IAVM’s condolences and prayers go to those affected by yesterday’s tragic events. We encourage all venues to stay informed and be proactive in their safe operations in the coming days, weeks and months. IAVM is actively engaged with our venue members in the Boston area and we ar

It seems a great deal of IAVM’s content and communications to members this week have been focused on safety and security. We have one more addition to share – WebSITE Spring 2013: Safe Stadium Operations. This hybrid conference will take place May 1, and includes several host-sites fo

March is IAVM Webinar Month – Take advantage of these bite-sized educational opportunities. If you can’t attend, remember they are always available online after the webinar at IAVM’s Webinars page. Aw Crap: Now What?!? Communicating in a Crisis Thursday, March 7, 2013 2:00 pm – 3:00 p

IAVM’s Greg Wolfe, Professional Development Manager, sat down with Joe Aldridge, Entertainment Engineering and Design Coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas – College of Fine Arts, to discuss technician and electrician certification programs available and to pr

The tragedy this past weekend at Brazil’s Kiss nightclub is just one incident in a history of nightclub disasters spanning back as far as the 1920s. In the past 13 years there have been a string of 10 notable nightclub fires around the world; from a December 2000 blaze in a dance hall