PROJECT: 2007 ICLEI USA Workshop CLIENT: ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability SCENARIO: ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability, U.S.A. and Mayor Dan Coody of Fayetteville, Arkansas asked Attune to help produce the 2007 ICLEI USA Workshop—The Economic Benefits of Local Climate Action. About 150 local elected officials and ICLEI staff came together from across the country to discuss ideas and access technical tools to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions while achieving cost savings, promoting energy efficiency, and advancing economic vitality. ICLEI required an orgainization that could provide excellent customer service, event management skills, registration services and design but who also could implement green practices—Attune met these requirements. SERVICES PROVIDED: Project management, speaker management, invitation distribution, event registration, venue operations, food and beverage, room block management, ground transportation, marketing materials design and production, recycling program. RESULTS: Client satisfaction: Feedback from your clients is one of the best ways to measure the success of an event—and ICLEI, the mayor’s office of Fayetteville all had complimentary words for the Attune team. GREEN PRACTICES: Every effort was made to ensure the event implemented green practices. Only a minimal amount of recycled materials were distributed, meals served were sourced from local and organic buyers, and we offset travel by purchasing Carbon Neutral offsets from one of the sponsors. In the end, we led by example and were able to showcase to the mayor’s and attendees simple steps that can help to make an event use fewer resources. AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: Audience Development: After three days at the event, the audience left the program with new tools and training to implement environmental policies and practices in their community. © Copyright Attune 2008