The International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) is pleased to announce Jimmy Earl, CFE, senior associate director of the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, as the recipient of the 2016 Charles A. McElravy Award. The McElravy Award, named in honor of one of IAVM’s founding org

The IAVM Executive Committee continues to work with SearchWide, our selected executive search firm, to forge the path for selecting IAVM’s next president/CEO. I want to thank the members for reaching out and sharing their thoughts and ideas as it reassures me of the importance this de

These are selected news articles that showed up in our inboxes on Monday morning that we want to pass along to you. Talking U.S. Bank Stadium With Yahoo! Sports Radio (SB Nation) “This show is all about the stadium, folks. We talk about some of the features that will make U.S. B

Congratulations to the following individuals who recently were awarded the Certified Venue Professional (CVP) designation during the AVSS/GuestX conference. Thanks to the generous funding and support from the IAVM Foundation, the CVP program was launched in August 2015 at VenueConnect

The year is flying by at warped speed as we just completed our mid-year board meeting in Dallas a few weeks back. Below are the key items discussed, accomplished, or moving forward. As you can imagine, the news at the top of the meeting revolved around the departure of our former CEO