What’s New & Places to Meet
Dixon University Center in Harrisburg has added the latest in interactive meeting systems and SMART Technologies to their meeting facilities. The center’s new Turning Technologies ARS system enhances presentations by engaging par- ticipants, and when integrated with Microsoft PowerPoint, it can be used to collect data and assess audience responses.
Audiences are encouraged to participate in presentations or lectures by submitting responses to interactive questions using a ResponseCard keypad or other hand- held or computer devices. The result is a PowerPoint that collects real-time audi- ence feedback. This helps to improve productivity for business meetings and educational sessions.
The key is the center’s SMART Technology products that allow for col- laboration through a visual and interactive
experience. Presenters and participants can interact using whiteboards, interac- tive displays and software, plus multi- media files, applications and websites on a large, touch-enabled surface. Presenters can capture notes in digital ink and save them, or share them instantly via email.
The system also features videoconfer- encing for organizations who want to conduct a meeting between two or more participants at different sites by using a network to transmit audio and video data. Additionally, the system offers live streaming and course capture so that presenters can record and deliver multi- media presentations, webcasts or webi- nars automatically for convenient online viewing.
C. Ted Lick Wildwood Conference Center is an entity of HACC (Harrisburg Area Community College), and offers flexible and customizable meeting space as well as a full line of audio, computer and mul-
timedia equipment available for rental. It is home to a variety of spaces and can accommodate groups of up to 240 in its largest space. The conference center also offers a full line of menu and bever- age options that can include custom designed cakes and unique desserts.
The Hotel Hershey is home to 278 rooms, including 48 Premium Cottage rooms, while Hershey Lodge has 665 overnight rooms on site. Combined, the hotels can provide 125,000 square feet of meeting space with an on site staff of experienced event professionals. Having completed a multi-year $67 million renovation and building campaign known as “The Grand Expansion” in 2009, the hotel added a new recreation area, 130-seat restaurant, 10 luxury guest cottages, and a meeting cottage.
The Meeting Cottage provides a conven- ient meeting space deliberately removed from the activity of the main hotel in order to provide increased privacy while main-
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