October 2013
Help Them Pack
The program is finalized, the banquet event orders are signed, sponsors have shipped their freight and now it's time for participants to head out for your event.Wait, you may want to help them pack!There are [...]
September 2013
Make a Difference Day, the SER Way
How do participants from 56 different countries impact the community hosting the 5th World Conference on Ecological Restoration? They do what they do best, volunteer to restore habitats in two local, renowned ecological restoration sites.The [...]
August 2013
Reinventing the Wheel
The three-arrow logo which has come to symbolize, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle needs a makeover. Somewhere in this concentric circle, we need to integrate, Rethink. Rethink, before any of the other "R"s.Hasn't the hospitality industry been [...]
Not Far From the Tree
My grandmother was always one to look at labels. She was always picking up the saucer and turning it over when having tea at a friends house. She was checking to see how expensive it [...]
July 2013
Stop Traffick!
As meeting planners, we spend A LOT of time in airports, hotels, and ground transportation in cities around the world. As a company, we strive to be good citizens of the world environmentally and socially. [...]
Summer Festivals…Sustainable or Not?
Everywhere I look, I see advertisements for "sustainable" festivals this summer. The word, sustainable, is a big draw for the type of demographic which as both the time and money to attend events. However, it [...]