The Z-Wave Alliance has announced its new Virtual Academy, an online portal containing online training and education sessions for smart home and IoT industry professionals.
Hosted by various members of the Z-Wave Alliance, the webinars will cover a wide range of topics and perspectives, including manufacturing best practices during a pandemic, technical deep-dives for developers on the Z-Wave 700 Platform, and product-specific education from members for integrators, dealers, and others.
Each session will last 30-45 minutes via Zoom and will start tomorrow (27 May). The webinars will run every Wednesday at 9am PT/12pm ET until August.
As the series progresses, the Alliance will update the schedule, starting with the following two sessions:
27 May 2020: “Manufacturing During a Global Pandemic: Insight & Strategy from Companies Who Are Coping”
Bringing deep knowledge of the manufacturing and product development process, Avi Rosenthal of Bluesalve Partners will lead this session, exploring how smart home and IoT manufacturers and supply chain systems are affected by the current global pandemic, how companies are coping, and strategies on how to move forward.
Participants can
register here.
3 June 2020: “Social Distance Sales for Uncertain Times: Tips & Insight for Integrators”
Jeremy McLerran of Qolsys discusses strategies for integrators to use to sell and service customers in the time of social distancing. He will discuss process flows, best practices for “White Glove” and “Light Glove” installs, and how to leverage software and the cloud to install and support new and existing customers. Attendees will learn to self-install using Qolsys IP Panel’s on-screen wizard, powerful Z-Wave and sensor diagnostics, and remote support via Alarm.com, as well as strategies for end users to install their own systems.
Participants can
register here.
Future sessions will be hosted by Silicon Labs, Salto Systems, Leedarson, and many more to be announced.