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Community service projects are a hallmark of a growing number of religious conferences. "It's a way to not only reach out and give back to the host city, but also to educate adults and youth on how they can do service in their own communities"...More

Community service activities remain compelling to attendees at financial and insurance meetings....More

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine’s 52nd Annual Meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in July was mostly about technological advances in medical imaging and radiation therapy, but its organizers also ensured the program included some human touches...More

Most meeting activities aimed at satisfying a commitment to corporate social responsibility are meaningful to meeting professionals and to a small minority of participants, but mostly irrelevant to the social, economic, and environmental goals with which our organizations are trying to align....More

The 2010 IMEX exhibition, showcasing incentive travel, meetings, and event suppliers from around the globe, recognized outstanding environmental and community-service efforts during its annual awards ceremony in Frankfurt....More

On July 24, at the World Education Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia, Meeting Professionals International will honor the U.S. Green Building Council with a RISE Award for Organizational Achievement....More

Meeting planners and suppliers can finally dig into the industry's long-awaited sustainable meeting standards. While the new APEX green standards won't officially launch until September or later, the first training program on how to use them will be held July 24, in Vancouver, British Columbia, just prior to Meeting Professionals International World Education Conference....More

International effort under way to create standards for sustainable meetings....More

Print + online resources for planning a green and socially responsible meeting...More

A new gift-card concept allows incentive winners to direct funds to the charity of their choice....More

Last week, as I was writing an update on how the hospitality industry has pulled together to help the earthquake victims in Haiti offering aircraft and...More