A JUNO FIRST!

THE 2011 JUNO AWARDS ON THE FOREFRONT OF NEW STANDARDS FOR EVENT SUSTAINABILITY!

Come and hear Strategin Solutions’ Ginny Stratton talk about her role with the Juno Awards, at the Vancouver Convention Centre on March 17^th, 2011. Canada’s most famous music award event is celebrating their 40^th year anniversary in Toronto. Over the years, the Juno Awards have been committed to reducing their carbon footprint and achieving sustainable initiatives. This year will be no different as this is the 2nd consecutive year the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) will be producing all JUNO branded apparel, with the use of organic cotton and viscose from bamboo. Ginny Stratton will reveal more insights on exciting initiatives the JUNO Awards has implemented in their event plan, and shows how event/meeting planners have a key role to play in contributing to event sustainability.

Another well respected panelist, Shawna McKinley, Director of Sustainability, MeetGreen® shows us how our day to day operations as event planners, impacts the environment.

Shawna McKinley will discuss how organizations can achieve these environmental goals:

• Save 1653 trees
• Enough energy to power 65 American homes for a year
• Eliminate 774,000 water bottles from the waste stream
• Conserve enough water to fill 3 Olympic-sized pools

A New Edition!

Amaryllis Events is excited to launch their new and improved website!

http://www.amaryllisevents.com/

It still has the same great flavour as before, but now features a fresh new look with photographs of past events I have organized with my company and ISES Vancouver. I am also in the works of building an Amaryllis Event’s Newsletter which will give you insights on the latest information on upcoming events, company reports, and industry tips. For that reason, I’m reaching out to you Amaryllis Events fans! I want to hear the ideas and suggestions you feel are important. Who knows? It may land up in the next newsletter.

Giving Back to Your Industry

I believe it’s always important to give back to your community, no matter which community you belong to. As an event producer, my way of giving back to the community is through ISES Vancouver, a not-for-profit society that underlines professional business practices and ethical conduct of its members in the special events industry. This organization brings together skilled individuals from a variety of different event backgrounds including: event planners, meeting planners, caterers, graphic designers, audio visual technicians, etc. My role is VP Programs, where I offer my event planning knowledge to create monthly events that will educate, promote, and most importantly advance the network of special event professionals in attendance.

Visit the ISES Vancouver website to get a glimpse into some of our past events I was involved with planning.

http://www.isesvancouver.com/photos.aspx

Our upcoming event, New Green Meeting Standards – Going Beyond the Checklist will be joined by well respected keynote speakers: Shawna McKinley, Director of Sustainability, MeetGreen, Catherine Wong, VP Operations, Vancouver Convention Centre, and Ginny Stratton, Principle of Strategin Solutions. Our panel of experts will discuss sustainable practices with suppliers, vendors, and how the event industry can help reduce negative environmental impacts.

The event is scheduled to take place at the Vancouver Convention Centre on March 17^th, 2011 from 5:30PM – 8:30PM. All members, students, and non-members in the special events industry are invited to join us for this informative event. To learn more about the keynote speakers and to register for the event, please visit us on the ISES Vancouver website. I hope to see you all there and come by to say hello!

http://www.isesvancouver.com/page1240162.aspx.