Regardless of the type, size, or location of your venue, safety and security is one thing we all must think about and be concerned with on a daily basis. VenueDataSource (VDS) has surveyed our members on our typical safety and security practices, and the results from the Safety and Se

Remember when you were a kid and you WANTED someone to play 20 questions with? Remember how annoyed our parents got when we just forced them to play 20 questions without any regard to subject matter, location, and timing? There were never any reports to follow those games, either. Tha

You may have been advised in the past that making a range offer during negotiations is a bad move. However, some new research from Columbia Business School proves differently and that range offers are beneficial. “For years, we taught students to avoid making range offers in negotiati

Pop quiz: What does VenueDataSource (VDS) provide IAVM members? Answer: Resources, membership value, empowerment, and information. IAVM represents more than 2,000 venues around the world. We are stronger together, and the key to moving our facilities forward is information and communi

IAVM, and specifically VenueDataSource, received some love from architecture firm HKS earlier this month. “Several years ago, we learned that IAVM initiated a project called VenueDataSource, which gathers data on operational costs and revenue in IAVM member convention centers, s