By R.V. Baugus (Editor’s Note: To access the IAVM CARES Act Advocacy Toolkit, click here.) Kevin Molloy has been an IAVM member for more than 30 years, and has a confession to make. “I haven’t really used any IAVM advocacy elements,” said the executive director

(Editor’s Note: The following was written in advance of the Democratic National Convention and serves as a leadership piece for all venue professionals.) By Marty Brooks With a $420 million expansion approved and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on the horizon, 2020 was

By ISSA and R.V. Baugus Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport outside of Dallas and Fort Worth is the first airport in the world to earn GBAC STAR™ facility accreditation from The Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC), a Division of ISSA. The airport is joined by 25 a

By Ellen Lampert-Greaux #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART and #ExtendPUA represent a major call to action, imploring the US Congress to pass the RESTART Act (S.3814) as quickly as possible, offering economic relief to the Live Events Industry, which has been shuttered since March 2020, p

By R.V. Baugus While COVID-19 has played havoc with all kinds of scheduling and events, the IAVM Certification Board announced that CVE applications will be accepted beginning on September 1 with a due date of November 1. “COVID-19 has impacted everything, and the Certification