Register now for the ESA Young Security Professionals (YSP) Fall Forum, October 25 – 26 in Philadelphia, PA.

Designed for electronic security professionals between the ages of 25 and 45, this forum will teach best practices, how to stay ahead of industry trends and focus on other hot button topics such as wireless technology and increasing RMR. Additionally, those working in family-owned businesses can choose to attend the second day track created specifically for them.

Attendees will participate in these topic-rich seminars:

October 25/Day One

• How to Raise Money – Debt and Equity
• Maximize RMR through your current customer base
• Sales and Marketing in Hostile Emerging Markets

October 26/Day Two (choice of two different tracks)

1. YSP Family Business Seminar – designed for those working in family-owned businesses

• Leverage the strengths of family business management
• Implement practices that drive high performance, shareholder loyalty, and promote healthy family relationships

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2. Non-family-owned business seminar

• Increasing RMR- recurring models for video surveillance
• How to hire IT technicians
• Has the conventional “hard wired system” been replaced by the “wireless system”?

For more information contact, Jaclyn Sion, ESA Business Development Specialist, at (888) 447-1689 Ext. 213, or by email at JaclynS@alarm.org.

This event is open to ESA Regular Members only. To become a member, please contact Patricia Allen. ESA Associate Members interested in sponsorship, please contact Jaclyn Sion.

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If you are a young security professional, start your week at ESX off the right way by attending the ESA Young Security Professionals (YSP) social event a/k/a Kick-off Party on Monday, June 14, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at Olive or Twist This free event offers the best value for your time, allowing you the opportunity to build lasting personal and business relationships with your industry peers. You can meet up with your friends and meet new ones as you prepare for a fabulous week at ESX.

Even though it’s FREE, we need a head count so please
REGISTER HERE no later than June 7.

ESA Young Security Professionals also get special pricing!

Register for the mini-track designed specifically for YSPs – all three YSP sessions plus an Expo-Plus pass is only $199!  That’s a savings of $53!  [More Info.]

Just call 877-628-9558, ask for the YSP package and they’ll sign you up.

Lots of entertainment and education are planned for you at ESX.  Can’t wait to see you there in June!

Thank you to our YSP Event Sponsors!

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If you are a young security professional, start your week at ESX off the right way by attending the ESA Young Security Professionals (YSP) Kick-off Party, Monday, June 14, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at Olive or Twist. This free event offers the best value for your time, allowing you the opportunity to build lasting personal and business relationships with your industry peers. You can meet up with your friends and meet new ones as you prepare for a fabulous week at ESX.

Even though it’s free, we need a head count so please REGISTER HERE.

ESA Young Security Professionals also get special pricing!

Register for the mini-track designed specifically for YSPs – all three YSP sessions plus an Expo-Plus pass is only $199!  That’s a savings of $53! More Info.

Just call 877-628-9558, ask for the YSP package and they’ll sign you up.

Lots of entertainment and education are planned for you at ESX.  Can’t wait to see you there in June!

Thank you to our YSP partner members for helping to make these events possible!

Thank you to our YSP partner members for helping to make these events possible!

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Mark your calendar and start making plans to attend these exciting ESA events in 2010.  Looking forward: 2010 ESA Summer Conference June 14 – 18 Pittsburgh, PA The ESA Summer Conference is where association leaders help shape the future of ESA and work to improve the business environment for the security industry. You can make a difference – join us for the 2010 ESA Summer Conference. Learn more about Pittsburgh, click here.

Click here to see the preliminary Summer Conference schedule. View the exciting Welcome to Pittsburgh 2010 video

Thank you to our Summer Conference Sponsors

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Young Security Professionals (YSPs) can expect the ‘red carpet treatment’ when they visit Pittsburgh for this year’s Electronic Security Expo. Some of the fun events include:

YSP Kick-off Party

Monday, June 14, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
You’re invited to a free arrival reception at a cool place called ‘Olive or Twist’.  You guessed it – martinis for everyone!  Join us for this ESX kick-off party – meet up with your friends and meet new ones as you prepare for a fabulous week at ESX.  Even though it’s free, we need a head count so please REGISTER HERE.

YSP Mini-Track and Special Pricing

There is also a mini-track designed specifically for YSPs with special pricing.

All three YSP sessions plus an Expo-Plus pass is only $199!  That’s a savings of $53!  Just call 877-628-9558 and ask for the YSP package and they’ll sign you up.

YSP Sessions include:

Capturing Gen Y Clients: Products, Systems & Sales Techniques for the Millennials

Date/Time: June 15 2010
8:30 AM-9:45 AM
Location: Room 307
Presenter: Scott Wulforst, Stanley Works

The under 30 market has growing buying power and interest but a very different set of tastes and expectations and use different communications channels than older prospects and customers. In this session, we explain what Generation Y is looking for in product functionality, look and feel and how to reach them with compelling offers and sales and marketing messages.

From Soup to Nuts: An Employment Law Primer for Young Security Professionals

Date/Time: June 15 2010
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Location: Room 307
Presenter: Eric Pritchard, Partner, Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker

Your employees are your company’s most important asset.  As a young security professional, managing employees can be your biggest challenge.  Learn about the ever changing landscape of employment law from YSP lawyer Eric Pritchard.  Pritchard will survey recent developments in employment law while providing practical pointers to help you address troublesome employment issues.  This seminar will also cover employment agreements and restrictive covenants, including non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.  Attendees will receive inserts for their company’s employee manual.

Next Gen Business Systems & Processes

Date/Time: June 16 2010
9:30 AM-10:30 AM
Location: Room 307
Presenter: TBA

Interested in ways to apply technology to business systems to increase productivity, lower stress, and distribute decision making with appropriate supervision? This is the course for you. We’ll review a number of real world time and money saving applications including “drip” software that communicates with mobile devices to handle service call dispatching seamlessly.

We look forward to seeing you at ESX in June!

Thank you to our YSP partner members for helping to make these events possible!

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YSP West was the moniker for the ESA Young Security Professional’s (YSP) action-packed events March 24 – 25. Participants enjoyed a full-fledged Las Vegas experience combining education, networking and partying when they arrived at this year’s ISC West.

To break the ice, YSPs gathered at the infamous Rockhouse Bar for a networking social on March 24. Providing an opportunity to build connections with their industry peers, the casual and fun Rockhouse environment helped YSPs begin lifetime relationships that will benefit them personally and professionally.

On March 25, another YSP-specific event featured a guided tour of Alarmco, one of the most successful alarm companies in Las Vegas. A full-service, high-end facility, Alarmco has been securing businesses, homes and casinos for sixty years.  During this tour, YSPs were exposed to technologies and ideas that could translate to their own companies.

Supporting ESA YSPs is a strong network of Partner Members who are forming relationships today with the industry’s leaders of tomorrow.  2010 YSP Partner Members currently include:  GE Security, Honeywell, Potter-Amseco, RSI Videofied, System Sensor and Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker. ADI was an event sponsor for the YSP West events this year.

Eligible attendees for these events are young security professionals between the ages of 25 and 45 who are managers or above in a company that designs, sells, installs, services and/or monitors electronic life safety and/or security systems. Anyone meeting these requirements is welcome to attend these events.

Individuals interested in becoming a YSP, or companies interested in knowing more about becoming a YSP Partner Member, should contact ESA Associate Executive Director Tonja Jenkins at (888) 447-1689 or via e-mail at Tonja Jenkins.

If you’re attending ISC West, then you want to be part of YSP West.  Awesome networking at the infamous Rockhouse Bar and an educational tour of Alarmco will give you something special to talk about.  Click here to learn more.

The Wisconsin Electronic Security Association (WIESA) is the latest state to take part in ESA’s Youth Scholarship Program. Since its inception in 1996, the association and its affiliated Chartered Chapters have awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships to students whose parents are police and fire officials.

“Pursuing a degree in today’s colleges is stressful enough.  College is becoming more and more difficult to afford – add to that the worry of tuition, books, housing and related expenses.  Scholarships are not merely financial aids; they also serve as opportunities for students to reach more than they aspire for.  It is the goal of WIESA to help offset some of that stress for two of Wisconsin’s hard working high school seniors,” said Maureen Mecham, WIESA scholarship coordinator.

According to Mecham, WIESA is participating in the Youth Scholarship Program simply because the chapter believes it important to give back to the men and women who put themselves in harm’s way on a daily basis in service to the community.

“We would like to say ‘Thank You’ by recognizing the academic and community achievements of two of their children through the WIESA Youth Scholarship program,” she said.

WEISA will award a $750 scholarship to a deserving son or daughter of both a police office and firefighter. One will be chosen to compete at the national level for an opportunity to win a $7,500 or $2,500 scholarship.

If your state is interested in taking part in this program, visit www.alarm.org/pubsafety/ysp or contact Jason Smith, ESA communications specialist, at (888) 447-1689 ext. 231.