VenueConnect attendees kept themselves busy on Friday with several activities that let them experience some of the best of Portland, while also helping raise funds for the IAVM Foundation. From a packed golf tournament to relaxing wine tours to a leadership dinner at Ponzi Vineyards e

Loretta Hudelot wants to help you be smarter in your job, and one way to do that is to know what your customers care about and what your customers’ customers care about. Hudelot, the enterprise insights manager for Freeman Companies, will present a session at this year’s V

We let you know last month that IAVM member John Christison, principal and managing member at BCI+Network, was named a 2014 inductee into the Convention Industry Council (CIC) Hall of Leaders. Christison, along with two other inductees and two Pacesetter Award recipients, will be reco

If you or your staff are directly contacted by anyone claiming to represent IAVM that asks you to alter your hotel reservations or tells you that our Portland conference block at VenueConnect 2014 is full, please know that this is a scam that we are actively monitoring and responding

Smart Meetings just published a list of power players in the meeting and event industry, and one of our IAVM members—Karen Kotowski, CEO of the Convention Industry Council—made the list. Here’s what the magazine wrote about Kotowski: Check out the article for more of Kotowski