It is getting easier being green, the move to make meetings more environmentally-friendly is finally taking hold and meeting professionals are working together to reduce, recycle, and reuse to dramatically improve the environmental impact of events.
Technology can help in this effort reducing paper and significantly improving efficiency along the way. Here are some of the many ways it can:
Before the meeting:1. Electronic databases of meeting facilitiesPaper meeting facility directories and brochures have filled meeting planners' file cabinets for years. Far more complete, searchable and free databases of meeting venues are available online (examples:
www.mpoint.com, www.cvent.com, www.sitevisit.com ) eliminating the need for printing, mailing and storing all of this paper.
To continue reading the entire article, please follow the link below: www.corbinball.com/articles_technology/index.cfm?fuseaction=cor_av&artID=6211 Corbin Ball, CMP, CSP is a professional speaker and consultant focusing on meetings technology. With 20 years of experience running international citywide technology meetings, he now helps clients worldwide use technology to save time and improve productivity.