There are a lot of great discussions happening on our member-only VenueNet site, and some of you may not have time to read them all or participate. If you’re one of those people—or someone who would rather listen to a discussion than read about it—then we have the solution for y

More than 600 people participated in two webinars last week that addressed adverse situations at venues. In the “Public Demonstrations and Civil Unrest Affecting Public Assembly Facilities” webinar, speakers offered recent examples of venue disturbances and how managers an

A new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago shows that when bosses put their employees’ needs over their own needs, customer satisfaction and job performance by employees improves. “The best business leadership style is far from, ‘Do this. Don’t do t

IAVM will live-stream an interview with John Wilborn, director of the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. The conversation will provide a close look at the planning and real-time response from Wilborn and the event management team during the May 3rd incident, when two men attempt

To paraphrase Ferris Bueller: Life moves pretty fast—if you don’t keep up, you could miss out. The venue management industry isn’t immune to the fast-pace of the world around it, which makes a new textbook that much more important. Public Assembly Venue Management: Sports,