April 16, 2010 - Glebe Report

16 Glebe Report April 16, 2010 BUSINESS BUZZ
Rob
Khare
The Conference
Publishers
In October of 1984, company
founder Mitchell Beer created InfoLink
Consultants Inc., which eventually
grew into The Conference
Publishers. Previously a freelance
parliamentary journalist, Mitchell’s
commitment to accurate, timely
writing and editing helped to build
The Conference Publishers’ reputation
for innovation and reliability.
In keeping with its reputation for innovation,
The Conference Publishers
have decided to take the next step by
converting their company to a virtual
office and lowering their carbon footprint.
As a member of the international
board of the Green Meeting Industry
Council, he describes this virtual office
conversion as “walking the talk.”
For those of you who are not familiar
with the virtual office concept, it
simply means that the physical office
space will no longer exist. All communication
will flow through the
telephone or the website. According
to Wikipedia, one attribute of
the virtual office is “A virtual office
user can reduce their environmental
impact, as well as the personal negatives
of a daily commute.” Mitchell
says that for the most part, clients
and colleagues are thrilled. The fact
that they can do it illustrates their
technology innovation level is high
and is indicative of where they are in
the industry.
The business evolved from an experience
with an early client who
had mentioned that her fledgling organization
was about to hold its first
national conference, but had no idea
how they would document the event.
Mitchell offered an unusual and daring
solution: send a team of writers
to the event and assign a writer to
each concurrent session. Using the
writer’s information and reports,
Mitchell would edit and assemble a
final summary report for all participants
to take home after the conference
was over. By the time he left
the client’s office that day, he had
coined a phrase for The Conference
Mitchell Beer of The Conference
Publishers
James T. Katch Photography
Publishers inaugural product: the
“simultaneous conference report.”
The Conference Publishers clients
know that they can count on concise,
timely summaries of presentations
and discussions which can then spur
further discussion among participants
and spread the meetings/conference
message to the larger community.
The Conference Publishers
have produced conference reports,
newsletters, thematic summaries,
white papers and decision notes, in
print and online, for more than 3,000
conferences, in more than 200 communities
and 15 countries.
Mitchell says that even though they
have made the transition to a virtual
office space just recently, he already
misses the vibe and atmosphere of
the Glebe. The Glebe is very quick
to embrace green solutions and in the
future, we may see many transitions
to the virtual office space. The Conference
Publishers are in the process
of implementing corporate green responsibility
issues for meetings and
events as part of the service they provide.
Some companies may not want
to convert entirely to a virtual atmosphere
and The Conference Publishers
can advise them on how to set
up a hybrid business profile. In the
age of impending travel issues, airline
problems, e-meetings and virtual
conferences may be a more practical
solution. The Conference Publishers
can certainly help.
The Conference Publishers
613-594-5960
Toll free (Canada & US):
1-800-265-3973
www.theconference
publishers.com
Dance with Alana
Alana Hock has been operating the
dance studio, Dance with Alana, out
of the Glebe since May 2007. This
charming warm-hearted dance instructor
has many years of experience
with the Glebe as both a resident
and business owner. When talking to
Alana you quickly find out about her
main motivation for teaching dance.
“My goal is to make dance easy, fun
and accessible to people of all ages
and abilities. I get great satisfaction
out of giving people the confidence
to dance,” says Alana.
Alana has over 20 years experience
teaching dance. She has studied jazz,
tap and swing in New York, Sweden,
Mexico and Tokyo with some of the
world’s finest. Alana’s career highlights
include choreographing the
hit Disney television show “Jojo’s
Circus” and having the honour of
assisting numerous times the 94
-year-old Ambassador of Lindy Hop,
Frankie Manning. As a teacher, she
has taught in Vancouver, Guelph,
Toronto and New Hampshire. As a
performer, she has been featured at
the CNE, Toronto’s Harbour Front,
as well as on CBC, YTV, CityTV and
Treehouse’s “This is Daniel Cook.”
Dance with Alana offers a wide array
of dance classes to clients and her
instructors represent a diverse range
of styles and talents. One of the new
programs which was introduced recently
is the lunch time Zumba class.
These classes will start Thursday,
May 6. The Zumba class is a cardio
dance class and is a nice way to get
some cardio and have a lot of fun at
the same time. The class is for adults
and anyone can join. The studio is
offering a mother and baby cardio
class starting on Tuesday, May 4.
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