This month I led a sustainable events meetup on the topic of “Finding Joy in the Work of Sustainable Events.” As event professionals, we’re no strangers to stress and high-pressure situations. For those of us working to make events more
I receive a lot of questions from event professionals and students about how I started my business and how they might be able to do something similar in their location. There’s no question that the meetings & events industry needs
It happened! It was beautiful! It was our sustainable pandemic wedding! My husband Mark and I declared our love and commitment a couple of weeks ago with an intimate group of 35 in a socially-distanced indoor/outdoor setting. Ever since we
Well, it’s happening. Despite our hopes when my fiance and I rescheduled our wedding from May to September, we’ve accepted that our celebration is going to look a little different than we had originally envisioned. It is, in fact, going
If you’re a food lover like me, you probably get excited when you see a buffet at an event you’re attending. So many things to try! And you get can seconds of the foods you like! Talk about living the
What’s your number one business goal for 2019? Win new clients? Increase revenue? Earn repeat business? If you have a goal of growing your business this year, I have a recommendation for you that probably sounds counter-intuitive: make sustainability part
Here’s a familiar scenario for event professionals today: You’re in a barn. Or a garden. Or a park. The exact venue doesn’t matter—what matters is that you’ve been tasked with putting on a dazzling event in a setting where you
Are you the kind of person who learns best from personal explanation? Learning directly from others has played a huge part in my career. One of the most important conversations in my professional life was a casual coffee chat a
One of my colleagues recently articulated a thought I’ve had for a while but hadn’t been able to put into words. We were discussing the reluctance some people in the Midwest show when it comes to sustainability. She said that
As I continue to attend events both locally and in other parts of the country, I’ve begun to notice there are many aspects of event planning where unsustainable choices still seem to be the default way of doing things. One