussion focuses on how campus security professionals can use PASS School Security Guidelines as a common denominator that brings stakeholders together and improves progress toward their shared goal.
Speakers:
Tom LeBlanc
Executive Director, NSCA
Tom LeBlanc, NSCA’s executive director, has supported the integration market since 2003. As editorial director of Commercial Integrator from 2010 to 2019 and in various roles at CE Pro before that, he specialized in developing content to help integration companies improve their businesses. At NSCA, LeBlanc is focused on continually improving NSCA’s resources and providing support for the NSCA Community. He leads an NSCA staff that takes pride in executing the direction it takes from the NSCA Community.
Geoffrey Kohl
Senior Director of Marketing, SIA
Geoffrey Kohl is the senior director of marketing at Security Industry Association, in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore area. He is a graduate of the University of the South and earned a master’s degree from the University of Mississippi. He has a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organization management industry. Prior experience focused on publishing and audience building in global consumer media and trade media industries.
For the past five years, Kohl is an advisory board member with SecuritySpecifiers.com. In previous, Kohl was a chief travel editor at Morris Media Network, and conference director of Cygnus Business Media’s Secured Cities Conference. He also served as an associate publisher/editor in chief/editorial director.
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Electronic Systems Outlook Winter 2024: 10 Takeaways for Integrators
Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 11:00 am CDT
This webinar digs into market trends unveiled in the biannual Electronics Systems Outlook research report that NSCA produces in conjunction with FMI. For integrators, the report is a useful tool because it provides invaluable market insight. As NSCA member companies battle for profitability in 2025, this reliable report helps them to anticipate market and economic trends that will help them plan accordingly.
This webcast serves as a companion to the written report, free to NSCA members. Market analysts from research firm FMI and NSCA leaders identify and discuss 10 takeaways for integrators to consider. Topics include but aren’t limited to:
- Reading into the Consumer Price Index and Consumer Confidence Index to analyze how it may impact inflation
- Which vertical markets are down and what that means for integrators
- Which vertical markets are up and what that means for integrators
- Economic factors that impact the integration industry, including tax and tariff policies of the new U.S. administration
Integrators can submit questions for discussion. This is a can’t-miss webcast for integrators looking to gain market share in 2025.
Speakers:
Tom LeBlanc
Executive Director, NSCA
Tom LeBlanc, NSCA’s executive director, has supported the integration market since 2003. As editorial director of Commercial Integrator from 2010 to 2019 and in various roles at CE Pro before that, he specialized in developing content to help integration companies improve their businesses. At NSCA, LeBlanc is focused on continually improving NSCA’s resources and providing support for the NSCA Community. He leads an NSCA staff that takes pride in executing the direction it takes from the NSCA Community.
Patrick Dennehy
Senior Strategy Analyst, FMI Consulting
As a senior analyst with FMI Consulting’s strategy division, Patrick specializes in market research, commercial due diligence, and business development to create unique deliverables for clients in the built environment.
Dr. Kuehl Spring 2025 Economic Update
Tuesday, Apr. 15 at 11:00 am CDT
You may have seen Dr. Kuehl at 2025 Business & Leadership Conference in late February. There he outlined what to expect from various economic influences, including the tax and tariff policies of the new U.S. administration.
In case you haven’t noticed, things move quickly these days. Two months later seems like a perfect time for NSCA’s Chief Economist to deliver an update to the NSCA Community. As always, Dr. Kuehl cuts through the media spin and talks to integrators about what it all means for our industry.
Dr. Kuehl will provide integration industry-focused analysis on:
- How tariffs may or may not impact costs, product availability and manufacturing for integrators.
- Global matters such as turmoil in the Middle East and Europe
- Employment numbers and what they mean for integrators facing escalating labor costs
- Expectations for the residential and commercial construction markets
- Vertical markets that appear on the verge of growth (and those that do not)
- Insight into consumer behavior trends and expectations
- Questions from NSCA members in the audience
Dr. Kuehl has been providing economic insight and analysis directly to NSCA members for several years and has a unique understanding of the integration industry. During this webinar, NSCA’s chief economist zeros in on how economic trends may impact the NSCA Community.
In short, he’ll give it to us straight.
Speakers:
Dr. Chris Kuehl
Managing Director of Armada Corporate Intelligence
Dr. Kuehl provides forecasts and strategic guidance for a wide variety of corporate clients around the world. He is the chief economist for several national and international organizations: Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, National Association of Credit Management, Finance, Credit and International Business and the Business Information Industry Association. He is also the economic analyst for several state accounting societies: Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Kansas.
Prior to starting Armada in 1999, Chris was a professor of economics and finance for 15 years, teaching in the US, Hungary, Russia, Estonia, Singapore and Taiwan. He holds advanced degrees in economics, Soviet studies and East Asian studies.
Dr. Kuehl is the author of Business Intelligence Briefs and Executive Intelligence Briefs, both publications from Armada. He is also responsible for the Credit Manager’s Index from NACM and Fabrinomics from the FMA.
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