Thanks to LOHAS for the opportunity to learn so much from so many passionate sustainability experts at last week's Minneapolis conference ... and for inviting us to lead our workshop on "How to Create Buzz and Generate People-powered Success Inside Your Organization."

View our deck on SlideShare now!

Co-presenting with Jill Kolling, our EcoHive.com partner from Paydirt, we had a lively, creative time taking on some key barriers to sustainability advancement listed here.

Seems like a lot of organizations have developed official sustainability programs: not so many have sparked deep participation and ongoing action beyond small, loyal groups of green-team employees within their organizations.

Hopefully our deck will deliver some fresh ways to make that happen. We also believe it's time to leverage best-of-class, enterprise, collaboration technology to empower employees to drive sustainability success. (Slide 11 from our deck lists some of the premier tech platforms in the collaboration space. Also check out Ecohive.com that brings it all together for your corporate sustainability goals.)

What stuck with me from the conference was all the heart-felt discussion about expanding and connecting the local Twin Cities' sustainability community; the opportunity to amplify the voice of those doing great sustainability work; the need to attract more grass-roots involvement and engagement.

These are all values of a Web 2.0 and the exploding world of social media. Hopefully many other attendees of LOHAS' Minneapolis conference will turn to tech for more help. Like any great revolution, educated individuals incited to act is what fuels the movement. And the global sustainability conversation is as important as any to revolutionize ASAP!

- john