Do you ever wonder what it really means for an event to be sustainable? To help answer this question, the Events Industry Council recently released new Principles for Sustainable Events. These principles are based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals,
When I was in my previous career in marketing & communications, I worked on a team that planned corporate events. My role was graphic design, so I didn’t usually offer input about much other than fonts and colors. At the
What’s your number one business goal for 2019? Win new clients? Increase revenue? Earn repeat business? If you have a goal of growing your business this year, I have a recommendation for you that probably sounds counter-intuitive: make sustainability part
Here’s a new year’s riddle for you: What weighs more than 12 tons and is NOT in a landfill? You can probably guess the answer. It’s the event waste my team and I helped clients divert in 2018! Across all
There’s a certain list of words people often use to describe memorable events. Amazing. Elegant. Incredible. Over-the-top. Extravagant. Looked at in a vacuum, the idea of extravagance seems like a valuable tool for event professionals. What better way to create
Here’s a familiar scenario for event professionals today: You’re in a barn. Or a garden. Or a park. The exact venue doesn’t matter—what matters is that you’ve been tasked with putting on a dazzling event in a setting where you
When you think of green host cities for a conference or meeting, who do you think of? Denver? San Francisco? Vancouver? Add Indianapolis to that list. I see your skeptical eyebrow, but it’s true! Indianapolis offers sustainability infrastructure that rivals
It seems like a no-brainer that reducing waste from any source, including events, is the sustainable thing to do. But do you know why reducing waste is sustainable? In a country like the U.S. with robust waste management infrastructure, the
While saving the planet may be something that’s close to your heart (and mine), in many companies, you may need a solid business case to get approval to do things differently. That’s why I’m excited to continue my series of
Are you the kind of person who learns best from personal explanation? Learning directly from others has played a huge part in my career. One of the most important conversations in my professional life was a casual coffee chat a