Deadline to submit nominations for the 2017 Joseph J. Anzivino Distinguished Allied Award is Nov. 30, 2016. The Joseph J. Anzivino Distinguished Allied Award may be awarded annually by the IAVM Board of Directors to an individual currently or previously employed by a firm which is or

A version of this post originally appeared on EventBooking’s blog and is republished with permission. For those of us that work in the events industry, trade show exhibiting and conference attendance is a large part of our marketing budget. So how can we make sure that we spend our ti

“Our chairs can hold an elephant!” We’ve all heard the outlandish claims seating manufacturers make regarding the amount of weight their products can hold. In reality, furniture testing is much more complex than just placing a weight on a chair to see if the chair can support the weig

IAVM members are gaining more control over their venue’s energy budgets and avoiding the risk of potential price spikes. Electricity and natural gas prices are near historically low levels today. Venue managers are advised to closely examine supply prices. If your venue is currently l

“Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.”—Paul Klee Our understanding of color has come a long way since Henry Ford told Model T customers they could “have any color they wanted as long as it was black.” Today, we know colors have a physiological impact on the