Finding a mentor in this industry is a good way to achieve success. Finding one, though, is not the end. You have to engage and integrate the mentor’s experience into your working life. To understand your mentor better, speaker and author Bert Gervais (“The Mentor Guy̶

We really need your professional expertise, if you can contribute some of your time at one of IAVM’s upcoming conferences. As you may have heard, we are launching a new credential, the Certified Venue Professional (CVP), targeted at the mid-level professional and above. While the Cert

Your fighting words are doing more than boosting employees—they’re causing them to be unethical, too. A Brigham Young University (BYU) business study found that bosses who motivate with violent words or phrases end up influencing their employees to play dirty. “Business executiv

Polly LaBarre, co-author of Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win and co-founder of Fast Company magazine, delivered the opening keynote address, Saturday, July 26, at VenueConnect 2014. LaBarre challenged the attendees to ask themselves how they can create po

Congratulations to Lee Zeidman, who has been promoted to the newly created position of President, STAPLES Center. Zeidman will also simultaneously be elevated to President, Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, as well as President, L.A. LIVE, the downtown sports and entertainment district where t