August 2015
Don’t Make Him Use the Sharpie!
This self-proclaimed rant from a fellow professional is too choice to pass up. He was asking me to join him in starting an industry-wide plea to trade show service providers to replace their “archaic [...]
July 2015
No Cookie Left Behind
As the general session started and participants had already moved from the continental breakfast to find their seats, a man rushed up to me and he was furious. “There is one flavor of yogurt left, [...]
Stefanie Brown & Elesha Peterson Carr, Change Agents
MeetGreen has been fortunate to partner with American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) on sustainable event projects over several years. Our Heroes, Stefanie Brown, Vice President of Education and Conferences, and Elesha Peterson Carr, Senior Director [...]
Silly to Serious
Alright, we like to have fun. We enjoy each other’s company. We laugh, play and poke fun at ourselves. Even the “Beautify the Bay CSR Project” turned hilariously competitive as this group of professional [...]
June 2015
Jeff Chase – Industry Leader and Hero
Years ago, I met Jeff Chase, Vice President, Sustainability, Freeman Companies, while he was supporting the sustainability efforts of his client, American Wind Energy Association. He had called us in to assess their event and [...]
A Letter to Our Readers
Why did Mariela McIlwraith, Shawna McKinley and I tackle this project? Why were we genuinely excited to write another book on sustainable events? Why did we gather in Vancouver BC armed only with index cards [...]