The 2014 Venue Industry Awards Luncheon—sponsored by Ungerboeck Software International and emceed by Chris Bigelow, founder and owner of The Bigelow Companies—took place during the 2014 VenueConnect Annual Conference & Trade Show in Portland, Oregon. The awards, hosted each year b

Rick Antonson is an apostle for cathedral thinking. “It is the one way to keep the living generation tethered to the future,” he told an audience at TEDxStanley Park. Cathedral thinking is about the long term and shared ambitions. It’s working on something now knowing you will not be

Reawakening the spirit of creative confidence in people is important to Kevin Carroll, the closing keynote speaker on Monday, July 28, at VenueConnect 2014. In an inspiring and often funny presentation, Carroll told attendees his life story and how he discovered that learning and play

Attendees at VenueConnect 2014 experienced a wide range of educational offerings on Sunday, July 27. Some of the sessions included “The Future is Here: Certified Venue Professional (CVP) Coming to You in 2015,” “When a Crisis in a Venue Occurs,” and “A Co

Polly LaBarre, co-author of Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win and co-founder of Fast Company magazine, delivered the opening keynote address, Saturday, July 26, at VenueConnect 2014. LaBarre challenged the attendees to ask themselves how they can create po