By Barbara Cosio Moreno The stage of the San Diego Civic Theatre was transformed into a classroom for important security, safety and crowd management training. On Thursday, January 16, 2020, Mark Herrera, Director of Education and Life Safety for the International Association of Venue

By R.V. Baugus The news came across my phone as I was driving to lunch after church on Sunday, December 29: Two parishioners killed by gunman at West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement (near Fort Worth). Here we go again. It was barely more than two years ago when a madman f

By Elisa “Putt” Putman The Music City Center had the privilege of hosting Mark Herrera, Director of Education for the International Association of Venue Managers on Dec. 11 to discuss situational awareness and crisis management to its entire team as well local law enforcem

By Rita de la Fuente On Monday, November 11, we hosted IAVM’s Mark Herrera for a security training. This was a free training for our staff and we invited other venues around our region to send members of their team to spread the knowledge beyond our building. We even ran the tra

By Kerry Painter, CVE, CMP, CEM Our venues have always been a reflection of the best of our community by providing memorable moments for its citizens, iconic events as well as places of support such as fundraisers, economic impact, or in the recent decade, places of refuge from weathe