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The State of Sustainability: From Venue Perspectives to the ‘Pandemic Effect’

Event Marketer

As corporations pledge to be more sustainable, the event industry seeks lasting solutions. In an era of climate and pandemic disruption, event marketers are embracing a new chapter that addresses consumer and corporate expectations surrounding sustainability and safety. THE PANDEMIC EFFECT. CORPORATE MESSAGING.

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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

Having been on Twitter (yes, I know it’s been renamed “X”, sue me) since 2009, I’d describe Mastodon as the old Twitter. What Twitter was back then When I joined Twitter in June 2009, the platform was just about to take off. By the end of the year, “Twitter” was declared the top word of 2009.

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Sustainability Solutions Startups for the Win

PCMA Convene

Giving Bag is one our favorite new sustainability solutions. The competition gives startups seeking to solve real-world problems the opportunity to pitch their companies as part of the Startups Track of the SXSW Conference each year. Since the Pitch program launched in 2009, finalists have raised more than $23 billion in funding.

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Peer Conferences Deep Dive—Meeting Doctors transcript and video

Conferences that Work

On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 , I sat down with Martin Duffy and Paul Nunesdea on LinkedIn Live for an hour’s deep dive conversation about peer conferences: the participant-driven, participation-rich events I’ve designed and facilitated for over thirty years. Peer Conferences Unveiled—The Transcript! Here it is—enjoy!

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The Surprising Reasons We’re Bad at Predicting the Future

Conferences that Work

The goal of creating a sustained, net-power-producing fusion reactor has been around for fifty years, but fusion continues to remain “ 10 , 20 , or 30 years away”, depending on who you ask. While the meeting industry is slowly realizing the importance of facilitating connection at events, traditional conferences still dominate.

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Important announcement: Price increase for my ebooks on April 15th – Buy now before it’s too late!

Conferences that Work

As you may know, I have been selling my ebooks at a fixed price of $11.00 since 2009. Furthermore, I have consistently produced high-quality books on meeting design that have received critical acclaim and have helped thousands of meeting professionals to significantly improve their conferences. on April 15, 2023. to $49.99.

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Why Future Event Planning Will Include Sustainability by Design

PCMA Convene

One of Carolina Goradesky’s first assignments as PCMA’s new head of sustainability was taking part in a sustainability session at PCMA EduCon 2023. Most recently, she served as conference programmes manager for WindEurope. “How do we prove the value — at the same time that we prove the impact — of events?”