Is “Corporate Social Responsibility” important to your events?

Are attendees important your events?

Yes is the answer!

However, when I learn that events are dropping printed educational materials to “be

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Hey, association folks… as a regular sponsor and exhibitor, I want to ask you a question… are you really – really – giving your exhibitors the best opportunity to succeed

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2008 was a year of change for educational meeting materials. Meeting planners and education organizers heeded the calls for greener meetings, faced challenges with attendance fluctuation during this economic downturn

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This is absolutely the most controversial statement that we’ve made all year, but it’s the honest truth. Sure, we print conference books, so why believe us?

You know Omnipress is

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This is an interesting report from AMEX about where business travel is going in 2009 and its possible impact on meeting behavior. While the report focuses on business travel and

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Are sponsors, exhibitors and attendees starting to question the value of conferences these days? Is the meeting bubble starting to break?

Well consider these two recent occurrences:

First, Association Forum

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Whew! I just returned from HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings National in Washington, D.C. and have a few interesting things to share with you.

HSMAI’s Green Meeting

To HSMAI’s credit, they are

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