Tagged: Green Meetings

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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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How Montreal Fosters Event Sustainability

  • October 17, 2012

Shawna McKinley chats with Marion Ancel of Tourisme Montreal about what the Canadian province is doing to help sustainable meeting planners.

Next week I have the pleasure of joining the Future Leader’s Forum at the GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference. I’ve been asked to take participants on a ‘sustainable event roadshow’, sharing examples from around the world of how cities are making it easier for event planners to be sustainable. I’m excited to be tag-teaming a session with Marion Ancel from Tourisme Montréal, the host city for this year’s conference. To prepare for our session, Marion was kind enough to familiarise me with what Montreal is doing to support more sustainable events.

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Richard Aaron: Mentorship & Sustainability

  • September 20, 2012

Not long ago, Judy Kucharuk had a chat with event industry heavyweight Richard Aaron of BizBash Media.  She shares her experience here.

Recently I attended the 2012 GMIC Sustainable Meetings Conference in Montreal, Canada. As a GMIC Member, I look forward to the annual conference as a way to “reconnect, realign and reinvigorate”. The energy at the annual conference is palpable, as like minded individuals gather to share information and their vision for the future of the sustainable meetings industry.

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5 Things I Learned From Success

  • August 22, 2012

Last year Judy Kucharuk of Footprint Management Systems, collaborated online with a group to create an interactive mobile “sustainability” game called Get Your Green On that was embedded into the Event Camp Vancouver mobile event application. It was a great success. Here she shares what she learned from the experience.

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Next #eventtable Chat: Knowing When to Speak Out

  • June 7, 2012

Interest conflicts,  climate change, human trafficking, discrimination – these are some of the issues that may touch the everyday work of an event professional.

So often in the past, we have turned a blind eye excusing questionable practices with the phrase, “It’s just business.”  But in this age of transparency, is that the best approach?

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