Tag Archives: community action

Bearing Responsibility – Events and the Community

Posted by rogsimons on February 26, 2013 in CSR@MCI, Destinations, General Sustainability |No Comments

Community Projects have been a part and parcel of events for decades – that will never change. What will change is the sophistication of the various projects. Gone are the days when guests happily gather around a solitary tree planting ceremony, participating only through rapturous applause. Increasing awareness of wider sustainability issues and activism are […]

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Fueling Success: MCI Community Academy

Posted by Guy Bigwood on January 31, 2013 in CSR@MCI, General Sustainability |No Comments

In support of our industry colleagues and the people of Greece, MCI decided to locate its annual training meeting in Athens, Greece. Despite the crisis, Greece remains a wonderful location for events and meetings, and as a leading global agency we were pleased to show our support. In addition to our business commitment, we wanted […]

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Simple steps that make a difference

Posted by Guy Bigwood on December 10, 2012 in General Sustainability, Meetings and Events |No Comments

This year I have had the pleasure of working with software giant Symantec, to help them on their journey to organize more responsible and better events. As a recognized leader in corporate responsibility, Symantec decided it was time to look deeper into how they run their Vision users conference, and so kicked of the sustainability […]

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Giving Back: MCI’s Power of Action 2011, Montreux

Posted by Michael Luehrs on December 8, 2011 in CSR@MCI, General Sustainability, Meetings and Events |No Comments

Here at MCI, we’ve been actively engaged in creating a community service action for our annual business meeting which this year will bring over 600 MCI staff and business partners to beautiful Montreux, Switzerland. Our approach, now a standard practice called The Power of Action, was first explained here. How to integrate a social responsibility […]

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Sustainable Events: Holiday Season Medley

Posted by Michael Luehrs on December 3, 2011 in CSR@MCI, Destinations, Meetings and Events |No Comments

What better way to close out a busy 2011 than with rousing, inspiring, infectiously enthusiastic, innovative sustainable event initiatives? We been busy elves of sustainability these last several months and wish to share a few of the events about which we are excited here. As always, we’d very much enjoy hearing about actions and ideas […]

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The Power of Action: Giving thanks, sharing findings

Posted by Michael Luehrs on January 28, 2011 in CSR@MCI, General Sustainability, Meetings and Events |No Comments

Thank you! The Power of Action community service event  mentioned in our earlier post exceeded every possible goal we imagined.  The enthusiastic engagement and generosity of our team, partners and participants brought the following exciting results: 171 people, including 125 kids, participated in a 4 hour long session to create 19 different figures of (mostly) […]

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