Why is producing a “green” meeting so important? Why do I write about green meetings so often?
Well, let’s think about how many people we affect. The annual scientific meeting for the society I work for brings more than 7,000 people together in one place every year. That’s 7,000 opportunities to reduce an individual’s environmental footprint [...]
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Posted in Education, Meeting Planning, tagged adult, convene, Education, Event, event planning, Gather, meeting, PCMA, planning on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
As promised, I’m republishing this post with the link to the March article in the “How Adults Learn” series from Convene.
As younger generations become adults (hello, gen Y), the way adults collectively learn changes. For instance, those generations who came before the invention of the personal computer don’t need as much technological interaction as those [...]
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Posted in Green, Meeting Planning, Venues, tagged environment, Event, event planning, Gather, Green, meeting, planning, venue on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
More on Green Meetings:
Whenever possible, use a LEED-Certified venue. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a system that the U.S. Green Building Council uses to rate buildings by the number of points achieved in sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, indoor environmental quality and innovation.
There are a number of LEED-Certified [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, Organizing, Tools, tagged Event, event planning, Gather, meeting, Organizing, planning, remember the milk, tips on March 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just how many steps are there in planning a meeting, anyway? There must be thousands, right? Well, maybe only hundreds. OK, it depends on the meeting. My point is, it can be tough to follow all the steps if you don’t keep track of them in a reliable way.
I have recently started tracking all my [...]
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Posted in Contracts, Meeting Planning, tagged agreements, attrition, Contracts, event planning, events, Exhibits, Gather, meeting, planning on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Negotiating hotel contracts is a bit of a hobby of mine. (I know, strange hobby.) I wanted to be a lawyer, until it came time to spend a few years doing post-graduate work, etc.
Anyway, I wanted to mention a few things that you should always look for in the agreements you review (again, [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, Tools, tagged APEX, CIC, Event, event planning, Gather, meeting, PCMA, planning, tips on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Have you been creating your own versions of documents you know other planners must be using (such as RFPs, post-meeting reports, resumes), but you just don’t know where to find useful templates? Well, fear not, there is a collection of excellent documents out there.
It’s called the APEX Meeting and Event Toolbox, and it is software [...]
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Posted in Green, Meeting Planning, Tools, tagged CIC, environment, Event, event planning, Gather, GMIC, Green, meeting, PCMA, planning, tips on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Since it’s such an important topic, here is another post on green meetings. I’m still finding new resources, as I continue to do research for my own convention, and of course, I’ll post whatever I find on gather.
Some handy online resources include:
BlueGreen Meetings - www.bluegreenmeetings.com
This is actually a site run by the Green Meetings Industry [...]
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Posted in Education, Meeting Planning, tagged convene, Event, event planning, Gather, learning, meeting, PCMA, planning on March 9, 2008 | No Comments »
As younger generations become adults (hello, gen Y), the way adults collectively learn changes. For instance, those generations who came before the invention of the personal computer don’t need as much technological interaction as those who came after.
PCMA has published, in the January and February issues of Convene, a fascinating update of their special issue [...]
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Posted in Event Marketing, Meeting Planning, Networking, tagged avery, business card, Event, event planning, Gather, marketing, meeting, Networking, planning on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s a little event marketing tip.
Buy some Avery business cards, and add your next event’s logo to your your existing card design. Then, when you go to one of the many industry networking events, pass them out! It gets your event’s identity “out there” and identifies you with that event.
This is especially nifty if you [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, Sponsorships, tagged Event, event planning, Gather, LinkedIn, meeting, planning, sales, Sponsorships on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Sponsorships can make or break a budget, and they can be a very elusive commodity for some. LinkedIn user, Bonnie M. from Chicago, asked a very good question in the Event Services category of LinkedIn Answers recently.
Her question was:
I am on the National Association of Women Business Owners Chicago’s Achievement Luncheon committee. We are trying [...]
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