Author Archives: David Aleksandersen

Get Motivated!

I enjoy motivational music (a kind of guilty pleasure…) and I have put together a colleciton of my favourite music for use in presentations, kick-offs, or any other events where you would like to boost the audience, push their confidence or just get them going!  Updated 20th May 2014 – Elton John, The Go! Team […]

Does Social Media Increase Sales? The Social Media Marketing Report 2014 is here

Can social media efforts document improved sales and return on investment? Based on a study from the Social Study Examiner’s Michael Stelzner, the 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report shows a number of interesting trends and statistics related to the ever-growing social media landscape. The key findings seem quite natural as the social media landscape […]

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Wave Your Hands Say Yeah!

How can you make the big screen an interactive screen? At CinemaCon , Barco and Audience Entertainment showed what an interactive, crowd-controlled experience can look like. To say that the crowd went completely bananas would be an exaggeration, but they waved, smiled, giggled, enjoyed themselves and – did indeed interact! Interaction between the audience and […]

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Escape – Experience the magic!

The Cinematic experience has not really changed much since the first bed sheet was hung on a wall as projection screen a long, long time ago. The screens are better, bigger and the projection equipment has improved “a bit” since 1894. In any industry a disruptive move is done by a player once in a […]

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Laser – 3D’s second coming?

3D hasn’t really been about much “WOW” for a while. But at CinemaCon 2014 we at Barco are showcasing our new 60.000 lumen laser projector. And, admittedly somewhat biased, this is the best 3D image I’ve ever seen. At 60 frames per second at full 4K resolution, it was simply stunning. I started by comparing […]

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WOWing the Audience – Barco hits Vegas and CinemaCon

It’s CinemaCon! It’s Vegas! It’s Barco! We are bringing the movie experience to the next level with our new theater-wide entertainment concept about interaction, immersion, brightness, and an exciting wide range of new products! We’re about to WOW the audience – even more than we already do! Interactive Lobby Solutions A Immersive Cinema going experience […]

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Music and Playlists – Part 1, The Road Runner!

Looking back as long as I remember, music has been important to me. My first memories of music and how much of an impact it had on me is from my childhood, where I was flat out on the floor in front of our stereo – playing The Beatles’  Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966), ”The […]

I/ITSEC 2013 Part I

Another year and another visit to I/ITSEC, which is the world’s largest Training & Simulation trade show. I arrived in Orlando Saturday 30th after flying from Oslo, Through Copenhagen and Washington. Phew. It was good to team up and get some refreshments… Sunday was spent at the trade show floor at the Orange County Convention […]

Bring Daddy Home For X-mas!

Yeah, it’s this time of the year. Christmas is coming. Santa Claus is coming. And we all like to cuddle up in front of the fireplace and listen to the good old carols. Naw! That has to change! Let me introduce Gringo Bandido! We’re talking about the Garage/Punk/Rock’n Roll outfit from my home town, Halden, […]

Why you’ll love to Present, Collaborate and Impress

You’ve got to love this! Over the last months a large team within Barco has been hard at work, planning and executing a big launch and the public return of the visualization specialist Barco in Corporate AV. To me, the best part is that I’ve been involved in the process. We broadcasted our comeback to […]