Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin talks with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans about many aspects of concert planning, including hiring and managing security, risk management, crowd control, and the various liability and insurance exposures that event producers face.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin discusses many aspects of planning and executing a live event or music festival with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans, including permitting, security, first aid, site mapping and access coordination, and much more.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin discusses setting up and running a credential system for a large-scale concert or music festival with students at Loyola University, New Orleans. (Part 1 of 2)

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin discusses setting up and running a credential system for a large-scale concert or music festival with students at Loyola University, New Orleans. (Part 2 of 2)

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin discusses the ins and outs of emergency planning for live events, including training, evacuation plans, and first responder coordination with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin demonstrates to an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans how to go about mapping a venue for a large-scale performance or festival, including planning for access, security, crowd flow, etc.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin discusses local permitting and first aid/medical availability for live events with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin discusses all the things that must be considered and planned for if a large concert or event is going to succeed.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin discusses her job and how she got her start in concert production and event security with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin talks with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans about the importance of proper crowd control at live events, and discusses how to identify the appropriate crowd control approach for any given event.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin talks with an audience at Loyola University New Orleans about the risks involved with using private security contractors to secure live events and venues.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin discusses the various legal risks that event planners and concert promoters face in the course of putting on live events of any size with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin talks with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans about the basics of risk management, and how to apply them to planning and running live events of any size.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin discusses the nuts and bolts of event security management with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans.

Event operations and security manager Dixie Rubin talks with an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans about the tragedies that can be the worst-case result of a failure in crowd control protocol, and uses these stories to illustrate some common pitfalls to avoid.