Association Leadership - January/February 2008 - (Page 13) TSAE update 60-Second Solutions Quick Information You Can Use NOW LOWER YOUR AIRFARE 10 EASY TIPS By BlueGreen Meetings Here are 10 easy tips you can apply to any meeting to make it more environmentally responsible. For more information, visit BlueGreenMeetings.org. 1. Put it in writing. Establish an environmental statement or policy for the meeting, and get buy-in for it from the meeting host organization’s management. Share the policy with suppliers, delegates and speakers. You’ll be amazed at how far they’ll go to help you make your event BlueGreen. 2. Use paperless technology. Use new media and electronic technology to cut down your paper use. Create a conference Web site, offer electronic registration and confirmation and advertise using the Web and/or email. 3. Meet close. Reduce distances traveled by speakers and delegates. Choose a host city that’s close to as many delegates as possible, and within the city choose a venue and hotel that are close to the airport and within walking distance of each other. 4. Practice the 3Rs. Ask your hotel and meeting venue to provide visible and accessible reduction, reuse and recycling services for paper, metal, plastic and glass. 5. Bulk up. Have your food & beverage service provider use bulk dispensers for sugar, salt, pepper, cream and other condiments. 6. Lighten your Stay. Choose a hotel that offers a linen-reuse program and bulk dispensers for shampoos and soaps in guest suites. 7. Eat green. Include vegetarian meals, and have meals planned using local, seasonal produce. 8. Close the recycling loop. Have all printed materials published on recycled paper, using vegetable-based inks, and on both sides of the page. 9. Save energy. Coordinate with the meeting venue to ensure that energy lights and air conditioning will be turned off when rooms are not in use. 10. Spread the word! Tell delegates, speakers and the media about your success. You’ll be surprised – BlueGreen efforts are contagious. Source: Five Star Speakers Bureau. Did the price of your airline ticket drop after you bought it? No problem. Get a refund or a travel voucher for the price difference through www.yapta.co. Type in your confirmation number and ticket price and Yapta will track the fare for you, free. If the price drops, you’ll receive an e-mail with step-by-step instructions on how to claim your refund. COMPUTER SHORTHAND – ACRONYMS If you haven’t been keeping up with Net-speak or haven’t texted a teenager lately, some of the messages and e-mails may be confusing. Netlingo can translate a specific phrase for you – they have more than 5,000 terms, updated daily at www.netlingo.com. Meanwhile, here are some helpful hints: BRB: Be right back OTP: On the phone JK: Just kidding POS: Parent over shoulder CWYL: Chat with you later CYT or SYT: See you tomorrow GR8: Great ILY: I love you IMHO: In my humble opinion J/C: Just checking JTOU: Just thinking of you LMK: Let me know NAYL: In a while NM: Never mind NOYB: None of your business ROFL: Rolling on the floor laughing WTH: What the heck Source: Real Simple magazine, September 2007 BOX IT BETTER Save boxes, save money. Go to www.usedcardboardboxes. com before your next move to find discounted factory misprints and overruns. The company rescues quality used and new cardboard boxes that would otherwise be discarded, sells them for up to 30 percent less than new boxes and delivers in less than two days. Source: Real Simple Magazine, October 2007 January/February 2008 | Association LEADERSHIP 13 http://www.yapta.co http://www.BlueGreenMeetings.org http://www.netlingo.com http://www.usedcardboardboxes.com http://www.usedcardboardboxes.com
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