1. SCTE: Value Overview and Professional Development Resources SCTE Chapter Leadership Call 13 July Daniel Howard SVP Engineering and CTO, SCTE

2. THE VALUE OF SCTE Over 13,000 members throughout North America
40 year history of technical leadership
Increase your Technical Proficiency
Take advantage of SCTE membership:
Certifications
SCTE Pd Courses and Manuals
Primers
Trainers’ Resources
Bookstore
InfoScope® Conference Archives
Local Chapters
Memberlink/SCTE-List
Mobile Apps
Publications
Symbols and Graphics
Tech Facts
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Tools
Tech Tips
White papers
SCTE Foundation: Grants and Scholarships

3. WHERE ARE ALL THESE GREAT RESOURCES? WWW.SCTE.ORG

4. BOOKSTORE

5. The Value of SCTE: InfoScope® Conference Archives
GoogleTM-powered
SCTE-specific search engine
Access to nearly 1,000 SCTE technical resources, including:
RF Troubleshooting
DOCSIS® Fundamentals
Free for members to use

6. The Value of SCTE: Local Chapters
80% of SCTE rate their involvement with SCTE Chapters as excellent.
SCTE Chapters offer:
Certification testing
Cable-Tec Games
Technical sessions
Vendor Days
Newest Benefit for Chapters:
The Technician’s Guide to the Broadband Distribution Network– presented by CommScope

7. THE VALUE OF SCTE: PROFESSIONAL BENEFITS
SCTE SupplierConnect, a one-stop supplier resource
SCTE List, list for cable professionals to discuss issues and share ideas.

8. MEMBERLINK/SCTE-LIST
Search on “leakage”

9. MOBILE SOLUTIONS TO AID IN YOUR JOB
Bubble Level Free Hold any of the phone's four sides against an object to test it for plumb/level, or lay it down on a flat surface for a 360° level.
GPS Distance and Area Measurement Free Turn this application on and walk or drive around a region to measure its area. The path length is measured as well. Seismograph Free Uses your Android device's accelerometer to measure movements on any axis. You can save and export them in CSV files for analysis. Seismo has a high pass filter to remove noise.
Open Signal Maps Free
 SCTE Supplier Connect The SCTE SupplierConnect Mobile App is the premier mobile resource for telecommunications professionals. Use it to quickly find products and services, keep up with industry news and events, and stay in touch with the association – all conveniently from your iPhone.
Cable Loss Calculator
$1.99 Automatically calculates the amount of loss through splitters and taps taking into account distance and type of cable 
Patch Cable
$0.99 Make a successful straight through or cross over Ethernet patch cable 
Pinouts
$0.99 Pinouts includes "at your fingertips" information for pinouts and wiring diagrams for a number of commonly used network, audio, video, computer, and telephone connectors and more 
CableInfo
$0.99 Get information about cables - image, description and pinout 
AWG Convert
FREE This great little tool allows you to convert wire diameters expressed in American Wire Gauge (AWG) to diameter and cross sectional area values in metric and imperial units 
WireCalc
$2.99 Compute the electrical resistance or voltage drop of a wire or cable
iCable
$0.99 iCable is an application that shows you how to patch an Ethernet cable into a straight or crossed network cable Box Fill Pro
$0.99 Box Fill Pro is an easy to use app that calculates "Box Fill" requirements for an electrical wiring box 
Transmission Line Calc
$2.99 Allows you to perform several calculations related to RF transmission Lines 
Ohms Law calculator Free Combination Ohms Law calculator and resistor color decoder. Electrical Wiring Light Free Pire Wheel/Ohms Law, Conduit Offset/3pt saddle, Ampacity & Wire Size, Box Fill, Conduit Fill, Voltage Drop, Motor electrical/components Resistor Ratio Calculator and RF Pad Calculator Free Two versions - Quickly and easily determines the standard resistor values to best approximate a desired ratio WiFi Analyzer Free Shows the Wi-Fi channels around you. Helps you to find a less crowded channel for your wireless router. Sound Level Meter Free It displays the current, maximum and minimum values in decibels, and generates sound level charts. Speedtest.net network speed measurement Free Measure the network speed of your Android device. Unit Converter Free Convert common units from one measurement to another. IPv4 Subnet Calculator Free Calculate IPv4 subnets and Ips. IPv4 Address Calculator Free IP Address calculator, particularly for use with CIDR networks. Network Ping Tool Free Simple network ping that show stats after it's done. Network Scanner/Discovery Free Computer/devices discovery and port scanner for local area network. SNMP Manager Free SNMP manager who has functions, such as a MIB browser, Trap reception, and Trap transmission.
 GaugeFinder
$1.99 Universal structural steel reference tool 
e-ENGineer
$1.99 Provides solutions to a number of commonly used calculations used in electrical engineering 
Extreme Broadband Engineering Mobile Trainer
FREE Contains: product catalog, product installation guide, product spec sheets, video training library and skills test 
RF Link Calc
$2.99 Helps you determine the characteristics of an RF link, including Wireless Internet (WiFI) links 
CoaxLoss
$0.99 Provides a quick and easy way to estimate cable loss for various cables and frequencies 
MicMonitor
$0.99 Take the input from your iPhone’s microphone and output it through the headphone jack, which means you can use your iPhone as an external microphone if you connect a “male-to-male” adapter 
Making of RCA cable
$0.99 Explains the procedure for making RCA audio cable with "BELDEN 8412" cable and RCA plug 
HTCables
$0.99 A guide to audio/video cables for your home theatre 
Transmission Line Calculator
$1.99 Calculates characteristic impedance, effective dielectric constant, and time delay per unit length of microstrip line, strip line, offset strip line, coupled microstrip line, and coupled strip line 
RF ToolBox
FREE Calculates impedance for designing RF high-frequency transmission line 
Crystal Plug
$1.99 Useful little tool software to help you make a crystal plug (RJ45/RJ11 plug) 
Bye Bye 4 Speedtest IP Address
FREE
Stanza Traceroute Subnet Calc, Hex/Bin Convert
Free Convert Electrical Toolkit

10. Plus lots of discounts on other publications!
Free Publications:
Broadband Library
BBL International
Cable Learning Review
CED
Interval
SCTE Monthly
SCTE NewsBrief
Standards Bulletin
Plus lots of discounts on other publications!

11. SYMBOLS AND GRAPHICS

12. TECH FACTS

13. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
THE VALUE OF SCTE:
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Free for Members to use
Quick-hitting downloadable tools to make your job easier.
Tech Facts
3DVideo with High-Speed HDMI
Output Power of an Optical Transmitter
Adaptive Streaming for IP Video Delivery
Tech Tips
Scientific Notation Practice
Practical Application of Ohm’s Law
Cable Attenuation
Metric Conversion Charts

15. USING SCTE RESOURCES ON
YOUR CHAPTER WEBSITE

16. JOINT SCTE-ARRIS POCKET GUIDE WITH NEW IP SECTION
Looks great on mobile phones as well!

17. SCTE-VENDOR POCKETGUIDES: SPANNING THE WORKFORCE NEEDS
???-SCTE Business Services Guide
1H12
2H/12
CommScope-SCTE Wireless Guide
TBD-SCTE CE/Installer PocketGuide
Cisco-SCTE IP PocketGuide
1H12
2H11
Alpha-SCTE Energy/Facility PocketGuide
2H11
Motorola-SCTE Distribution Guide
Release Date
2H10
Arris-SCTE Cable Technician Guide
HUB
eMTA
Regional
Network
(Aggregate Network)
Master Media Center
National
Backbone
(Core)
Wireless Router
STB
POP
HUB
HUB
Network Depth

18. WHITE PAPERS
The following are papers either already released, or planned for release in the near future:
Deploying Enhanced Media Services with MoCA®.
What is RFoG and When Does it Make Sense?
Delivering IPTV over Cable
Improving the Economics of Transport to the Hub
Optimizing the Return Path RF Signal

19. THE VALUE OF SCTE: SCTE FOUNDATION
Financial assistance for SCTE members to attend:
SCTE Pd courses
SCTE Certification
Associate Degree programs
Over $200,000 in grants have already been distributed
Apply for a grant through the SCTE Foundation website

20. PD RESOURCES Certification and Certification Resources
Virtual Classroom
Online courses
Instructor led
On-demand
Onsite Seminars
Higher Education
RIT
Ft. Hays State University
SCTE Leadership Institute
Tuck at Dartmouth
GaTech Headend/Hub Management

21. PD RESOURCES AT WWW.SCTE.ORG

22. THE VALUE OF SCTE:
PD CONTENT DEPTH VS. TIME

23. PD LIBRARY RESOURCES IPv6 IPTV BPI BPT BPE BDS BTS BTCS IPEP DVEP
Adaptive Streaming
DOCSIS PreEqualization
IPv6
IPTV
Carrier Ethernet
Upstream Best Practices
BPI
BPT
BPE
BDS
BTS
BTCS
IPEP
DVEP
Live Learning
Certification
MPEG
Optical Fiber
IPv6
Understanding Cable
DOCSIS
IMS / SIP
Cisco Bootcamps
Linux
PSIP 1, 2, 3
WDM
Fiber Termination
Metro Ethernet
Theft of Service
Carrier Ethernet Attributes
Carrier Ethernet
Spanish
Onsite Seminars
Primers
IPv6
CCNA1
CCNA2
CCNA3
CCNA4
Understanding Cable Technology
Channel Bonding in DOCSIS 3.0
Security
CCNA
Ethernet Transport
and MPEG
SDV, DV
IMS / SIP
IPTV
Networking
Home
Going all Digital
Impact of
Business Services
Cable Networks
Fund. Of IP in
Virtual Classroom

24. THE VALUE OF SCTE: CERTIFICATIONS
IPEP Components
IP (CCNA)
Advanced Routing/IPv6
DOCSIS

25. EXTERNAL CERTIFICATIONS SUPPORTED THROUGH SCTE:
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT)
Coming soon: CCNP

26. Why Certify? THE VALUE OF SCTE: CERTIFICATIONS
Professional certification demonstrates solid knowledge
Demonstrates drive, self-discipline, professionalism
Career advancement
SCTE certifications raise the bar on technical knowledge
Certification provides a competitive advantage
Certification inspires the confidence of your customers

27. Books, Manuals, and Guidebooks Study Groups Individual Mentors
THE VALUE OF SCTE: CERTIFICATION RESOURCES
Preparing to Certify
Books, Manuals, and Guidebooks
Study Groups
Individual Mentors

28. SCTE PRIMERS Primers now available on WWW.SCTE.ORG,
New ones coming at 2-3 /month:
What are... Carrier Ethernet Attributes?
What is...Carrier Ethernet?
What is...eWaste?
What is... Fiber Cleaning?
What is…Hex?
What is...IPv6?
What is…MoCA? (pt. 1)
What is…MoCA? (pt.2)
What is…MoCA Home Networking?
What is…MoCA 2.0?
What is...OMI?
What is…Power Theory?
What is...Project Management?
What is…PSIP? (pt. 1)
What is…PSIP? (pt. 2)
What is…PSIP? (pt. 3)
What is…RF Theory?
What is…RF Spectrum?
What is...R and U Value?
What is...Skin Effect?
What is…Terminated Connector Performance?
What is...Theft of Service?
What are…Video Delivery Methods?
What is…WDM?
A few Primers in progress…

29. LIVE LEARNINGTM WEBINARS
 DTV, IP, and IPv6
Adaptive Streaming: IP Video Delivery
End-to-End Traffic Engineering -- Challenges and Considerations
IP 101
IPTV a.k.a. Video Over IP
IPTV: How It Works and How to Monitor/Troubleshoot It
IPTV - Monitoring, Diagnosis and Analysis
IPv6: Deployment Issues and Challenges
IPv6 in the Data Center
Should Cable Move to IPTV via Video Over DOCSIS?
Migration to an IPv6 Infrastructure
The Path to IPv6 in Cable Networks
Troubleshooting MPEG2
 Emergency Alert System (EAS)
Emergency Alert System (EAS) - Is Your System Ready?
 Fiber Transport
FTTx: Friend or Foe?
Cable’s Fiber to the Home (PON over HFC network to the Premises)
 Fundamentals
IP for the Cable Engineer
 HDTV/3DTV
3DTV: Delivery to the Home
An Overview of the DOCSIS® Set-top Gateway Protocol
 HFC Systems
Characterizing Signal Leakage From an All-Digital Cable Network
Managing Linear and Non-Linear Distortions in HFC Systems
Modern Upstream Best Practices
The National Electrical Code: Why Comply?
PacketCable™
An Overview of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
PacketCable™: Architecture, Equipment and Transport
Moving to PacketCable™ 2.0
Network Infrastructure, IMS, SIP and PacketCable 2.0™ - Should We Do It?
PacketCable™ Multimedia (PCMM): More Than Just VoIP
PacketCable™ Reliability in the Outside Plant
Downloadable DOCSIS Checklist for the PacketCable™ Reliability in the Outside Plant seminar
PacketCable™: Provisioning the Service and Guaranteeing Quality
Switched Digital Video
A View From the Top: Switched Digital Video
Switched Digital vs. All Digital
VoIP
Troubleshooting VoIP in a DOCSIS Network
VoIP Protocols: SIP and MGCP/NCS - SIP and MGCP/NCS
Trends in Cable Telecommunications: What's Next? 
Wireless Technology
WiMAX and WMAN: Opportunity or Threat?
Seamless Mobility
The Integration of Wi-Fi and WiMAX in HFC
Home Networking
Distributing Video in a Whole-home Application Securely and Efficiently
Home Networking Technologies
In-Home Support Services
The Emerging In-Home Network, Here Comes Video!
 Networks
Carrier Grade Ethernet
Carrier Ethernet Networks: Ethernet Mobile Backhaul
Carrier Grade Ethernet: Is Your Network Prepared?
CWDM/DWDM - Bandwidth Demand Tamed
Deploying Ethernet Transport: Engineering Best Practices
Ethernet Service Testing and Monitoring
Metro Ethernet and Carrier Grade Ethernet in the HFC Network
Migrating to Business Ethernet Services
Next Generation Networks: Speed, Services and Solutions – The Cable Network of the Future
OCAP
Tru2way, OCAP and EBIF - What it means for MSOs
Advanced Advertising
Advanced Advertising in the All-Digital Network
Understanding the SCTE 130 Technical Framework
 Business Services
Cell Backhaul - Testing and Monitoring Best
Meet SLA requirements
Enabling Technologies for Profitable Ethernet Services
How Does Cellular Backhaul Work?
How to Ensure the Big One Doesn't Get Away
Update on CableLabs® Business Services Specifications
Winning Architectures for Cable's Business Services 2008
Migrating to Business Ethernet Services
 Service Management
Digital Rights Management - Extending Conditional Access Throughout the Home
The Holy Grail of Flow - Through Provisioning
DOCSIS®
Bandwidth Management and the Impact of DOCSIS® Channel Bonding
DOCSIS It's Deployment Time
DOCSIS® 3.0 Revisited
IP Video over DOCSIS® Networks
Monitoring and Managing a DOCSIS™ 3.0 Network
The DOCSIS® M-CMTS™ Architecture
DOCSIS® PreEqualization
Live LearningTM Archives
© 2010 by SCTE

30. NEW SCTE E-COURSE: UNDERSTANDING CABLE TECHNOLOGY
Cable basics for new hires, technicians, non-technical professionals, government affairs managers, and CSRs

31. CURRENT AND POTENTIAL PD COURSES
Virtual Classroom Course Offerings Now
Home Networking *
IPv6: Impact on Cable Networks *
Channel Bonding in DOCSIS 3.0 *
Fundamentals of SDV, Digital Video and MPEG Video *
Ethernet Transport *
Overview of IMS & SIP - PacketCable™ 2.0 *
CCNA1 Discovery: Networking for Home and Small Business
CCNA2 Discovery: Working at a Small-to-Medium Business/ISP
CCNA3 Discovery: Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise
CCNA4 Discovery: Designing and Supporting Computer Networks
CCNA Security
* Also available On-Demand
Virtual Classroom Course Offerings Potential
Juniper Networks Technical Certification Program (JNTCP)
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
On-Site Offerings Available
Cable Technology for the Nontechnical Professional
CCNA1 Boot Camp: Networking for Home and Small Business
CCNA2 Boot Camp: Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP
Channel Bonding in DOCSIS® 3.0
Digital Basics and DOCSIS® Fundamentals
DOCSIS® Systems
Ethernet Transport
Fundamentals of SDV, Digital Video and MPEG Video
IPv6: Deployment Issues and Challenges
Return Path
Train the Trainer
Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
Certified Wireless Technical Specialist
Linux Essentials
© 2010 by SCTE

32. Ft. Hays State University
Institutional Education
Programs
Operator / Vendors
Programs Vs. Workforce
Level 4
C-Level Management: CEOs, COOs, CTOs, CFOs, CIOs, CSOs, EVPs, SVPs
Leadership
Dartmouth
Level 3
Optimizing Technology
Georgia Tech
Senior Management: General Managers, VPs, Directors
Level 2
Accredited Program
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Accredited Program
Ft. Hays State University
Operational Management: Tech Supervisors, Operations Managers, Consultants
Level 1
Customer Facing: Techs, Installers, CSRs, Contractors

33. SCTE-GEORGIA TECH NETWORK OPS MANAGEMENT
Take Georgia Tech’s existing IT Management Program and customize for cable headends/hubs
Announcement: 3Q11, Delivery 1Q12
Current topics:
New topics under consideration: Network capacity/reliability strategy planning, contractor installation management, RF network management
Day 1
Foundational concepts in Corporate Strategy
Process for Developing an IT Strategic Plan
Case Exercise on IT Strategic Planning
Application of planning process to participant’s company
Day 2
Fundamental concepts in Managerial Accounting
Methods for Evaluating IT Investments
Applying Evaluation Concepts to a Case
Day 3
Why do IT Projects Fail?
Project Management Body of Knowledge Areas
IT Governance Model
Application of concepts to a case
Day 4
Optimizing data center performance
Managing help desk operations and support
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
Sustainability issues and Green IT
Day 5
Cost/benefits of outsourcing vs. internal IT
Case analysis of outsourcing
Managing vendors and contracts
Best practices in IT off-shoring and BPO

34. April 26-30 2011, April 2012 Announced
SCTE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AT DARTMOUTH
April , April 2012 Announced
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Program optimized for cable leadership:
Developing a strategic mindset
Connecting strategic vision to implementation
Finance tools for value creation
Leadership, change and influence in technology
How to build the right team
Why smart executives fail
The art of effective decision making
Real causes of enduring market leadership
Aligning the supply chain : Service and mass customization
Building an integrated strategy
Understanding and executing for value creation
What got you here won’t get you there

35. SUMMARY: WHAT HAS SCTE DONE FOR US LATELY?
Techs
Supervisors, Engineers and Chapter Leaders
Managers/Executives

36. OK, SO WHAT HAS SCTE DONE FOR US TECHS LATELY?
27 Primers, 2-3 new ones per month
Spanish and German translation underway as well
New e-courses
Understanding Cable Technology
Fundamentals of IP Networking
Impact of Going All Digital
New BPI/T certification resources
Manual: General availability Sept 2011
E-courses: 4Q11 availability
Updated BPI/T certification: 4Q11
Joint SCTE-Arris Pocketguide
Joint SCTE-Alpha Pocketguide: coming soon!

37. OK, SO WHAT ABOUT SUPERVISORS, ENGINEERS AND CHAPTER LEADERS?
Supervisor 101 symposium developed, first launch at New England Chapter this fall
Will become national program at Chapter Leadership Conference
Capacity management/planning symposium at EXPO this year
LiveLearning Webinars: renewed emphasis on operations and new technology
New technical journal, 1Q12 launch
New DOCSIS training, jointly developed with CableLabs, 3Q11 and potential DOCSIS certification
New Digital Video training (currently onsite, soon to be e-course)
IPTV working group almost complete with competencies, training content already in development
University partnerships

38. AND THE MANAGERS, WHAT ABOUT US?
Ga Tech course on Headend/Hub management: 1Q12
Tuck Executive Leadership
2011 big hit, 2012 already announced
New SMS standard for headend/hub equipment and best practices for headend/hub/datacenter management

39. If you are a current member, take advantage of your SCTE Membership and increase your technical proficiency.
If you aren’t a member yet, invest in yourself and join today!