Going green, buzz words that are sweeping the event industry and something that everyone who turns on the TV or opens an industry magazine is trying their hand at, unless you live under a rock, this is something that should be on your event planning radar. It is truly a noble cause, helping the environment […]
Category: Sustainability and CSR
Reinventing The Give-Away
Here is a thought from my “green meeting file”. Should you be making the leap and holding a green meeting, don’t overlook a major part of what currently makes meetings very un-green. You know what I am talking about. They are usually little, have logos on them and in a tradeshow setting, cause grown men to climb across chairs while knocking over little old ladies […]
8 Ways to Use Events to Survive the Recession
This post was from March of 08 when we were all just thinking that the bad economy might be REALLY bad. This is still one of my favorite posts and as I reread it I decided to not change a thing because I still believe every word of it. I am going to alter the […]
Green Meetings, Helping us all Breath a Little Easier
This was originally written back in March of 07 and although it was 5 years ago, it still resonates with me and has some good practical advice. This post also shows how little is being done on the Green Meetings front because in five years, not too many people are practicing everything that is written […]
How a Meeting Planner Can Change a Life
I had a meeting and it changed a life. My life. I hope that it can change a few more lives as well. Last week, the day before the Thanksgiving Holiday, I met with Calum Maclean, a true Irish Gentleman, and we had a talk about how we could change a few lives working together. […]
