Our annual conference, VenueConnect, takes place August 1-4 in Baltimore, Maryland, and we’re happy to announce our three keynote speakers. Betsy Myers Myers will be our opening keynote speaker and will speak during Part 1 of the Women in Leadership program. She served as a seni

The best way to improve your employees’ performances is to focus on motivating the “extra milers” in your organizations. A new study out of the University of Iowa found that employees function better when team members who goes beyond their job descriptions—the extra

The best way to “win” in negotiating is to make the buyer feel like what is purchased is a gain rather than a loss of money. It really comes down to word choice. This is what was discovered in a recent study by researchers at Leuphana University of Lüneburg and Saarland Un

Venue managers must constantly keep their minds in the present and in the future, sometimes at the same time. It’s difficult and taxing, but sometimes there are ways to accomplish both without straining physical and mental resources. One way is to re-frame your thinking. For exa

Mel Kleiman, CSP, is a man full of energy, and it was prevalent during is session, “Uncommon Common Sense: Hiring Best Practices,” at IAVM’s GuestX conference, March 1-3, in Dallas, Texas. He had attendees standing, laughing, and he punctuated his presentation with s