Mitchell Beer, CMM

President, The Conference Publishers Inc.

mitchell@theconferencepublishers.com

Mitchell Beer is president of The Conference Publishers Inc., one of the world's leading specialists in capturing and repackaging conference content. Since its formation in 1984, the firm has covered more than 3,000 meetings in more than 200 communities across North America, and in 18 countries. Beer has been an active volunteer with the Green Meeting Industry Council and Meeting Professionals International, serving as founding chair of the GMIC Sustainable Meetings Foundation from 2010 to 2012. His interests include content and audience development strategies for meetings and associations, hybrid and virtual meetings, sustainable meetings and supply chains, and the carbon reductions that will be needed to avert runaway climate change.

Articles by Mitchell Beer, CMM
The Last Column Inch: Why I’m Leaving MeetingsNet (and Meetings) 47
It’s been a privilege having an outlet for my occasionally wonky views on meetings and events.
Hurricane Sandy: How Many Meetings Did Climate Change Take Out This Week?
After everyone re-emerges from Hurricane Sandy, it’s essential that we think about how this kind of bizarrely severe weather is caused or worsened by climate change.
An Ethical, Responsible Meetings Industry: Finding Our Way to Imagine, Nation
A very special delivery arrived a couple of weeks ago: My copy of Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility.
As Airlines Stumble, Consider a Hybrid Safety Net
If air travel gets less accessible—because of competition from rail, spiralling prices, or any other reason—a hybrid meeting strategy may be the thing that will keep your events on firm footing.
How Facebook Ads Are Like Conference Sponsors
If Facebook went out of business tomorrow, how would it affect your work?
The Lehrer Letdown: Are You Sure Your Keynote Will Do You Proud?
When a major meetings industry event gave a platform to an acclaimed author who subsequently resigned for falsifying quotes, it raised questions for every meeting planner—this could have happened at any conference.
Commentary: While Attending MPI, Take a Stand Against Child Sex Trafficking
If you're attending MPI's World Education Congress later this month, you'll have a chance to lend your voice to an urgent issue that is just beginning to show up on the industry's radar: child sex trafficking.
Commentary: Are the Most Carbon-Efficient Hotels Right for Meetings?
When Vermont-based Brighter Planet released its May 2012 report on hotels’ energy and carbon efficiency, it looked like meeting planners might be able to reduce their meetings’ environmental impact without cutting travel, just by making smart hotel choices.
Commentary: Where Sustainability Meets the Bottom Line
On June 4, I participated in Black Out Speak Out (BOSO), a day-long protest in which hundreds of Web sites went dark in response to federal legislation that will gut environmental protection in Canada and shut down funding for environmental science and policy research.
Commentary: Energy Report Pushes Hotels Toward Meaningful Changes
A new database developed by Vermont-based Brighter Planet may help meeting facilities get serious about energy efficiency.
Commentary: A Price Tag on Knowledge—When Does It Defeat the Purpose?
Here's a dilemma facing many associations: how and whether to charge for strategic knowledge that might deliver better results if it circulated free.
Commentary: Green Meetings Conference Vibrates with Sustainable Power
The Hilton Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal seemed to vibrate with sustainable power when it hosted the small but mighty Green Meeting Industry Council’s annual conference last week.
Commentary: A Small Twist on Sustainability Thinking
Here's what I see as a smarter, more methodical way of using the green meeting standards to shift the industry’s performance.
Commentary: Is Airline Security Worth the Cost?
Do the pat-downs, full-body scans, and endless delays actually deter would-be terrorists?
Commentary: End of the Room Block or End of an Era?
Let's consider what might be lost to the rampant commoditization sweeping the hospitality side of the industry.

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