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CEDIA ONLINE TRAINING REACHES NEW HEIGHTS IN 2017 2016 Training Highlights 2016 was a standout year for CEDIA training. The association offered its members more courses than ever before, across more locations than previously, resulting in members having greater access to CEDIA education. Within the EMEA region, over 950 industry professionals were trainied by CEDIA in 2016. While face-to-face training remains extremely important in our industry, an online training portal is useful to those who find it difficult to take a full day out of work. CEDIA’s online platform is proving increasingly popular with home technology professionals. With this in mind, CEDIA is strengthening its online training offering for 2017.
Getting New Hires Up to Speed CEDIA launched its New Hire Training Track in 2016 and it has been well received among member companies that are looking for an affordable way to supplement training for their employees. Available to CEDIA members only, this New Hire Training Track contains ten CEDIA eCourses and the delivery of the Fundamentals of Residential Electronic Systems, First Edition. The track consists of the following eCourses: Basic Math & Terminology for Technicians, Customer Service Basics, Cable & Connector Properties, Network Cable Infrastructure, Monsters in the Attic, Retrofit Installation, Video Display Technologies for Technicians, Audio Technologies for Technicians, Fundamentals of Home Theater Design, and Troubleshooting, Repair & Preventive Maintenance. The eCourses consist of indepth lecture content, married with additional material.
CEDIA Think Big For individuals who may have missed out on training at the CEDIA show, CEDIA complied some of the most popular content for business owners and visionaries in the “Think Big” training package. This package of online courses contains three CEDIA eCourses and ten technology insight video lessons, totalling over six hours of learning. The package consists of the following eCourses and video lessons: The Business of VUI, Designing with VUI, Wash, Rinse, Repeat: Standardising the Design & Engineering Process, New Technology Update Lessons from Michael Heiss, and Future Technology Lessons from Rich Green. Both voice control courses are presented by Amazon’s Alexa department.
Latest Online Training Courses CEDIA recently added a number of new training sessions, webinars and and talks to its online portal. o HDCP 2.2 Webinar Series with David Meyer (three webinars – HDCP 2.2 Overview, HDCP 2.2: How it Works, and HDMI 2.0 Mixing Pot & System Design) o 2017 NEC Updates and the Home Technology Professional webinar with Ken Erdmann o CEDIA Talks from CEDIA 2016 : • What Virtual and Augmented Reality Mean to Home Technology Professionals • Voice Control is Just the Beginning • Understanding the Opportunities of Bio Adaptive Lighting • Simple, Affordable, Reliable: Is Your Business Ready for this Connected Home Paradigm Shift? • Security, Surveillance and the Changing Landscape Until 2020 • The Internet of Intelligent Things • How Integrated Smart Home Tech Can Go Mainstream • Humanising the Connected Home • How Millennials Will Reshape the Home Improvement Market • Expanding Your Referral Opportunities — The Value of Working with a Real Estate Professional • Disruption: How Enabling Technologies Are Addressing the Aging Tsunami o HOUZZ/CEDIA Consumer Survey Results o Size & Scope of the Residential Electronic Systems Market What Else To Expect This Year CEDIA will continue to host a number of webinars throughout the year, and will be focussed on rounding off its fundamental eCourses. The association’s goal for 2017 is to provide content for all areas of the CEDIA Electronic Systems Certified (ESC) exam.
To access CEDIA’s online training platform, visit www.cedia.net/education