Events in the age of pandemics and climate change

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to improve their climate literacy so as to understand the projected impacts from the expanding climate crisis and how to adapt their workplaces in the face of these impacts.

In the face of where we are, we need to rethink “business as usual.”

In-person events don’t have to be canceled. They can just move to an online venue.

For example Apple just announced that their WWDC2020 will be an online event.

Online events when planned well and expertly facilitated can be highly engaging and encourage human connection. (Even some speed networking as we experienced at this event.)

> No need to meet in-person
> No danger of infection
> No need to commute (land or air)
> Not bound by geographic location
> Drastically reduced emissions

What a win!