#Eventtable LIVE! From GMIC: A Chat on Take Aways From the Conference
To accommodate a special Sustainable Meetings Conference edition of the #eventtable Twitter chat next week, the chat will change from it’s regularly scheduled time of 3 pm est, to 5 pm est Monday April 22 and will focus on takeaways from the conference. The Sustainable Meetings Conference, hosted by the Green Meetings Industry Council (GMIC), [...]
Meeting/Event Industry Influencers: Who Are They, Really?
If like so many this week, you are thinking about what constitutes a top influencer in the meeting/event industry you may want to join Monday’s #eventtable chat entitled, Meeting/Event Industry Influencers: Who Are They, Really? at 3 pm est on Twitter. The subject has been discussed and written about on numerous blog posts and online [...]
Meetings Women of Influence: The Rant and Our List
The story is spreading like wildfire this weekend: Successful Meetings publishes a list of top meetings industry influencers that includes 12 men, one insect, and no women. Industry icon and influencer Joan Eisenstodt responds with a call to action and a new Twitter hashtag, #boyzandbugs. Then our friends and strategic partners Elizabeth Henderson and Mariela [...]
Chat Yields Wealth of Info & Discussion on Event Sustainability Standards
The following is a summary of an #eventtable chat held 3/27 with Andrew Walker, event sustainability specialist and founder of E3 Strategy. There are new standards for event sustainability. That means, event professionals now have an agreed-upon definition of what it takes to ensure meetings and events are organized with social, environmental and economic sustainability [...]
The New Event Sustainability Standards: Why They Matter
What are the new event sustainability standards and what do the mean for event professionals? We will address that question during the next #eventtable Twitter chat Monday, Feb. 27 at 3 pm est when our guest will be Andrew Walker of E3 Strategy. Andrew has been immersed in the world of event sustainability for some [...]
Closing the Loop on Social Sustainability
Of the three pillars of sustainability—economic, environmental, and social—the social dimension is often the toughest to define, measure, and translate into a realistic action plan. But there might be a way for meetings to help solve that problem. I’ve often heard engineers, technologists, and economists comment that it’s easy enough to see the links between [...]
Sweating the Small Stuff on Sustainable Hotels
I’ve just recently returned from a month in Western Canada, about half of it spent onsite. It was a good trip, but I have a quibble with one of the hotels where I stayed. It’s a small quibble, as quibbles go. You wouldn’t be wrong to conclude that if this was my only complaint, I [...]
Meetings that Changed the World
Anyone who has ever worked as a meeting professional can tell you about their favorite meetings and proudest moments onsite. When planners and suppliers begin swapping those war stories, they’re usually talking about meetings that changed the world. When Fusion Productions and The Conference Publishers set out to gather testimonials in advance of MPI’s 2010 [...]
SMMP: Finding the Best Fit for Your Organization
“There’s no-cookie cutter process for an SMMP [Strategic Meetings Management Plan],” said Ross VanDooser, director of value analysis at StarCite, during a panel at MPI’s 2010 World Education Congress. “The idea is to examine your organization’s culture and pick out what will work best.” “Before you can begin any SMMP program, you need to go [...]
Green Meeting Standards Mark Industry Transformation
After three years of rigorous debate and extensive input from more than 200 volunteers and pan-industry experts, a uniform set of green meetings standards is set for release before the end of this year. A joint project of the Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) and the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), the APEX/ASTM Green Meeting [...]
