by Jessika Spearing | Dec 3, 2024 | Blog, From the CEO's Desk
By Joel Edmondson, VMA CEO In my most recent edition of Meditations on Venue Management, I wrote about the central importance of networks to the success of an increasingly interconnected venue management industry. This is a deep and multifaceted concept that...
by Jessika Spearing | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog, From the CEO's Desk
By Joel Edmondson, VMA CEO At the recent (amazing!) Venue Management School, I gave a brief talk on my initial thoughts on the future of venue management and the future of the VMA. I’m now three months into my role as VMA CEO, and it felt like the time...
by Jessika Spearing | Nov 6, 2024 | Blog, From the CEO's Desk
By Joel Edmondson, VMA CEO Australia’s current terror threat level is PROBABLE – a 50% or greater chance that a terror attack or attack planning will take place on Australian soil in the next 12 months. Regardless, terror incidents are almost always...
by Jessika Spearing | Oct 22, 2024 | Blog, From the CEO's Desk
By Joel Edmondson, VMA CEO The art and science of managing attendee behaviour is central to the practice of venue management. Richard Thaler’s Nudge: The Final Edition offers insights into behavioral economics and choice architecture that can serve as valuable...
by Jessika Spearing | Oct 9, 2024 | Blog, From the CEO's Desk
By Joel Edmondson, VMA CEO In the high-pressure, fast-paced world of venue management, where the stakes are high and events can be unpredictable, the concept of vulnerability in leadership isn’t always top of mind. Aren’t we here to just safely get...
by Jessika Spearing | Sep 24, 2024 | Blog, From the CEO's Desk
By Joel Edmondson, VMA CEO Welcome to our new editorial series ‘Meditations on Venue Management’. Every fortnight, I will be waxing lyrical on how the insights of our great contemporary thinkers relate to the world of venue management. These are...
