By R.V. Baugus Dr. Jerry Teplitz, JD, PhD, CSP, president/CEO of Jerry Teplitz Enterprises, Inc. in Virginia Beach, VA, and a familiar name to those who attended VenueConnect in Toronto in 2018, brings his dynamic “Managing the Stress of Change” session to ENCORE, IAVMR

By R.V. Baugus Trudy Bourgeois, founder and CEO of the Center for Workforce Excellence, will serve as the keynote speaker for IAVM’s virtual annual conference ENCORE, held October 5-6. Suffice to say where she has been the last 20 years in founding and leading her business is qu

By ISSA and R.V. Baugus From concerts to sporting events to art exhibitions to weddings, people are rediscovering the joys of attending in-person events as more facilities reopen and lift occupancy limits. This week, Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc. in North Bethesda, Md. has earned GB

By R.V. Baugus Decisions, decisions. Whether to write a gazillion blogs to recap VenueConnect 2021 in Atlanta or to go with one overarching read to try as best as possible to capture the essence of the Association’s first face-to-face VenueConnect in two years. Let’s go with the latte

Thaxter R. Trafton, of Rockland, ME passed away in Camden with his wife, Linda, by his side on July 25, 2021, from complications of Lewy body disease. He was 84. Thaxter was born in Danforth, ME on January 5, 1937, to Leone Fitzpatrick and Elton Trafton. A graduate of Morse High Schoo