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Incorporate sustainable practices into meeting and event decision-making
Assessment Strategies
Written product
Criteria
Identify a negative environmental effect of the meeting industry (bottled water)
Develop a strategy to decrease a meeting’s impact on the environment
Strategy is feasible and based on logic and research
Relate sustainable meeting practices to employee performance
Project presents an organizational structure suited to purpose and audience
Project meets minimum standards for spelling, punctuation, and grammar
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Use green meeting terminology
Assessment Strategies
Test
Criteria
Terminology choice is correct and matches intended meaning
You meet the minimum score on the MeetGreen assessment
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Explore green meeting technologies and resources available to meeting professionals
Assessment Strategies
Written product
Criteria
Use green meeting terminology
Identify at least 2 environmentally-friendly mobile apps used in the meeting industry
Describe the main features of the apps identified
Recommend strategies to incorporate green meeting apps into a meeting or event
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Predict the environmental impact of a meeting in a city of your choice
Assessment Strategies
Written product
Criteria
Use green meeting terminology
Identify local recycling, composting, and utility programs in a city of your choice
Identify concerns or points of confusion about the programs
Analyze where waste occurs in your meeting process
Determine how a meeting in the city will impact the programs
Project presents an organizational structure suited to purpose and audience
Project meets minimum standards for spelling, punctuation, and grammar
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Recommend meeting management strategies to reduce carbon footprints
Assessment Strategies
Report
Criteria
Use green meeting terminology
Document your activities (such as driving a car, using electricity, and disposing of waste) over a 2-3 day period
Calculate your local carbon footprint
Compare your local carbon footprint to the national average
Create two meeting strategies that leave smaller carbon footprints
Consider waste generated
Select sustainable resources when available
Suggest a meeting strategy that can be communicated to attendees to reduce their carbon footprint
Report presents an organizational structure suited to purpose and audience
Report meets minimum standards for spelling, punctuation, and grammar
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Compare two Corporate Social Responsibility programs
Assessment Strategies
Report
Criteria
Use green meeting terminology
Identify two CSR programs
Examine essential characteristics of both programs
Identify similarities and differences among the two programs
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Analyze the impact of sustainability practices in an organization
Assessment Strategies
Test
Written product
Criteria
Use green meeting terminology
Examine the roles of staff and vendors in partner engagement practices
Summarize the environmental impact of staff and vendors at a given event
Identify indicators used to measure staff and vendor impact on an event
Compare bottom-line costs of sustainable and non-sustainable event practices
Compare benefits of environmentally sound practices in the staff and event vendor relationship
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Plan a green meeting
Assessment Strategies
Written product
Criteria
Meeting includes food and beverages
Consider waste generated
Select sustainable resources when available
Use natural resources (air, water, energy) responsibly
Apply the reduce, reuse, recycle philosophy
Make efficient use of energy
Consider the ability to buy local
Recycle unused or used materials
Food and beverages are purchased in a manner to reduce excess packaging
Food is disposed of in compost
Food is purchased from local providers to minimize energy used for transportation and shipping
Maximize use of raw food resources and minimize the use of processed foods
Minimize refrigeration and food storage expenses to reduce energy consumption
Plan for just-in-time delivery of perishable goods
Plan presents an organizational structure suited to purpose and audience
Plan meets minimum standards for spelling, punctuation, and grammar