Here’s an intriguing statistic: 50 percent of the buildings included in the VenueDataSource “Firearms in the Venue Study” had to take some action in response to state or local open carry laws. To be the first to know what they needed to do, come to a workshop and fir

Dear IAVM Friends, Once again, our hearts break for so many touched by the act of terror in Orlando, Florida, this past weekend. The Pulse nightclub attack is so very terrifying due to the seeming randomness of how the attacker selected the venue. We all have venues we work in and som

IAVM member and longtime Academy for Venue Safety & Security (AVSS) instructor Chris Rogers passed away earlier this month. We’ve been receiving tributes from members and friends and would like to share them with you. Steven A. Adelman Chris Rogers, a longtime member of the

This quarter, the YP Connection event will feature Matt Hollander, CFE, general manager of the Miami Beach Convention Center, operated by Spectra Venue Management, on Friday, May 20, 3 p.m. (EST). The Miami Beach Convention Center recently broke ground on a $651 million expansion and

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) offers a great program called MPI Experiential Event Series that lets meeting and event planners experience behind the scenes of some of the world’s largest events. The first program was the 2016 Miss America Competition, and the most re