Category: Low-Carbon Meeting Design

Low-Carbon Meeting Design

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Montreal-Boston Road Trip Shows the Power of Mobile Meetings

  • January 15, 2014
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The Mobile Meeting Movement arrives at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center January 11. Photo: ‏@LouisMoubarak

BOSTON — A 5½-hour road trip from Montreal to Boston over the weekend showed that a chartered bus to a conference can be just the right place to deliver content, generate discussion, and help participants get ready for the networking and knowledge sharing ahead of them.

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The Death of Verbatim Conference Video

  • July 2, 2013
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Verbatim video is no longer the next best thing at conferences. We’ve also stopped listening to music on gramophones. Photo: Ludmiła Pilecka via Wikimedia Commons

BALTIMORE, June 23: Verbatim video died of advanced obsolescence today, gasping its final breath as a credible method of repackaging conference content.

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NYC Conference Makes Event Sustainability Sexy

  • December 11, 2012
Not long ago, Deborah Pannell attended a conference focusing on event sustainability – a big issue for today’s event planners.  She shares what she learned from the experience here.
Sustainability has become a big issue in the world of event planningSustainability – it’s on everyone’s mind. In addition to the idealism fueling the eco-friendly movement, big companies like Wal-Mart, Kraft Foods, and Nestle are now really stepping up their game. It’s no longer just the right thing to do – it also makes business sense.

Led by Jill Taub Drury and the team at Drury Design Dynamics, the New York Metro Chapter of ISES (International Special Events Society) presented its second annual Sustainability Summit at the Rubin Museum of Art this past Tuesday, April 3rd. The ambitious late afternoon/evening program included educational workshops, presentations and an expert panel discussion. After being well educated and inspired, attendees were invited to mingle with experts and other guests in a stylish alternative to the traditional trade show floor, dubbed “Marketplace 2.0.” Add the sumptuous offerings of Stephen Starr Events (cold curried pea soup topped with lobster and an assortment of local artisan cheeses were among my personal favorites), and you get a sense of just how luxurious sustainability can really be!

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Sustainable Event Tools You Can Use Right Now

  • November 30, 2012

Shawna McKinley has collected some great resources for keeping events sustainable. She shares some of them here.

Believe nothing in life comes for free? There’s always a string attached? Think again! Right here, right now you can get free help with your sustainable event. No memberships. No cost.
And you know what that means…no reason to procrastinate!

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