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

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

As more people continue working well into their 70s and 80s, the workplace becomes a multi-generational melting ground. Myths get mixed up with realities, and people start making assumptions about co-workers based on age. One group that’s received the most blunt assumptions abou

Congratulations to Lee Zeidman, who has been promoted to the newly created position of President, STAPLES Center. Zeidman will also simultaneously be elevated to President, Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, as well as President, L.A. LIVE, the downtown sports and entertainment district where t

Loretta Hudelot wants to help you be smarter in your job, and one way to do that is to know what your customers care about and what your customers’ customers care about. Hudelot, the enterprise insights manager for Freeman Companies, will present a session at this year’s V