Katherine Manfredi, CMM CIS

Hi, this is my personal blog about developments in the meetings, event and incentives industry. I love to travel and explore new places and cultures. Responsible events and incentives are my professional passions. Finding ways to be kinder to people and planet are personal passions. Love dogs, family and all kinds of tea!

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Kudos to @cuppow for innovative products to reuse canning jars - drinking cups and so much more! Check out their #infographic and what they're doing at www.cuppow.com 

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This says it all! Make today the one you start to act responsibly towards the earth and our fellow inhabitants...

Photo credit to artist at Josephines Creations LLC.

(thanks to Danielle Adams for sharing)

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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

Derek Bok

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Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage that counts.

In the journey of life, there will be many roads to chose and we learn from each path traveled. Celebrate both your successes and failures, as they each provide learning opportunities.

(note there are conflicting sources of the Success quote and I am unclear who should really be credited with this saying; regardless of whether it should be Sir Winston Churchill, a copywriter for Budweiser Beer, George F. Tilton, Sam Rayburn, Joe Paterno, John Wooden, Mike Ditka or Anonymous, it has great meaning... to read more about the quote's attribution history, check out this post)

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Airline Quality Rating and the Top US Airline is….

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Helpful info shared by plananevent

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How can an event change lives in one hour? 

Dina Belon and fellow Oregon chapter members join sustainable meetings professionals from around the globe to help Stop Hunger Now by packing almost 30,000 meals at GMIC2014 in San Francisco, with help from host hotel partner Hilton San Francisco Union Square - GMIC conference Day One lunch hour activity.

Via Social Enterprises ‏@socialentrprses  4/16/14

Nice to see @OregonCC in the house to help @Stop_Hunger_Now @GMICConference #GMIC2014 pic.twitter.com/0XyVOmcbrW

(photo by Social Enterprises)

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In the words of PYMLive ‏@PYMLive  Apr 15:

Don't you love it when a hotel makes it easy to #recycle? Thanks @hiltonsfunionsq! #g... http://ift.tt/1m4BHOr  pic.twitter.com/FCeXRlM1m8

(photo from @PYMLive on twitter)

Great start to the GMIC conference hosted in San Francisco this week!

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Honored to be featured this week in Collaborate's Insider Series | Video about responsible meetings and events (interview by Collaborate magazine while speaking at Marketplace 2013).

Many thanks to sponsor Marriott International.

See the latest at Collaborate - the magazine for Corporate Meetings Intelligence.

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Great example of 'upcycling' what some may throw away into something useful for others!

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Collaborate's 2014 40 Under 40 Honorees

Each year Collaborate meetings magazine pays homage to the rising stars in the meetings and events industry with their 40 Under 40 honorees. I have been privileged to once again help shine a light on some of our industry’s top young professionals and their amazing achievements.

I'm honored to have profiled (in alpha first name order) for 2014: 

Erica Backus (11) 

Jennifer Gachui (14) 

Kristen Dierickx (19)

Shawna McKinley (33)

Whitney Wilson (39)

Congratulations to these incredible event professionals and to each and every one of the 2014 honorees!

See their full profiles and discover why they are some of the ones to watch in the meetings and events industry!

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Love this group! 

Some of their collaborative initiatives include Earth Dinners during April, in partnership with Organic Valley, where chefs can join in to change their menu "in honor of Earth Day - even if just for a night - and highlight the great sustainable ingredients". 

Then there's their "Trash Fish Dinners - Boston, LA, New Hampshire, Florida, and so many more!" as well as their Green Chefs / Blue Ocean program "our free seafood training program for food professionals".

"Chefs Collaborative is the leading nonprofit network of chefs that’s changing the sustainable food landscape using the power of connections, education and responsible buying decisions." They work "with chefs and the greater food community to celebrate local foods and foster a more sustainable food supply."

Check out their website and social media to learn more and see what's going on!

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You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.

~William W. Purkey

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The Sky's the Limit: Stunning Event Space Indoors and Out!

Ahhhh, Florida. Love The Breakers! Gorgeous. Plus plenty of sustainability efforts. 

(All photos property of Katherine Manfredi 2013)

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Great way to reuse bread tab... one less piece of plastic going to landfill. 

(If you know the author/graphic artist, please let me know as there was no credit provided.)

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Imagine all you can do with this event space!

(The Breakers at sunset Dec 5/13 - Photo copyright 2013 Katherine Manfredi) 

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(via GMIC 2014 Sustainable Meetings Conference)

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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.

~Marcel Proust