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How Technology Can Help Us Build a Greener Events Industry

Smart Meetings

Sustainability by definition is meeting the needs of the present without compromising those of the future. While several years ago that may have been true, new technology has made it much easier and less costly to implement sustainable practices at events. In 2020, First Insight Inc.

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

Conferences that Work

Here are three session-based examples: At the 2010 edACCESS conference, Joel Backon designed an incredible experiment to explore the use of online collaborative tools , which at the time were in their infancy. In the meetings world, the most well known are the series of EventCamps that were held around the world between 2010 and 2014.

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Conference Care gains ECOsmart certification in drive towards more sustainable meetings and events

Prestige Events Magazine

Following a rigorous audit process Conference Care were awarded Greengage’s ECOsmart certification, recognising a comprehensive approach to environmental sustainability within their business and promoting a green approach to their clients. team and who are committed to making a difference“.

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New and Renovated: Big Cities, Big Debuts

Smart Meetings

The hotel, opened in 2010, is located in Midtown Manhattan at the corner of 44th and 8th Avenues in the vibrant Theater District. Read More: Seeking Sustainable Venues The post New and Renovated: Big Cities, Big Debuts appeared first on Smart Meetings. of meeting and event space.

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How Community Data Informed Reddit’s First Experiential Space at CES

Event Marketer

Through the years, redditors have kept their fingers on the pulse of the latest trends in tech—often predicting the next big thing through subreddits like r/electricvehicles (started in 2009) and r/bitcoin (established in 2010). For its first activation at CES, held in Las Vegas from Jan.

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The O2 continues to put sustainability at the forefront, with announcement of new arena measures

Event Industry News

The O2, which is owned and operated by AEG Europe, has today announced a series of new measures to make the world’s most popular music, leisure, and entertainment venue even more sustainable for fans, bands and brands. The venue has surpassed its waste, water and greenhouse gas emissions targets every year since 2010.

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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

Many have striven for massive follower counts and social media “influence” Others, like myself, have enjoyed the platform’s often-strained ability to discover and sustain communities of interest on a myriad of topics. From my viewpoint, the platform’s popularity and usefulness reached a peak between 2014 – 2017.

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