Registration of interest is now open for a brand new Delivering Sustainable Events course. The comprehensive, mixed format learning course will focus on providing the skills to event professionals, and PAs and EAs, on planning and managing events that meet the industry’s sustainably requirements…
Developed by Worlds Better in partnership with the Event Academy, the course exclusively for experienced event managers will give professionals the knowledge and skills to deliver holistically sustainable events.
Chrissie Beck, founder of sustainability consultancy for the live events industry Worlds Better, has developed the ‘Delivering Sustainable Events’ course as part of her quest to drive industry wide positive change. Chrissie draws on from her 20 year experience of delivering events and leading a pioneering sustainability consultancy for the events industry. She’s teamed up with the Event Academy’s reputation in developing comprehensive training courses for students to gain the skills to thrive in the events industry. The course will provide event managers with tangible skills on how to deliver successful events sustainably.
Event professionals believe that sustainability should be a priority in the industry, yet they currently feel undereducated on how to achieve sustainable outcomes. In response to a clear need for more comprehensive education in our industry, the course aims to cover all the critical information that event managers need.
New Delivering Sustainable Events course
The 12-week course Delivering Sustainable Events, will take seasoned event professionals through:
- An introduction to sustainability
- Climate change and carbon literacy
- Social & economic sustainability and governance
- Environmental sustainable event practices
- Measuring the impact of events
- How to build a sustainable supply chain and resilience for the future
- Navigating inevitable challenges; building a business case for sustainability and problem solving
- Influencing stakeholders and influencing behaviour change
- Storytelling and avoiding greenwashing
- Sustainability certifications/accreditations
- Assuring due diligence; writing sustainability objectives and a sustainability management plan
- How to conduct a sustainability audit of an event (and conducting an event audit with the group)
- And using key sustainability performance learnings to inform continual improvement
Chrissie Beck said: “I love the events industry, but I can see that we are not transitioning towards a sustainable future fast enough. I’ve found that most event managers in the industry care deeply about their work, its legacy and want to produce sustainable events but are quickly blocked by not knowing what to do, whilst also under considerable time and brief constraints. I’m thrilled to have combined my passion for education with my experience and knowledge into this course. My overall goal is to provide event professionals everything they need to deliver sustainable events even in the most challenging of circumstances, making the world better one event at a time.”
Claire Derrick, Co-Founder and Principal of the Event Academy, expressed her enthusiasm for the new partnership with Chrissie and the team at Worlds Better. “We are delighted to be partnering with Chrissie and the team at Worlds Better to deliver this course. It will not only teach the academics of sustainable event delivery but also facilitate students to actively create their own sustainability strategies whilst on the course. This is a practical, no-nonsense, and highly effective way of up-skilling taught by experts who are the best in the industry,” said Derrick.
More about the new Delivering Sustainable Events course
Delivering Sustainable Events is a comprehensive suite of 12 learning modules. Learners will need to commit approximately 3 hours each Thursday for 9 weeks to the course with a mix of on-demand and virtual learning. In week 10 learners will need to attend 3 consecutive days face to face in London for practical learning application. Finally, learners will need to pass an assessment and write a dissertation in weeks 11 and 12 to apply their learnings to their role and/or industry.
Find out more about Delivering Sustainable Events and to register your interest.
