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The Edge
http://theconferencepublishers.com/blog
A blog about conferences and content -- why people attend meetings, what they expect when they get there, and how the world of meeting and events is changing.
Recent Posts
After Copenhagen: How Meetings Can Kick the Carbon Habit
By the end of this week, the 192 countries represented at the Copenhagen Summit may or may not reach a global deal to control climate change and reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide. But whether or not humanity rises to the challenge, the science doesnâ...
Okay, You Caught Me
(Editor’s note: The following declaration was retrieved from a little-used email cache in The Conference Publishers’ account management department. Those responsible have been sacked hacked.) The recent release of emails hacked from leading clima...
Orlando Underwater: Here’s What’s at Stake at Copenhagen Summit
Map of projected sea level rise from Carbon Solutions America, reposted on Climate Progress. How will climate change affect the meetings industry if we don’t slow down and reverse the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? Start with a map...
A Meeting Worth Holding
At a time when conferences are cancelling, participants are staying home in large numbers, and the flavour of the month is to replace live meetings with webcasts and virtual events, there are two sure criteria that still make it essential for groups ...
And Then, I Joined the Circus
For all the planning and deliberate effort behind a successful conference, sometimes it’s the random moments that bring home the importance of what happens onsite. I’m in Toronto this week, working with a team of local writers at a two-day meetin...
The Right Tool for the Job
A debate has been raging over the past few days in one of my LinkedIn groups. Proponents on both sides have advanced arguments and theories, knowledgeable and otherwise, on the topic at hand. Swords have been brandished, fists shaken. It should come ...

