NSCA announced today it’s now accepting entries for the fifth annual Excellence in Product Innovation awards. This AV award recognition program honors “products that have a profound impact on systems integrators,” according to the association’s announcement.
Any manufacturer that produces “innovative technology solutions for installation by commercial integrators” is eligible for this AV award, according to the NSCA announcement. Industry manufacturers may nominate their own products, the announcement says.
One winner will be named in each of the following categories, along with one overall Grand Prize Winner:
- Trailblazing Innovation: products that symbolize bold research and development to help reshape our industry
- Technology Platform: platforms for manufacturers to build from and push the industry forward
- Retrofit-/Installer-Friendly: products that reduce installation time and secure profit margins
- New Revenue Potential: products that offer ways for integrators to add value through new offerings
- Recurring Revenue Potential: solutions that make it easier for integrators to expand their managed services offerings
- Ease of Customization: products that excel at interoperability and allow integrators to add value with custom solutions
Additional considerations are made during judging about how the product affects the user experience, including scalability, versatility, deployment cost, ease of use, ROI, ADA compliance, energy efficiency and more.
“Every year, we look forward to recognizing the manufacturers that improve our industry – and the channel – by creating products to support integrator success while giving end-users what they need,” says NSCA executive director Chuck Wilson.
“Manufacturers that are completely committed to our channel deserve to be acknowledged as they help integrators generate more revenue, earn more profit, reach new customers, and enter new markets,” he says.
Winning Excellence in Product Innovation entries will receive:
- Recognition in Building Connections (NSCA’s quarterly newsletter)
- Participation in a webinar featuring AV award winners
- Feature recognition in the Product Showcase on the NSCA website
- Feature recognition in NSCA’s e-newsletter
- Social media recognition
- Recognition in an NSCA blog
- Feature article in Commercial Integrator magazine
- Recognition at the 2019 Business & Leadership Conference (350+ integrators)
All AV award entries will be featured in a gallery on www.commercialintegrator.com, listed in a press release and included in a Commercial Integrator e-newsletter.
