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The Davey Bulletin | May/June 2017
DAVEY INSTITUTE MAKES HISTORY WITH LIVE STREAM EVENT
In January, the Davey Institute did
something it had never done before.
It created its first live stream video
event. As its name suggests, live
streams are broadcast over the inter-
net in real time, and the event is more
interactive than a webinar.
"The use of webinars is quite
pervasive throughout Davey, and our
connection to Office 365 and Skype
has helped boost this," said Greg Ina,
vice president and general manager
of research, recruiting and human
resource development. "There's a
lot of momentum there within Davey
operations. The next logical step is to
make webinars more dynamic and
interactive, and that's what live
streams accomplish."
For the Institute's first live stream,
Davey partnered with Dr. Dan Herms,
a distinguished entomologist and
professor at The Ohio State University,
to present on the impact of climate
change on arboriculture and vegetation
management. There were roughly 70
individuals at the actual presentation
while an estimated additional 100
viewers watched remotely on
their laptops.
questions being asked by viewers and
asked the most pressing in person.
Now, imagine that capability for Davey
training programs. You could have
an expert like Don Roppolo, Davey's
manager of arboricultural training, do a
live stream on a new technique while
hundreds, or even thousands, of Davey
employees watch, engage and ask
clarifying questions in real-time.
Stay tuned. Ina and his team are
already preparing for more live
streams in 2017.
"The technical set-up for this
presentation was more rigorous than
I originally envisioned. In the end, our
team produced a high-quality video
and audio piece that users can access
in the future," Ina said. In fact, the video
is already on Davey's ever-expanding
Learning Management System.
Ina sees this live stream as just
the beginning. "We've got a deep
commitment to instruction and
classroom training at Davey. Live
streams give us an opportunity to
complement our many in-person
training opportunities."
During Davey's first live stream with
Dan Herms, Ina moderated the many
CANOPY
ABOVE
THE
Thanks to a robust technical team, Davey
captured a high-quality video that employees
can access right now on Davey's Learning
Management System.
About 70 people gathered at the Davey
Institute for Dan Herms' presentation on the
impact of climate change on arboriculture
and vegetation management while roughly
100 more people watched it live via a stream
over the internet.
