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

By Kerry Painter, CVE, CMP, CEM Our venues have always been a reflection of the best of our community by providing memorable moments for its citizens, iconic events as well as places of support such as fundraisers, economic impact, or in the recent decade, places of refuge from weathe

By Ashley Peacock, CVP Our members already know that investing in the IAVM Foundation always goes to a great cause, such as supporting outstanding industry leaders, women in leadership, diversity in leadership, the development of young professionals, and advocacy for issues and legisl