by Geraldine Gatehouse | May 21, 2012 One of the many
interesting opportunities that came out of the Green Meeting
Industry Council's annual conference in Montreal last month was
the Idea Auction. The brainchild of Meeting Change's president,
Mariela McIlwraith, CMP, CMM, MBA, the auction is a way to raise
funds by selling ideas created by the conference attendees
onsite. This crowd pleaser proved to be fun, creative and
competitive. Nineteen individual ideas were chosen as top picks
by the amount of support shown from the attendees during the
idea presentation. In addition to these nineteen, all the ideas
that were submitted are available in the Idea Book which is also
available for purchase for a limited time. The goal of the
auction was two-fold, to raise funds for the foundation, and
also to spread awareness about the innovative ideas on
sustainability that could be used for standalone events or as
part of a sustainability strategy.   My contribution was the
“Triple Bottom Line CSR Employee Engagement Pro