Green Festivals

Online Event Production The client: Green Festivals, a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America. The project: Each year, the Green Festival expands in scope, attracting 60,000 attendees per year to the multi-city "parties with a purpose", where they explore the challenges and successes of building a green economy. The Green Festival's online presence is vital to promoting the event, recruiting volunteers, registering vendors and managing logistics. Earthsite services: Web design and development Media volunteer coordination Multi-media production Internet strategy Online operations Highlighted features: Online operations: Ticket sales Registration - exhibitors, speakers, press Customized, automated volunteer registration (www.sevenstarvolunteers.com) Document download center Exhibitor and partner directory Media gallery - photo, video and audio Media coordination - "Greening the Green Festival" special video production Multi-city coordination and support - Earthsite staff presence at every event Successes: Website use: Website traffic has doubled every year for four consecutive years. Operations: Green Festival administrative time has been greatly reduced with online registration for exhibitors. The 2007 Chicago Green Festival had an eighty percent adoption rate for exhibitors listing their entries online. Volunteers: The first come, first serve volunteer registration platform streamlines the recruitment process by automatically scheduling volunteers in available time slots and job positions. Search engine optimization: The site is ranked #1 in a Google search for "green festival".