Finding a mentor in this industry is a good way to achieve success. Finding one, though, is not the end. You have to engage and integrate the mentor’s experience into your working life. To understand your mentor better, speaker and author Bert Gervais (“The Mentor Guy̶

Congratulations to the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) on reaching another sustainability milestone. The center achieved Level Four certification for the ASTM Standard pertaining to the evaluation and selection of venues for environmentally sustainable meetings, events, trade shows and

We really need your professional expertise, if you can contribute some of your time at one of IAVM’s upcoming conferences. As you may have heard, we are launching a new credential, the Certified Venue Professional (CVP), targeted at the mid-level professional and above. While the Cert

“This business is about relationships” is a common phrase you hear in this industry, and it’s true, especially when you’re talking about human-to-human interactions. Consider, though, the relationship of a building to its location and citizens. That was the mai

There was a lot of news this past week. Here are some stories that caught our eyes. China American Football League: 2015 Start Date, Roster Info, Comments and More —Bleacher Report “It will be an indoor league featuring AFL [Arena Football League] rules, and there are expected t