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Report: 3rd Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference

05.10.2010
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I now understand completely why the head of the International Olympic Committee can say about each Games that it was the best Olympics in history. The third Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference took place last Thursday, May 6th, at KEEN, and it was the best Beyond 2020 so far. The success of an event like this [...]

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What’s your passion project?

05.06.2010
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Conversations with fellow solopreneurs almost inevitably steer to side projects. Everyone seems to pursue an endeavor that’s to some degree related to their core business and that takes time away from it, but does not generate revenue. At the reception following last week’s ReVisioning Value 2010 conference, the topic of side projects came up as I [...]

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Register for Beyond 2020 to discuss “Collaboration for Sustainable Business”

03.25.2010
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As you may know, I’m co-coordinating (with Renee Spears of Rose City Mortgage Specialists) the Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference. We just settled on a theme and opened early-bird registration! Join us on Thursday, May 6th, 5-8 pm at KEEN Footwear, 926 NW 13th #210, Portland, Oregon to discuss “Collaboration for Sustainable Business”. Collaboration for Sustainable Business [...]

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Save the date: Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference returns May 6th

03.13.2010

The Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference returns for its 3rd edition! Please mark your calendar: Thursday, May 6th, 5 to 8 pm KEEN, 926 NW 13th Ave. #210, Portland, Oregon We thank KEEN for their generosity as hosts and sponsors of the 3rd Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference. Beth Meredith and Eric Storm of CreateTheGoodLife.org will hold [...]

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Report: Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference

01.26.2010

The second Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference took place last Thursday, January 21st. Though as one of the co-organizers I’m hardly an objective observer, I must say Beyond 2020 it turned out pretty awesome. To paraphrase the head of the Olympic Committee, it was the best Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference of all time. Consider: smooth proceedings, [...]

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Join us at Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference!

01.18.2010

The next Beyond 2020 Sustainability Unconference is almost here. This Thursday, sustainable business people will gather here in Portland, Oregon to discuss actionable ways of engaging other business leaders in sustainability. As at all unconferences, the only things given ahead of time at Beyond 2020 are the structure and theme: Structure. At Beyond 2020, we will [...]

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Beyond 2020 returns with the theme “Growing the choir: Engaging business leaders in sustainability”

12.10.2009

The Beyond 2020 sustainability unconference returns Thursday, January 21st, 2010, with the theme Growing the choir: Engaging business leaders in sustainability. The sustainability conversations at Beyond 2020 and elsewhere in Portland tend to be productive and reinforce the community spirit. Often, though, they feel like “preaching to the choir”, as one Beyond 2020 participant said. [...]

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