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“Super Bowl parties are a no-brainer. Everyone is looking to have a good time. Basically, all you have to do is provide a venue and a DJ and invite people. I think it’s pretty simple.”
— Carmen Electra to the Associated Press
Bernstein
“Sure the PC is a fantastic way to connect, socialize, learn and listen but it lacks one thing. Tangibility. People flock to concerts and music festivals in record numbers to see the artists, feel the vibe and experience something real. Tangible.”
— Steve Bernstein, president of multimedia music company Zenbu Media
“The most defining part of any party is the right combination of food, drinks, ambiance, entertainment and good toilet facilities. A bad party is a party where you can’t find a john.”
— Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner to the Associated Press
“We’re ‘bullish’ on trade shows and to prove it, we acquired a new show in 2007.”
— Susan Hueg, CEM, CMP, in The Internet Wonders E-Zine
Prolman
“By 2015, you won’t be able to purchase a non-certified sustainable flower in the United States.”
— Gerald Prolman, CEO of Organic Style Ltd.
Maliki
“There’s no reason that any special event can’t have at least 85 percent diversion, so that only 15 percent is destined for the landfill.”
— Georgia Maliki, president of Seven-Star, on keeping event trash out of landfills, in the San Francisco Chronicle. Fabulous Showcase Producer
Wilson
“While the media hype surrounding green may fade in time, the solid practices being put into place won’t.”
— Nancy J. Wilson, CMP, on her company Meeting Strategies Worldwide’s blog Pretentious Musings of a Meet Green Martyr
“As far as a return on investment, a lot of these green investments are yet to be seen.”
— Ed Blair, general manager of the Oxford Hotel in Denver, in the Denver Business Journal
“The garbage dump is not the place you want to see your logo.”
— John Borg, founder of Eco Imprints, on bringing sustainability to conventions, on his blog Sustainable Schwag
Kessler
“It’s so hard and so crazy but you get to see it come to fruition in the end.”
— TK New York’s Tracy Kessler, producer of Maxim’s Super Bowl XLII bash, on what she loves about events