National Systems Contractors Association

09/03/2026

How confident are you that your company isn’t overlooking something important?

Our new Business Maturity Self‑Assessment, built by Navigate, gives you a quick, honest snapshot of where your organization stands today—and where improvement is possible.

If you want a fast way to benchmark your processes and identify gaps, download the self‑assessment from our Essentials Library.

https://members.nsca.org/essentials-library/business-maturity-self-assessment

09/02/2026

NSCA’s AI & Cybersecurity Committee is working hard to develop resources, webinars, and tools to help you successfully adopt and secure AI.

Take this 5-question survey to help us decide what to build next!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7FC797S

09/01/2026

The schedule for XBO 2026 is set! If you know an emerging leader who wants to be prepared for what’s next, make sure they know about this event in November.

Here’s a peek at some of the session topics we’re covering:

🔥 Manage Capacity Before Burnout Manages You
✔️ What Changes When You Start Leading?
💲 Knowing the Difference Between Busy and Profitable
🔀 Why People Behave the Way They Do—and How to Change It

https://www.nsca.org/events/xbo/xbo-schedule/

09/01/2026

A new guide from NSCA and Tool breaks down three common tool management models and gives integrators a clear framework to establish standardized, company issued kits that improve productivity and reduce hidden costs.
Download your copy now.
https://members.nsca.org/essentials-library/nsca-and-milwaukee-tool-resource-guide

08/31/2026

On Sept. 10, revenueify is hosting a free workshop to teach integrators how to ask the right discovery questions to sell integrated solutions that help organizations get the outcomes they’re after.

Sign up for your spot.

In one live hour, your team will build and practice the discovery questions that turn an integrator into a Master Systems Integrator.

08/31/2026

D-Tools Cloud data on won contracts during the first half of 2026 suggests that integration revenue is no longer driven by AV. Audio and video remain the largest individual categories when it comes to revenue share, but not by the margin many assume …

Learn more in our recent blog.

D-Tools Cloud data on won contracts during the first half of 2026 suggests that integration revenue is no longer driven by AV.

08/28/2026

From global events and trade policy to labor availability, construction activity, and business confidence, Dr. Kuehl is back to focus on what it all means for integrators.

His practical insights will help you plan for the rest of 2026—and into 2027. Join us on Sept. 17!

Thanks to Lightware for sponsoring this webinar.

https://members.nsca.org/nsca-events/dr-kuehl-fall-2026-economic-update

08/27/2026

Employee benefits have long been treated as once-a-year conversations by many commercial integration firm leaders: review the renewal, make a few adjustments, move on.

But new transparency requirements make it clear that employers must treat healthcare oversight as a year-round responsibility.

Forward-thinking integrators are moving away from purely transactional views of healthcare plan oversight, building ongoing governance around plans.

08/27/2026

When a customer calls to ask for a quote on updating six conference rooms, there are two different ways the conversation could play out.

1️⃣ The first conversation lands your integration firm a display project.

2️⃣ The second conversation uncovers a broader need that opens the door to a standardization engagement with a managed service component.

And it all comes down to asking the right first question …

By asking the right questions, MSI sales reps discover what the customer actually needs—not just what they asked for.

08/26/2026

🚨 If you’re in charge of setting compensation or building benefits packages, then you need NSCA’s Compensation & Benefits Report. 🚨

Before we can send it to you, though, we need you to take the Compensation & Benefits Survey THIS WEEK. The more responses we receive, the stronger and more useful the final report will be when it’s released this fall.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TR2LRBJ