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Seventeen at RSVP

Posted by louise on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Come and visit us at RSVP on the 2nd and 3rd April, Business Design Centre, London – stand N6 in the Green Room. We can tell you more about what we’ve been up to over the last few months, and you could win a meal for two at the new eco-fabulous Waterhouse restaurant.

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MEGAs

Posted by andrew on Friday, March 7th, 2008

The first ever MediaGuardian Innovation Awards took place last night at the IndigO2. We were delighted to be involved and felt pleased and proud of the way the event came to life on the big night. Special thanks to our great bands – dan le sac Vs. Scroobius Pip, Basquiat Strings, Theoretical Girl and Pete [...]

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Recruitment Marketing Awards

Posted by louise on Monday, February 4th, 2008

Once again Seventeen are organising the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Recruitment Marketing Awards. The Awards launched on Friday with a reinvigorated website and a fresh approach to the Awards categories. This year there will be 2 separate judging panels: one considering the visual impact of the entries, and the other debating more challenging [...]

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Observer Ethical Awards launch

Posted by louise on Friday, January 11th, 2008

For the third year running Seventeen are organising the Observer Ethical Awards in association with Ecover. The Awards launch in Observer Magazine this Sunday, 13th January, and information will be available online from then on at www.observer.co.uk/ethicalawards. The Awards aim to reward inspirational people and organisations who are tackling ethical issues. Seventeen have planned the [...]

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MEGAs judging day

Posted by andrew on Monday, December 10th, 2007

The judging day for the Media Guardian Innovation Awards took place on Wednesday at Shoreditch House, and without giving too much away it was a fascinating few hours of concentration and cogitation. Our judging panel represented the creme de la creme of the media world and we were thrilled that they gave up their time [...]

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BS 8901 launches!

Posted by andrew on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

After a summer of consultation, tweaks and trials, the new British Standard for sustainable event management launched yesterday at The Brewery in central London. Seventeen were there with a fantastic display of some of our previous events and loads of carrots for everyone who came to visit us. This wasn’t a reflection on the catering, [...]

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Upcoming events

Posted by andrew on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Just a quick plug for some of our upcoming events…
Scaling Up Social Enterprise takes place on 30th October at LSO St Lukes – a great chance to network and learn from other social entrepreneurs.
Westminster City Council are hosting this year’s LivCom event, including their Sustainable Cities Summit – from the 22nd November onwards. A [...]

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MEGAs are launched

Posted by louise on Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

After months of developing this top secret awards scheme, we’ve now launched the MediaGuardian Innovation Awards aka the MEGAs. We’ve been working closely with Guardian News & Media to create awards categories, produce entry criteria and appoint judges for this exciting new awards scheme which rewards innovation across the media landscape.
Seventeen will be managing all [...]

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BS 8901

Posted by andrew on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

What is BS8901? Is it the single-track road from Portsoy to Fordyce? Is it the secret government codename for the ninth moon of Saturn? Is it the stuff that makes Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups taste so good?
It’s much more exciting than that. It is in fact the British Standard for sustainable event management, produced by [...]

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Innocent Village Fete

Posted by louise on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

It’s the season of village fete’s and we’re very excited to be organising the Guardian & Observer’s activity at this year’s Innocent Village Fete in Regents Park, 4 & 5 August. We’ll be creating a foodie picnic haven with lots of Observer Food Monthly treats as well as an interactive forest made from newspaper, in [...]

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