When you’re registering many different audiences for a single event there are times when you need to validate that a person is authorized to take advantage of a specific path, validation codes provide a simple interface to manage that need.  Within the ConferenceEdge SaaS platform there is an easy way to utilize them effectively and maximize your ROI for every event. READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>

Short answer: No.

Longer Answer: No, but you should use them.

Creating logical and clear event categories will allow you to grow your events business while maintaining a clear overview of the types of events you have. Who’s attending your events, and what types of events consistently attract a good audience.

As the Admin of your account you can create and organize the categories that are available to your Meeting and Event organizers, you may also temporarily disable certain categories if you no longer want people to set up new events within that category.

They’re easy to use and will help you keep a better handle on your events, so take a few minutes and set them up. You’ll eventually be glad you did.

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=88281

A major event facility going green with it’s energy usage and operations programs.

http://www.mpiweb.org/CMS/uploadedFiles/DDR%20Green%20Meetings.pdf

Here is some info received recently from MPI.  It is very similar to what we went over during the “green” webinar.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/solutions/index.html

Here is a spot on CNN’s website that they post items on from time to time.  This can be good for some general knowledge with regards to trends and new technologies.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/TheCheapestWayToSaveTheEarth.aspx?page=1

This article gives some personal tips on how to take some affordable steps to being “green”  or, as I prefer, efforts toward sustainability.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/StockInvestingTrading/PayZeroInHeatingBills.aspx#pageTopAnchor

Here is some more personal info for saving energy.  There are some links off of this page to efforts being made on a corporate scale to bring sustainable and healthy living/working concepts to building design.  A standard that more companies should strive for…. how many people consciously associate better work environments with significant cost savings and revenue gains through higher employee production and satisfaction and less “sick” days?  These are only a few of the various economic arguments for moving policies and production toward these green/sustainable concepts

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/homestyle/04/18/speak.green/index.html

This article is a nice on on “green” terms 101.

I was recently at NEMICE in Boston put on by MPINE.  We set up a booth with some green elements to it and handed out collateral on paper seeded with wildflowers.  It is a very sustainable collateral.  Have recipients read a short story or link (I suggest sending them to your website) and then they can bury the collateral in the ground, water it and hopefully have an even more pleasant vision of your company in the form of perennials.

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http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/03/pf/savemoney_planet/index.htm?section=money_pf

I am finally getting the feeling that the classic reduce, reuse, recycle is becoming a more commonplace mantra and that you can go almost anywhere on the web and find an article relating to “green” topics.  Good to see that it is officially mainstream even if some of the articles are a little light in content…

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/06/03/green_cleaner_cuts_grease_and_costs/

This article was in the Boston Globe about a company that has a “green” cleaning system that requires nothing more than table salt and water.  Seems like if there is a will, there is a way to achieve healthier cleaning methods that eliminate harsh chemicals and save money.

I hope that any hotels or industrial cleaning companies will look at this technology and alternatives to try and lower the impacts that routine home/property maintenance can produce.