- TAB Hosts at Ann Arnold Center in Downtown Austin March 2-4

TAB is partnering with the National Society of Broadcast Engineers to present the 2026 SBE Leadership Development Course March 2-4 at TAB's Ann Arnold Center in Downtown Austin. Registration is limited to 22 students and closes Friday, Feb. 13.

The three-day course, led by Dr. Abram Walton, founder of Ivory Bridge Group, is an intensive study of successful leadership and management, designed specifically for broadcast engineers who have or aspire to have management responsibilities.

Walton is a full-tenured professor of management at Florida Tech, specializing in management and innovation. He serves as a U.S. Delegate for ISO 56000, on Innovation Management System standards and has been actively researching in the fields of innovation management, business analytics, and product lifecycle management for the past 20 years.

He currently serves as the founding director of Florida Tech's Center for Innovation Management & Business Analytics (CIMBA), has authored more than 100 publications and conference proceedings.

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"TAB's delighted to partner in presenting this esteemed program as a complement to the hands-on, real-world training programs we're presenting at the 2026 TAB Show Aug. 5-6 in Round Rock," said TAB President Oscar Rodriguez.

"Our support of the leadership development course enables the SBE to defray costly meeting expenses to keep fees reasonably affordable, just as the TAB Show itself serves as the best and most affordable investment any broadcast managers, marketing executives and engineers could possibly partake this year, including the opportunity to meet directly with more than 100 vendors in the trade show."

The TAB Show agenda will be announced in early May.

The SBE has presented the SBE Leadership Development Course since 1997. The NAB sponsored the course from 1965 to 1995.

Questions? Contact SBE Education Director Cathy Orosz at [email protected].