Winter Storm Leon lunged into the southern parts of the U.S. this past week. Sure, you can quote Charles Dudley Warner and say, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” But that’s not true. There are people out there who are doing somet

Rob Noonan, chief of public safety for the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) and an IAVM member, recently joined panelists for a discussion at PCMA that centered on communications challenges and lessons learned during the 2013 bombing at the Boston Marathon. Mitra Sorre

For Frank Poe, The Academy for Venue Safety & Security (AVSS) is all about preparing for the unexpected and having the skills necessary to address challenges flowing from incidents. “AVSS was developed around four key focus learning tracks—Risk, Emergency Preparedness, Secur

The Academy for Venue Safety & Security (AVSS) will take place February 23-27 in Dallas, and it offers professionals in the venue industry intensive training in security planning and life safety management. We recently spoke with Russ Simons—chief listening officer and managing pa

Many U.S. cities are growing faster than their suburbs for the first time in decades. Of the new downtown dwellers, many are empty nesters—freed of the need to factor in school districts, looking to downsize homes and yards. They are gravitating to dense urban cores looking to take ad