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Meeting Mythbusters: Vinyl vice?

Featuredby Shawna McKinley 3 Comments

If every meeting held in the USA used one banner, it would use enough vinyl to cover approximately 760 American football fields. And while some meetings go without vinyl, many […]

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Branding, Exhibits, Myths, Procurement, Risk Management, Waste Management

Meeting Mythbusters: Bioplastic fantastic?

Featuredby Shawna McKinley 3 Comments

Photo: Hartmann Studios Odds are you’re likely using them at your event right now. But what do you really know about them, and should you be using them? Today’s Meeting […]

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Food & Beverage, Myths, Procurement, Registration, Waste Management

Meeting Mythbusters: The Cost of #Carbon Accountability

June 9, 2013by Shawna McKinley 3 Comments

A recent column claiming tech conferences are destroying the world is the inspiration for today’s Meeting Mythbusters. While many a commenter has weighed in on everything from the science of […]

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Carbon, Measurement, Myths

Meeting Mythbusters: Carbon offsets reduce event emissions

April 1, 2013by Shawna McKinley 7 Comments

Some things you just can’t take back. Like that time I cut my own bangs before school picture day. Or split my pants tripping and falling into home plate at […]

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Carbon, Myths

Meeting Mythbusters: Waste at conventions

March 25, 2013by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

When it comes to waste from conventions and trade shows I often hear two statistics cited: Tradeshows are the second most wasteful industry Event participants produce 20 pounds of waste […]

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Myths, Venues, Waste Management

Meeting Myth-busters: Cup Conundrum

March 18, 2013by Shawna McKinley 2 Comments

Welcome to the first in a series of Meeting Myth-busters which try to answer some of the recurring questions I get related to event sustainability. Today’s question comes from Sarah […]

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Case studies, Food & Beverage

Of Elephants and M+M’s: Green Event Kids Camp

July 2, 2013by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

There’s nothing like trying to explain something to a room full of eight year olds to wake you up to the fact that sometimes, you make things way more complicated […]

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Case studies, Measurement, Waste Management

Seven steps to a zero-waste event

May 26, 2013by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

Just what goes into providing a successful waste management program at a conference? If you follow the example of the Unitarian Universalist Association a heck of a lot more than […]

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Case studies, Waste Management

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