Outdoor Digital Signage - When Is a Sign a Sign?

Signs are all around us and they are instructing us toto charity projects such as the devastation of Haiti,
do something, whether we agree or not sometimesthey can also be used to congratulate a colleague
we have to comply. From street signs to dynamicwho has won a major project or secured a new
signs they are getting us to do something.contract.
From road signs that are coloured red in the UnitedDigital signage can be used for:
Kingdom command you to do something, such as- Notifying staff if a products quantity dips below a
"Stop" and give way to other vehicles. A greencertain number
traffic light means go and so on.- In call centers when they are inundated with calls
Like road signs digital signage is used to show us theDS can be used to instruct staff to delay lunch
difference between a Latte and an Americano in a- SD can be used to inform staff the car park is full
café, again it is used in sports retailers toand redirect them to an alternative.
show the winning team playing soccer, football or- It is also used for delivering new staff training
rugby then linking nicely to current promotions on theSo as you can see from the above information they
relevant sports strips. These signs have one thing inare all signs from road signs to retail outlets they are
common they are telling you "to buy our products".all asking for our co-operation. Some like speeding
However there are occasions they are not used insigns we reluctantly comply with, but if we ignore
this way...when they are used for internal corporatethem the consequences are too large.
communications, such as encouraging staff to donate