The IAVM Foundation has been committed to programs, ideas, and initiatives that build amazing careers and a strong future for the industry for more than 32 years. It has bestowed more than 300 scholarships worth approximately US$350,000 dollars. This past July at VenueConnect in Portl

Have something you want to learn about or something you want to share with your industry peers? The VenueConnect 2015 Planning Committee invites you to submit session ideas for the annual conference, which takes place in Baltimore next year, Aug. 1-4. It’s easy. just click on this lin

Pop quiz: What does VenueDataSource (VDS) provide IAVM members? Answer: Resources, membership value, empowerment, and information. IAVM represents more than 2,000 venues around the world. We are stronger together, and the key to moving our facilities forward is information and communi

Congratulations to IAVM member Kim Stone, executive vice president and general manager of the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida. She was recently inducted into the University of North Carolina’s Hall of Fame in Journalism. Stone has been with the Miami Heat organization s

Two years have passed since I had the opportunity to participate as a student volunteer at the Venue Management School in Oglebay and VenueConnect 2012 through the IAVM Foundation. As I reflect on these two experiences, I’m flooded with only positive memories. I find it incredible tha