The recent floods in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area have left more than 11,000 people in shelters and eight people dead as of Monday, August 15. “The number of people seeking shelter increased about 10 percent between Sunday and Monday night,” Julia O’Donoghue repo

Another post about virtual reality (VR), Jason? Yes, but this one isn’t about sports, music, or gaming. It’s about training, specifically for disaster response. “This technology can be used to prepare for disasters in a number of ways. For example, people can be imme

Dear IAVM Friends, Once again, our hearts break for so many touched by the act of terror in Orlando, Florida, this past weekend. The Pulse nightclub attack is so very terrifying due to the seeming randomness of how the attacker selected the venue. We all have venues we work in and som

IAVM member and longtime Academy for Venue Safety & Security (AVSS) instructor Chris Rogers passed away earlier this month. We’ve been receiving tributes from members and friends and would like to share them with you. Steven A. Adelman Chris Rogers, a longtime member of the

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) offers a great program called MPI Experiential Event Series that lets meeting and event planners experience behind the scenes of some of the world’s largest events. The first program was the 2016 Miss America Competition, and the most re