By R.V. Baugus Public assembly venues aren’t the only targets for violent attacks — either from terrorists outside the United States as well as homegrown terrorism. And while security is a staple at public assembly venues along with other recent targets including nightclub

By R.V. Baugus The news came across my phone as I was driving to lunch after church on Sunday, December 29: Two parishioners killed by gunman at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement (near Fort Worth). Here we go again. It was barely more than two years ago when a madman f

By Elisa “Putt” Putman The Music City Center had the privilege of hosting Mark Herrera, Director of Education for the International Association of Venue Managers on Dec. 11 to discuss situational awareness and crisis management to its entire team as well local law enforcem

By Rita de la Fuente On Monday, November 11, we hosted IAVM’s Mark Herrera for a security training. This was a free training for our staff and we invited other venues around our region to send members of their team to spread the knowledge beyond our building. We even ran the tra

By R.V. Baugus Somehow back in the day when we had an extra writer or two on the IAVM staff I ended up being the “obit guy.” Whenever we got word of an IAVM member’s passing, the call always came to me to follow up and write the obituary. I actually enjoyed the respo