地球日:办公室的另一天
今天是地球日。或者,正如我们在Greenbiz Group所说的那样,星期一。
That is to say: For us, April 22 is just another day at the office. I fully expect that the company vibe today will be no different from the other 250 or so workdays in the course of a year — probably much like for everyone who works in sustainability for a living.
格林比斯的典型一天到底是什么样的?我很高兴你问。本周,我正在提供窥视。
Last Monday, April 15, I asked the GreenBiz team, 30 in all, to keep tabs on their doings that morning to create a representative snapshot of our daily work. As you’ll see, much of it is rather humdrum — lots of meetings and calls — probably much like your job and organization.
First, the big picture: We have several, year-round constants at GreenBiz: our daily output of articles and newsletters ;我们的三场年度活动 - 格林比斯 ,,,, 圆 and VERGE - 以及所有这些计划的幕后计划:行政,技术,销售,营销,客户服务,设计和生产。还为九次年度会议做准备 格林比斯Executive Network ,,,,held at member company offices around the United States, and our research operation, which produces reports ,许多由我们的公司合作伙伴赞助。From the momentous to the mundane: a slice of GreenBiz life.
With that as preamble, here it is, from the momentous to the mundane: a slice of GreenBiz life.
进行销售
April 15 was the first day of work for our newest team member, marketing coordinatorRitu Sharma。She spent the morning with her supervisor, marketing directorBecky Dempsey,,,,getting the lay of the land. Becky also worked with Ritu’s counterpart and another relative newbie,赫克托·戈麦斯(Hector Gomez),发送电子邮件活动为我们的销售团队创造新的潜在客户。
Leading the sales side of the house,保罗·鲤鱼,业务发展副总裁,正在与一家欧洲大能源公司谈论与Verge的参与,并与Amazon与Amazon进行了对话,Amazon是Convinality 19的赞助商,于6月举行。业务经理Sam Goldmanworked on finalizing Amazon’s participation at the June event. Sam’s colleague and counterpart,Shaandiin Cedar,,,,was "putting together one of our largest strategic programs for one of the largest energy and infrastructure companies in the world." Can't wait to see what that's about.
同时,客户成功协调员Taylor Floreswas providing pageview stats to ScottMadden on itslatest sponsored article,专注于电动汽车工作场所充电基础设施。她还回答了与循环有关的赞助商问题19.业务发展助理格兰特·哈里森更新了我们维持竞争活动的跟踪文档,并在Amazon Call中与Sam一起参加了比赛。
The conference chairs
我们为每个会议都有椅子,其中包括十月举行的四个并发边缘会议的椅子。吉姆·吉尔斯,,,,who heads up the newest of the four,VERGE Carbon,与萨果研究所(Savory Institute)进行了交谈,该研究所的任务包括“通过整体管理对世界草原的大规模再生”。
吉姆说:“他们告诉我有关与之合作的令人惊叹的牧场主和农民,试图扭转气候变化。”“如果一个''regen ag'标签曾经像'有机'一样普遍,那么如果我们要开始画碳,我们就需要类似的东西,这些家伙可能是使它实现的人。”
劳伦·菲普斯(Lauren Phipps),谁椅子边缘圆,以及圆形19,正在与演讲者接触到即将到来的"Circular Economy: State of the Market" webcast,,,,including Ashima Sukhdev from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.凯蒂·费伦巴赫(Katie Fehrenbacher),谁椅子VERGE Transport,,,,was writing her Tuesday newsletter, Transport Weekly, focusing on a startup that plans to make hydrogen-powered electric semi trucks so its customers can try to decarbonize shipping.
边缘能量chairSarah Golden加入副总裁兼Verge执行董事Shana Rappaport在加利福尼亚州斯托克顿市长迈克尔·塔布(Michael Tubb)背后的团队中,有关市长可能参与Verge 19,以讨论该市如何推进绿色劳动力发展计划。莎拉还与席勒自行车的杰西卡·席勒(Jessica Schiller)谈到了她“使水道民主化并为亨利·福特(Henry Ford)为土地所做的水做同样的事情”。
其他活动团队类似地在我们即将举行的循环和边缘事件的各个方面进行工作。战略计划经理夸西安苏正在安排与行业专家会面之前summithe and I will be co-hosting at Circularity 19 and was encouraging circular economy startups to apply to the Circularity 19加速快速比赛。会议副总裁艾莉·布希纳(Ellie Buechner),他还主持了年度Greenbiz会议,研究了可持续性趋势,以告知我们的Greenbiz 20曲目,该曲目将在我们的演讲者竞彩足球app怎么下载提名表中使用,该曲目将于下个月早些时候上月。
Conference managerSydney Massing-Schafferlooked at a potential venue in Atlanta for Circularity 20 to determine whether it will meet our needs. She also researched the best rooftop bars in downtown Minneapolis for some of our Circularity 19 side events and connected with an old friend about potentially choreographing a dance performance for VERGE 19 — "which would be epic," Syd pointed out. And conference coordinatorSara Cefalu正在计划在循环期间进行的一些活动和特殊计划19:晚餐俱乐部;场外旅行;早上瑜伽;和更多。
期待
Vice president and senior analystJohn Davies他经营着格林比斯执行网络并总部位于南加州,他在本月晚些时候的格林比斯领导力异地之前参加了采访。“很高兴能够花一些时间思考格林比斯的去向以及我们将如何到达那里。根据我的经验,变化不会线性发生。它发生在长时间,平坦的伸展运动中,然后是一大步。感觉就像我们正在接近另一种步骤。”
沿着那条线,格林比斯首席执行官Eric Faurot和总统Pete Maydiscussed goals for the leadership retreat, as well as the progress on a nonprofit entity we are looking to spin off later this year. Chief revenue and marketing officerGreg Kerwinworked on developing a fundraising pipeline for the nonprofit in advance of a brainstorm meeting later that day.感觉就像我们正在接近另一个步骤。
同时,代理首席财务官约翰·萨顿在家里,在那天晚上完成了为期一年的论文,获得了国际发展经济学的研究生学位。标题:“温度和脾气:热量对语言和情绪的负面影响”。温暖世界的一个小问题。
幕后
在房屋的生产方面,creative director丹尼尔·凯利(Daniel Kelley)worked on conceptualizing, designing and editing video assets for Circularity 19, including a marketing video for that event. Graphic designer and production assistant山姆was far away from the office, in Peru. Sam’s mother lives in Lima and each year they gather the community for a week to meditate together in silence — 10 sessions per day, punctuated by meals. "It's a wonderful a way to put aside secular affairs and focus on our Zen practice without any distractions," explained Sam — obviously, before going silent.
伊萨·安妮·斯塔莫斯(Isa Anne Stamos)系统和技术总监正在制定如何评估软件协作平台,并参与了今年秋天举行的主要Greenbiz.com站点移民项目的技术计划。金融和运营经理莉娜·比马兰(Lina Bigaran)像往常一样,保持办公室在登上Ritu并更新财务状况时保持平稳运行。
Storyville
最后也是绝对不是最不重要的,编辑团队。我们每个星期一早上见面,策划本周的报道,因此编辑导演Heather Clancy,从她在新泽西州的栖息处进行了对话,然后审查了简历以获得即将到来的社论职位 - “并且不被大约200封猛烈抨击我收件箱的电子邮件分散注意力,因为我足够厚脸皮,可以接受星期五休息。”我们都知道那个疼痛点。
Associate editorHolly Seconand special projects editor艾尔莎·温泽尔(Elsa Wenzel)were digging through the impressive bounty of applicants for this year’s "30 Under 30" feature, to be published in early June, plucking the best and brightest from amid the hundreds of nominations.
That’s the snapshot — an hour or so in the life. A lot of moving parts for our little team. From the momentous to the mundane, a peek inside what we do every day, Earth Day or not.
Like I said: just another day at the office.