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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

Many have striven for massive follower counts and social media “influence” Others, like myself, have enjoyed the platform’s often-strained ability to discover and sustain communities of interest on a myriad of topics. From my viewpoint, the platform’s popularity and usefulness reached a peak between 2014 – 2017.

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Agriculture and Agritourism in Virginia Beach

Smart Meetings

Virginia Beach’s agricultural industry tells a story beyond economics Every morning David Trimmer wakes up thinking about the viability, sustainability and growth of the agricultural industry in Virginia Beach. Williamson and her team work directly with the convention center’s sustainability coordinator, Kimberlee Dobbins.

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Blackpool Conference & Exhibition Centre Celebrates 12 Month Milestone

Prestige Events Magazine

The Blackpool Conference and Exhibition Centre has announced today that in its first 12 months of operating, it welcomed 55,000 delegates through its doors and generated, alongside Winter Gardens Blackpool, in excess of £70m in economic benefit, contributing to Blackpool’s overall visitor economy which is valued at more than £1.58bn.

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A Greener Festival reveal the festivals and events reducing their environmental impact

Event Industry News

Launched in 2007, the AGF Awards is a pioneering certification setting the standard for sustainable events. The standards have been developed over 15 years in consultation with 1000s of events, event services, suppliers and sustainability experts across key areas assessed.

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We are Tecna UK: Superhero Suppliers

Event Industry News

Event professionals invest time and money into designing great exhibition stands , conference sets and experiential features that will promote their brand positively whilst delivering on impact and leads whilst being cost efficient. SUSTAINABILITY. You can even hire rather than buy to be even more sustainable. SHORT LEAD TIME?

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Job Opportunity: CO2 Analyst & Net Zero Strategist

Event Industry News

A Greener Festival (AGF) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving sustainability of the events sector since 2007. Our goal is to help the events and entertainment sector to become more sustainable. The Green Events & Innovations conference (GEI) is AGF’s annual flagship conference, usually held in London.

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Events Industry: ‘Do more, act earlier’ say global Climate Change Ambassadors

Event Industry News

The event sector is being encouraged to take more, and earlier, action on climate change, ahead of the vital COP 26 conference, taking place at the SEC in Glasgow later this year. The call came at a special event, which took place last week, and involved representatives from the UNFCCC, the UK government and SME Climate Hub.