Video Conferencing Option - New to Convention Wise

Keeping the green theme going, Convention Wise have now invested in a video polycom set up.  While we still believe that "face-to-face" is extremely important there are times when great travel and time efficiencies are necessary.  Better than Skype and more secure, video-conferencing provides an excellent option for meetings for time poor people.  Call us for a demo.

Execugifts & Envirogifts Green Policy

Execugifts provide a lot of our satchels - they have also recognised the need to have a corporate social responsibility and have started an organisation called Envirogifts to supply environmentally sustainable bags and satchels to conferences.  Click here to read their green products brochure.

Convention Wise getting greener

Convention Wise is getting greener.  We have just gone from paper fax to online fax, getting rid of our old thermal fax paper machine and transferring to an Australian online company traitel.com.au/ that enables us to receive and send our faxes by email.  Trust me - it works.  No printer or toner required!  We have invested in a scanner for submitting  documents, but haver got rid of our fax telephone line - another saving which covers the cost of the online service!

Green Meetings - more than just sustainable!

Have you considered the impact that a conference might have on our environment.  Convention Wise are keen to develop a green meeting policy so that conferences can reduce their "carbon footprint".  There are numerous ways of doing this.  The first example is to use an online registration process and work 'smart' using technology suited to reducing the need to print hard copy material.  So rather than print a 12 page glossy booklet to market the registration forms and program, why not go online and use the web to enable people to register - and save up to $10,000 printing costs for example.

If flying to your conference destination, participate in a "carbon offset" program now being offered by some of the airlines and car hire companies.  Click on the "Calculate your emissions" image on the right and read all about being carbon neutral.

Conference convenors might want to talk with the venues that they are using and see if they have a policy in place to reduce waste, improve efficiency of their power use, recycle materials, encourage water saving and so on.

VIRGIN BLUE have been doing this for a while.  Read about it here
Read about JETSTARS Carbon Offset Program - click here
Read about QANTAS Carbon Offset Program - click here

Check out Scene Change's move into being green also ...

New AV Company operates in Hobart

Scene Change is another AV company now operating in Tasmania.  This is sure to enhance the competition and bring new standards into the local industry.  Run by local technicians who have operated in Tasmania for many years, this company will bring a revolutionary image to your AV productions. Scene Change are also the first Carbon Neutral AV Company in Australia

Full Carbon Offsets At No Cost To Clients
Scene Change are purchasing carbon credits to offset the AV power used on all our clients’ events, as well as offsetting the carbon footprint from our own business operations. Unlike some commercial carbon offsets, it will cost clients no extra, as Scene Change is paying the offsets on your behalf.